The Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Spirit Fox

The next moment, those two soul rings lit up simultaneously, and then his entire person vanished.

Along with him, his aura disappeared as well.

It was Ethereal Defense, Ethereal Stealth, and the Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain.

Tang Hao's lips curled into a faint smile, then his figure vanished, following along from a place where Tang Liu could not see him.

His spiritual power was far beyond Tang Liu's, so the concealment effect of Tang Liu's Ethereal Stealth naturally could not deceive his eyes.

While in stealth, Tang Liu not only had the aura-hiding effect of the Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain to mask his presence, but also the etherealized state of Ethereal Defense, which allowed him to ignore terrain and move in a straight line.

Since neither Ethereal Defense nor Ethereal Stealth were soul skills that required continuous channeling to remain effective, their consumption of soul power was minimal. As long as Tang Liu kept track of the timing and refreshed the skills, he could essentially maintain this state indefinitely.

As for finding the gathering point of the Jade Spirit Foxes, he didn't need to worry; after all, he still had the system to guide his direction.

Relying on this current state, Tang Liu had already bypassed countless thousand-year soul beasts, as well as several ten-thousand-year ones.

Through several years of training, Tang Liu's spiritual power was now basically equivalent to that of an average Soul King. Unless a beast possessed spiritual attributes, it was impossible for any thousand-year or lower soul beast to discover him.

While most ten-thousand-year soul beasts could detect his existence, the Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain caused them to perceive him merely as a plant-type soul beast. Seeing he had no intent to attack, they would at most let out a roar as a warning.

Thus, the journey was smooth.

After running for about half an hour, Tang Liu finally approached the Jade Spirit Fox clan that the system had identified as the closest to him.

After cresting a small hill, Tang Liu caught sight of the Jade Spirit Fox clan he had been searching for.

Before him lay an open meadow, with sunlight spilling down diagonally from the sky.

In the lush green grass, dozens of foxes—ranging in size from house cats and dogs to lions and tigers—were lounging in the sun in small groups. Their fur was a jade-like cyan-green, shimmering faintly under the sunlight.

Some were dozing, some were playing, and some were even engaged in that kind of activity.

In short, it was a harmonious scene.

"Tsk tsk, these Jade Spirit Foxes are truly stunning, and they're incredibly cute when they're young. If this were back in my old world, they'd be internet sensations in a heartbeat, definitely loved by all the girls." Tang Liu shifted his gaze away from the Jade Spirit Foxes doing unspeakable things and said to himself.

First time watching fox-porn, a bit nervous.

Although these Jade Spirit Foxes were also cyan-green, it was a lustrous, vibrant color, unlike the dead-skin-like green of the Demon Eye Demon Tree.

Apart from these Jade Spirit Foxes, there were scattered thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts of other species in the vicinity.

Among them, Tang Liu only recognized one thousand-year Wind Baboon; he hadn't seen the others before.

In fact, he only recognized the Wind Baboon because he had encountered a ten-year-old one back in the Soul Hunting Forest, which Grandmaster had explained to them in detail after Tang San killed it.

Among these thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts, the one with the most intense aura was a tiger-type soul beast.

Indeed, no matter where one went, big cats like tigers and lions stood at the top of the food chain.

Tang Liu remembered that there was currently a tiger-type soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, though he wasn't sure if it was a hundred-thousand-year or two-hundred-thousand-year beast. It was the one that, ten thousand years later, would be killed in one shot by Xuan Ziwen's all-terrain soul guidance cannon during the beast tide triggered by the Three-Eyed Golden Ni's sacrifice.

Right now, it was likely in deep slumber, or perhaps still a few years away from reaching the hundred-thousand-year level.

"That is a Giant Palm White Tiger with a cultivation of about fifty thousand years. It excels at close-quarters combat; its weakness is the cervical spine," the system introduced briefly.

"Forget about all that; just tell me, which of these foxes is the one I need?" Tang Liu urged.

The system pondered for a moment before speaking, "Target identified. It has been specially marked in your field of vision."

"Where? Where?" Tang Liu looked left and right, finally spotting the Jade Spirit Fox the system had marked for him at his one o'clock position.

It was a Jade Spirit Fox about the size of a mountain lion.

At the moment, the area around it was relatively empty, with the nearest Jade Spirit Fox being three meters away. Its distance from the more dangerous guardian soul beasts was also quite favorable.

More importantly, it was currently curled up asleep, showing no signs of alertness.

A look of joy appeared on Tang Liu's face as he quietly crept toward it.

Heaven truly helps me!

Of course, before acting, he didn't forget to refresh his soul skills.

The combined effect of stealth and aura-hiding was truly formidable; Tang Liu successfully reached the side of the Jade Spirit Fox without alarming a single soul beast.

During the approach, to avoid being noticed by the ten-thousand-year-level beasts, he even shrunk his domain to cover only a one-meter radius around his body.

This way, any soul beast that detected him would only perceive him as a tree or a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.

At the same time, he slowed his speed as much as possible, lest he create the sight of a tree or a stalk of Blue Silver Grass sprinting, which might startle the beasts that noticed him...

Finally, Tang Liu reached a position where he could touch the Jade Spirit Fox, then switched his martial soul to Haolan Spell.

Four blue-black soul rings rose from beneath his feet, pulsing around his body.

Perhaps because the martial soul switch released a trace of unusual aura, the Jade Spirit Fox slowly opened its eyes.

Seeing this, Tang Liu dared not delay. He swiftly touched the fur of the Jade Spirit Fox, and his first soul ring flashed.

Haolan Mark successfully triggered!

Almost at the same time, his second blue-black soul ring lit up.

Haolan Teleport!

A flash of blue-black light erupted, and Tang Liu vanished from the spot alongside the Jade Spirit Fox.

At the same time, the surrounding Jade Spirit Foxes and guardian soul beasts finally noticed the anomaly, standing up or lifting their heads to gaze in confusion at the place where Tang Liu had disappeared.

On the other side, at the location where Tang Hao was stationed.

The moment Tang Liu appeared beside Tang Hao, he let out a silent sigh of relief in his heart.

Of course, he did not slow down; before the Jade Spirit Fox could react, he unleashed the third soul skill of the Haolan Spell: Haolan Force Field.

The protagonist you are currently reading about is preparing to obtain his third soul ring, but the protagonist the author is looking at has already gone off to fight in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. Hahahaha, hehehe, I don't know why, but I'm just so happy [funny face].

PS: Ever since two characters were removed from the book title, it looks so awkward! And it feels like it doesn't even read smoothly anymore!