East Sea Truly Produces Talent After Talent [Please Keep Reading]

Three days later, led by a staff member, Li Jinsheng and Gu Yue were invited into a room specially prepared for Leng Yaozhu and the other two.

Li Jinsheng and Gu Yue skillfully lay down inside the metal capsules, and this assessment officially began!

Their consciousness returned to solid ground, and the mingled scent of rot and fresh vegetation instantly filled their nostrils.

Before them stretched a dense, verdant canopy that blotted out the sky. Thick vines hung down from above, while sunlight was sliced by branches and leaves into countless scattered flecks that fell across the leaf-covered ground.

Neither of them was unfamiliar with this virtual Primeval Forest. Li Jinsheng did not even make any unnecessary movements. He merely stomped his right foot heavily against the firm ground beneath him.

The Second Soul Ring instantly lit up with black light.

An invisible force spread outward from where he had stepped. The soil heaved and churned in response, like a boiling surface of water.

One wolf-shaped embryo after another, formed from damp brown earth, rapidly gathered upward. Fangs, Sharp Claws, and agile bodies took shape in just a few breaths.

The next moment, intense Emerald Green light flowed across the Demon Wolves' bodies. Its brilliance even briefly overwhelmed the sunlight filtering through the forest.

When the light receded, the Demon Wolves' original muddy bodies had vanished. They were covered in dark gray fur, their muscles swelling as low growls rumbled in their throats. Two clusters of deep green light, as solid as flames, flickered within their eye sockets.

Li Jinsheng walked behind the pack like a Wolf King and said to Gu Yue at his side, "Let's get going too!"

The girl watched the wolf pack rush ahead, a faint light glimmering in her eyes. She knew this Soul Skill—once the lives it created had successfully formed, they would no longer consume Li Jinsheng's Soul Power. As for their maximum number, that depended on his Spiritual Power.

The two walked side by side, heading deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform. Their first priority was to complete the task Leng Yaozhu had assigned them.

"Li Jinsheng? What are you thinking about?" Gu Yue looked at his grave expression in confusion.

"I'm thinking about whether my Second Soul Skill can be developed further!" Li Jinsheng answered simply.

"Like what? What kind of vicious idea is it?!"

"What do you mean, a vicious idea? Do you have some kind of prejudice against me?"

"Cut the crap and tell me!"

"I mean, what if I could control my Second Soul Skill with greater precision—small enough to construct organs—and then assemble the limbs of all sorts of powerful Soul Beasts into an even more terrifying super Soul Beast..."

Halfway through, Li Jinsheng fell silent. That idea was dangerous. What if the director of the slaughterhouse came looking for him later?!

"Give it up! You can't do it!" Gu Yue looked at him arrogantly, completely unwilling to believe that a human could accomplish such a thing.

Besides, this was simply a violation of the laws of life.

"Tch, how would you know I can't do it if I don't try? What if I succeed?" Li Jinsheng felt that although his research was dangerous, the direction had to be right.

How could the Silver Dragon King's earth-shattering wisdom understand his brilliant idea!

"Be careful not to get burned playing with fire!" Gu Yue kindly warned him, but the boy paid it no mind.

Just then, Li Jinsheng came to a halt. "Forget arguing about that for now! Three Soul Beasts that are probably around a hundred years old are charging this way!"

"They're only hundred-year Soul Beasts! What are you panicking for?"

"I'm not panicking. It just looks like they're coming for you!" Li Jinsheng said with a wicked grin, naturally taking a step back.

Before he finished speaking, three dark red figures tore through the bushes. They were three massive Great Strength Apes, their long arms smashing down with the sound of tearing air—

Silver light flashed as her spatial attribute activated.

Gu Yue vanished from the forest, reappearing five meters away the next second.

Rather than looking at the three Great Strength Apes first, she looked at Li Jinsheng. Her chest rose and fell slightly as she said, "Doesn't it ever occur to you to protect me?! Are you even a man?!"

"First of all, I'm still a little boy! Second, with your strength, do you even need my protection? Do you have no shame? Where's your shame?" He patted his cheek, his face full of mockery. "How can your skin be so thick?"

"You..." Gu Yue's chest rose and fell once. A thin flush of anger colored her cheeks. She gritted her teeth fiercely, then forcibly turned away, deciding not to lower herself to the level of a little brat.

Her gaze abruptly shifted toward the three roaring Great Strength Apes charging at them once more, and she cupped her hands before her.

A blazing fireball instantly formed. It was only the size of a fist at first, but then it whistled forward—

During its flight, the fireball expanded dramatically. The scorching heat distorted the air along its path as it swelled from the size of a basketball into something as large as a millstone, its color shifting from orange-red to a blinding white.

"Boom!"

A dazzling white flash erupted, accompanied by a violent explosion that instantly swallowed everything ahead.

Scorching shockwaves surged outward in all directions, making the forest rustle as grass and trees were bent low beneath the raging wind.

When the light faded, all that remained was a Deep Pit radiating scorching red light, along with three nearly carbonized ape-shaped silhouettes that had not even managed to let out a full scream.

Watching the scene, Li Jinsheng clicked his tongue. "And you have the nerve to call me vicious? You're obviously the most vicious one! That makes three more Soul Beasts that didn't even have time to scream."

"What are you staring at? Hurry up and finish the mission!" Gu Yue urged with a stern face.

A chill ran down the boy's back. He hurriedly followed after her with his wolf pack, which had been thoroughly frightened. The Silver Dragon King's temper is getting worse and worse! She's not nearly as good as her second younger brother!

Just as they were about to leave—

A crimson fireball suddenly shot out from the shadows of the forest to the side!

The fireball was not large, but it was incredibly fast. It tore through the air with a shriek, its target clear as it flew straight for Li Jinsheng's face.

Li Jinsheng stood where he was without dodging, knowing that the attack was meant as a warning.

The fireball nearly grazed his cheek as it streaked past. The scorching heat lifted the hair at his temples, and his skin could clearly feel the sharp sting of that instant.

He ignored the fireball that crashed into a tree trunk behind him and looked toward the shadows in the forest. Meanwhile, all the Demon Wolves around him received their orders and slipped into the undergrowth.

Three figures slowly emerged from the darkness—two boys and a girl. They all looked fifteen or sixteen. The two boys appeared utterly ordinary, but the girl was exceptionally beautiful. Her golden hair was tied in a ponytail, and her fitted combat outfit made her look valiant and dashing.

The fireball from before had come from the Golden-haired Girl's hand. Above her head floated a fiery orb like a miniature sun, and the crimson fireball just now had shot out from it.

Three soul rings—two yellow and one purple—rotated rhythmically beneath her feet.

"Leave your spiritual power behind and get out of the Spirit Ascension Platform! Otherwise, the next attack will land on you!"

The girl's confident declaration was answered by a burst of cold laughter.

Li Jinsheng's laughter echoed through the woods. Though he had never met Mu Xi, he could recognize her from her Martial Soul. He could not help but grin.

"After being away from East Sea for so long, it seems East Sea is truly overflowing with talent and heroes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze changed completely. He entered a combat stance in an instant, and dots of green light lit up throughout the darkness between the trees.

Demon Wolves emerged one after another, radiating terrifyingly intense killing intent.