Strike While They're Vulnerable

The young man let out a low shout, and the First Soul Ring on his right arm lit up.

Amid intense Soul Power Fluctuation, a dragon claw formed from blue-violet lightning, roughly a foot in diameter.

Then it slammed heavily toward the Touch Dragon King beneath his and the girl's feet.

First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!

"Boom!"

The young man called Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw exploded solidly against the Touch Dragon King's shell.

For a moment, lightning flashed in every direction and sparks flew everywhere, as though a huge firework had been set off on the spot.

But despite all the smoke, it dealt no damage. Though Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw looked quite powerful, it could not penetrate the Touch Dragon King's thick shell at all.

After the strike, the Touch Dragon King's golden shell was only slightly blackened, with no major change.

"No good, no good. This Touch Dragon King only has a little over a thousand years of cultivation, but its defense is stronger than that of many Soul Beasts with three or four thousand years of cultivation."

After unleashing that claw, Bei Bei did not even need to look at the Touch Dragon King's reaction. The numbness vibrating through his right arm told him all he needed to know—this Touch Dragon King was truly difficult to handle.

The girl nimbly kicked off a tree, drawing the dozen or so centipedes behind her up the trunk after her. Then she leaped down and reunited with Bei Bei.

"What if I use Blue Silver Grass to restrain the Touch Dragon King? And add Thunder Fury?"

A trace of unwillingness appeared in the girl's eyes. A Touch Dragon King with just over a thousand years of cultivation was simply too rare. Its quality was not inferior in the slightest to a Man Faced Demon Spider of the same age.

Compared to target Soul Beasts like the Mandala Snake, it was one or two tiers higher.

However, Soul Beasts like the Touch Dragon King had always been cautious from a young age. Once the entrance it used to forage outside was exposed, it would immediately lead the Touch Dragons underground and flee. Catching them again would be nothing but wishful thinking.

The reason the Touch Dragon King had not fled far away with the Touch Dragons was, first, because this young man and woman had thoroughly enraged it, and it intended to have a meal before leaving; second, because of the Realgar Powder.

Remember why the girl had asked Bei Bei at the beginning whether he still had any Realgar Powder?

That wicked little miss had scattered all the Realgar Powder right at the entrance to its cave. How could the Touch Dragon King possibly swallow that insult? How was that any different from taking a dump on someone's doorstep?

Those two reasons combined were why the Touch Dragon King was relentlessly pursuing Bei Bei and the girl.

"Even with Thunder Fury, it'll still be difficult."

Bei Bei shook his head. Thunder Fury could instantly increase the effect of Soul Power attacks by over fifty percent and multiply lightning-element power several times over, but trying to forcibly break through the opponent's toughest shell was difficult!

A shell like that was maxed out against both elemental attacks and sharp weapons. What it needed was a blunt weapon.

As a Soul Beast, the Touch Dragon King was at least on the same level as his own Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—a top-tier martial soul/Soul Beast.

Though it could not rank among super Soul Beasts, it was certainly not something low-, mid-, or high-tier martial souls/Soul Beasts could compare themselves to. It was the perfect example of having both offense and defense.

Unless Xiao Ya could use Blue Silver Grass to flip the Touch Dragon King over and expose its softer belly, he could try activating Thunder Fury.

But Bei Bei ultimately did not want to disappoint his girlfriend. In the end, he made up his mind. "Then it'll depend on your Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Xiao Ya. I'll draw the Touch Dragon King's attention. Find a way to flip it over!"

At that moment, outside the Giant Centipede Cave in the Poisonous Insect Woodland, Chen Ping's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Tsk, so before Bei Bei and Tang Ya met Huo Yuhao, they had come to the Star Dou Forest more than once for a Third Soul Ring.

From the looks of it, these two definitely would not be able to catch that Thousand Year Level Touch Dragon King outside the Giant Centipede Cave.

Otherwise, Xiao Ya would not have had to settle for second best later and only caught that Mandala Snake with Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection.

Without alerting the two of them, nor the Touch Dragon King and the Touch Dragons around it, Chen Ping glanced at the layer of Realgar Powder Tang Ya had scattered outside the cave entrance. Gritting his teeth, he sneakily rushed into the cave.

The size of the cave exceeded Chen Ping's expectations. After walking about a hundred paces inward, he could even feel a breeze blowing toward him.

This meant the cave had more than just the one exit through which he had entered.

That was absolutely good news for Chen Ping. After all, one more exit meant one more route for him to retreat through.

Chen Ping gently sniffed the air inside the cave. It was not dry; instead, it carried a faintly foul, damp odor.

He crouched down and scraped up a little dirt with his index finger. After carefully examining the rice-grain-sized black particles and smelling them, his eyes immediately lit up.

This was the smell of bat droppings.

He had spent his whole life doing good deeds for the sake of encountering this much bat shit!

Bat droppings, also known as Night Bright Sand, heavenly rat droppings, stone liver, or black sand stars, were excellent materials for clearing the liver, brightening the eyes, dispersing blood stasis, and eliminating accumulation.

Unfortunately, bat nests often contained large numbers of poisonous insects, such as centipedes, snakes, and scorpions. They fed on bat droppings and corpses.

So there was not actually much bat shit on the ground, only a thin layer. Though collecting it could earn quite a bit of money, it was clearly not Chen Ping's top priority at the moment.

Chen Ping continued deeper into the cave, his steps carrying a measure of caution.

It was daytime, when bats slept. As long as he did not disturb them, they could not be bothered to pay attention to such a large creature as Chen Ping.

Not all bats in the world were Vampire Bats. Most merely ate small insects, fruit, and flower nectar. That was all.

Chen Ping silently made up his mind and continued walking in the direction of the airflow. Though the cave was quite spacious, it was also rather rugged.

Several paths led to different areas. Fortunately, thanks to the bat droppings on the ground, Chen Ping followed the messy tracks left by the Touch Dragons when they hurriedly departed the cave and, as if guided by divine aid, truly found the right way.

Though most of the bats had gone out to forage, that did not mean no other creatures remained in the cave.

After turning on a cheap, unranked Soul Guidance Lamp, Chen Ping caught sight from the corner of his eye of scattered Rock Scorpions, Blind Snakes, Long-winged Flat-headed Bats, and a small group of Drill Ants heading out together.

However, because Touch Dragons lived here, these little creatures could barely even be called Soul Beasts. They were usually eaten by the Touch Dragons before reaching ten years of cultivation.

Chen Ping silently estimated how long Tang Ya and Bei Bei could hold out.

The two of them still intended to hunt the Millennium Touch Dragon King outside, and their Soul Power was clearly still plentiful. They could continue fighting for at least the time it took for an incense stick to burn.

That was the time he had to deal with the Little Touch Dragon King inside the cave and retreat. He could only be faster, not slower.