Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger

Ye Qiu caught the hand she held out. "Take it. It's not like I'm giving it to you for free! Besides, with this ability of mine, do you think I'll ever lack Soul Bones?"

He would get better ones sooner or later, okay!

"What do you mean?"

"You help me do one thing, and this thing counts as your payment. Besides, you absorbed its Spirit Ring. Clearly, you're a better match for it!"

"Help you do one thing? What thing?" Since Ye Qiu did not want it, she stopped being coy and planned to accept it. With such an abnormal ability, he really would not lack them.

"Help me get my Spirit Ring first, and then I'll tell you." Ye Qiu rubbed his chin. In his view, Zhu Zhuqing would definitely go to Suotuo City in the future. Giving her the External Soul Bone could count as finding Xiao Wu a personal bodyguard!

"You go absorb it first. Maybe the age limit for my Spirit Ring can be raised too!" Ye Qiu wanted to see how much this Soul Bone could increase her strength. If possible, the three-thousand-year Spirit Beast he had originally planned for could also be raised a little!

"Mm, I'll absorb it now." Looking at the somewhat mysterious Ye Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing did not know what he wanted her to do, but she was also very satisfied with this Soul Bone. This was an External Soul Bone!

She sat cross-legged again and began absorbing the Soul Bone. The External Soul Bone floated up and slowly sank into her back.

Bit by bit, it embedded itself into her flesh and blood.

"Ah!" Bone-deep pain made her scream. Cold sweat poured from her body. Pffft—

A pitch-black spider leg stretched out from her back, followed by a second, a third...

"Ah!" After a high-pitched cry, all eight spider legs finally emerged, propping Zhu Zhuqing's entire body up.

"Are you done absorbing it?" Ye Qiu tilted his head back and looked at her, only to find that she was actually running toward him. "Hey, hey, hey, are you trying to stab me to death?"

He had not even stepped forward when a spider spear stabbed at him. If he had not dodged in time, he would have been pierced straight through!

"I—I'm sorry! I can't control it right now..." Zhu Zhuqing was hanging in midair and was clearly unused to it, stumbling all over the place.

"Don't panic. Take a deep breath!" Ye Qiu quickly used Divine Might Phasing and stood in place to guide her. "It's part of you. Slowly feel its existence."

"Ah..." Amid her startled cries—

After wildly stabbing around inside the cave for a while, she finally calmed down, her whole body drenched in sweat.

Hiss! The eight spider spears were withdrawn by her. She was so weak that she nearly collapsed to the ground, but fortunately, Ye Qiu was there to support her.

"Looks like you'll need some time to get used to it." He picked her up again.

"Mm, just give me a few days!" Leaning against him, Zhu Zhuqing was still panting slightly.

A vortex appeared, and Ye Qiu brought her into the Divine Might Space.

At noon three days later, in a small valley, from afar it looked as if a skinny spider was constantly weaving through a pack of wolves.

Beneath a tree beside the valley, Ye Qiu sat astride the Wolf King, gnawing on wolf meat as he leisurely watched Zhu Zhuqing's performance.

A figure with eight spider legs on her back leaped toward Ye Qiu.

Hiss! The spider legs pierced into the tree, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped in midair with both legs suspended, facing Ye Qiu.

Her eyes were filled with confidence and joy. "Ye Qiu, I've pretty much mastered the Shadow Spider Spear!"

Shadow Spider Spear was the name Zhu Zhuqing had chosen herself. After absorbing it, her Soul Power had broken through again and had now reached level 25. With the boost from the Shadow Spider Spear, however, both her speed and attack power had greatly increased.

She felt that if she faced her cruel sister alone now, she could fight and defeat her!

"Then congratulations!" It was about what Ye Qiu had expected. Compared to Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, its quality was a little worse, but it was still pretty good!

"When are we setting out to hunt your spirit beast?"

"Once you've recovered your Soul Power." Ye Qiu patted the mount beneath him.

"Awooo~" The Wolf King gave a cry, and a she-wolf in the distance ran over.

