"Big sister, big sister, so many ants, I'm so scared."
Sun Sheng glanced at the steadily approaching Goliath Ants, a flash of craftiness crossing his eyes. Figning fear, he lunged from the front, hugged Hu Liena, and buried his head in her arms.
Since Sun Sheng was still young and not very tall, he was just a head shorter than Hu Liena.
This scene!
Mmm!
So fragrant!
"Little brother, don't be afraid. Big sister is here."
Due to the tense situation, Hu Liena was in a state of high alert. She understood Sun Sheng's fear very well and didn't mind too much, comforting him very patiently.
But when Xie Yue and Yan saw this, they didn't think that way at all.
This was simply taking advantage of her in broad daylight.
Abominable!
Hateful.
Must kill him!
Must kill him!
As Xie Yue and Yan watched, raging fires ignited within their eyes.
Especially Yan, whose hands clenched into fists as a ball of flames blazed over his body. Except for his face, he turned completely red, and violent soul power erupted from within him.
Clearly, Yan was on the verge of exploding.
"Brother Yan, you handle that Goliath Ant King. The two of us will take care of the other Goliath Ants. As long as we get the chance, we'll leave this place quickly."
Hu Liena had Sun Sheng hide behind her and decisively summoned her spirit.
A large, fluffy tail grew out from behind her, and she became even prettier and more bewitching.
"Alright!"
Yan and Xie Yue exchanged a glance and successively summoned their spirits.
No matter what, they had to keep up the act.
They couldn't let Hu Liena see that they were deliberately plotting against Sun Sheng.
A tall, red figure emerged behind Yan, and the surrounding area turned into a sea of fire.
The ambient temperature soared by several degrees.
Meanwhile, a crescent-moon-shaped blade appeared in Xie Yue's hand, radiating a faint, chilling gleam.
His aura grew even more sinister and icy.
The four soul rings of all three were currently the best soul configuration on Douluo Continent: yellow, yellow, purple, and purple.
"Good grief, as expected of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation. Yan's Flame Lord Spirit and Xie Yue's Moon Blade Spirit are truly formidable."
After looking at Yan and Xie Yue's spirits, Sun Sheng's expression changed slightly.
Indeed, if there were no Tang San on Douluo Continent.
With Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan's aptitudes, they were indeed worthy of being called the Golden Generation, enough to become the future pillars of Spirit Hall.
"First Soul Skill, Hell Lava Surge!"
Yan made the first move, lighting up his first soul ring as fiery-red lava shot into the sky in front of the Goliath Ant King.
That scorching torrent of lava forced it back several meters.
One could see just how powerful his first soul skill was.
Several hundred-year-old Goliath Ants near the lava flow were instantly roasted, emitting a faint meaty aroma, and bright yellow soul rings floated above their corpses.
Then Yan charged straight out, attacking the Goliath Ant King.
His goal was very simple: to be responsible for holding it back and buying time, letting the remaining group of Goliath Ants put pressure on Hu Liena and covertly kill Sun Sheng.
"Second Soul Skill, Guard!"
Xie Yue followed up immediately, lighting up his second yellow soul ring. The moon blade in his hand flew out at high speed, turning into a fierce, chilling gleam that spun in a circle around them.
In an instant, over a dozen rushing hundred-year-old Goliath Ants were slashed in half.
Under Xie Yue's control, the moon blade continued to slaughter the Goliath Ant swarm.
He himself charged out as well, all to create a situation where Hu Liena and Sun Sheng were surrounded by the Goliath Ant swarm.
By then, Hu Liena would definitely be distracted and unable to attend to Sun Sheng.
Next, Sun Sheng would face a nightmare.
"Second Soul Skill, Fox Fire Command!"
"Third Soul Skill, Demon Fox Transformation!"
Yan and Xie Yue's plan succeeded.
Not long after, Hu Liena and Sun Sheng were surrounded by the Goliath Ant swarm.
