Fate

Because of the morning fog, Lu Ao Ye Yan, Wang Tan, and the others discussed and decided to enter the forest only after the fog had completely dissipated by noon.

The fog obscured the surrounding view, reducing visibility to less than ten meters, making it quite easy to be ambushed.

Beast-type Soul Master have much sharper innate intuition than weapon-type Soul Master. However, the fog obscures their vision, greatly limiting their intuition as well. The instructors leading the group may not be able to protect them in time.

Normally, the instructors leading the teams are at most two or three levels higher than the students, so their instructors can basically be identified as Soul Saint or ordinary Douluo.

The maximum age Soul Saint or an ordinary Douluo can handle is 50,000 or 70,000 years. If they encounter someone with a superior bloodline, the limit may even need to be adjusted downwards.

At this level, if encountering a superior bloodline Soul Beast of extremely high age, it can at most protect the surrounding area; once the distance is greater, it is basically unreliable.

Every year during the hunt, trainees frequently die. These trainees generally believe that their instructors will protect them, so they recklessly advance until they encounter mortal danger. They move forward very quickly, and they walk just as fast.

While the fog was still thick, Ye Yan planned out his goals, with Lu Ao occasionally chiming in with a few words.

Based on rank, Ye Yan's goal is second in order: to produce Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast whose Soul Skill tend to be single-target.

"Lion-type Soul Beast, tiger-type Soul Beast, and ape-type Soul Beast all possess at least superior bloodlines. My four Soul Ring — the First Soul Ring, Second Soul Ring, and Soul Ring— are all amplification-type, and the third is an area-of-effect type. Therefore, the fifth Soul Ring basically Lock-On a single-target type."

Ye Yan stated his goal, but it was extremely demanding.

Lion -Soul Beast, tiger- Soul Beast, and ape-type Soul Beast are all considered forest overlords. They have a wide hunting range and usually live in various places.

If they were to plan according to Ye Yan's goals, they would have to go much further and stay for at least a few more days.

"Ye Yan, we're taking Wang Tan and the others with us. If they're ambushed, they're in real danger."

Lu Ao looked at Ye Yan, "Let Wang Tan and Xiao Xiao advance to Soul Ancestor and Soul Elder levels first."

"OK."

As he walked toward the camp, Ye Yan replied, "I'll go ask them what kind of Soul Beast they need."

In the right tent, Wang Tan unfolded a picture book, circled a few pages, and said, "As for the requirements, things like the Heavy-Armored Rhinoceros, the Yuanlu Tortoise, and the Rock Bramble, with a minimum age of three thousand."

Ye Yan's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Wang Tan's target was like a stone—not particularly dangerous, not particularly precious, but extremely troublesome.

"Gale Demon Wolf, Shadow Black Panther, Giant-Spined Thunder Beast —similar Soul Beast with excellent strength and speed, all over four thousand years old."

Abbott also circled several pages, "The Gale Demon Wolf and Giant-Spined Thunder Beast are collective Soul Beast; the academy has marked many beast groups."

"I'll go ask Xiao Xiao."

Ye Yan walked straight out of the tent.

The Gale Demon Wolf and Giant-Spined Thunder Beast, these collective Soul Beast number at least in the dozens or hundreds, and their Beast Kings are all of very high age, making them far more troublesome than Wang Tan.

"Target?"

Xiao Xiao paused, "I'm a weapon-type Soul Master, so I have many choices. Specifically, what about something like the Rock Bramble?"

The Rock Bramble grants a special Soul Skill with a rebound Ability. Combined with the previous two Soul Skills, it should theoretically allow the user to deal some damage.

"Years?"

Ye Yan asked, "You and Wang Tan have the same goal, so you should be able to solve this together."

"Two... three thousand years, I guess."

Xiao Xiao set her sights very high, Ye Yan couldn't help but glance at her sideways.

Normally, the upper limit for the third Soul Ring is around 1,700 years. Considering the changes in cultivation theory, the upper limit is at most a few hundred years higher, and that's still for beast-type Soul Master.

