On the ground, the smoke gradually dissipated, revealing the figure of a massive beast within. It was the Clawed Bear.
It was in an extremely disheveled state. Its dark gold fur had been scorched black, and cracks covered the dreadclaws on its right arm, making for a horrifying sight. Dark gold blood even flowed from those cracks, and its aura had grown exceedingly weak. It seemed the backlash from using its bloodline power had arrived.
The Evil Tiger was not doing much better. It stared at the Clawed Bear while panting heavily. Its soul skill consumed too much Soul Power. It had thought that strike would finish the bear off, but it had still underestimated the giant bear's abilities.
Neither the Evil Tiger nor the Clawed Bear could do anything to the other. The two beasts stared at one another, the Evil Tiger letting out an unwilling low growl while the Clawed Bear roared in fury as well.
"Finished fighting? Then stay behind!"
Just as the two massive beasts were preparing to retreat in unwillingness, an indifferent voice rang out and reached their ears.
Locked onto by an inexplicable aura, both massive beasts were startled. They unleashed the remaining Soul Power in their bodies and assumed defensive stances.
"Whoosh!" A violent wind swept through the sky, bending the surrounding trees. At the same time, an enormous Ghost Green Palm slammed down viciously. The palm was a full hundred meters wide, directly covering both massive beasts beneath it.
Layers of mist could faintly be seen within the gale. This was Du Busi's Body Poison, and it was incredibly lethal!
"Roar!" At last, the two massive beasts could no longer remain calm. The enormous palm brought them immense pressure. This was simply not something they could contend with.
The palm descended with extreme speed, gripping both massive beasts in the blink of an eye.
"Kid, come down!" Du Busi stood on the utterly ruined grassland and waved toward Qin Ze in the distance.
Hearing Du Busi's words, Qin Ze hurriedly grabbed onto some thin branches and climbed down in a few steps like an ape.
When he reached Du Busi's side and looked over, Qin Ze saw a huge mass of ghostly green mist on the ground. The palm had already vanished.
Du Busi waved his hand, and the thick mist instantly dispersed, revealing the situation within. Qin Ze looked over and saw that both the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had already fallen unconscious, lying quietly on the ground.
That made sense. If they could still resist a Super Douluo, that would truly be strange.
Du Busi glanced at the two Soul Beasts and said, "Choose one yourself. Both of these Soul Beasts are well suited for you."
Qin Ze nodded solemnly and continued looking back and forth between the two Soul Beasts.
After looking for over ten seconds, Qin Ze fell into deep indecision. Both Soul Beasts possessed both offense and defense and were exceptionally powerful. This really was not easy to choose.
"Actually, I recommend that you choose the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. This Soul Beast is a rare variant, with pitifully few of them in existence. Even I have never seen one before. There are only records of it in the secret tomes of my Body Sect." Seeing that Qin Ze had not made a decision for so long, Du Busi helped him choose.
Qin Ze nodded. He was also more inclined toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. There was no doubt about the strength of this thing. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Tang San had killed back then had even crossed over into the world of Heavenly Jewel Change, ultimately benefiting Zhou Weiqing.
"Then this junior will choose it." Qin Ze looked at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Du Busi said, "Take out your blade and stab it directly through the neck. This Soul Beast has already been crippled by me, and its defense has weakened as well."
"Alright!" Qin Ze summoned the blade attached to the Demon Armor and walked straight up to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. With a swish, the blade in his hand pierced directly through the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's neck.
Pitch-black blood immediately sprayed from the wound. Fortunately, Qin Ze dodged in time, or it would have splashed onto him.
The unconscious Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had no sensation at all. As Qin Ze exerted force, the blade sank deeper and deeper. A minute later, a deep yellow Soul Ring slowly rose from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse.
Looking at the Soul Ring, Qin Ze's heart gradually grew feverish. Once he absorbed it, he would become a true Soul Master.
Du Busi said calmly from the side, "Absorbing a Soul Ring is no trivial matter. This Soul Beast is also a variant, so the process will certainly be painful for you. Remember, once you draw the Soul Ring above your head, you must guard your mind and not let the Soul Beast's lingering will break through it. Otherwise, your Martial Soul will be damaged at best, and you will die on the spot at worst. Do you understand?"
