Slaying the Void Ancient Snake! A Soul Bone Dropped!

Since he had clashed with those people, they definitely could not be friends.

Let them come over?

That was even more impossible!

Since he was preparing to establish an academy, he would definitely devote effort to it. Things like Whale Rubber could naturally be used to train students, and even the Soul Skills he had copied could be taught to the students, allowing them to master a variety of attack methods.

However.

Considering the issue of Whale Rubber being exposed.

He was also planning to have Dugu Bo give it a try and see whether he could refine the Whale Rubber into medicinal pills. That way, he could delay its exposure.

So...

Did they really think the academy he was building was some Wild Chicken Academy like Flender's?

Anyone who entered his academy would definitely receive his careful cultivation and the best resources.

Wouldn't allowing those members of the Imperial Dou Team to join simply be doing them a favor?

He had no intention of strengthening the enemy.

Thus, he immediately rejected Dugu Yan's suggestion.

"Since you've put it that way, Little Brother Taichu, I'll only bring my good sisters over. I won't invite the others!"

The conflict on Dugu Yan's face instantly disappeared.

At the side.

Dugu Bo could only shake his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.

You brat had studied at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for several years, yet you were not only ready to drop out for your little lover, but you even wanted to help him poach people from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

If that actually happened.

This old face of mine would have nowhere to go.

I'd probably have to wear a mask whenever I went out from now on.

"Alright, we'll talk about what comes next later. Yanyan has already finished hunting and absorbing her Fourth Soul Ring. Now, it's time to hunt your Third Soul Ring."

Dugu Bo interrupted their conversation. He was genuinely worried that if he let them keep talking, they would not merely poach members of the Imperial Dou Team—they might directly poach the teachers of Heaven Dou Royal Academy as well.

As soon as he said that.

Taichu, who had been thinking about what name he should give his academy.

Immediately put the matter of the academy aside for the time being.

The two of them quickly followed after him.

Star Dou Forest.

Mixed Zone, northwest.

It had to be said.

This place was simply too vast. Naturally, they had searched for traces of the Void Ancient Snake for a long time. In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, but the result was obvious—they had not found any trace of the Void Ancient Snake.

Taichu could not help wondering whether the Void Ancient Snake was hibernating during this period, which was why they could not find it.

But he was overthinking it.

Soul Beasts!

Even ten-year Soul Beasts could cast off quite a few of their wild instincts.

Therefore, the Void Ancient Snake could not possibly be hibernating.

Their luck was simply poor, and they had yet to find any trace of the Void Ancient Snake.

However.

Fortunately, Taichu was quite patient.

Back then, in order to find a Soul Beast suitable for himself, he had stayed in Sunset Forest for more than a month. If he had not happened to encounter a suitable Soul Beast just as he was preparing to leave Sunset Forest.

He probably would have continued searching in other Soul Beast Forests that had Black Flame Demon Birds after leaving Sunset Forest.

Patience!

He had plenty of it.

And in the blink of an eye, another half month passed.

The three of them had stayed in the Mixed Zone of Star Dou Forest for so long, yet they still had not found the Void Ancient Snake. Even Dugu Bo began to wonder whether the information he had received was false.

Fortunately, on this day, they finally discovered the Void Ancient Snake.

Without delay.

"Second Soul Skill—Amaterasu!!!"

He decisively used Martial Soul Possession. Two Purple Soul Rings slowly emerged, and the Second Soul Ring shone with purple light. Black flames immediately ignited upon the Void Ancient Snake's body, scorching it.

The next moment.

The Void Ancient Snake vanished from their sight.

"Space Jump!"

This was the Void Ancient Snake's ability. It was precisely because of this unpredictable Space Jump ability that the Void Ancient Snake was extremely difficult to hunt. Outside, a living Void Ancient Snake had been priced at more than ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and that was merely a Hundred Year Void Ancient Snake.

If it was a Thousand Year or Ten Thousand Year Void Ancient Snake, its price would reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of Gold Soul Coins.

This showed just how rare the Void Ancient Snake was.

Of course.

Most Soul Masters only had their eyes on the Void Ancient Snake's Space Jump ability. They wanted to absorb the Void Ancient Snake's Soul Ring in order to obtain Soul Skills such as Teleportation and Space Jump.

However.

Although Taichu's circumstances differed somewhat, his goal was more or less the same.

Yet.

"Hiss—!!!"

Although the Void Ancient Snake had encountered danger and used Space Jump to flee, the Amaterasu Taichu had unleashed was an inextinguishable flame. Unless it burned its target to ashes, not even Space Jump could free it from Amaterasu's torment.

Sure enough, even after using Space Jump, the effect of the Second Soul Skill continued tormenting it, causing the Void Ancient Snake to let out a pained hiss.

However, this Space Jump covered quite a great distance, so the Void Ancient Snake's agonized cries did not reach Taichu and the others.

Still.

His Soul Skill had already been cast, and Amaterasu was still burning. This created a connection between them, allowing him to clearly sense Amaterasu's exact location.

Right now.

He felt as if an arrow indicator was guiding his route forward.

"This way."

Taichu decisively dashed in the Void Ancient Snake's direction.

The reason he had not used his First Soul Skill earlier and had instead chosen the Second Soul Skill was that the First Soul Skill required him to make eye contact with the target. At that time, he had only caught sight of the Void Ancient Snake and had no time to meet its gaze. In Addition To that, it was a Space Type Soul Beast, and he worried that it would not even give him the chance to make eye contact before directly using Space Jump to flee.

So, with hesitation meaning defeat.

He decisively used his Second Soul Skill. At the very least, even if the Void Ancient Snake escaped under Amaterasu's power, the final result would still be its death at his hands.

Afterward.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan also chased after him without hesitation.

However.

In that brief span of time, the Void Ancient Snake used Space Jump twice more. Taichu watched the guiding arrow seem to lose its connection for a moment before quickly reconnecting.

Its location had shifted slightly, but it did not matter!

Presumably.

The Void Ancient Snake could not bear Amaterasu's excruciating torment, which was why it tried to use Space Jump to shake off the Amaterasu burning on its body.

But.

Its efforts were utterly useless. Amaterasu clung to it like a parasite on the bone, impossible to cast off.

And after the Void Ancient Snake's Space Jumps.

As Taichu pursued it, he realized they had already left the Mixed Zone and entered the Outer Zone.

After chasing for a long time.

They finally discovered that the Void Ancient Snake had become a corpse. Its flesh was still slowly dissipating beneath Amaterasu's scorching flames. In the end, the Void Ancient Snake was completely burned to ashes, but something slowly fell from its corpse.

This made him stare closely.

A Soul Bone?!

Taichu's face filled with astonishment.