Suspicion and Screams

At this moment, everyone knew that Zhu Zhuqing had reached a critical juncture.

Whether or not Soul Ring can be successfully obtained, and what kind of Soul Ring it will be, will be decided in the next moment.

Tang San summoned the Blue Silver Grass again, causing it to surround Zhu Zhuqing and the Dark Soul Cat.

The Life Force of a coagulant is not much, but it is indispensable.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression had clearly changed, but she still gritted her teeth and endured it without uttering a single groan.

Chen Feng felt a little anxious. Zhu Zhuqing had verbally agreed to his instructions earlier.

But now it's clear that Zhu Zhuqing has no intention of listening; she's determined to gamble on a higher-age Soul Ring.

However, there's not much Chen Feng can do now. No one can interfere much with the process of absorbing the Soul Ring. Chen Feng can only wait and pray that Zhu Zhuqing will succeed.

Chen Feng could understand Zhu Zhuqing's actions; he had experienced something similar when he obtained his Third Soul Ring.

However, that time it was Flying Lightning Rat's unexpected breakthrough. He chose to grit his teeth and persevere in the face of the transcendent Soul Ring, because he was only one step away from success.

Now, Zhu Zhuqing has chosen to take a gamble on a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. She has made up her mind beforehand and is determined to succeed.

The people around Chen Feng are undoubtedly geniuses, and as geniuses, they naturally possess the pride of geniuses.

Meng Yiran previously tried to hunt Soul Beast over eight thousand years old while Soul Hunting. At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing was also gritting her teeth and persevering. She wanted to become an even more outstanding person so that she would have enough confidence to stand behind Chen Feng.

However, Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring is not so easy to absorb. Just as the Soul Ring on Zhu Zhuqing's body gradually darkened and was about to enter the black stage, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Soul Power exceeding its limits brought Zhu Zhuqing considerable pain, but she still gritted her teeth and endured it. She struggled to maintain the circulation of Soul Power within the Dark Soul Cat's body and gradually reclaimed the assimilated Soul Power back into her body.

Even though it would cause her pain, she had no intention of giving up.

Zhu Zhuqing could sense that she was only a little short of obtaining the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring; if she could just hold on for a little while longer, she would succeed.

At this moment, Dark Soul Cat could clearly sense that Zhu Zhuqing on the other side was in great danger. She had exceeded her limits and was about to collapse.

If this continues, problems are bound to arise, so Dark Soul Cat wanted to stop Zhu Zhuqing from continuing to force herself to stay put.

However, Zhu Zhuqing was not willing to give up. She no longer had the energy to speak, and could only use the little strength she had left to squeeze the Dark Soul Cat's paw.

The Dark Soul Cat hesitated. Although it had Ten-Thousand-Year of cultivation, it had only recently awakened its spirituality, so its mind was still very simple.

It could sense Zhu Zhuqing's determination, but the other party's situation was indeed dangerous, so it was caught in a dilemma, not knowing how to choose.

After just a moment of hesitation, Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power within the Dark Soul Cat was finally completely assimilated.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing knew she had succeeded. Her mind was already in a daze, but she was still instinctively reclaiming the assimilated Soul Power.

The Dark Soul Cat no longer needed to hesitate. It cooperated with Zhu Zhuqing to gradually recover her Soul Power, preventing Zhu Zhuqing from being in danger during the process.

To outsiders, the process seemed very short; Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Ring gradually turned completely black. However, to Zhu Zhuqing herself, it felt incredibly long, and she was experiencing pain every single second.

However, physical pain is bearable and is better than the mental anguish of being forced to kill one's own family members.

Zhu Zhuqing possessed a resilient character, and she tenaciously persisted in carrying out the final step of the Ring Expansion Method: Ring Acceptance.

As the black Soul Ring gradually solidified, and four Soul Ring —two yellow, one purple, and one black—rose from beneath Zhu Zhuqing Zhu Zhuqing's feet, slowly pulsating around her body, it meant that she had successfully broken through to Level 40 and become the fifth Soul Ancestor in the team.

Looking at the black Soul Ring before them, everyone felt a pang of sadness. They could clearly sense the hardships Zhu Zhuqing had endured and understood just how difficult it was to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring.

When Zhu Zhuqing successfully broke through and opened her eyes, she smiled at Chen Feng with a pale face, then everything went black and she collapsed to the ground.

"Zhu Zhuqing!"