Qin Ze took a deep breath and nodded solemnly. "This junior understands!" His gaze grew resolute as he spoke. If he wanted strength beyond that of ordinary people, he had to endure pain beyond that of ordinary people!
With that thought, Qin Ze sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. The Soul Power within his body spread outward, forming a connection and drawing the Soul Ring over.
Drawn by Qin Ze's Soul Power, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring gradually moved toward the top of his head.
Before the Soul Ring even came close, Qin Ze felt a thread of icy aura rushing toward him, and he could not help shivering.
Soon, the Soul Ring floated above Qin Ze's head. It then rapidly shrank, becoming the size of a bracelet. Since Qin Ze's Demon Armor Martial Soul could not currently be summoned, he could only use the blade as a substitute for his Martial Soul. In any case, they were one entity.
The bracelet-sized Soul Ring directly slipped over the blade.
At that instant, Qin Ze's body suddenly shuddered, and his face immediately twisted into a frown. He felt an extremely dark, cold, yet scorching energy rampaging through his body.
At the same time, waves of unwilling roars assaulted his mind.
The icy energy seemed intent on freezing his internal organs, while the scorching energy seemed intent on burning his body. One cold and one hot, they made Qin Ze groan in agony.
Du Busi watched Qin Ze, whose aura was not particularly stable. If Qin Ze encountered danger and could not hold on, he would intervene.
The energy produced within the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring was far too immense, and Qin Ze constantly cursed in his mind.
Under the impact of that energy, Qin Ze's soul soon seemed to enter an entirely new world. Yet he did not see it, still immersed in the pain of enduring the energy's assault.
There was nothing in this world except for a stone platform at its center.
A suit of armor emitting a faint blue glow floated above the stone platform. Beside it, a strangely shaped blade also hovered motionlessly.
The energy within the Soul Ring seemed to find an outlet and surged directly toward the armor and blade. At the same time, roars echoed throughout this world.
Outside, blood gradually flowed from Qin Ze's mouth. His body trembled continuously, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans dripped from his forehead, eventually soaking his clothes.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring contained too much energy. Moreover, it possessed the utterly evil power left behind by the Evil God, making it far too violent.
Du Busi frowned, his palm already extended, prepared to pull Qin Ze back at his most dangerous moment. However, if he did that, Qin Ze would be unable to absorb a Soul Ring for a month. Du Busi hesitated.
Suddenly, just as Du Busi was deciding whether to intervene, a dazzling cyan light abruptly burst from Qin Ze's body.
Du Busi's expression changed, and he was about to act. Yet before he could, his pupils abruptly contracted, his face filling with disbelief.
A cyan phantom dragon condensed from Qin Ze's body. The Azure Dragon coiled around him and opened its jaws, breathing out a dense life energy that poured into Qin Ze through his head. In an instant, Qin Ze's body stopped trembling and became exceptionally stable.
Azure Dragon: wood among the five elements!
Wood, the symbol of life!
After releasing the life energy, the Azure Dragon did not disappear. Instead, it breathed dense dragon breath toward the sky. Within that dragon breath was pure life force.
The dragon breath transformed into a gust of wind that continuously swept outward, its life energy nourishing the earth. The wind blew swiftly, and after lasting for over ten seconds, it finally dispersed.
At the moment the wind dispersed, a strange beast over thirty kilometers away from Qin Ze sensed something. Startled, it raised its head and abandoned the sweet floral nectar in its mouth.
Not far from that strange beast, a Soul Beast over five meters long and resembling a lion looked curiously at the beast drinking floral nectar.
This Soul Beast was incredibly bizarre. It actually had three heads!
Swish!
Just as the Three-Headed Soul Beast was puzzled, the strange beast that had been drinking floral nectar suddenly bolted, running in an unknown direction.
Seeing this, the Three-Headed Soul Beast first froze. The next second, it panicked and chased after the strange beast, afraid that something might happen to it.
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