Ye Qiu tilted his head up. "Zhu Zhuqing! Hurry up and come down. Why are you hanging in the tree the whole time? My neck's getting sore!"

"Heh." With a soft laugh, she withdrew the spider spears behind her and landed on the she-wolf's back. "Where to?"

"Let's head near the target first. At this speed, by the time we walk over, you should have almost recovered!" The two of them rode the wolves side by side, slowly heading into the distance.

"Ye Qiu!"

"What?"

"Just call me Zhuqing from now on... if you consider me a friend!" The breeze lifted her hair, and her black eyes glanced sideways at Ye Qiu beside her.

"Friend? No problem!" Ye Qiu nodded. It was just a form of address.

"Mm!" Hearing his response, Zhu Zhuqing stared straight ahead and said nothing more. She only felt that the wind blowing over carried a trace of warmth.

This past half month had been the most comfortable time she had ever had!

Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power had fully recovered. After sending the two wolves back, Ye Qiu brought her outside a cave.

Inside was the new target he had found: a nearly four-thousand-year Spirit Beast, the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger!

"Roar..." Low growls came from inside the cave.

"Zhu Zhuqing, wait here for now!" The Sharingan bloomed in Ye Qiu's eyes. He was going to go in and lure it out first!

"Call me Zhuqing!" She frowned slightly. This guy...

Her voice made Ye Qiu's steps pause. He turned back and replied, "All right, Zhuqing! Uh... I'll keep that in mind next time!"

Before leaving, he did not forget to remind her. "Right, the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger is huge. Once it comes out, lure it into the woods. It won't be able to move freely there."

"I know!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded in satisfaction, though it was unclear whether it was because of Ye Qiu's reminder or the way he had addressed her.

She watched as Ye Qiu walked into the cave, with no idea what he did inside.

"Roar!" Suddenly, a violent sound rolled out from the cave, echoing for several hundred meters outside.

Ye Qiu ran out quickly. Behind him was a white tiger five meters long, with a thick, powerful body.

It had the "king" character marking on its forehead, eyes that were blue-green like emeralds, and transparent wings on its back that allowed it to glide at low altitude. A three-meter-long tail trailed behind it.

This guy's speed is actually this fast! Ye Qiu was just about to follow the plan and lure it into the forest.

"Roar!"

A tiger's roar suddenly rang inside his mind. Ye Qiu only felt his thoughts grow dazed, and his fleeing movements froze.

The Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger seized the chance to glide down from four meters in the air, one tiger paw slamming heavily onto Ye Qiu's head!

Boom! The ground shattered, and dust billowed everywhere.

"Ye Qiu!" Zhu Zhuqing's worried voice rang out from the distance.

"I'm fine!" Whoosh! Ye Qiu shot out of the dust. He had been careless. He had not expected this soul beast to actually have a mental attack. If it had been anyone else, they would definitely have been done for!

After all, even Ye Qiu had almost failed to snap out of it.

He quickly regrouped with Zhu Zhuqing. "Zhu Zhuqing! When the fight starts later, if you see it open its mouth, use Soul Power to block your ears. Its voice carries a mental attack!"

"Got it! Speaking of which, what did you do to it? Why is it this crazed?" Zhu Zhuqing looked back at the Great Tiger that was charging after them nonstop, swatting any other soul beast it encountered to death with one claw and knocking down every tree in its way. It was simply both insane and savage!

Ye Qiu gave a few dry laughs. Saying this to a girl seemed a little inappropriate. "Uh, well... hehe, actually, I didn't want to either. I was worried it wouldn't take the bait, so I used the Sleeve Arrow and shot it in the rear. Who knew it would suddenly stick its butt up, and then... then it shot right in there. Cough, cough!"

"Vulgar!" She glared at him, her face flushed red as she cursed angrily. With a burst of speed, she left him behind.

As the saying went, a tiger's butt was not to be touched—let alone stabbed.

Today! It, the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger, and humankind would not rest until one side was dead!

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