Jiang Huai dragged Pink Lady back and threw her in front of Oscar. Oscar drove his dagger straight into the scorpion's eye, killing her on the spot.
Oscar sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Soul Ring. Jiang Huai and Gu Yue sat back-to-back on the ground and began recovering their Soul Power.
The two of them had used up the most Soul Power just now. As a Soul Saint, Liu Erlong naturally had far better control over her Soul Power than a Soul Ancestor.
Two hours soon passed, and Oscar successfully finished absorbing the Soul Ring. His Soul Skill was Excitement, which could increase all attributes by ten percent.
Before long, the group continued toward the volcanic region of Sunset Forest. This time, they were hunting a Blazing Gray Wolf for Qin Ming, a Soul Beast of the same lineage as his Martial Soul.
Qin Ming released his Blazing Gray Wolf and began searching for its kin. Before long, he spotted a seventy-thousand-year-old Blazing Gray Wolf.
Jiang Huai and Gu Yue didn't take action this time. Instead, they let Flender and Liu Erlong capture it.
Flender's talons pierced the Blazing Gray Wolf's body, and he flew into the sky. Once he reached a certain height, he dropped the wolf.
Liu Erlong followed up with a kick to the Blazing Gray Wolf's waist. Wolves shared a weakness: skin like bronze and bones like iron, but waists as soft as tofu. Liu Erlong's kick nearly killed it. Fortunately, it was the Blazing Gray Wolf King of this area.
If it could be killed just like that, it wouldn't be able to hold its place among the pack. The Blazing Gray Wolf threw back its head and howled, and countless wolf howls rang out across the sky.
Jiang Huai immediately grew wary. He drew the Jiang Ling Sword and cautiously scanned their surroundings. "We're in trouble. We forgot something: wolf Soul Beasts live in packs. We attacked their king in the open, and now we're surrounded."
"What!" x8
Jiang Huai and Gu Yue exchanged a look, then turned to Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai immediately understood what they meant.
Dai Mubai released his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul, then let out a tiger's roar that shook the forest.
"Jiang Huai, that didn't work."
Dai Mubai's roar hadn't intimidated the wolves at all, leaving him and the others in a panic.
Seeing this, Jiang Huai brushed his left index and middle fingers over the sword's blade. A terrifying sword intent rose behind him, and a massive phantom of Jiang Huai appeared in the air. Terrifying sword energy scattered in every direction, tearing apart several low-year wolves on the spot.
Some of the wolves fled in fear, leaving only those that were a thousand years old or had just reached ten thousand years.
Jiang Huai shouted, "Kill!"
"Got it!" x8
Everyone charged together to slaughter the remaining pack. Jiang Huai faced four ten-thousand-year-old wolves alone: two Frost Wolves and two Blazing Gray Wolves.
Jiang Huai gripped the Jiang Ling Sword, ready to strike at any moment. All four wolves attacked at once. He knocked two away with a single swing, then turned to fight the other two.
But the two wolves he'd just knocked back pounced on him again, forcing him onto the defensive.
Gu Yue drove back the thousand-year-old wolf fighting her and turned to see Jiang Huai on the defensive.
Desperate to save the one she loved, Gu Yue rushed over. A freezing aura of frost poured from her body, forcing the four wolves back.
With a little breathing room, Jiang Huai clasped hands with Gu Yue. Their Soul Power began to merge, and the Silver Dragon and Ash Ruins Dragon appeared together.
Qin Ming also killed the seventy-thousand-year-old Blazing Gray Wolf with his sixth Soul Skill. Flender told him to absorb its Soul Ring on the spot, but he had only just begun when the absorption suddenly finished.
The seventy-thousand-year-old Blazing Gray Wolf had also dropped a seventy-thousand-year-old Blazing Gray Wolf Head Soul Bone. Qin Ming stored it in his Soul Tool, then turned to look around and saw that all the wolves were lying prostrate on the ground, afraid to rise.
Jiang Huai's eyes turned deep purple, while Gu Yue's turned silver-white. Their Martial Souls began to fuse.
Before long, Jiang Huai and Gu Yue merged. A woman descended from the sky, dressed in a purple-and-white gown and holding the Silver Ash-Extinguishing Dragon Spear. This was the first time Jiang Huai and Gu Yue had completed a Martial Soul Fusion.
The four ten-thousand-year-old wolf kings were pinned to the ground by the dragon's might, unable to move. In a voice that was both Gu Yue's and Jiang Huai's, they declared, "You four beasts dare to run wild? I sentence you to death."
With that, all four wolf kings exploded. One of the Frost Wolf Kings even dropped a Soul Bone—and not just any Soul Bone, but the rarest kind: a torso bone called the Ultimate Frost Torso Bone.
Before long, Jiang Huai and Gu Yue ended their Martial Soul Fusion. Jiang Huai put an arm around Gu Yue's waist as they descended slowly, then gave the torso bone to Qin Ming. It was of no use to either him or Gu Yue anyway.
Qin Ming soon finished absorbing the Soul Bone, and his Soul Power surged. After absorbing the Soul Ring, his Soul Power had reached level seventy-two; after absorbing two top-grade Soul Bones, it rose straight to the peak of level seventy-six.
The group soon continued onward. Before long, a whole day had passed. Only Qin Ming and Oscar had obtained Soul Rings that day; Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San still hadn't found theirs.
Xiao Wu wasn't mentioned because, in the middle of the night, Gu Yue and Jiang Huai had already taken her away to condense her Soul Ring.
The next morning.
Jiang Huai and Gu Yue brought everyone to the place described in Dugu Bo's records. Jiang Huai took out the Aromatic Silk Beauty and said, "Don't go farther than fifty meters from this plant. A Soul Beast that's possibly ninety thousand years old may appear soon. Everyone, get ready to defend yourselves."
At his words, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Qin Ming immediately grew alert. Jiang Huai took out a small pouch of its own and opened it.
A rich medicinal fragrance soon wafted through the air. Jiang Huai took out a pill, which floated above his palm.
The pill bore the character "Emperor," then slowly changed into a dragon pattern before becoming "Emperor" again. It gave off an enticing aroma. This also proved why so many people wanted to become emperors.
Jiang Huai explained, "The emperor changes every year; this year, it's my family's turn. There's a chance this pill will make you emperor. Taking it increases all attributes by three hundred percent. A while ago, I used tweezers to remove some impurities. Now, it can increase all attributes by one thousand percent, but the chance of becoming emperor is still one in a thousand."
Suddenly, the roars of Soul Beasts sounded all around them, as if they were fighting over territory.
Flender used his Cat's Eye to see a large group of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts approaching. Among them were a Ghost Tiger and a four-eyed scaled beast that were only a thousand years old. There was also a hundred-thousand-year Earth Cave Demon Spider Emperor.
Flender cursed inwardly. Everyone released their Martial Souls and retreated, while Jiang Huai grabbed the pill and withdrew into the Jade Phosphor Poison Mist.
The Soul Beasts began slaughtering one another. Flender drew a sharp breath at the sight. "Xiao Huai, is this the allure of the emperor's throne?"
Jiang Huai nodded. "I extracted a tiny bit of essence from the dragon vein of Douluo Continent and refined it in a pill furnace. I thought I could make lots of them, but only this one turned out perfect."
Suddenly, Liu Erlong threw a punch, forcing a hundred-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider back. Jiang Huai had been just five meters from the spider's gaping maw.
Dugu Bo, who had been stabilizing his cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, opened his eyes. His Soul Power Level had now successfully reached the peak of level ninety-five. It wouldn't be long before Dugu Bo reached level ninety-six.
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