Titan Giant Ape's Sacrifice

"Sacrifice?!"

Hearing this human's words, the Titan Giant Ape first froze in disbelief, then roared furiously, "Despicable!"

"Despicable?"

Lin Mu sneered, his face full of mockery. "When you attacked us just now, every blow was meant to kill. Did you ever think of showing mercy? If I hadn't been fast enough, I'd already be a dead soul beneath your fists."

"Between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, it has always been survival of the fittest. You've lived for a hundred thousand years and are still this naive. Do I really have to reason with you?"

At those words, the Titan Giant Ape was left speechless.

It could not deny that this human had a point. In the Star Dou Great Forest, survival of the fittest was the only law.

Besides, they were not even of the same race. Naturally, there was no such thing as benevolence or morality between them.

If it had not made a mistake, this human might never have set his sights on Sister Xiao Wu.

Thinking of the long years they had spent together, pain and struggle flashed through the Titan Giant Ape's eyes before finally turning into a long sigh filled with helplessness and resolve.

It turned around and gazed deeply toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, as though it were bidding farewell to the Sky Azure Bull Python in Life Lake through the endless trees.

"Big Brother, for Sister Xiao Wu, this is all I can do."

The Titan Giant Ape muttered, then lowered its head to look at Lin Mu. "Swear upon your Martial Soul that you will never lay a hand on Sister Xiao Wu."

"I swear upon my Martial Soul that as long as you sacrifice yourself to me, I will never lay a hand on Xiao Wu for the rest of my life. If I break this oath, may heaven and earth destroy me."

Seeing the Titan Giant Ape agree to sacrifice itself, the corners of Lin Mu's mouth could not help rising.

He had originally thought that obtaining a Fifty Thousand Year Soul Ring would already be good enough. He had not expected to acquire a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, along with a complimentary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Fortunately, this Titan Giant Ape did not have much of a brain. If it had been the Sky Azure Bull Python instead, things probably would not have gone so smoothly.

"Sister Xiao Wu, this is all I can do for you."

The moment the words fell, an incomparably vast and majestic energy that made souls tremble erupted from the Titan Giant Ape's body!

A dazzling yellow-brown radiance shot into the sky, completely enveloping its massive body.

Within the light, immense life energy and Soul Power surged madly toward Lin Mu like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

Immediately afterward, an incomparably deep red Soul Ring carrying the unique pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast slowly condensed within the radiance.

"Er Ming!!!"

At the same time, in Life Lake within the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, an enormous bull's head suddenly burst from the water. It was none other than the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Azure Bull Python.

Sensing that incomparably familiar fluctuation of energy, the Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible?!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python could not recover for a long time. Had Er Ming not gone to find Sister Xiao Wu? How had he ended up sacrificing himself?

Even if his life had been in danger, with Er Ming's temperament, he would rather fight until both sides were ruined than choose sacrifice. What exactly had happened?

ROAR!!!

Gazing at the incomparably familiar energy fluctuation in the sky, grief surged within the Sky Azure Bull Python, and he released an utterly mournful roar. The sound waves swept through the entire core region, while his powerful aura crushed countless Soul Beasts to the ground.

Elsewhere, Tang San was carrying Xiao Wu as he fled at full speed.

After taking the medicinal pill her master had given her, most of the poison in Xiao Wu's wound had been neutralized. The swelling had also subsided somewhat, and her breathing was gradually stabilizing.

Her long eyelashes trembled a few times, as though she were about to awaken.

Suddenly, she snapped her eyes open. Her heart violently convulsed for no reason, and an indescribable, wrenching pain instantly spread throughout her body, as if she had lost something important.

"Xiao Wu? What's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell anywhere?"

Noticing something was wrong with her, Tang San hurriedly stopped and asked with concern.

Xiao Wu shook her head blankly, clutching her chest. The inexplicable sorrow left her unable to speak. She could only stare dazedly toward the depths of the forest behind them.

At the same time, Lin Mu sat cross-legged on the ground, guiding the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring to slowly descend toward him with his mind.

In an instant, the terrifying energy containing a hundred thousand years of cultivation erupted into every part of his body like a volcanic explosion.

"Urgh!!"

Lin Mu let out a muffled groan as his body suddenly shook violently.

He had still underestimated the energy contained within a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Even with the Titan Giant Ape willingly sacrificing itself, it was difficult for him to bear all of that energy.

At that critical moment, an incomparably solid and lifelike giant phantom shot into the sky from behind Lin Mu. It had a dragon's head, a deer's body, and blazing flames covering its entire form.

It was the Divine Beast, the Fire Qilin!

Gradually, the flames around Lin Mu transformed into Kirin Fire. A domain silently took shape, and his physical abilities were enhanced in every aspect.

By a twist of fate, his Martial Soul used this opportunity to complete an evolution.

Just then, the Soul Power within Lin Mu's body began skyrocketing at an astonishing rate!

Level seventy-one, level seventy-two, level seventy-three.

A vivid crimson Soul Ring completely solidified and circled Lin Mu's body. It looked exceptionally dazzling and emitted a suffocatingly powerful pressure.

"Thankfully, it was a close call without any real danger."

After absorbing the Soul Ring, Lin Mu felt more comfortable than ever before. His Soul Power was far more abundant than it had been previously.

But that was not all. Lin Mu's gaze fell upon the Titan Giant Ape's corpse, and he soon discovered a left arm bone faintly glowing with yellow-brown light.

"I nearly forgot about this treasure."

With a pull of Soul Power, Lin Mu retrieved the Titan Giant Ape's Left Arm Soul Bone and slowly brought it toward his own left arm.

As if responding to a summons, the Spirit Bone instantly turned into a streak of light and fused into his left arm.

Now that he had already absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Ring, there was naturally not the slightest rejection when he fused the Spirit Bone. The process went extremely smoothly.

Under the impact of the Spirit Bone's energy, his Soul Power bottleneck broke through once more, leaping straight to level seventy-five!

"This feels incredible!"

Lin Mu exhaled a long breath of stale air. Feeling the Soul Power in his body that far surpassed anything he had possessed before, along with the terrifying force contained in his left arm, a surge of heroic ambition rose in his heart.

Now that he possessed this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, he truly had strength comparable to a Titled Douluo.

Combined with the extraordinarily high attributes of Tuo Na Duo of Hurricane, even if he encountered a Super Douluo, he could still escape with ease.

Lin Mu slowly rose to his feet and looked at the darkening sky, muttering, "Absorbing the Soul Ring actually took this long."

After casually stretching his body, Lin Mu was about to leave when he suddenly sensed a faint fluctuation of Soul Power.

After his Martial Soul evolved, every aspect of Lin Mu's body had been enhanced, and his perception had improved by a great deal as well.

Arriving at the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse, he searched briefly and, sure enough, found a dark-purple External Soul Bone shaped like eight miniature spider lances.

"What a coincidence."

Lin Mu was somewhat surprised. These Eight Spider Lances were quite a powerful cheat ability. They could continuously evolve and would be of considerable help to Tang San.