Of course, this is for a normal Soul Master. The third Soul Ring of the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron is actually considered the fourth Soul Ring. While exceeding the age limit is dangerous, it's not a major problem.

Moreover, Xiao Xiao knew that Bai Cai's first Soul Skill was for perfect healing, and if she was determined enough, she could even set the target to be more than double.

Ye Yan confirmed repeatedly, "Three thousand years is already comparable to a fourth Soul Ring..."

Xiao Xiao took a few steps, and a giant cauldron appeared.

Ye Yan froze, then went straight back to his own tent.

He was afraid Xiao Xiao would kick him again.

"Xiao Xiao and Wang Tan's first target is the Rock Bramble, Abbott's first target is the Gale Demon Wolf, Ye Yan's first target is the Blood Lion. Are you sure?"

"Lu Ao asked."

"Sure."

Xiao Xiao and the others replied simultaneously.

"The Rock Bramble grow among the rocks, the Blood Lion often hunt by the lake, and the Gale Demon Wolf are basically the same."

"According to the plan, we will first head to the rocky mountains. Once Xiao Xiao Wang Tan is promoted, we will quickly go to the surrounding lakes to await our target."

Lu Ao warned, "The waiting period will be at most one week. After that, return to the academy immediately."

"Clear."

Xiao Xiao and her group responded seriously.

"To reach the rocky mountains, we need to travel for at least a day. If we encounter our target along the way, we must report it immediately."

Lu Ao looked out over the forest. The fog had dissipated considerably, and a few rays of sunlight shone through, making the forest peaceful and serene.

Let's go.

Lu Ao entered the forest, and the group quickly disappeared.

A pack of century-old Wind Wolf, a pack of century-old Mountain Monster, a millennium-old Earth Bear, a millennium-old Moonshadow Ghost Wolf, a ten-thousand-year-old Round-Horned Poison Toad, and a ten-thousand-year-old Rock-Armored Earth Dragon.

In the forest, he encountered more and more Soul Beast, Abbott even advanced to the level of Soul Ancestor. His fourth Soul Ring came from the Moonshadow Ghost Wolf.

Compared to the Gale Demon Wolf, the Moonshadow Ghost Wolf is much fiercer, possessing both strength and speed, and can also utilize moonlight energy.

The Moonshadow Ghost Wolf they encountered were over four thousand years old and of perfect quality, so they were immediately chosen by Abbott and died quite quickly.

In comparison, Ye Yan seemed quite ordinary. They encountered many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast along the way, but they either came with deadly Toxic or heavy armor, which did not meet their needs at all.

After traveling for half a day, dusk fell in the woods.

In the open space, Lu Ao stopped and instructed Ye Yan Wang Tan to camp.

The tents offered some warmth, Courtney provided some light. Bai Cai felt she was being overly cautious until, during her mental monitoring, a Suanni a mythical lion-like creature) Pursuit a giant, heading straight for her location.

Wang Tan first encountered a golden light, "A ten-thousand-year-old lion! Senior Ye Yan!"

Compared to Wang Tan, Ye Yan appeared extremely panicked, exclaiming, "Suanni!"

Dragon horns! Dragon whiskers! Dragon scales! Dragon Claw!

It possesses all the Ability a true dragon!

In the nearby tent, Lu Ao appeared normal on the surface, but kept babbling incoherently, and had even lost his speech.

They knew perfectly well what the Suanni symbolized, so of course they were terrified.

In the ranking of Soul Beast bloodlines, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape are far inferior to the True Dragon, yet they are already considered supreme Soul Beast, with a hundred years being comparable to ten thousand years.

If the Suanni in front of them is over ten thousand years old, they will surely die soon.

Just a few steps from the camp, the giant was already dead Suanni pinned it down and smashed its skull open.

Compared to the giants, the Suanni appeared extremely small, but the smaller it seemed, the more oppressive Ye Yan felt.

The corpse in front of them was over ten meters tall and clearly more than ten thousand years old, but the outcome was obvious.

Creak--creak--

The Suanni turned its head to face Ye Yan, spitting out some bone fragments, which were tinged with blood and white.

At most twenty meters apart, Ye Yan was completely stunned.