Three-Eyed Demonic Ape

Watching Zhou Sichen retract his martial soul and soul rings, the three of them gradually came back to their senses.

Thinking back to what Zhou Sichen had said earlier—that his Contracted Soul Beasts could grow stronger alongside him—this meant that each of his three Contracted Soul Beasts had to be at least over the Thousand Year Level!

One Ice Jade Scorpion alone had been enough to make even Beibei feel it was difficult to handle. Three of them? Wouldn't that mean they might be able to fight a Soul King?

Zhou Sichen smiled. "Ah Da and the others have now reached 9999 Year. They're only one step away from breaking through the Ten Thousand Year Boundary."

Upon hearing this, Beibei and the other two froze again. 9999 Year? So for the past half month, they had been treating a powerful Soul Beast close to the Ten Thousand Year Level as a mount?

Three powerful 9999 Year Soul Beasts—even ordinary Soul Emperors might not necessarily be able to take them down, right?

Wait... Brother Zhou was only Level 38, wasn't he? If the strength of Contracted Soul Beasts rose along with their master's strength, how could they possibly have reached such a level?

This... this...

Of course, that was because Zhou Sichen's Soul Power foundation far surpassed that of ordinary Soul Masters. Otherwise, with his Level 38 Soul Power, his Contracted Soul Beasts could at most have reached less than five thousand years.

Zhou Sichen smiled. "All right, enough of that. We've found Yuhao's First Soul Ring. Follow me."

As he spoke, Zhou Sichen leaped directly onto Ah Da's back. Beibei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao up as well, but they were clearly still immersed in their shock.

Even though a suitable First Soul Ring had already been found for Huo Yuhao, he did not seem all that excited at the moment. He was still recalling the Three Purple Soul Rings around Zhou Sichen's body.

Along the way, Zhou Sichen took the initiative to speak to Huo Yuhao. "Yuhao, the First Soul Ring I chose for you comes from a Three-Eyed Demonic Ape around three hundred and fifty years old. It's a rare Soul Beast with a Spiritual Attribute."

"Its innate ability is called Spiritual Detection, and it's extremely suited to your Spirit Eyes Martial Soul. If you can obtain this skill, it should greatly benefit your Spirit Eyes Martial Soul."

Hearing Zhou Sichen's words, Beibei gradually recovered from his shock as well. "A Three-Eyed Demonic Ape? It really is an exceptionally rare Soul Beast with a Spiritual Attribute. Being able to find one... our luck is almost too good."

Tang Ya corrected him, "You should say it was Brother Zhou's hard work. He probably sent out his second Contracted Soul Beast to search for it long ago."

Although she knew Zhou Sichen was only Twelve Years Old, that did not stop Tang Ya from continuing to call him Brother Zhou. After all, in the world of Soul Masters, the accomplished were always revered as teachers.

Coupled with the help Zhou Sichen had given her, she called him big brother with complete sincerity, without the slightest embarrassment.

Hearing Zhou Sichen and Beibei's words, Huo Yuhao could not help looking forward to his First Soul Ring.

Zhou Sichen was actually rather surprised by the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape's innate ability. In the original work, it seemed that no one besides Huo Yuhao possessed abilities such as Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing.

They seemed to be exclusive skills of the Million Year Soul Ring.

Yet these two abilities were indeed recorded among certain rare spiritual-type Soul Beasts.

Now that Zhou Sichen had found a Three-Eyed Demonic Ape, he would use it as Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring and see whether it could yield the Spiritual Detection soul skill.

Without Tian Meng, Zhou Sichen wondered whether Huo Yuhao would still possess such absurdly good luck.

Ah Da carried everyone onward for a full two hours. The sky was nearly breaking into dawn when Ah Da finally stopped before a dense forest.

Not far away, an enormous fiery divine bird with a wingspan exceeding five meters stood there with a proud gaze. Beneath its sharp talons, it firmly pinned down a giant ape that was already on its last breath.

