After finalizing the details of the association's reform, Su Ming and his two Martial Brothers left Gengxin City to help Duan Jin obtain his Fourth Soul Ring.
Duan Jin had long since set his sights on a target.
The reason they had found such a suitable target in advance was naturally thanks to their teacher, Zhu Jiuyang.
He traveled everywhere in search of Soul Beasts, entering and leaving major Soul Beast habitats. Along the way, he would pass through regions inhabited by lower-age Soul Beasts, and that was how he happened to encounter that Wild Ape.
Six thousand years old—just right for Duan Jin, who had consumed Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
"Roar!"
A furious roar suddenly rang out across the silent rocky terrain.
The Wild Ape wildly beat its fists against its chest. Dense earth-attribute Soul Power spread out and gathered around its fists before it leaped into the air.
"Careful, that's its ultimate move—Wild Thunder Vajra Fist," Su Ming warned from the side.
Huo Lie nodded at the reminder.
But he did not dodge.
Today's task was to beat the Wild Ape into submission so that Duan Jin could persuade it more easily afterward.
Although it was not Duan Jin who had beaten the Wild Ape into submission, Huo Lie had spent a long time with him. He could at least provide Duan Jin and the Wild Ape with a good environment in which to build a relationship.
After all, it was a type of Soul Beast not known for its brains. It had not yet reached ten thousand years, so its intelligence was not particularly high.
Huo Lie let out a roar as well, and his body suddenly expanded.
A single horn with a metallic sheen grew from the top of his head. Dark-red scales covered his body, burning