Dugu Yan: Dare to ruin this old lady's good deed, I'll kill you all!

(Image of Shui Bing'er)

Dugu Yan crawled toward him.

Her knees shifted softly against the blanket, inching closer bit by bit.

Lin Jiang shrank backward: "Sister Yan, please calm down—"

Dugu Yan's face slowly leaned in toward him.

Lin Jiang could already feel her breath, along with that distinct fragrance clinging to her.

It wasn't perfume, but a faint, natural scent of grass and trees that she carried with her.

Closer and closer.

Closer and closer—

Rumble—!

A thunderous tremor shook the earth!

The entire tent was swaying!

Dugu Yan: "???"

She froze in place, her face only ten centimeters away from Lin Jiang.

Lin Jiang: "What's going on!?"

A heaven-shaking roar of a soul beast erupted from outside, one after another, vibrating so hard it made their eardrums ache.

Dugu Bo's voice came from outside: "It seems like large soul beasts are fighting!"

Lin Jiang pricked up his ears.

That roar... low, thick, and carrying a certain kind of pressure.

"This roar..." His eyes lit up, "Why does it sound so much like a dragon-type soul beast!"

He shoved Dugu Yan's shoulders aside, flipped himself up, and bolted out of the tent.

"Let's go take a look!"

With a flick of the curtain, he vanished from sight.

Dugu Yan remained in the position where she had been pushed away, kneeling on the blanket, completely stunned.

A gust of cold wind blew into the tent, causing her thin straps to flutter slightly.

She looked down at herself, then back at the empty tent entrance.

"..."

"..."

"Which soul beast is ruining this lady's good time!!!"

Dugu Yan threw on an outer garment and stormed after Lin Jiang and Dugu Bo.

Along the way, small soul beasts were fleeing in every direction.

Ten-year Soft Bone Rabbits, century-level Musk Elk, and even a thousand-year Mandala Snake were fleeing for their lives, completely ignoring the humans.

What kind of thing could scare them like this?

Finally.

At the edge of a canyon, the three of them saw those two massive figures from afar—

Boom—!

A Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast covered in golden scales was slammed against the cliff wall, sending stone shards flying!

Its limbs were thick and sturdy, its back armor humped like a turtle's; there wasn't a single spot on its body that wasn't built for defense.

And the one that had rammed it—

Its four claws were robust, its muscles knotted, and its entire body radiated a tyrannical aura! With every breath, white pillars of air erupted from its nostrils!

Dugu Bo's pupils shrank to pinpricks.

"Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast!" he blurted out, "And that other one is... no, how is that possible..."

He rubbed his eyes, staring fixedly at the tyrannical giant beast.

"Could that be... a Giant Strength Ancient Dragon?!"

Lin Jiang turned his head to look at him.

Dugu Bo's voice had gone out of tune: "Hasn't this kind of soul beast been extinct for a long time?! Even I have only ever seen it in books!"

Lin Jiang stared at the two giant beasts, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

Both were dragon subspecies!

His Golden Dragon King martial soul should be absorbing dragon-type soul rings!

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes to observe: "It seems like two soul beasts fighting over territory... no, that's not right, that Giant Strength Ancient Dragon is trying to eat the Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast!"

In the canyon, the two massive beasts collided once again!

The Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast used its thick dorsal armor to tank the blow, biting back and locking its jaws onto the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon's foreleg! The Ancient Dragon roared in pain, slamming a claw into the beast's head!

Blood splattered everywhere!

Both were wounded!

Just as Lin Jiang was about to speak—

A figure rushed past him.

"To hell with it!"

Dugu Yan's outer coat fluttered as her Martial Soul instantly possessed her!

What appeared behind her was no longer the Jade Scale Snake, but a Jade Scale Flood Dragon with a single horn on its head!

Having consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to purge her toxins, her Martial Soul had evolved along with it.

"Daring to ruin my plans? I'll kill you both!"

Dugu Bo's expression shifted drastically: "Yanyan!"

Before the words had even faded, Dugu Yan had already struck.

"Second Soul Skill—Jade Scale Blue Poison!"

Ink-blue poisonous mist shot out like an arrow, heading straight for the two giant beasts!

This was a paralytic toxin! After her Martial Soul evolved, the toxicity had grown stronger, and the paralytic effect had doubled!

