By the time Dugu Yan finished absorbing her soul ring, it was already night.
With the help of the soul ring and the pills, Dugu Yan's soul power soared to level forty-four!
Moreover, the medicinal effects of the pills had not been fully absorbed yet. Dugu Yan would not encounter any bottlenecks before achieving the Soul Sage realm!
Night fell, and the bonfire flickered with a warm glow.
Dugu Yan curled up in Lu Chen's embrace, her eyes closed in rest.
Although Dugu Bo was on guard at the camp, neither Lu Chen nor Dugu Yan fell asleep.
As soon as dawn broke, the trio headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
While there were many soul beasts between fifty thousand and seventy thousand years old, finding one suitable for Lu Chen was not easy!
The Asura God was the God of Slaughter, in charge of slaughter and judgment!
And as the Asura God's Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul could only be wielded by a bloodthirsty, evil soul beast that suited Lu Chen's Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul!
Along the way, Dugu Bo led Lu Chen and Dugu Yan to continuously search for places with a strong bloody aura.
Only such places could nurture soul beasts that knew only how to kill!
As they ventured deeper, Dugu Bo finally led the two to a stop outside a cave.
On the ground outside the cave, dark red bloodstains had congealed into pools, and a nauseating bloody scent surged from the depths of the cave.
Dugu Bo said in a deep voice, "Yan Yan, Lu Chen, you must not stray more than three steps from me when we enter the cave later!"
Lu Chen and Dugu Yan nodded and followed Dugu Bo into the cave.
As soon as they stepped into the entrance, a massive skeleton appeared before the three of them.
Although the pressure remaining on the bones had faded, it still allowed them to feel the power of its former life.
Lu Chen's fingertips brushed across the cold bone surface, and he said solemnly, "This skeleton must have been a ten-thousand-year soul beast in its life!"
The cave walls gleamed with a strange dark blood color, the result of blood erosion over countless years.
As Lu Chen and the other two ventured deeper, more and more incomplete soul beast skeletons littered the ground.
Some broken bones were still embedded with ferocious claw marks, while some skulls looked as if they had been bitten to pieces...
Suddenly, a "crunch, crunch" chewing sound echoed from the depths of the cave.
Dugu Yan subconsciously gripped Lu Chen's arm tighter, her fingertips turning pale from the force, her body trembling slightly.
Lu Chen clasped her hand in return.
Dugu Yan felt the warmth in his palm, and the panic in her heart gradually subsided.
Dugu Bo and Lu Chen exchanged a look, suppressed their auras, and cautiously walked deeper into the cave.
The terrain ahead suddenly opened up, and a thick, choking fetid smell assaulted their senses. Dense skeletons appeared beneath Lu Chen's feet.
In the center of the cave, a small hill was piled high with gray-white soul beast skeletons. Dark red fascia still clung to the bone seams, not yet fully decayed.
Crimson mist enveloped the entire cave, not ordinary water vapor, but blood qi condensed to a tangible substance!
In the crimson mist, a terrifying soul beast was crouched on the pile of corpses, feeding.
Lu Chen's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the soul beast, and he gasped, "Ten Thousand Year Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf!"
The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf was a terrifying soul beast that fused a trace of the Gluttonous Bloodline with the ferocity of the wolf tribe.
This type of soul beast knew only slaughter its entire life and possessed no intelligence whatsoever. Even if it grew into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, it would not develop intelligence!
Lu Chen sized up the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.
Its body was even larger than the Ten Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear he had encountered before. Its muscles were bulging, covered in blood jade-like scales.
What was most terrifying was its head. The upper half of its face retained the sharp teeth of a wolf; the lower half presented the ferocious visage of a giant dragon, with protruding jawbones covered in thorns.
A pair of bat-winged bone wings grew from its back, the wing membranes covered in warts and thorns.
Its limbs were wolf claws covered in blood-colored dragon scales, each claw tip gleaming with a cold light.
In its ferocious mouth, it was chewing on an unknown soul beast, blood splattering from its mouth.
The hard bones of the soul beast were crushed under the pressure of its serrated teeth.
The "crunch, crunch" sound echoed through the cave, especially piercing.
Dugu Bo turned to look at Lu Chen, his eyes filled with inquiry.
Lu Chen nodded, signaling that this soul beast was suitable for him.
The instant Lu Chen nodded, green light surged around Dugu Bo.
In the green light, the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor Martial Soul manifested.
At the same time, the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf suddenly turned its head to look at the trio.
"Roar--!"
A roar, neither entirely wolf nor dragon, resounded through the cave.
A more intense fetid smell assaulted them, and Dugu Yan's pretty face instantly turned pale.
Lu Chen saw this and took out a bottle filled with pink crystal powder, placing it by Dugu Yan's lips.
This was pollen Lu Chen had collected from the Aromatic Silk Beauty before setting out.
A clear, exotic fragrance entered Dugu Yan's nose, and the originally pale white little face gradually regained its color.
The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf roared, flapping the blood wings on its back, opening its Gluttonous Giant Mouth, and turning into a blood-colored light to bite towards Dugu Bo.
"Hmph!"
Dugu Bo let out a cold snort. The Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor Phantom appeared behind him, and then his Fifth Soul Ring lit up.
A dense poisonous mist gathered in Dugu Bo's hand.
Dugu Bo waved his hand and struck out. The Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor Phantom behind him instantly solidified and attacked the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.
The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's ferocious giant mouth instantly enlarged, swallowing the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor Phantom in one gulp.
The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's might did not diminish. Its blood qi intensified, and its serrated teeth, carrying a fetid smell, bit fiercely towards Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo's dark green snake eyes instantly turned a terrifying white, and a white halo spread across his head.
Soul Bone Skill—Medusa's Gaze, activate!
Two pale white beams shot out from Dugu Bo's eyes, falling upon the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.
The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's body was instantly completely dyed white by the white light.
Starting from the abdomen, which was the first to come into contact with the white light, gray-white petrification patterns rapidly spread, covering more than half of its body in the blink of an eye.
"Lu Chen!"
As soon as Dugu Bo finished speaking, the Asura Demon Sword in Lu Chen's hand fiercely slashed out a blood-colored sword light.
The blood-colored light shot directly into the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's mouth. The Asura Sword Intent rampaged wildly inside the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's body, shredding its internal organs and meridians.
After more than ten minutes, the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf let out a piercing whimper and died completely.
Dugu Bo's eyes then faded from white, and a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on his forehead.
An ink-black soul ring floated above the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.
Lu Chen sprinkled the pollen from the Aromatic Silk Beauty around. The clear exotic fragrance quickly suppressed the fetid smell, making the air clear.
Lu Chen sat beside the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.
The Asura Demon Sword in his hand released faint blood threads, which wrapped around the soul ring, slowly drawing it towards the sword body.
A rich blood qi flooded into the Asura Demon Sword, circulated within the sword for a week, and then turned into pure soul power, injecting it into Lu Chen's body.
The Bloody Asura Domain activated, and countless slaughter auras instantly pounced on the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.
Dugu Bo watched this scene and exclaimed in surprise, "This... this is actually a domain!"
Soon, on the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's skeleton, a mass of blood mist churned, and then a Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf condensed from slaughter auras appeared before Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo sensed the chilling killing intent from the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf and looked at Lu Chen, who was surrounded by slaughter auras.
He murmured in a low voice, "Kid, what secrets are you hiding?"
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