After entering the forest, Dai Mubai walked at the front to clear the way. Suddenly, he raised a hand to smack a rabbit to death, and Tang San immediately called out, "Wait..."
Dai Mubai turned back to look at Tang San and asked, "What is it?"
"There are quite a few low-level soul beasts here. Let's take another path!" Tang San knew Xiao Wu liked rabbits, so naturally he did not want Dai Mubai to kill it. He continued, "Soul beasts grow slowly. If we slaughter them excessively, there might not be any soul beasts left in the Soul Beast Forest in a few years."
"Mm, all right! Let's take another path!" Dai Mubai agreed readily.
Tang San continued, "Of course, there's another reason. If we kill soul beasts, the smell of blood might attract powerful soul beasts. That would be bad."
But at that moment, there was movement ahead. Everyone became alert, and Zhao Wuji ordered, "Zhu Zhuqing, get up in the trees and see what's going on."
After receiving the order, Zhu Zhuqing leaped directly onto a branch. It had to be said that the jumping ability of a cat Martial Soul was truly excellent, and at the instant of Martial Soul Possession, her wild beauty was incredibly striking.
"It's a flying snake." Zhu Zhuqing looked ahead and said, "It's not flying high above the ground. Its body is six to eight meters long, and it has a blood-red fleshy crest on its head."
Hearing that description, Zhao Wuji asked again, "What does its tail look like?"
"Its tail is fan-shaped."
Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's description, Zhao Wuji was immediately overjoyed. "Excellent! Oscar, you brat, you're in luck. This is a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. We just don't know how old it is yet. Everyone, get ready. Let's capture this snake first."
"Zhuqing, check what color that snake's wings are." Tang San looked up at Zhu Zhuqing in the tree and asked.
Zhu Zhuqing leaped farther forward and confirmed, "They're pale red."
Tang San said happily, "Pale red, six to eight meters long... This should be a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent between 1,300 and 1,800 years old. Oscar, its age is just right for you."
Oscar said excitedly, "Really? That's great."
Tang San began showing off his knowledge as he explained, "A thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent is rarely seen! Although its attack methods are limited to Entanglement, it is extremely fast. In particular, its fleshy crest stores the nutrients it needs to escape."
Zhao Zilong immediately followed Tang San's words. "Then hurry up and catch up with it! Don't let it get away."
Zhao Zilong wanted to test how much stronger his Martial Soul had become after his formerly useless Blue Silver Grass gained the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor. From the system's description, he knew that his Martial Soul was no longer useless, but a mid-level Martial Soul.
Tang San said again at this moment, "Mm. This kind of snake is not very aggressive. We mainly need to stop it from escaping. Snakes' natural enemies are birds of prey. Fatty, your Martial Soul is a phoenix, so you should be able to restrain it somewhat."
"Got it, leave it to me!" Ma Hongjun immediately promised.
Zhao Wuji grinned. "You brat, you sure know a lot! Fine, you'll command this time."
Tang San nodded. Seeing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent flying toward them, he said, "Attack..."
Soul rings appeared around Zhao Zilong. Under the enhancement of his second soul skill, Soul Skill: Heartbreak Poison, his blue Blue Silver Grass turned purple.
Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain... Countless Blue Silver Grass leaves shot out like flying knives, but the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was extremely fast and swiftly dodged the countless Blue Silver leaves.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Countless sharp Blue Silver leaves struck the tree trunks, each one exploding with a loud crack. After several waves of attacks, the powerful piercing and destructive force of the Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain sliced the trunks cleanly in two.
The power has increased this much... Zhao Zilong was startled.
It was not only Zhao Zilong. Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others beside him were also surprised. They had seen Zhao Zilong's Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain yesterday, and its power could only be considered average. They had not expected it to be so powerful today.
Sure enough, he had not used his full strength in yesterday's battle.
At that instant, Dai Mubai and the others all thought the same thing. After all, Zhao Zilong had been dissatisfied from the start with Fatty provoking Blue Sunshine Academy.
First Soul Skill: White Tiger Fierce Light Wave...
First Soul Skill: Entanglement... Tang San also used his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but his face instantly turned pale because he sensed that his Soul Power had actually fallen to level 28. Tang San was shocked.
His expression could not help turning grim. His Soul Power had clearly still been level 29 yesterday. Why had it suddenly regressed after only one day?
Although Tang San was puzzled, he had no time to think deeply while facing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
Then, with Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others working together, along with Zhao Wuji's Gravity Squeeze, they finally captured the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
Looking at the dying Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent on the ground, Zhao Wuji said, "All right, Oscar, come over and kill it quickly."
Xiao Wu could not bear it and asked, "Do we really have to kill soul beasts?"
Hearing Xiao Wu's question, everyone else rolled their eyes. But Tang San was very patient with Xiao Wu as he explained, "The strong prey on the weak. Soul beasts can gain more years by eating humans, while soul masters also need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings and grow stronger. Besides, humans only hunt a portion of soul beasts. Soul beasts also kill one another. They all want to seize each other's Soul Power. This isn't something an individual can change. And if this soul beast were stronger than us, it would probably eat us too."
After hearing Tang San's words, Xiao Wu fell silent. Oscar walked over, ready to finish the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with a single slash, when an elderly voice suddenly called out, "Stop..."
Then, an old woman holding a Serpent Cane and a young girl holding a Serpent Cane walked over. They were Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.
Snake Grandma walked over, looking at the Shrek group with unfriendly eyes. She said coldly, "This old woman is Chao Tianxiang." As she spoke, soul rings gradually appeared around her: Yellow yellow purple purple Purple Black—six soul rings.
Seeing that she was merely a six-ring Soul Emperor, Zhao Wuji's lips curled in contempt. Then seven soul rings appeared around him: Yellow yellow purple purple Black Black Black. He asked disdainfully, "What is it?"
Sure enough, after seeing Zhao Wuji's seven soul rings, Snake Grandma's expression turned ugly. She had originally intended to overpower them by force, but she had not expected the middle-aged man before her to possess even greater Soul Power than she did. She immediately backed down somewhat and said, "Hello, respected Soul Saint. You cannot give this soul ring to that child."
Zhao Wuji asked coldly, "Why not?"
"Because we discovered this snake first," Meng Yiran said coolly. Zhao Zilong found her voice quite pleasant and examined Meng Yiran carefully. Although her looks were somewhat inferior to Ning Rongrong's and her figure could not compare to Zhu Zhuqing's, she possessed a different kind of wild beauty from Zhu Zhuqing.
Oscar was deeply dissatisfied. The duck that had practically reached his mouth was about to be snatched away, and he immediately refused. "Nonsense! When we caught it, we didn't see any of you."
Meng Yiran wanted to say something more, but Snake Grandma stopped her. "Don't get agitated, young man. Look at the snake's belly. There are three wounds there from where my cane struck it."
Tang San immediately looked over upon hearing this and indeed saw three wounds. Snake Grandma continued, "My granddaughter has already reached level 30 and urgently needs this soul ring. I ask that the Soul Saint give this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to us."
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