The Sky Azure Bull Python Dies! A Hundred-Thousand-Year-Old Right Arm Bone? The Titan Giant Ape's Desperate Counterattack? Just a Dying Struggle!

"Good."

Lan Yiyi nodded obediently and accepted the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Xu Zhao handed her.

She sat cross-legged and began circulating her Soul Power to refine it.

Xu Zhao stood guard beside her.

Half a day later.

A powerful wave of Soul Power burst from Lan Yiyi, and the surrounding plants seemed to answer a summons, bending toward her as if in tribute.

Level 90, Quasi-Titled Douluo!

With just one more Soul Ring, she could officially enter the realm of Titled Douluo.

"Congratulations."

Xu Zhao smiled and reached out to pull Lan Yiyi to her feet.

"Let's go to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"I've already found the perfect candidate for your Ninth Soul Ring."

The Star Dou Great Forest, core region.

This was a forbidden zone for humans and a paradise for Soul Beasts.

Towering ancient trees blotted out the sky, and the air was thick with a primitive, dangerous presence.

Xu Zhao took Lan Yiyi straight through the forest, not wasting time on its outskirts.

They headed directly for its deepest reaches: the Lake of Life.

Along the way, the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, usually fierce beyond measure,

scurried away with their tails between their legs, not daring to block their path.

Before long,

they arrived safely at the Lake of Life.

The instant the two set foot on its shore,

"ROAR—!!!"

A deafening roar rang out, making the lake churn violently.

Right after, two enormous figures charged out from the depths of the forest and blocked Xu Zhao and Lan Yiyi's way.

On the left stood a black ape as massive as a mountain, its muscles bulging and its overwhelming, ferocious aura suffocating.

The Titan Giant Ape!

On the right was a green python over a hundred meters long, with a bull's head and a serpent's