A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Appears, a Climbing Tiger?

Wang Xiao unleashed his Third Spirit Skill, Thorn Pierce, trapping the Inverse Scale Armored Boa once again.

The Blood Chicken Vine was strengthened to its limit, its stems completely wrapping around it. It was already too late for it to escape.

Thorns grew one after another along the vines, piercing into the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's body.

Although its body was covered everywhere in indestructible scales, its eyes and mouth were still vital weak points.

Before long, the thorns had pierced into its eyes and mouth.

The Inverse Scale Armored Boa was immediately poisoned and paralyzed, its nerves twitching as both its defense and attack power were instantly halved.

Its Spiritual Power also shrank somewhat.

With the toxins on the thorns continuing to flood into its body, it grew even more numb.

If it had not been poisoned, taking it down would not have been easy.

After all, it was a Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It was not easy to kill.

His level was also a serious weakness.

At the beginning, Wang Xiao had not been confident that he could defeat it.

Now, however, it was no longer a problem.

The Blood Chicken Vine's powerful binding and crushing force left it even more unable to move.

"Hmm, the chance is here!"

Wang Xiao was overjoyed. The Thunder God Hammer in his right hand immediately lit up.

He raised it high, white arcs of lightning flashing across it. "First Spirit Skill, One Hammer Decisive!"

His hand rose and the hammer fell, smashing heavily into the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's head.

Lightning crackled as the blow made the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's entire body shudder several times.

It collapsed onto the ground, completely unable to move.

Wang Xiao immediately took out his dagger to deliver the final blow.

With a single thrust, he killed the Inverse Scale Armored Boa.

At once, a black ring of light rose from the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's body and floated in midair.

It was a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The age of a soul beast's soul ring could be distinguished by its color.

Ten-Year Soul Beast Soul Rings were white. Hundred-year ones were yellow. Thousand-year ones were purple. Ten-thousand-year ones were black. Hundred-thousand-year ones were red.

Across the current Douluo Continent, the oldest soul beasts discovered were only around a hundred thousand years old.

Million Year Soul Beasts had yet to be discovered.

Of course, that did not mean there were none.

For example, the sleeping Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, in the Star Dou Great Forest was a soul beast more than a million years old.

However, such a soul beast, a fragment of the Dragon God, was a heaven-defying existence comparable to a god.

Even on Douluo Continent, there were only a handful of them.

There was also an insect that should currently be in the Star Dou Great Forest.

It had nearly nine hundred thousand years of cultivation by now.

Although that insect was known as a Million Year Soul Beast, its fate was incomparably tragic.

Wang Xiao immediately swept his gaze around. Seeing that no other soul masters or dangerous soul beasts were approaching, he finally sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring of this Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

But then he stopped again.

His cultivation had not yet reached Level Forty, so he could not absorb it.

Wang Xiao realized that he had made another mistake. He had hunted the soul beast before raising his cultivation to Level Forty, meaning he could not absorb its soul ring yet.

He could only hurry and try to raise his cultivation to Level Forty within half an hour.

He immediately took the Crystal Ball from Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night and tested his current Soul Power. He was at Level Thirty-Six.

In other words, he still needed to advance four levels.

Wang Xiao did not think further about it. He hoped to borrow some more energy from the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart and cultivate to Level Forty quickly.

If he failed, then this Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's soul ring would be wasted.

Wang Xiao immediately sank his breath into his Dantian, inhaling and exhaling as he calmly cultivated...

Thirty-six minutes later.

Wang Xiao slowly opened his eyes and wiped away his sweat. Hmm, luckily, it only took thirty-six minutes to cultivate to Level Forty.

If I had been another ten or so minutes later, even if I reached Level Forty, there would not have been enough time to absorb this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring before it dispersed!

Wang Xiao hurriedly released his Blood Chicken Vine martial soul and entered meditation...

A few minutes later.

The Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring trembled a few times before flying toward him.

It circled his body several times, then rose above his head.

Wang Xiao immediately felt an immense pressure crushing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

His body and bones made creaking sounds.

This was the first time he had experienced such pressure.

It was much more intense than absorbing his previous three soul rings.

"As expected of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's soul ring. It really is different!"

If he did not have the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart supporting him, even the previous Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring would probably have blown him apart!

Let alone this Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Wang Xiao thought again about how he was only at Level Forty.

