Reaping the Benefits? Xue Nianbing: Let Me Give You a Hand

"The most important thing is that Silver Moon Wolves are mostly spiritual-attribute Soul Beasts... This Silver Moon Wolf's cultivation age is very suitable for you."

Tang Ya briefly explained the Silver Moon Wolf's information to Huo Yuhao.

After hearing this, anticipation immediately filled Huo Yuhao's eyes. "Teacher Xiao Ya, Senior Brother, I'll have to trouble you."

"Yu Hao, you're my disciple. How could this be considered trouble?" Tang Ya shook her head.

"Xiao Ya is right. I'm your Senior Brother; doing something like this is only natural. It isn't trouble."

Beibei smiled, then changed the subject. "Let's wait here first. When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman profits. Let them fight for a while."

"The White Striped Wolves cooperate seamlessly under the Silver Moon Wolf's command, but the Mandala Snake isn't easy to deal with either—especially a thousand-year one. If it goes all out, several White Striped Wolves will die too."

"When that happens, it'll be our chance."

"Mm."

Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao nodded.

The three of them continued hiding in the grass, quietly observing and waiting for the right moment.

They did not notice that, on a tree not far behind them, another figure was watching everything unfold.

"Trying to reap the benefits?"

"How could that do? As Soul Masters, they need more tempering. I'd better give them a hand."

"If they aren't in danger, how am I supposed to stage a 'life-saving favor'?"

Xue Nianbing grinned and produced a stone in his hand.

Then, he fired it toward the grass where the three were hiding.

"Whoosh!"

"Crack~"

The sound was not loud, yet it precisely reached the ears of Huo Yuhao's group, the Mandala Snake, the White Striped Wolves, and the Silver Moon Wolf.

In an instant, both sides stopped fighting and turned their gazes toward where Huo Yuhao's group was hiding.

After taking a closer look, they actually discovered a "fisherman."

Beibei: "!!!"

Beibei's expression changed at once, and Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao did not look much better.

What was that sound? Could an animal have passed by?

But he had little time to think.

"Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

"Hisss!"

The Mandala Snake and the White Striped Wolves immediately stopped fighting and stared coldly at the grass.

Whether humans or Soul Beasts—

They all hated the behavior of letting others fight while profiting from it themselves.

Both sides tacitly stopped fighting, preparing to join forces and eliminate the "fisherman."

Of course, beneath that apparent tacit understanding lay plenty of hidden schemes.

The Silver Moon Wolf planned to stab its ally in the back during their cooperation.

The Mandala Snake planned to flee during their cooperation.

"Beibei, what do we do?" Tang Ya's little face turned slightly pale as she began to panic.

"Xiao Ya, protect Yu Hao. Leave them to me."

Beibei's gaze was grave.

He was not afraid of the Mandala Snake, nor was he afraid of the White Striped Wolves. The only one he was wary of was that Silver Moon Wolf. Who knew what traps it had prepared?

"Alright."

Tang Ya nodded.

Since they had already been exposed, the three no longer hid and instead stepped out of the grass on their own.

In an instant, the gazes of all seven Soul Beasts converged on them.

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, possess!"

Beibei gave a low shout, and a lightning mark appeared between his brows.

A ball of blue light spread from his forehead and descended throughout his body.

Blue-purple electric currents like tiny snakes erupted and slithered around him.

Beibei's left arm instantly thickened, becoming a full size larger than his right. It was covered in blue-purple scales, while his hand turned into a claw and every joint on it grew thicker.

Blue-purple serpent lightning continuously gathered and coursed around his left arm, while three Soul Rings—two yellow and one purple—circled above it.

Three Rings, a Soul Elder!

Huo Yuhao was stunned.

Beibei's current domineering appearance stood in stark contrast to his earlier refined and gentle demeanor.

He then looked toward Tang Ya beside him and saw a blue-purple vine extending from her hand, with two yellow Soul Rings rippling above it.

Two Rings, a Soul Grandmaster!

And after absorbing one more Soul Ring, she would become a Third Ring Soul Elder.

Seeing their cultivation and strength, Huo Yuhao felt a wave of envy.

"Xiao Ya, Yu Hao is in your hands."

Beibei reminded her once more, then took the initiative to charge at the Silver Moon Wolf riding atop a White Striped Wolf.

To capture bandits, first capture their leader. If the Silver Moon Wolf lost its ability to resist, dealing with the rest would be much easier.

"First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Beibei unleashed his Soul Skill. A dragon claw roughly a foot in diameter shot out like lightning, slamming toward the White Striped Wolf beneath the Silver Moon Wolf.

"Awooo!"

The Silver Moon Wolf had anticipated this and ordered the White Striped Wolf to dodge.

Then, it once again ordered three White Striped Wolves to surround and kill Beibei.

Meanwhile, it and the other two White Striped Wolves watched the Mandala Snake's movements, preventing it from escaping while looking for an opportunity to ambush it.

"Hisss!"

The Mandala Snake knew its opportunity had not yet come, so it also prepared to join the battle.

It did not focus its attention on Beibei. Instead, it stared fixedly at Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao in the distance.

"Yu Hao, be careful." Tang Ya hurriedly shielded Huo Yuhao behind her.

"Xiao Ya!"

Beibei noticed the situation as well and wanted to support them, but the White Striped Wolves held him back.

Under the Silver Moon Wolf's command, those White Striped Wolves refused to clash with him head-on. Instead, as if they had anticipated everything, they began dragging him into a drawn-out battle.

When he advanced, they retreated.

When he retreated, they advanced.

As a result, Beibei could not touch any of the White Striped Wolves at all.

"Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Force!"

"Third Soul Skill, Wrath of Thunder!"

Seeing that Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao were in danger, Beibei unleashed two major Soul Skills in succession, temporarily forcing back the three White Striped Wolves.

Then, he rushed over to support them.

Just as Beibei arrived, he suddenly shuddered, and his expression changed. "Not good, we've been surrounded."

The Mandala Snake was already in front of the three of them.

Meanwhile, five White Striped Wolves surrounded them from five directions, forming an encirclement.

What an intelligent Silver Moon Wolf!

Beibei was secretly alarmed.

He had underestimated the Silver Moon Wolf's intelligence, as well as its strategy.

From the beginning until now, everything seemed to have unfolded exactly as the Silver Moon Wolf had expected.

Beibei looked at the seven Soul Beasts eyeing them hungrily, his expression grave. Do I have to give up?

Their lives were not truly in danger yet.

After all, he was an outstanding student of Shrek Academy and a Third Ring Soul Elder with abundant combat experience.

How could six Century-Level Soul Beasts and one Thousand-Year Soul Beast possibly take his life?

Even if the worst came to pass, he still had a trump card.

"No. The Mandala Snake and the Silver Moon Wolf are very suitable for Xiao Ya and Yu Hao. It seems... I can only use that."

Beibei knew well that his strength was insufficient, as well as the consequences of using that unstable power.

However, trading a few days in bed for Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao's future was still worth it.

With that thought, Beibei hardened his heart and prepared to get serious.

"Frosty: Swiftness of Ice."

Just as Beibei was about to use his trump card, a light shout rang out.

"Whoosh!"

Immediately afterward, an ice-blue figure flashed past in an instant.

Beibei's group did not notice it, and neither did the seven Soul Beasts.

The other party was so fast that only an ice-blue afterimage could be seen.

"Awo..."

The Silver Moon Wolf suddenly let out a miserable cry.

Everyone instinctively looked over, only to see a man holding an ice spear while gripping the Silver Moon Wolf by the neck with his other hand.

His strength was so great that the Silver Moon Wolf could not move.