Zhu Zhuqing stared at the girl before her in utter shock.
Beneath the flames, glowing green patterns spread across the girl's skin.
Then, countless particles gathered around her, forming fragments of armor.
"I will set the sea ablaze!"
As the final note fell, Firefly's armor finished assembling.
With a wave of her hand, the surrounding flames dispersed, leaving behind an iron cavalier that resembled a god.
"Glamoth Iron Cavalry, Firefly IV. Commencing Scorched Earth Operation."
Sam waved a hand, flinging out a shower of sparks.
The moment the sparks touched the ground, they transformed into a sea of fire.
The next instant, the armor shot into the sky, wreathed in flames.
It descended alongside a blazing meteor.
Then it delivered a solid kick to the Bright Dragon God Butterfly's head.
Yet the Bright Dragon God Butterfly remained completely unharmed.
Sure enough, even such a spectacular attack could not break through a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast's defenses.
The hope Zhu Zhuqing had just begun to feel was utterly shattered.
Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts were apex predators second only to Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
Even Spirit Hall, with its extensive experience hunting Soul Beasts, needed a level-sixty Soul Emperor to lead a team just to barely contend with one.
Before a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, the few of them were no different from ants.
However, at that moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the Bright Dragon God Butterfly's body.
The crack glowed like molten lava.
Then the crack grew wider and wider until it covered its entire body.
The next moment, scorching magma burst from within the Bright Dragon God Butterfly's body.
"Roar!!!"
Before it could even let out a wail, this apex predator of the Star Dou Great Forest—the Bright Dragon God Butterfly with over ten thousand years of cultivation—instantly turned into specks of starlight and vanished.
Afterward, a Soul Ring shining with black light slowly floated in midair.
Zhu Zhuqing was so shocked that she even forgot to get up from the ground.
She simply sat there, stunned for a long while.
A single strike had killed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast?
No wonder she could not sense this girl's Soul Power. Her strength was simply too great, far beyond Zhu Zhuqing's range of perception.
To defeat a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast in one blow, one had to be at least a level-seventy Soul Sage.
Could this girl, who looked only two or three years older than her, already be a Soul Sage???
Zhu Zhuqing's astonishment was written all over her face.
But no matter how she thought about it, that was impossible, wasn't it?
Some reclusive masters could regain their youth after reaching a certain level of cultivation.
But that required at least the strength of a Soul Douluo.
And there were only a handful of Soul Douluo in the entire empire.
Every one of them was registered with Spirit Hall.
There was no way she would have no memory of one.
Yet believing that a teenage girl had cultivated to the rank of Soul Sage was even harder than believing Firefly was a rejuvenated Soul Douluo.
After all, she could not sense either of their cultivation. To her, level seventy and level eighty made no difference.
She would not be able to make the slightest move in front of either of them.
"Interesting."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest.
A girl clad entirely in gold stood on a tree branch, quietly watching Lu Jiang and the others in the distance.
She wore a golden gown, her long golden hair draped casually over her shoulders.
Like an angel descending from legend, she was so sacred that she inspired not the slightest trace of desire.
The moment mortals saw her, their hearts would be left with nothing but the urge to worship.
She was Qian Renxue, the child of Spirit Hall's Pope and a peerless genius who possessed the Angel Martial Soul.
She had originally slipped out in secret today to see whether those old monsters in the Star Dou Forest had made any moves.
As soon as she arrived, she discovered a Ten Thousand Year Bright Dragon God Butterfly.
So she followed it all the way here.
Then she witnessed what had just happened.
Qian Renxue was equally shocked. Since when had there been a Soul Douluo she had never seen before?
And what was with that full-body External Soul Bone?
There was actually a fully enclosing Soul Bone in this world?
This girl was surrounded by far too many mysteries.
Qian Renxue decided to observe a little longer.
After dealing with the Bright Dragon God Butterfly, Firefly released her transformed state.
At the same time, a status panel appeared beside her.
[Character Card: Firefly] [Action Value: 14/100]
That strike had nearly drained all her Action Value!
Not only that, Lu Jiang felt as though his body had been hollowed out.
Clearly, Firefly's move had not only nearly exhausted the accumulated Soul Power, but had also completely drained all of his own Soul Power!
Fortunately, Firefly had been in peak condition when she fought. Otherwise, all of them might have died at the hands of that Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.
Looking at the black Soul Ring in the sky, Lu Jiang could not help sighing.
As expected of someone from Star Rail. The power levels of the two worlds were not even on the same level!
He did not even have a Soul Ring, only level-twenty Soul Power.
Yet even so, he could use Firefly to one-shot a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast with a single move!
And it was even a Soul Beast related to dragons!
One had to know that a Dragon God had once appeared on Douluo Continent.
The Dragon God was an existence comparable to a God King, and the dragon-type Soul Beasts here had all received the Dragon God's blessing.
Their strength far surpassed that of ordinary Soul Beasts.
Lu Jiang could not help fantasizing. Firefly alone was already this powerful.
If he later drew an Emanator like Acheron... would he not be able to charge straight into the God Realm?
Lu Jiang was already imagining himself surrounded by a host of Emanators, grabbing the Asura God by the throat and asking, "Are you giving me a God Position or not?"
Firefly returned to Lu Jiang's side, then bent down and pressed close to his ear as she whispered:
"There's someone else nearby, hiding in the shadows. Be careful."
After saying that, Firefly straightened up and turned into specks of flowing light, disappearing from sight.
Lu Jiang looked at the card in his hand thoughtfully.
Just then, he heard Zhu Zhuqing's surprised voice behind him.
"Where did that senior go?"
Lu Jiang scratched his head. He had a fairly good impression of Zhu Zhuqing, and she had even saved his life earlier, so he did not intend to hide it from her.
So he told her:
"You can think of her as my Martial Soul, though she's also a little different."
"She resides within my Martial Soul. She's my companion."
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes widened in shock.
It was already unbelievable for a Soul Master who had not even reached level ten to have a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse protecting him.
But she had never expected that this was actually his own power?
A Soul Master whose Soul Power had only just reached level ten had actually killed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast???
Lu Jiang's strength had already surpassed Zhu Zhuqing's understanding.
She had thought that after witnessing Third Brother's heaven-defying cultivation speed, no genius could ever surprise her again.
But when she saw Lu Jiang, she understood.
Her world had ultimately been far too small.
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