Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf!

By the time Dugu Yan finished absorbing the Soul Ring, it was already night.

With the help of the Soul Ring and the pills, Dugu Yan's Soul Power soared all the way to level 44!

And she still hadn't fully absorbed the pills' medicinal effects. Before she reached Soul Sage, Dugu Yan wouldn't encounter any bottlenecks at all!

Night fell, and the bonfire flickered with warm light.

Dugu Yan curled up in Lu Chen's arms, resting with her eyes closed.

Though Dugu Bo kept watch over the camp, neither Lu Chen nor Dugu Yan had fallen asleep.

At daybreak, the three of them set off toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

There were plenty of Soul Beasts between fifty and seventy thousand years old, but finding one suited to Lu Chen was no easy task!

Asura God was the God of Slaughter, presiding over Slaughter and Judgment!

As the Asura God's Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Demon Sword could only be suited by an evil Soul Beast with a bloodthirsty nature!

Along the way, Dugu Bo led Lu Chen and Dugu Yan in search of places with a strong smell of blood.

Only places like that could nurture Soul Beasts that knew nothing but Slaughter!

As they ventured farther in, Dugu Bo finally led the two of them to a stop outside a cave.

Dark-red bloodstains had congealed into pools on the ground outside. A nauseating stench of blood billowed from deep within the cave.

Dugu Bo said gravely, "Yan Yan, once Lu Chen and I enter the cave, don't get more than three steps away from me!"

Lu Chen and Dugu Yan nodded, then followed Dugu Bo into the cave.

As soon as they stepped inside, an enormous skeleton came into view before them.

The pressure lingering on its bones had faded, but they could still sense how formidable it had been in life.

Lu Chen ran his fingers over the cold bone and said gravely, "This skeleton must have belonged to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast!"

The cave walls were tinged a sinister dark red, the result of years of blood slowly corroding them.

As Lu Chen and the others ventured deeper, the ground became littered with the broken skeletons of Soul Beasts.

Some broken bones still bore vicious claw marks, while some skulls looked as though they had been bitten apart...

Suddenly, the sound of crunching and chewing came from deep within the cave.

Dugu Yan instinctively clutched Lu Chen's arm. Her fingertips turned white with the force of her grip, and her body trembled slightly.

Lu Chen clasped her hand in return.

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Dugu Yan's panic gradually ebbed away.

Dugu Bo and Lu Chen exchanged a glance, suppressed their auras, and cautiously made their way deeper into the cave.

The passage ahead suddenly opened into a vast space, and an overpowering stench struck them. Countless bones lay beneath Lu Chen's feet.

At the center of the cave stood a small mountain piled from the grayish-white bones of Soul Beasts. Dark-red strips of sinew still clung to the gaps between them.

Crimson Mist shrouded the entire cave. It wasn't ordinary moisture, but Blood Qi so dense it seemed almost solid!

Within the Crimson Mist, a terrifying Soul Beast was crouched atop the mountain of corpses, feasting.

Lu Chen's pupils contracted as he stared at the Soul Beast. He cried out, "Ten Thousand Year Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf!"

The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf was a terrifying Soul Beast that combined a trace of the Gluttonous Bloodline with the Wolf Tribe's ferocity.

These Soul Beasts knew nothing but Slaughter for their entire lives and had absolutely no intelligence. Even if they grew into Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they would never develop intelligence!

Lu Chen studied the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.

Its body was even larger than that of the Ten Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear he had encountered before. Its muscles bulged, and its body was covered in scales like Blood Jade.

The most horrifying part was its head. The upper half retained the Wolf Tribe's sharp fangs, while the lower half bore the fearsome features of a dragon, with a protruding jaw lined with barbs.

A pair of batlike bony wings grew from its back, their membranes covered in Warts and barbs.

Its four limbs ended in wolf claws covered with blood-red Dragon Scales. Every claw tip gleamed with a cold light.

Its vicious jaws were chewing on some unknown Soul Beast, blood spraying from its mouth.

The Soul Beast's hard bones crunched to pieces beneath its sawlike teeth.

The crunching echoed through the cave, grating on their ears.

Dugu Bo turned to Lu Chen, a questioning look in his eyes.

Lu Chen nodded to indicate that this Soul Beast was suitable for him.

Almost the instant Lu Chen nodded, green light flared around Dugu Bo.

Amid the green light, Dugu Bo activated Martial Soul Possession with the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor.

At the same time, the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf abruptly turned to look at the three of them.

"Roar—!"

A roar that sounded neither like a wolf nor a dragon shook the cave.

An even more overpowering stench swept over them, and Dugu Yan's pretty face instantly went deathly pale.

Seeing this, Lu Chen took out a bottle of pink crystal powder and held it to Dugu Yan's lips.

It was pollen Lu Chen had gathered from the Aromatic Silk Beauty before setting out.

A clear, delicate fragrance drifted into Dugu Yan's nose, and her pale face gradually regained its color.

The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf roared, spread its Blood Wings, and opened its Gluttonous Giant Mouth. It turned into a streak of blood-red light and lunged at Dugu Bo.

"Hmph!"

Dugu Bo gave a cold snort. The Phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor appeared behind him, and the Fifth Soul Ring on his body lit up.

A dense cloud of poison gathered in Dugu Bo's hand.

Dugu Bo swept his hand out. The Phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor behind him instantly solidified and lunged at the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.

The Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's ferocious jaws suddenly expanded, swallowing the Phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Corrosive Dragon Emperor whole.

Its momentum undiminished, the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf surged with even stronger Blood Qi. Its sawtoothed jaws came at Dugu Bo in a foul-smelling gust.

Dugu Bo's dark-green serpent eyes turned a terrifying white, and a white halo spread across his forehead.

Soul Bone Skill—Medusa's Gaze, activated!

Two deathly pale beams shot from Dugu Bo's eyes and struck the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.

The white light instantly engulfed its entire body.

Beginning at the abdomen, where the beams had first struck, gray-white Petrification Patterns rapidly spread, covering most of its body in the blink of an eye.

"Lu Chen!"

As soon as Dugu Bo spoke, Lu Chen's Asura Demon Sword slashed out, sending a Blood-Colored Sword Light streaking toward the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf.

The beam of blood-red light shot straight into the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's mouth. Asura Sword Intent rampaged through its body, tearing apart its organs and meridians.

After more than ten minutes, the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf let out a mournful whine and died.

Only then did the white fade from Dugu Bo's eyes. A fine sheen of sweat had appeared on his forehead.

A pitch-black Soul Ring floated above the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.

Lu Chen sprinkled pollen from the Aromatic Silk Beauty around them. Its clear, unusual fragrance quickly overpowered the stench, freshening the air.

Lu Chen sat beside the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.

Faint strands of blood seeped from the Asura Demon Sword in his hand, wrapping around the Soul Ring and slowly drawing it toward the blade.

A dense wave of Blood Qi flowed into the Asura Demon Sword. After circulating through it once, it transformed into Pure Soul Power and entered Lu Chen's body.

The Bloody Asura Domain opened, and countless strands of Slaughter Aura instantly surged onto the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's corpse.

Watching this, Dugu Bo exclaimed in astonishment, "Th-this is actually a domain!"

Before long, a mass of blood mist churned above the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's skeleton. Then a Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf formed from Slaughter Aura appeared before Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo felt the Blood Fiend Gluttonous Wolf's bone-chilling Killing Intent and looked at Lu Chen, who was surrounded by Slaughter Aura.

He murmured, "You brat... What secrets are you hiding?"