The giant ape was enormous, standing over three meters tall. There was a peculiar eye on its forehead, the origin of both its name and its special soul skill.

But at that moment, the seemingly ferocious Three-Eyed Demonic Ape was being effortlessly subdued by the fiery divine bird.

At that moment, no one paid attention to the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape. Their gazes were all fixed upon the fiery divine bird.

Beibei truly was knowledgeable. At a glance, he recognized the great bird wreathed in flames.

Beibei could not help crying out, "This is... the legendary Hellfire Bird? A Soul Beast that has nearly gone extinct!"

"Legend has it that the Hellfire Bird possesses the purest phoenix bloodline, and it is also known as the Hellfire Phoenix. Aside from explosive flames, it also commands a kind of Hellfire. Hellfire can burn the soul—it is an exceedingly terrifying ability!"

With Beibei explaining it, Zhou Sichen did not even need to introduce it.

After hearing Beibei's explanation, Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao had already begun imagining just how powerful this Hellfire Bird was.

Speaking of Hellfire, Zhou Sichen's encounter with it had also been filled with strange twists of fate. It was precisely because of Hellfire that Zhou Sichen had met his older sister.

Zhou Sichen patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. "Go. We'll stand guard for you."

Huo Yuhao nodded solemnly. After half a month of learning Tang Sect Secret Techniques, his movements had become much lighter.

Leaping down from the Ice Jade Scorpion's back, Huo Yuhao walked toward the Hellfire Bird.

When it saw Huo Yuhao approach, Hellfire took the initiative to restrain the terrifying flames around its body, avoiding any harm to this weak human.

Huo Yuhao looked at the majestic Hellfire Bird and could not help swallowing. From the imitation Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night Soul Tool Tang Ya had given him, he took out the White Tiger Dagger his mother had left behind.

Taking a deep breath, Huo Yuhao drove the White Tiger Dagger directly into the eye on the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape's forehead. Brother Zhou had told him that this was its weakness.

When he pulled the dagger out, a blood-white mixture of blood and brain matter spurted out in a line, splashing across Huo Yuhao's face.

Yet he was not afraid in the slightest. Only by becoming stronger could he avenge his mother and make that man kneel!

The Three-Eyed Demonic Ape twitched several times before completely losing all signs of life. A yellow soul ring slowly condensed into shape.

Hellfire released the Three-Eyed Demonic Ape's body, shot up from the ground, and vanished into the clouds.

Following the method Zhou Sichen had taught him, Huo Yuhao sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing, preparing to absorb his First Soul Ring.

Beibei watched Hellfire soar into the clouds, a trace of envy flashing through his eyes. "Brother Zhou, your soul rings are truly what countless people dream of having."

"The Ice Jade Scorpion and Hellfire Bird are both exceptionally powerful or rare Soul Beasts. I never expected you to possess two of them at once. I wonder whether your Third Soul Ring is equally rare?"

Zhou Sichen gave a mysterious smile. "You'll find out when the time comes."

Tang Ya suddenly asked, "Brother Zhou, does your Book of Contracts have no attribute restrictions? The Ice Jade Scorpion and Hellfire Bird have conflicting attributes. Won't absorbing them both affect you?"

Zhou Sichen shook his head. "No. Perhaps that's the advantage of a top-tier martial soul."

Hearing that, the two of them became even more envious.

Especially after learning about the uniqueness of Zhou Sichen's martial soul, they knew that as long as Zhou Sichen did not die young, the Ice Jade Scorpion and Hellfire Bird would surely grow to the Hundred Thousand Year level.

Just how powerful would a Hundred Thousand Year Ice Jade Scorpion and Hellfire Bird be?

Tang Ya became even more determined to recruit Zhou Sichen into the Tang Sect.

Beibei not only wanted to bring Zhou Sichen into the Tang Sect, but also wanted to keep him at Shrek Academy!

With a genius like Brother Zhou remaining at the academy, Xuanzu probably would not be so needlessly worried, right?

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