After leaving the Temporary Market, Xiao Yan cautiously headed deeper into Soul Valley.
Soul Valley was a land of rugged mountains and treacherous waters, with mountain ranges, forests, and vegetation stretching endlessly onward. The Soul Beasts lurking here and there were immensely powerful, and the strange Pink Halo made the valley perilous beyond measure.
The Xiangsi Tree did not seem to have fully descended yet. Only a mass of pink light had appeared, seemingly enveloping the tree as it stood at the heart of Soul Valley.
"Hiss..." After leaving the Temporary Market and reaching the outskirts of Soul Valley, Xiao Yan no longer had the market's protection. Wisps of pink light fell upon him, and he felt a strange itch welling up from his heart.
This strange itch was extremely difficult to deal with. Even when Xiao Yan employed his Soul Power, mental energy, and even Dou Qi, he could not dispel it. He also vaguely realized that with every step he took deeper into Soul Valley, the Pink Halo grew stronger, and so did the itch. It was agonizingly unbearable, like knives twisting inside his body, yet he could neither pinpoint it nor remedy it.
"Damn it." After struggling for a while, Xiao Yan found that he could not eliminate the strange itch and shook his head. He forced himself to endure the abnormal sensation and pushed through the dense cover of trees toward the depths of Soul Valley.
"Little fellow, be careful. This should be one of the measures the Xiangsi Tree set up to protect itself. Acacia power is extraordinarily strange. Even I don't know how to counter it," the Soul Devouring Master said a moment later.
"This strange itch is truly bizarre. There's no way to get rid of it. If I approach the heart of