Under normal circumstances, this amount of poison would have been useless against ten-thousand-year soul beasts. But at this moment—

Both soul beasts were already heavily injured, their bodies covered in countless wounds!

The poisonous mist seeped directly into the wounds!

The Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast's movements slowed significantly, and the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon's roar turned into a low growl.

Though not fatal, the movements of both beasts had become sluggish!

Lin Jiang's eyes lit up as he turned his head to ask: "Old Poison, how many years of cultivation do these two soul beasts have?"

Dugu Bo stared at the two giants and said in a deep voice: "That Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast is at least ten thousand years old. And the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon attacking it... to dare challenge a ten-thousand-year Dragon-Armored Beast, it must be at least twenty thousand years old!"

The corners of Lin Jiang's mouth curled upward.

"Good!"

He pushed off with both feet, his entire body shooting forward like an arrow!

Dugu Bo: "???"

Are young people these days really this reckless?!

Lin Jiang charged toward the canyon, the Golden Dragon Blood within his body boiling!

This would be his first soul ring!

Time to gamble!

He clenched his right hand into a fist, and ice-blue light began to condense upon it—

This was a Self-Created Soul Skill he had comprehended during his year at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

The extreme cold of ice, condensed into a fist!

"Self-Created Soul Skill—Ice Dragon Fist!"

He threw a punch!

A biting, icy dragon shadow roared out along with the force of his strike!

Wherever it passed, the air froze into frost!

"Crack—!"

The ice dragon struck the legs of both beasts, and the frost spread instantly!

The four thick legs of the Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast were frozen to the ground!

The sharp claws of the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon were also encased in frost!

Both ten-thousand-year soul beasts were frozen in place simultaneously!

Above the canyon, Dugu Bo's mouth hung wide open, unable to close for a long time.

He looked at the two frozen ten-thousand-year soul beasts, then back at the back of the seven-year-old child.

This...

Is this someone who hasn't even obtained his first soul ring yet?

This Self-Created Soul Skill was nearly on par with the primary offensive soul skills of others!

Dugu Bo took a deep breath.

He suddenly felt that his own old bones were perhaps a bit redundant.

Lin Jiang stood in the canyon, looking up at the Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast with its four limbs frozen in place.

That one will do.

First Spirit Ring, aiming for ten thousand years!

He glanced at the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon beside it, which was also frozen solid.

I'll save this twenty-thousand-year-old one; it's reserved for my second spirit ring.

Lin Jiang activated Martial Soul Possession, and a Golden Dragon Shadow emerged behind him!

As his pressure spread, both dragon-type spirit beasts trembled simultaneously.

That was a fear etched deep into their bloodlines!

Lin Jiang clenched his fist, gathered his strength, and slammed a punch into the neck of the Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast!

"Bang!"

The Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast let out a low growl in pain.

Yet, there wasn't even a white mark left on its neck.

Lin Jiang shook his hand: "..."

This turtle shell is truly hard.

It was a ten-thousand-year spirit beast, after all; for someone with only level ten spirit power like him, expecting to break its defense was indeed wishful thinking.

Lin Jiang turned his head and shouted toward the top of the canyon: "Old Poison, I still need your help!"

Dugu Bo stood at the edge of the cliff, the corner of his mouth twitching.

"You brat, it seems I really have to make you realize the difficulty and retreat."

He leaped down, the aura of a Titled Douluo erupting outward!

With a single palm strike, the neck of the Diamond Dragon-Armored Beast snapped instantly!

Lin Jiang stepped forward to deliver the final blow.

A black spirit ring slowly rose.

Dugu Bo casually used his poison to restrain the Giant Strength Ancient Dragon, forcing it to lie obediently to the side.

"Kid," he pointed at the black spirit ring, "guide it into your body and absorb it. If anything goes wrong, I will immediately intervene to interrupt the process."

Lin Jiang nodded: "Understood."

Dugu Bo paused, then said in a deep voice: "However, if the absorption is interrupted, you could very well end up a cripple. Be mentally prepared."

Before Lin Jiang could speak.

Dugu Yan had already rushed over, grabbing his arm.

"Lin Jiang..." She bit her lip, her eyes slightly red, "You must succeed; I'm still waiting to..."

"Waiting to what with me?"