With the Titan Giant Ape's death, a crimson Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring slowly appeared.
Wuxie didn't absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring right away. Instead, she inspected the Titan Giant Ape's body.
After a thorough examination, she gripped the Angel Holy Sword and thrust it straight into the Titan Giant Ape's left arm. With a slight twist of her wrist, she levered the sword, cleanly prying out a Soul Bone that radiated powerful Soul Power.
"A Hundred Thousand Year Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone?"
[PS: The Left Arm Bone that dropped after Xiao Wu's sacrifice earlier has been changed to a Left Leg Bone!]
A radiant smile spread across Wuxie's pretty face.
She knew that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was guaranteed to drop a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone!
She had already made up her mind before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest.
She would save this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone dropped by the Titan Giant Ape for Qian Wulu, who was still guarding the house in the Ice God Secret Realm.
Oh! No, no!
More precisely, they planned to save not only this Hundred Thousand Year Left Arm Bone dropped by the Titan Giant Ape, but also the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone that the Sky Azure Bull Python was about to drop, for Qian Wulu.
This decision hadn't been made on a whim.
On the contrary, the two sisters had made it long ago.
Tianzhen and Wuxie already had a full set of Soul Bones. They had no use for Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, so rather than let them gather dust in their hands, they'd save them for their little niece, Qian Wulu.
Fortunately, Qian Wuyou had brought Tianzhen and Wuxie to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest on the sly. That way, the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones they'd obtained wouldn't have to be handed over to the Clan Treasury.
"Once I've absorbed this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and we're back, I'll give this Hundred Thousand Year Left Arm Bone to Wulu..."
Wuxie put away the Soul Bone in her hand, then turned to look toward the battlefield where Qian Wuyou was fighting the Sky Azure Bull Python.
The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring wouldn't disappear anytime soon, so she wasn't in a hurry to absorb it.
She would wait until Qian Wuyou had dealt with the Sky Azure Bull Python before absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring dropped by the Titan Giant Ape.
She had no choice. It wasn't that Wuxie was deliberately being difficult.
The truth was, she didn't want to waste this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Once she began absorbing a Soul Ring, nothing from the outside could disturb her.
If the desperate Sky Azure Bull Python disrupted her while she was absorbing the Soul Ring, she wouldn't just explode and die—she'd also waste the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
With the Angel Contract, she wasn't afraid of exploding and dying. But if she wasted the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring dropped by the Titan Giant Ape, her heart would ache terribly.
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
When Tianzhen arrived at the other battlefield, she saw "Changwei" beating up "Laifu"...
Oh! No, no!
She saw Qian Wuyou seated on the throne, propping his cheek up with his left hand while controlling two thousand-meter-tall Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Souls with his right, ruthlessly beating the Sky Azure Bull Python.
The very emperor of the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest was being thrashed with ease by Qian Wuyou. The sight was almost too painful to watch.
"Moo—!"
Tianzhen had just reached Qian Wuyou's side, and before she could speak, the Sky Azure Bull Python on the ground let out an angry roar.
"Human, even if I die, I'll take every one of you down with me..."
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Azure Bull Python was far from unintelligent.
Tianzhen had appeared here alone, which meant the humans had already dealt with the Titan Giant Ape.
There was no doubt about it. The Sky Azure Bull Python was next.
Rather than let the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone it dropped after death benefit these humans, it would be better to pour all its cultivation into a self-detonation. Even if it couldn't completely wipe out these powerful humans, it would make them pay dearly and defend the final dignity of the Star Dou Great Forest's Soul Beast Emperor!
Powerful Soul Power surged wildly inside the Sky Azure Bull Python. Its enormous serpentine body twisted violently, and its already ferocious eyes were now filled with grim resolve.
The air around it was torn apart by its berserk Soul Power, shrieking with ear-splitting cracks. The ground split apart inch by inch. Soul Beasts deep in the Star Dou Great Forest felt this apocalyptic presence and fled in terror, not even daring to look up.
"You think you can self-detonate right in front of me?"
"Sky Azure Bull Python, do you really think so little of me?"
Qian Wuyou sat upon the Void Throne, his voice so indifferent it held not a trace of emotion.
He casually swept out his right hand, and the two Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Souls instantly hacked the Sky Azure Bull Python into eight pieces.
Yes!
He meant that literally.
The Angel Holy Swords in the hands of the two Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Souls swung out several powerful Soul Power slashes, moving too fast for the Sky Azure Bull Python to react.
"Pfft—!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python didn't even get a chance to struggle. Its enormous body was cleaved apart by the powerful Soul Power slashes, its severed pieces dropping to the ground without the slightest chance to fight back.
"Moo—!"
"Moo—!"
"Moo—!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a string of agonized cries that echoed throughout the inner reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Its enormous body had been hacked into eight pieces, and an instant wave of excruciating pain swept through it. Every inch of its wounds throbbed with agony.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's massive body kept convulsing and writhing, its green blood splattering everywhere and staining the earth beneath it red.
Summoning the last of its strength, the Sky Azure Bull Python tried once more to trigger a self-detonation and take the humans with it. But after being hacked into eight pieces, its Soul Power could no longer gather. Its strength drained away with its blood, and it could barely move.
Before long, the Sky Azure Bull Python's cries grew weaker and weaker. Its convulsions gradually subsided, and at last it lay on the ground, barely clinging to life.
"Tianzhen, go deliver the final blow to the Sky Azure Bull Python!"
Qian Wuyou had the Angel Martial Souls draw back their attacks.
The Sky Azure Bull Python was in no condition to self-detonate now. If not for the powerful life force of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast keeping it alive, it would have died the moment it was hacked into eight pieces.
"Okay!"
Tianzhen nodded and went straight to the Sky Azure Bull Python.
Without hesitation, she gripped the Angel Holy Sword and drove it into the Sky Azure Bull Python's head.
"Pfft—!"
The barely living Sky Azure Bull Python was finished off by a single strike from Tianzhen.
"Ugh..."
The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a faint, pained groan. The hatred in its eyes slowly faded, and before long, the light of life had left them.
The Sky Azure Bull Python, emperor of the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, had fallen.
With the Sky Azure Bull Python's death, a crimson-red Soul Ring slowly appeared before Tianzhen.
Like Wuxie, Tianzhen didn't absorb the Soul Ring right away. Instead, she inspected the Sky Azure Bull Python's body.
After a thorough examination, Tianzhen gripped the Angel Holy Sword and thrust it straight into the Sky Azure Bull Python's body.
Then Tianzhen gave her wrist a slight twist and levered the sword, cleanly prying out a Soul Bone that radiated powerful Soul Power.
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