Tree Seed Positioning Fails, Picking Up Zhu Zhuqing's Corpse

As the eldest prince of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Weisi possessed the greatest cultivation talent within the Star Luo Imperial Family, second only to Dai Mubai.

Recently, his soul power had also broken through to the level of a fortieth-level Soul Elder.

His good younger brother, Dai Mubai, had already fled the Star Luo Empire three years ago, so within these ruins, as long as the Holy King manifested, he would be the one with the greatest chance of obtaining the inheritance.

"Heh, as long as I can obtain the Holy King's inheritance, the throne of the Star Luo Empire will inevitably fall into my hands."

Thinking this to himself, he continued to follow the guidance of the Holy King's aura, heading deeper into the ruins.

However, he did not notice that the lean young man standing at the end of the line was currently looking at him with eyes full of jealousy and mania.

On the other side, Ye Xuan was currently sneaking toward the location of Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong.

What he found strange, however, was that no matter how hard he tried to catch up to their position, he still could not feel the distance between them closing.

"What on earth is going on? Could there be something wrong with the tree seeds Ah Yin gave us?"

Ye Xuan felt a hint of something amiss; he had been traveling at full speed for over an hour, and the tree seeds had indeed sensed the exact location of the two women.

Yet the reality was that, according to the seeds' feedback, the distance between him and them had not decreased in the slightest.

Just as he was about to calm his mind and ponder, the roars of soul beasts and the miserable wails of soul masters erupted from the forest not far away.

"Hm? Is someone in trouble?"

Ye Xuan was actually too lazy to care about the lives of others, but he did want to see what the combat power of the soul beasts living in the Holy King Ruins was like.

"I'll go take a look, and while I'm at it, observe the dangers present in the Holy King Ruins."

Thinking this, his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

Ten seconds later, his form was concealed atop a towering tree, and beneath this ancient tree lay a scene of bloody carnage.

At this moment, only three people remained in the group below—two men and one woman. Before them stood three soul beasts: two Evil Eye Tigers with a cultivation age reaching 1,500 years, and one Evil Eye Tiger with only a hundred years of age.

"This is... an Evil Eye Tiger? I recall that this type of soul beast was hunted to extinction by the Star Luo Imperial Family over a hundred years ago."

During his journey earlier, Ye Xuan had only encountered Nether Shadow Cats at the hundred-year level.

He had not expected to find such an extinct soul beast here.

According to historical records—or rather, unofficial history—the ancestor of the Star Luo Imperial Family was actually a mutated hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tiger that had transformed into a human.

Because its skin was white from the moment of its birth, it named its martial soul the Evil Eye White Tiger after taking human form.

The unofficial history contained no records of what happened to that entity afterward, but a hundred years later, a holy light descended from the sky.

And the title of Evil Eye Holy King was passed down among the descendants who possessed the Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul another century later.

Ye Xuan looked at the Evil Eye Tiger below, with its red and blue heterochromatic eyes and flashy appearance, and felt an urge to gouge out its eyeballs to use as ornaments.

However, being well-versed in soul beasts, he knew very well that the heterochromatic eyes of an Evil Eye Tiger could release a Spirit Shock; even if a Soul King encountered them, one careless moment could turn them into organic fertilizer.

The standoff below did not last long; the two men and one woman quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

But soon, Ye Xuan noticed the two high-level Soul Elders below exchange a glance, and then one of them kicked the girl standing in front directly toward the three Evil Eye Tigers.

Seeing this scene, a complex look flickered in Ye Xuan's eyes.

Although the actions of those two were despicable, the young girl was only a two-ring Soul Grand Master. They were already unable to resist these three thousand-year-old beasts, and if they wanted to survive, they had no choice but to use someone else's life to "fill the gap."

The girl, completely defenseless against the betrayal, was kicked into a stagger and fell heavily to the ground, while the two men merely glanced at her coldly before taking the opportunity to flee.

However, what Ye Xuan did not expect was that the two thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tigers only glanced at the girl sideways before immediately chasing after the two fleeing youths.

"Tsk... I didn't expect them to divide their hunting duties. Interesting."

As the two thousand-year-old "big cats" ran off into the distance, Ye Xuan had already quietly approached this hundred-year-old "kitten."

Of course, he only wanted to see the appearance of this extinct soul beast up close; he had no designs on the girl who lay unconscious on the ground.

Just as the little tiger was preparing to enjoy its meal, Ye Xuan's figure quietly appeared before it, and immediately following that...

"Squelch!"

A jade-blue vine pierced it through from top to bottom, and before it could even react, it breathed its last.

"Sure enough, the rear is the weak point of all soul beasts, even for a soul beast that has gone extinct."

It was fortunate that no one else was present to see Ye Xuan's actions, otherwise, they would surely have looked at him with strange eyes.

However, even after Ye Xuan hacked the hundred-year-old Evil Eye Tiger into pieces, the yellow hundred-year soul ring that should have appeared was nowhere to be seen.

"Hm? Soul beasts in the Holy King Ruins don't produce soul rings??"

Ye Xuan's expression turned somewhat ugly. Although he could feel that this godforsaken place was definitely strange, the Douluo Continent had its own laws of cultivation.

Unless he had already left the Douluo Continent, killing a soul beast should inevitably result in a soul ring.

But that was impossible; the Evil Eye Holy King, whose upper limit was only a third-level god, could not possibly have created such an independent small world.

"Forget it, I should first figure out how to reach the center of this small world. If I'm not mistaken, the gaze that was watching me at the beginning belonged to the Evil Eye Holy King."

Ye Xuan knew the original plot like the back of his hand; the will of the Evil Eye Holy King awakened within Dai Mubai during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Clearly, in this Holy King Ruins, the Star Luo Imperial Family, who possessed the Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul, was destined to return empty-handed.

As for the Evil Eye Holy King, he would depart from this place once the Holy King Ruins concluded to seek out Dai Mubai, who possessed a much stronger bloodline concentration.

Although Ye Xuan was deeply worried about the safety of his senior sister Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong, since it was now certain that he could not find them, all he could do was locate the exit of the Holy King Ruins first.

Furthermore, he believed that given his senior sister's mature and steady personality, she would absolutely not meet with any misfortune here.

Before leaving, Ye Xuan lowered his eyes to glance at the young girl lying on the ground.

Watching her bathed in blood with her aura withered, he ultimately could not bring himself to leave her where she lay to wait for death.