Encountering Tang San Again

"Big oaf, brute force alone can't solve everything."

Just as Terror Bear's paw was about to strike Shen Tianchen, a flash of blue light suddenly appeared behind him. A pair of bone wings emerged—the Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon Wing, which he had not used in a long time.

The Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon Wing was now completely different from before.

When Shen Tianchen absorbed his Fifth Spirit Ring, some of the residual origin energy of the two Dragon Kings had been absorbed by the Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon Wing, officially elevating it to the level of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.

The Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon Wing was no longer pale blue. Instead, red and blue energy flowed continuously through each half of the Ancient Dragon Wings like tiny streams.

With a flap of the Ancient Dragon Wings, combined with the Wind God Pearl inside his body, Shen Tianchen's speed suddenly increased. He effortlessly dodged Terror Bear's attack.

At the same time, icy glints appeared along the edges of the Ancient Dragon Wings. Shen Tianchen gave a soft shout and rapidly dove downward.

After dodging another attack, Shen Tianchen controlled the Ancient Dragon Wings like sharp wing blades, easily slicing open the fur around Terror Bear's kidney area.

Terror Bear let out a mournful howl, staggered back several steps, then plopped down onto the ground.

Shen Tianchen gradually came to a stop in midair and gave Terror Bear an internationally friendly gesture. "Stinking bear, if that's all you can do, I'll be taking your spirit ring."

Feeling Shen Tianchen's provocation, Terror Bear finally snapped.

With a roar, it lunged fiercely at Shen Tianchen once more.

Normally, soul beasts around forty thousand years old were fairly intelligent, but Terror Bears were particularly unusual.

Although they possessed tremendous combat strength, they were truly lacking in brains. Perhaps it was due to the excellent bloodline inherited from their ancestor, the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear. (Refer to Bear King in Soul Land 2.)

This fellow had been blinded by rage. It did not even realize how badly injured it was and continued attacking blindly.

The sky was Shen Tianchen's domain now. Every time Terror Bear leaped at him, not only did it fail to harm him, it would also be cut open by Shen Tianchen's Ancient Dragon Wings.

Ning Rongrong found the sight rather amusing. "Isn't this thing a little too stupid? Where did its forty-thousand-year-old brain go? Did it throw it away?"

Though Terror Bears were powerful soul beasts, they had one fatal weakness: they could easily lose their reason.

"Roar!" Terror Bear bellowed as the muscles all over its body swelled. Surging energy gathered in its right claw, and then it swung at Shen Tianchen. Two streaks of claw light burst forth and shot toward him.

"Are you trying to risk your life?" A cold smile appeared on his face.

His gaze immediately turned icy, and a crimson spirit ring mixed with traces of blue rose beneath his feet.

"Fifth Spirit Ability, Dragon King's Protection!" A massive surge of Soul Power erupted, forming a Soul Power barrier around him.

This was one of the two spirit abilities granted by Shen Tianchen's Fifth Spirit Ring.

When the claw lights struck the Soul Power barrier, a terrifying Soul Power storm swept through the surroundings. Even Ning Rongrong in the distance was buffeted so hard that she could not open her eyes.

As time passed, the terrifying pressure gradually subsided.

When the smoke dispersed, cracks had appeared in Shen Tianchen's Soul Power barrier, but it remained intact. Terror Bear, on the other hand, was drenched in blood from head to toe, its aura noticeably weakened.

Seeing Terror Bear in such a state, Shen Tianchen grinned. "What's wrong? Already running out of steam?"

"If that's all you've got, then I'll be taking your spirit ring." After saying that, Shen Tianchen shouted, "Rongrong, keep buffing me!"

Two more streams of seven-colored light entered Shen Tianchen's body, and his complexion improved slightly. "This bastard's hide is thicker than a city wall. We can't drag this out any longer. If other soul beasts are drawn here, Rongrong and I will be in danger."

With that, he took a deep breath. "Looks like I can only use that move." Shen Tianchen's body suddenly shook as the Wind God Pearl within him rapidly spun, drawing the wind-element energy of the surrounding space into the pearl and converting it into pure Soul Power to replenish him.

He continuously poured Soul Power into the Dragon Abyss Sword in his hand. As Shen Tianchen kept channeling Soul Power into it, the Dragon Abyss Sword slowly floated before him.

At that moment, the dragon-shaped patterns on the sword seemed to come alive, gradually forming two dragon phantoms in the air, one blue and one red.

As the phantoms formed, the energy in the surrounding space violently fluctuated.

Seeing the might of this spirit ability, Terror Bear immediately felt a chill run down its spine.