Absorbing a Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring without putting in some effort was impossible.

If his Soul Power reached Level Ninety, then absorbing a ten-thousand-year one should take no effort at all, right?

About six hours later.

Wang Xiao finally finished absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. It had nearly cost him his life.

If the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart had not protected his body, he would have exploded several times over.

Having successfully absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Wang Xiao's body was somewhat weak and needed replenishing.

He immediately took several pounds of roasted wild boar meat from Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night and began wolfing it down.

He was thirsty.

He took out a waterskin, filled it with water from the lake, and drank.

He ate meat as he drank water.

When Wang Xiao looked toward the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's corpse, he suddenly saw a white object floating above it, covered in white scales.

He quickly took it over to inspect it. Could this be that thing mentioned in the original Douluo Dalu book?

After a soul beast was killed, there was a chance it would leave behind some additional items.

A soul bone?

"Yes! A soul bone. It's this Inverse Scale Armored Boa's soul bone."

Wang Xiao was overjoyed. This Inverse Scale Armored Boa's soul bone was a top-tier defensive soul bone. He could completely absorb it!

So he put it away in Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, with no intention of absorbing it here.

After all, this place was too dangerous.

This was different from a soul ring.

A soul ring had to be absorbed within an hour.

If it was not absorbed after an hour, it would disappear.

A soul bone was different. Even if it was not absorbed for years or tens of thousands of years—

as long as it was properly preserved, it would not deteriorate.

Even after being absorbed by a soul master, it could be dug out and used again.

That was the advantage of soul bones.

Next was the final soul ring.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Wang Xiao felt a headache coming on. Where was he supposed to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

There might be groups of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

But this was the Soul Hunting Forest. Even if there were one or two, they would likely be extremely difficult to find.

Wang Xiao had no choice. It was a task assigned by the system; if he could not complete it, he could forget about leaving this place.

He should keep searching.

He planned to look around the area. If he was lucky, he might find one right away.

If he was unlucky, he might not find one even after ten days or half a month.

Just as Wang Xiao was about to turn and leave, he suddenly remembered something.

He turned back and glanced at the Climbing Tiger behind him, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

"Right! Plant soul beasts are soul beasts too. This Climbing Tiger is so enormous—could it be..."

At that thought, Wang Xiao's heartbeat sped up.

It was possible... Could this Climbing Tiger possibly be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Rumble—

Just as Wang Xiao was about to approach the Climbing Tiger's main root to investigate, the entire lake island suddenly began to shake violently.

He nearly lost his footing and fell to the ground.

"That's right. This is a hundred-thousand-year Climbing Tiger plant soul beast!"

He had finally found it.

It was just a little too big, and not easy to deal with!

Wang Xiao immediately retreated several steps and used all his strength to release his White Yellow Purple Black soul rings.

He also released both martial souls: the Blood Chicken Vine martial soul and the Thunder God Hammer martial soul.

No matter how powerful the Climbing Tiger soul beast was, this battle could not be avoided.

Moreover, it was a task assigned by the system. If he could not finish absorbing this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, the task would repeat, and he would never be able to leave this forest.

Since there was no way back, he could only choose to fight.

The Climbing Tiger then tore itself from the ground, its vines growing madly.

Its root system spread over the entire lake island and throughout the whole lake, sweeping toward him all at once.

Wang Xiao spun around where he stood and found that there was nowhere left for him to go.

The Climbing Tiger's vines covered the sky and earth, wrapping around him and trapping him inside.

Then the small roots on its stem joints, like hands and straws, sharp as blades, closed in on his body, wanting to suck him dry.

Wang Xiao smiled. Trying to eat me? Not a chance. "First Spirit Skill: Grappling Kill!"

"Second Spirit Skill: Strangling Kill!"

"Third Spirit Skill: Thorn Pierce!"

"Fourth Spirit Skill: Inverse Scale Spiral Slash!"

Inverse Scale Spiral Slash was the fourth new Spirit Skill he had created after absorbing the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The Blood Chicken Vine had mutated, its stems and leaves fully armed, inheriting the Inverse Scale Armor Shards from the Inverse Scale Armored Boa's body.

Not only were its stems and leaves tougher and its binding stronger—

the Inverse Scale Armor Shards growing across their surface possessed terrifying defensive, rotational, hardened, and sharp cutting power.

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