Chen Feng swiftly caught Zhu Zhuqing before she collapsed. Liu Erlong stepped forward to check on her and said:

"She fainted from exhaustion and also suffered some injuries. She needs rest and treatment now."

Oscar summoned two pieces of Tofu, but looking at the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing, he was troubled. How to feed the Tofu to the unconscious person was a problem.

At this moment, he was extremely envious of Ye Lingling's Martial Soul. Although its ability was very limited, its healing effect was excellent, and unlike his Tofu, which required some effort to heal, it only required a ray of white light to cure the ailment.

Since Zhu Zhuqing can't take Tofu of Oscar, Tang San is the only one left in the team with some healing abilities.

Tang San simply used the Blue Silver Grass he had just summoned as a base to weave a wooden bed, and then had Chen Feng place Zhu Zhuqing inside, so that she could slowly heal her body surrounded by Life Force.

Flender looked at the sky and said:

"It's getting late, let's just set up camp here and let Zhu Zhuqing rest for the night."

No one objected to this; it had taken Zhu Zhuqing quite a while to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

They encountered the Dark Soul Cat at dawn, but it was already afternoon. Although the sun had not yet set, there was not much daylight left.

Setting up camp and resting for the night is a prudent approach and will give Zhu Zhuqing time to recover.

After setting up camp, the group didn't rush to their tents to rest. After all, it was still daytime, and Zhu Zhuqing had successfully obtained her Soul Ring, so they no longer needed to venture out under the cover of darkness.

So they set up a campfire not far from Zhu Zhuqing's wooden bed, intending to keep an eye on Zhu Zhuqing.

Dark Soul Cat seemed a little embarrassed about Zhu Zhuqing's coma. Chen Feng had already instructed it beforehand, but things still ended up like this. So it felt that it had messed things up and stayed by Zhu Zhuqing's wooden bed.

But Chen Feng didn't blame Dark Soul Cat; he knew it was all Zhu Zhuqing's own choice.

So he said to the Dark Soul Cat:

"Thank you for your help, senior cat. We will give you the reward once Zhu Zhuqing."

"Meow~" The Dark Soul Cat meowed softly, picked up the can of food from before, placed it on the wooden bed, and then pushed the can towards Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Feng paused for a moment, then laughed:

"Don't worry, even if I give you all the canned food, Zhu Zhuqing can still continue making Canned Fish, and I'll help her too, so she won't go hungry."

"This cat has a kind heart," Ma Hongjun muttered softly by the campfire.

Xiao Wu heard his mutterings and said:

"Actually, I think most Soul Beast are simpler and easier to understand than humans. They don't have as much deceit and treachery. If you treat them sincerely, they will reciprocate sincerely in return."

"In the past, I definitely wouldn't have agreed with you, but based on my experiences recently, you're right," Ma Hongjun nodded and said.

After hearing Chen Feng's words, a thoughtful look appeared in the Dark Soul Cat's eyes, but it did nothing more, simply lying down quietly beside Zhu Zhuqing's wooden bed.

Looking at its smooth, purplish-black fur, Chen Feng couldn't suppress his excitement and reached out to ruffle the Dark Soul Cat's hair.

The Dark Soul Cat's ears twitched, but it didn't react. So Chen Feng grew bolder, sat down on the ground next to the Dark Soul Cat, and started petting it.

While he was masturbating, he said:

"Cat-senpai, how are you feeling?"

"Meow~" The Dark Soul Cat squinted and meowed softly. Being petted was a feeling it had never experienced before, but it felt surprisingly good.

Seeing this, Chen Feng also had some thoughts in his mind, and he asked:

"Senior Cat, would you like to keep eating delicious Canned Fish forever?"

Dark Soul Cat remained silent, and Chen Feng, unconcerned, continued:

"It's not just Canned Fish, we also have steamed fish, grilled fish, Braised Fish, Sweet and Sour Fish, Roast Duck, Roast Chicken, and Roast Goose."

"Gulp." Dark Soul Cat involuntarily swallowed. Chen Feng noticed this and immediately launched into another long rant about delicious food.

The people around the campfire looked strange as they heard what Chen Feng was saying.

"What's Bro Feng doing?" Ma Hongjun asked, puzzled.

"Abducting Adulthood girls, huh?" Xiao Wu said, pursing her lips.

"Adulthood girl? Where is she?" Ma Hongjun looked around in confusion.