To protect Sun Sheng well, Hu Liena pulled out all the stops, using her second and third soul rings—which had the strongest offensive power—to hold them off.
However, her spirit was a demon fox, not a power-attack type spirit, so her offensive power was limited. Meanwhile, the Goliath Ants had formidable defense and astonishing physical strength.
Relying solely on her own power, she simply couldn't withstand the encirclement of more than a hundred hundred-year-old Goliath Ants and over a dozen thousand-year-old Goliath Ants.
Added to the fact that Sun Sheng kept coasting and deliberately concealed his strength.
Within moments, she fell into a bitter battle and gradually showed signs of being unable to multitask.
Seeing Hu Liena constantly beating back the surging Goliath Ant swarm to protect him, Sun Sheng was deeply moved.
Sure enough, he hadn't misjudged her.
Hu Liena was worth having.
To the side, Yan—who was savagely toying with the Goliath Ant King without killing it right away—and Xie Yue—who was entangled with over two hundred hundred-year-old Goliath Ants and more than twenty thousand-year-old ones—wore insidious grins as they watched Hu Liena fall into a hard fight and unable to protect Sun Sheng.
Their plan had finally succeeded.
This brat who filled them with hatred was finally going to meet his end.
Bang!
Finally, Hu Liena couldn't hold on anymore.
A thousand-year-old Goliath Ant succeeded in a sneak attack, knocking her flying as a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
She had clearly suffered not-insignificant injuries.
Seeing this, Sun Sheng's expression changed slightly. With a swing of the staff in his hand, he batted away the several hundred-year-old Goliath Ants surrounding him. Raising both hands, he caught Hu Liena the very moment she fell to the ground.
"Big sister, you've worked hard. Let me protect you from now on."
Breathing in the faint, lingering fragrance wafting over, Sun Sheng lowered his gaze to look at the person in his arms and smiled faintly.
That handsome, smiling face instantly captivated Hu Liena.
Her bewitching little face flushed red, looking like a thoroughly ripened apple, much like a shy young girl.
Sun Sheng gently set Hu Liena down, stroked her tail, and turned to face the furiously charging Goliath Ant swarm.
In an instant, the smile vanished from his face, replaced by an expression of extreme coldness and ferocity.
"You dare to hurt my big sister, you all deserve to die!"
Sun Sheng let out a fierce, angry shout as the million-year-old spirit ring flashed repeatedly, releasing a dazzling white glow.
At the same time, the spirit in his hand changed, gradually shedding its pitch-black iron skin to reveal the true appearance of the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
Simultaneously, a tyrannical aura of supreme dominion erupted from Sun Sheng's body.
Like a ferocious beast, he raised his staff and charged into the Goliath Ant swarm.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sun Sheng rampaged through the Goliath Ant swarm, a single sweep of his staff capable of sending several Goliath Ants flying.
Whether they were thousand-year-old or hundred-year-old Goliath Ants, they were all the same, sent hurtling away by Sun Sheng like mere stones.
Every Goliath Ant that was batted away, whether a hundred-year-old or one or two thousand-year-old, dropped dead on the spot.
His armor break soul skill could ignore any defense, rendering the Goliath Ants' tough carapaces practically useless.
Whenever a Goliath Ant got close to Hu Liena, he would send it flying and kill it without the slightest hesitation.
As for Hu Liena, she stared at Sun Sheng, who stood before her like a god of war. She was gradually captivated by his strength and dominance, watching in a daze.
"So strong, so handsome, so manly."
Suddenly, Hu Liena murmured involuntarily, peach blossoms blooming in her eyes.
Ding! Hu Liena conquest mission completion progress: 60%.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a seven-hundred-year-old Goliath Ant. Reward: seventy points of leveling value, seventy points of exchange value.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a fifteen-hundred-year-old Goliath Ant. Reward: one hundred and fifty points of leveling value, one hundred and fifty points of exchange value.
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