It could no longer care about its injuries. Using every ounce of strength it had, it fled into the distance.

"Trying to run? Too late!" Shen Tianchen suddenly shouted, "Fifth Spirit Ability, Dragon King's Wrath!" A powerful beam of light erupted from the Dragon Abyss Sword, carrying the dragon phantoms as it pursued the fleeing Terror Bear.

Wherever the beam passed, the surrounding trees were either frozen or burned to ashes.

Seeing the destructive beam behind it drawing ever closer, Terror Bear knew it could not escape. It simply turned around and used all of its Soul Power to form a curtain of light, intending to block the attack.

Seeing this from not far away, Shen Tianchen's lips curved into a mocking smile. "You think you can cancel out my Fifth Spirit Ability with that? Dream on. Be a good little spirit ring for me, hehehe."

In the blink of an eye, the beam collided with Terror Bear.

With a thunderous boom, a brilliant flash burst forth, and terrifying energy fluctuations ravaged the area. The curtain of light shattered instantly under the beam's impact.

Terror Bear roared in agony. Its fur was set ablaze while ice crystals spread across its body, eroding it until it was riddled with wounds.

The light gradually faded, and Terror Bear's enormous body slowly collapsed, kicking up a cloud of dust. Shen Tianchen hovered in the air and let out a long breath. "Finally dealt with it." He slowly descended and walked toward Terror Bear's corpse.

Seeing that the battle had ended, Ning Rongrong quickly ran over to Shen Tianchen.

"Brother Tianchen, are you all right?" Ning Rongrong asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. I just used up a lot of energy." Then, as if recalling something, he walked over to Terror Bear and placed the creature, which still had one last breath left in it, into the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.

He then turned to Ning Rongrong and said, "A battle just took place here, so it's not safe to stay long. I noticed a cave not far from here earlier. Let's go there."

With that, he took the lead toward the cave, while Ning Rongrong followed closely behind.

Meanwhile, Tang San.

The duration of Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage had expired, forcing Tang San to descend to the ground.

His eyes were bloodshot as he continued rushing in Xiao Wu's direction, completely unaware that a soul beast had already set its sights on him.

Since Snake Grandma had left the Star Dou Great Forest to meet up with Dragon Duke before entering it again, she had arrived later than in the original timeline and had not yet encountered that Man Faced Demon Spider.

The Man Faced Demon Spider had already regarded Tang San as prey. Seeing Tang San enter the perfect location for an ambush, it no longer hesitated and decisively attacked.

However, Tang San was, after all, the Son of Destiny, and his Purple Demon Eye had not been deactivated.

He reacted swiftly, using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to open some distance between himself and the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Tang San had yet to obtain his Third Spirit Ring, so he still struggled somewhat against a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider. He could only keep dodging and counterattacking passively.

Elsewhere, Shen Tianchen had already absorbed Terror Bear's spirit ring, raising his Soul Power to level sixty-two.

He was currently bringing Ning Rongrong toward Tang San, intending to try his luck.

He guessed that Xiao Wu had probably been taken away by the Titan Giant Ape, while Tang San was about to obtain one of his greatest cheats—the External Soul Bone produced by the Man Faced Demon Spider, the Eight Spider Lance Spirit Bone.

If he had the opportunity, he wanted to hinder Tang San's growth a little.

As he walked, Shen Tianchen suddenly spotted Tang San fighting the Man Faced Demon Spider not far ahead.

He immediately summoned the Dragon Abyss Sword and slashed two sword lights toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.

The Man Faced Demon Spider, which had been fighting Tang San, sensed the terrifying sword lights coming from nearby and immediately clenched up in terror. It promptly changed direction and ran for its life.

Seeing this, Shen Tianchen could not exactly give chase and could only head toward Tang San.

"Tang San, why are you here?"

With the danger gone, Tang San let out a breath of relief. "Brother Shen, Xiao Wu was taken by the Titan Giant Ape. Could you come with me to save her?"

Shen Tianchen immediately answered without hesitation, "No!"

What a joke. The Titan Giant Ape was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. With their current strength, looking for it would be no different from courting death.

Tang San directly gave him a ninety-degree bow. "Brother Shen, I know this request is indeed difficult, but Xiao Wu is my sister. I cannot just stand by and watch something happen to her."

"If you are willing to help me bring Xiao Wu back, Tang San will repay you handsomely!"

Shen Tianchen did not dare accept Tang San's promise so casually. The two of them were destined to become enemies.

If he used this "promise" to threaten Tang San in the future, Tang San would probably decide that he had a death wish.