Deep within the Star Dou Forest's Mixed Zone.
The dense jungle blocked out the sky and sun, the air thick with the mingled stench of rotting leaves and blood.
Gu Yuejin moved soundlessly through the trees like an elegant black panther.
"Too weak."
"Too little potential."
"The attributes don't match."
For Several Days straight, Gu Yuejin's brow had not relaxed once.
As his Eighth Soul Ring—and the crucial step toward breaking through to the Soul Douluo realm—his requirements for prey were exceedingly harsh.
It had to withstand his terrifying body, reforged by Immortal Herbs and Dragon Bone, while also matching the tyrannical attributes of his Body Martial Soul.
He had encountered quite a few Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts these past few days, but under his discerning gaze, every one of them had been labeled "trash."
"Looks like the Mixed Zone can no longer satisfy my appetite."
Gu Yuejin stopped and looked deeper into the forest, toward the edge of the far more dangerous yet opportunity-filled Core Zone.
"Fortune comes with risk. Time to go in!"
Having made up his mind, Gu Yuejin changed direction just as his body began to move.
"Roar—!"
A sudden change erupted.
The bushes at his side exploded as a black shadow carrying a pungent bloody wind shot out like an arrow, lunging straight for his throat.
It moved so fast that it even left an afterimage in the air.
"Courting death!"
Gu Yuejin reacted instantly. With a slight shift of his feet and a sway of his body, the sharp claw blades skimmed past the tip of his nose.
It was a black panther-like soul beast over three meters long, its entire body black as ink, with only its claws and fangs gleaming coldly.
A Shadow Demon Leopard.
Judging from its size and Aura,