Hunting a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast

Roar!

Primate soul beasts were inherently among the most intelligent types of soul beasts.

And even among primate soul beasts, the Azure Sea Spirit Ape possessed exceptionally high intelligence.

A surprise attack like this naturally could not deceive it.

It raised both arms high before smashing them down with tremendous force.

It was pure brute strength, yet it produced a terrifying effect.

The two ice spears shattered instantly, and the Soul King leading the group was sent flying by the blow.

This is bad!

The poison within his body flared up, and the leading teacher's Soul Power suddenly stalled.

As the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's fists were about to come crashing down, the leading teacher twisted his hips with all his strength, trying to roll away and evade the attack.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Tremor!

Su Chen understood that there was a vast gap between his Soul Power and that of this soul beast.

Under these circumstances, his first soul skill would be unable to restrain it.

And the Six Meridian Divine Sword would have difficulty piercing its tough, heavy fur.

The only method he had left that could effectively inflict damage was his second soul skill.

The powerful mental impact took effect, and the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's body visibly froze.

That brief instant gave the leading teacher an opening.

Controlling the shattered fragments of the ice spear, he drove one of them viciously into the area near the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's eye.

No matter how tough the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's hide was, it did not cover its face for protection.

This attack was remarkably effective. The gushing blood proved it.

"Are you all right?"

While keeping an eye on the battle, the Soul King responsible for defense spoke up.

Although she was facing several soul beasts at once, these Wind Baboons only had thousand-year cultivation at most.

Compared to the Azure Sea Spirit Ape that had already surpassed ten thousand years, they were much easier to handle.

Suddenly, the Azure Sea Spirit Ape seemed to notice something.

It began charging forward without regard for anything else.

"This is bad, it found the two of them!"

Su Chen immediately realized that the Azure Sea Spirit Ape had discovered the two classmates who had no combat ability.

"Don't go over there. In our current state, winning will be far too difficult. Prioritize your own safety. Compared to them, you are the school's future."

The leading teacher grabbed Su Chen, who was preparing to intercept it, and made his decision without hesitation.

There was no one who would not choose a genius over two ordinary soul masters.

"It hasn't come to that yet! It's just a mere ten-thousand-year beast!"

Although Su Chen had been in this world for ten years, he had never personally killed any living being.

Though he did not usually interact much with them, he could not simply watch two classmates die miserably before his eyes.

While he did nothing to save himself, or even abandoned his teammates and fled.

No matter what, he could never do such a thing.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Tremor!

No longer able to spare any effort to suppress the Heterogeneous Soul Power within him, Su Chen poured every bit of Soul Power he could instantly mobilize into his Second Soul Ring.

Roar...

The charging Azure Sea Spirit Ape abruptly stopped, clutched its head in agony, and let out continuous howls.

Even the group of Wind Baboons stopped attacking. Instead, they retreated to the side and nervously watched the Azure Sea Spirit Ape struggle in agony within the protective barrier.

It was the aura of death, and it enveloped the entire surrounding area.

The Azure Sea Spirit Ape recalled the past. More than ten years ago, it had encountered another group of humans.

With their exquisite coordination, they had easily defeated its tribe. Then, they killed its kin and turned them into soul rings.

Although it had already surpassed ten thousand years at the time, it had lost the courage to fight.

It chose to break through the encirclement amid the chaos, becoming a wanderer of the forest from then on.

That had been born of its fear of death.

"Teacher, what are you standing around for?!"

With a loud shout, Su Chen exhausted the last of his strength.

"Give it the final blow!"

Fifth Soul Skill: Frost Array!

Fourth Soul Skill: Ice Imprisonment!

The two soul skills activated at once, instantly restraining the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's upper body.

"It should be over now!"

Forcibly suppressing the poison in his body with Soul Power, the leading teacher approached the Azure Sea Spirit Ape with an ice spear in hand, preparing to give it the final blow.

Awoo!

Yet its desire to survive drove the Azure Sea Spirit Ape into one final struggle.

Its left arm risked breaking as it forcibly pulled free from the Ice Imprisonment.

Its once-heavy fur was nowhere to be seen. All that remained was a horrifying palm covered in wounds deep enough to expose bone.

The entire palm was covered in ice formed from Soul Power, which instead made this attack even more powerful.

"Damn it, there's no time!"

Until now, the control produced by the combination of his fourth and fifth soul skills had never failed even once.

It was precisely because of this that the leading teacher had never expected the Azure Sea Spirit Ape to break free of his control and launch one final counterattack.

He hurriedly raised two ice spears before his chest, trying to block the impact.

But everyone knew that such a defense would be useless.

Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Tremor!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and the situation on the battlefield took a sharp turn for the worse.

Without any hesitation, Su Chen desperately squeezed every last bit of Soul Power from himself.

Even the two strands of Heterogeneous Soul Power surged madly into his Second Soul Ring.

With a thunderous boom, the Azure Sea Spirit Ape fell backward onto the ground.

It was obvious that its spiritual power had suffered horrifying devastation in that instant.

Even if it survived, it would probably suffer intellectual impairment.

Pfft!

At the same time, Su Chen spat out a large mouthful of dark purple congealed blood. With his vision swimming, his heart jolted.

When had he inhaled the poisonous mist? He had clearly defended himself properly when it came at him.

But reality gave him no time to think. His body could no longer hold on.

After coughing up blood, blood began pouring uncontrollably from his seven orifices.

His Soul Power was drained dry in an instant, and Su Chen's body bore terrifying pressure.

If not for the medicines he had been taking these past days.

The highly effective strengthening of his foundation and vitality had helped him cultivate physical fitness far beyond that of ordinary people.

Su Chen might already have become a corpse.

Rapidly drawing out Soul Power on such a massive scale was itself an extreme strain on the body.

What was more, the Soul Power Su Chen had drawn upon was Heterogeneous Soul Power that did not belong to him.

The burden on his body was far greater than that of ordinary rapid Soul Power depletion.

And the trace of poisonous mist he had inhaled earlier became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Fortunately, before losing consciousness, Su Chen heard the sound he had wanted to hear.

It was the sound of an ice spear piercing flesh. The Azure Sea Spirit Ape had ultimately died before he did.