"There." Gu Yue Ling pointed to the Dark Soul Cat, which was being petted quite comfortably by Chen Feng.

"Ah, this." Ma Hongjun was somewhat confused, but he was greatly shocked.

"This is a female cat? I didn't even notice." Dai Mubai said, arms crossed.

"That's why I get along so well with Sister Zhu Zhuqing," Bai Chenxiang said with a smile. "Speaking of which, if Bro Feng successfully brings this cat back, will my Xiao Bai have a playmate?"

Xiao Bai is the same Wind Slime that followed her back then. After being brought back to the Academy, this Wind Slime would float around her dormitory every day.

The Wind Slime wouldn't come back until she returned to her dorm that evening.

Over time, the students in the Academy became familiar with it and knew that it was a gentle Soul Beast that would not attack people unless provoked.

Thanks to its adorable appearance, there were even people in the Academy who formed Slime Fan Club for it, making it one of the first groups of Soul Beast fans in the history of the Douluo Continent.

Gu Yue Ling glanced at Bai Chenxiang and said:

"One flies in the sky, and the other runs on the ground; their habits are completely different, so they'll probably have a hard time playing together."

"Who knows? What if we can become friends?" Bai Chenxiang said optimistically.

"I hope so." Gu Yue Ling didn't argue much. She didn't fully understand the habits of most Soul Beast and couldn't make a completely accurate judgment.

After all, she was born as Imperial Auspicious Beast, respected and worshipped by all Soul Beast.

In Chen Feng's words, they were from the old Soul Beast royal family of the Golden Banner, so naturally they weren't very down-to-earth.

In comparison, Xiao Wu, having been born into a more ordinary family, often wandered around the Star Dou Great Forest with Er Ming when she was young. Therefore, she has a better understanding of ordinary Soul Beast and is more likely to empathize with them.

"I think if Dark Soul Cat comes back with us, she'll definitely become good friends with Xiao Bai," Xiao Wu said, smiling at Gu Yue Ling.

Gu Yue Ling nodded and said nothing more.

Xiao Wu withdrew her gaze with a calm expression, but her thoughts were far from peaceful.

At dawn today, as they were pursuing the Dark Soul Cat, she vaguely sensed a peculiar aura not far behind her.

The feeling emanating from this aura was indescribable, but then the Dark Soul Cat suddenly slowed down, waiting for everyone to catch up.

Xiao Wu wasn't sure if the Dark Soul Cat had sensed anything at the time. She had already transformed into human form, and the changes in her bodily functions made it impossible for her to discern the peculiarity of that aura.

However, Xiao Wu knew very well that the person at the end of the group was Gu Yue Ling.

The fact that she could influence the behavior of Soul Beast with her aura and knew a great deal about them made Xiao Wu curious about Gu Yue Ling 'Soul Beast identity.

Actually, when Xiao Wu first met Gu Yue Ling, she had a vague feeling that was a little strange, but that feeling disappeared later, so Xiao Wu didn't pay much attention to it.

But now, after everything that had happened, Xiao Wu suddenly had an uncertain thought: Could it be that Gu Yue Ling was also a human transformed from Soul Beast?

While coming from a reclusive family could explain part of the reason, Xiao Wu herself was Soul Beast Transformation into Human, so she would subconsciously think in that direction.

Moreover, she herself had used the excuse of being from a reclusive family, so in her eyes, this excuse implied that her identity was questionable.

However, Xiao Wu had no intention of confronting Gu Yue Ling directly. She wasn't stupid; she wouldn't casually discuss the issue of Soul Beast Transformation into Human with just anyone.

Although Xiao Wu knew that Chen Feng always thought she wasn't very smart, she didn't think she was stupid; she was just not obviously smart.

For example, right now, Xiao Wu feels she should find an opportunity to talk to Chen Feng and Tang San about the doubts surrounding Gu Yue Ling's identity.

She remembered that Chen Feng possessed the ability to sense things; perhaps he could sense something?

Just as Xiao Wu was trying to use her rarely used brain, Ma Hongjun suddenly stood up and walked out of the camp.

"Where are you going?" Dai Mubai asked.

"To pee." Ma Hongjun waved his hand.

"Don't go too far."

"Knew."

It was getting dark, and the light in the forest was even dimmer. Ma Hongjun's figure soon disappeared from sight.

The group continued chatting, but after a short while, a scream suddenly came from the woods.

"Oh my god!"