Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear

Seeing that the Cloud Leopard showed no sign of retreating, Lu Xian's expression gradually turned cold.

"If you won't leave, then don't blame me."

He released his First Soul Skill, and the Magic Broom appeared abruptly in front of him.

As countless branches burst from the broom's tip, they spread out to cover an area dozens of meters wide.

Seeing the four Soul Rings around Lu Xian, the Cloud Leopard immediately realized it had picked a fight with someone far beyond its league.

It took a few light steps backward, clearly planning to leave.

"Now you want to run?"

"Too late!"

"Scatter, Thousand-Blade Broom!"

Tens of thousands of broom branches shattered in midair, turning into an endless rain of blades that shot toward the fleeing Cloud Leopard.

In less than three seconds, the Cloud Leopard had become a bloody leopard.

It lay there, barely breathing.

Seeing this, the predators nearby who had also been eyeing Lu Xian quickly backed down and scattered.

They all had just one thought.

"Let's get out of here!"

There were plenty of Soul Beasts that liked to court death, but once you showed you could kill them with ease, their eyes all cleared right up.

At least for the next several hours, Lu Xian didn't encounter a single Soul Beast foolish enough to provoke him.

But neither Lu Xian nor Xiao Qing, through her own eyes, found the Soul Beast he was looking for.

After a while, Lu Xian had to stop and rest, giving his taut nerves a chance to relax.

"Tiger-type Soul Beasts are usually among the strongest at their level. Looks like I'll have to go deeper if I want to find one."

He called Xiao Qing back to his side to keep watch, then spread out his Luck Domain and leaned against a tree for a nap.

Only after his mental exhaustion had eased did Lu Xian open his eyes again.

It wasn't that he didn't want to keep sleeping. It was just that something seemed to be poking him in the backside, forcing him to get up and check.

He turned around and found an animal bone, nearly seventy percent of it buried beneath the dirt.

"Holy crap..."

"Could this be a Soul Bone?"

"What generous Soul Beast big brother hacked off his own leg to give me a treat?"

After digging out the bone and inspecting it carefully, Lu Xian found that it was a right leg bone. He had no idea how old it was.

Marveling at the power of the Luck Domain, Lu Xian quickly tucked the Soul Bone into his clothes.

Looks like I'll need to get a Storage Soul Tool too. If this Soul Bone fell on the ground, that'd be a real headache.

"..."

The Luck Domain had been on the whole time. Less than a few dozen meters farther on, Lu Xian came across several corpses.

Judging by their gruesome state, the people had probably fought over something and killed one another.

The thing they'd fought over was most likely the Soul Bone Lu Xian had just found.

What amazed Lu Xian even more was that a Storage Soul Tool—a ring—lay quietly on the right middle finger of one of the dead.

"You shouldn't be called the Luck Domain. You should be called the Wish-Granted Domain."

With the principle that whatever he found belonged to him, Lu Xian easily acquired a Storage Soul Tool of his own.

It wasn't very big, with a space of just one cubic meter.

But it was enough for Lu Xian.

He stuffed the Soul Bone he'd just found, along with his prepared food and fresh water, into the Soul Tool. Now he could travel light.

"It really is convenient."

Perhaps he'd gotten a taste for it. Lu Xian kept the Luck Domain active from then on, only shutting it off and stopping to rest when his Soul Power had fallen by half.

Maybe he'd used up all his luck earlier. Aside from finding a Sun-Facing Flower along the way, Lu Xian had no other gains.

Sun-Facing Flowers could stop bleeding and were beloved by the mercenaries in Soul Hunting Town.

Once he left the forest, he'd be able to trade it for quite a few Gold Soul Coins.

After his Soul Power recovered, Lu Xian activated the Luck Domain again and headed deeper into the forest.

After traveling dozens of kilometers farther into the forest, a rustling sound suddenly came from the woods on either side.

Lu Xian immediately stopped and grew alert.

A few seconds later, a little bear no more than half a meter long, with dark-gold fur, appeared in front of him.

The moment the little bear spotted Lu Xian, it charged at him with an adorable, ferocious growl.

A Tom-like grin instantly spread across Lu Xian's face. He pointed at the little fellow in disdain and thought:

That's it?

As Lu Xian lightly tapped his toe against the ground, the Ice Domain rapidly expanded. A half-meter-high wall of ice rose from the earth, blocking the little bear's path.

The ice wall was over fifty centimeters thick. Even a thousand-year Soul Beast would have trouble budging it.

But the next sight nearly made Lu Xian's eyes fall out of his head.

The little bear didn't slow down at all when it saw the ice wall. A bright golden glow burst from one of its little paws, which slammed hard into the wall.

The ice wall, which could have withstood an attack from a thousand-year Soul Beast, shattered on impact and fell to the ground in pieces.

"Holy crap..."

"Could this be a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?"

Its fur was dark gold, and its pair of sharp claws were bright gold.

After flying around the claw-waving little bear on his broom to get a better look, Lu Xian became even more certain of his guess.

This had to be the king of the bear clan, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, said to be able to rival a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast at just a thousand years old.

Lu Xian had come looking for a tiger-type Soul Beast, but there was a time and place for everything.

With a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right in front of him, why bother with a tiger-type Soul Beast?

The one before him was clearly only around a hundred years old—a young Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

If this thing were a thousand years old, Lu Xian would've turned his broom around and flown away.

But if it was only a hundred years old, then he could only accept the gift.

He took out a few pieces of bread and tossed them onto the ground. The little fellow immediately dropped its ferocious expression, looking puzzled instead.

It reached out with one little paw and poked at the bread, seeming to wonder what the flying two-legged beast had thrown down.

Meanwhile, Lu Xian released his Martial Soul and quietly circled around behind the little fellow. Then he swiftly sent the broom diving down and pressed it against the little bear's back.

As the Silver Light Orb slowly turned dark gold, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear vanished without a trace.

A yellow Soul Ring appeared in the position of Lu Xian's fifth Soul Ring. Before he could even celebrate, a terrifying roar jolted him back to his senses.

The roar had come from dozens of kilometers away, and its voice was full of authority.

"Damn, could that be the little fellow's parent?"

"Time to get out of here!"

Realizing he couldn't stay, Lu Xian immediately climbed onto his broom again and flew toward the forest entrance.

He flew for half an hour straight. Only after confirming that no enormous creature was following him did Lu Xian finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Whew, that was dangerous."

"A Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is no joke."

"Forget it. I've got the Soul Ring already. I can go back to Suotuo City and look into it later."

After meditating for a while, Lu Xian quickly got up and headed toward the edge of the forest. He was less than a few dozen kilometers from the entrance, so it wouldn't take long to get out.

Whistling as he walked along with a light step, Lu Xian felt very satisfied with the results of this trip.

Not only had he confirmed that his Martial Soul could absorb a Soul Beast's Soul Ring directly, he'd also acquired a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that could grow stronger.

Including Xiao Qing, he now had two powerful beast companions, both of whom obeyed him completely.

As he was thinking, two figures—one tall and one short—appeared at the edge of the forest.

Lu Xian had never forgotten that when hunting Souls, other people were more dangerous than Soul Beasts.

His guard went up at once, and he cautiously made his way forward.

A few dozen seconds later, an old man with sharp brows and bright eyes appeared in front of Lu Xian, accompanied by a little girl with chestnut-brown hair.

"Rongrong, it's dangerous here. Don't wander too far from me."

"I know, Sword Grandpa."