They obtained Soul Rings by hunting Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Forest.
What he was doing now was searching for Soul Beasts to hunt within the Soul Beast Forest.
However, the Soul Beast Forest he was in was simulated, and the Soul Beasts inside were all fake.
The only things that could be considered real were perhaps those primordial Soul Beast essences.
Those were what he needed to obtain, rather than artificial Soul Beast essences.
After walking through the forest for over ten minutes, Chen An encountered his first thousand-year Soul Beast.
He did not recognize this Soul Beast, but he could tell from its energy fluctuations that it was not a spiritual-type Soul Beast.
Thus, rather than confronting it head-on, he decisively chose to flee.
Soul Power was also consumed within the Spirit Ascension Platform. Fighting one more battle meant spending less time inside.
He did not want to waste Soul Power on Soul Beasts he did not need to hunt.
He would only act when he encountered spiritual-type Soul Beasts. He would avoid all other Soul Beasts whenever possible.
Chen An ran for quite a while before finally shaking off the thousand-year Soul Beast.
Not long after escaping it, he encountered another Soul Beast. This time, his luck was better—it was a spiritual-type Soul Beast.
During this period, he had focused on studying spiritual-type Soul Beasts and had come to recognize quite a few of them.
He happened to recognize the Soul Beast before him: an Illusion Feather Butterfly.
This type of butterfly had a body that was half-illusory and half-physical, as though it had been constructed from spiritual power.
Illusion Feather Butterflies were not very aggressive and were relatively gentle Soul Beasts.
Their powerful spiritual power was mostly used for self-preservation, and they lacked offensive skills.