Rumble! The instant Qi Ziwen spoke, the river's once crystal-clear water suddenly turned murky. Enormous bubbles surged up from the riverbed, and even after they burst, foul odors of bones spread through the area.
Splash! Water erupted dozens of feet into the air, and an enormous creature burst forth.
"Attack!" Sweat poured off Xiao Yan as he rapidly retreated, his aura seeming utterly depleted.
His apparent weakness after drawing the creature out was naturally a little trick of Xiao Yan's. After all, the four experts here were all at the four-star Dou Xian mid stage, making them ideal fighters against this soul beast. Why let free labor go to waste?
Splash! As the spray slowly subsided, the soul beast's full form appeared before them.
"A Crystal Origin-Devouring Beast?" the only quiet man among the four exclaimed in surprise.
He was none other than Kong An of the Ice and Fire Mansion. With his combined ice and water attribute powers, his combat strength was exceptionally formidable.
"What a beast!"
"It's actually a soul beast capable of matching a human at the four-star Dou Xian late stage."
"Attack together!" Seeing that Xiao Yan had drawn the creature out, Song Lanfeng glanced at him and noticed his weakened aura. Without caring whether it was genuine, he immediately called on all four to attack. Once they defeated this creature, Xiao Yan would lose his value, and the Xiangsi Tree would be theirs to grasp.
The Crystal Origin-Devouring Beast was a soul beast, but a mutated one. Its existence was extremely unusual. Ordinarily, it turned into tiny grains of sand invisible to the naked eye and concealed itself on the river's surface. Only powerful soul power and scorching flames could force it to reveal itself, and its favorite food was human remains and blood.
In