Third Soul Skill: Extreme Thunder Prison!

A gigantic Purple Thunder Roc appeared above Li Han. Looking closely at its size, it was a Soul Beast that had lived for five thousand years!

Its eyes crackled like lightning as it glared fixedly at Li Han.

The killing intent in its gaze was as cold as ice, stabbing into his heart.

"Crap. Could the Soul Ring I just absorbed have belonged to its wife, and the Soul Crystal I refined have come from its son?"

Li Han sensed trouble. He immediately swept his right hand, activating Object Control Technique to put the Soul Crystal formed from the hundred-year-old Purple Thunder Roc into his Storage Bag. At the same time, he retrieved the Lost Track Formation's Array Disk and Array Flags.

Although the Lost Track Formation had been smashed, it could still be used after a little repair.

Another furious cry rang out. The next instant, the Purple Thunder Roc dropped the prey in its talons and lunged at Li Han with its sharp claws.

Li Han pushed off with one foot and used Smoke-Drifting Steps, instantly darting out of the nest.

The moment he left, the Purple Thunder Roc's talons smashed the entire nest to pieces, scattering it everywhere.

"What a temper. It looks like the Purple Thunder Roc went out hunting and left its wife and child resting in the nest.

"When it came back, it found the nest gone. Confused, it struck at the spot it remembered, and ended up accidentally smashing the Lost Track Formation.

"If it had been trapped inside the formation, it wouldn't have been able to break out so easily.

"Now it's seen its wife dead beside me, its son gone, and a pair of similar wings sprouting from my back. No wonder it wants to fight me to the death."

Li Han glanced at the unlucky Soul Beast the Purple Thunder Roc had dropped, quickly pieced things together, and found himself plummeting through the air.

The nest was perched on a cliff. If he hit the ground, he'd be nothing but a puddle of meat.

"Perfect time to try the Wind-Thunder Wings."

Li Han channeled the blue lightning within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. The Wind-Thunder Wings on his back instantly shimmered with blue light. He flapped them once, and with a thunderous boom, he shot a hundred meters away amid a burst of thunder.

He had covered that distance in the blink of an eye.

"So fast! But it consumes a lot of Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, too. That one burst used up one percent of the Divine Lightning in the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo."

Li Han had absorbed three Soul Rings, with a combined age of six thousand one hundred years. Although he had yet to break through the ten-thousand-year bottleneck, the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo had evolved to the blue stage, and its quantity had increased greatly.

Even so, using the Wind-Thunder Wings took a considerable toll.

Once the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder passed the ten-thousand-year mark and the Divine Lightning reached golden quality, flying with the wings should consume far less energy, while making him faster and carrying him farther.

Seeing Li Han flee with the Wind-Thunder Wings, the Purple Thunder Roc grew even angrier.

It was now certain that Li Han had killed its wife and child.

How could it possibly let Li Han go?

It swept its wings and flew after him.

The five-thousand-year-old Purple Thunder Roc was faster than Li Han, even now.

That hundred-meter gap vanished in the blink of an eye, and the Purple Thunder Roc caught up.

"Crap, this thing is every bit as fast as me.

"The sky is wide open. If I race it here, I'll run out of Divine Lightning and get caught before long.

"My only chance is the forest!

"The terrain there is complicated. No matter how fast it flies, it won't be able to reach its full speed.

"And its huge body will hold it back, too."

With that, Li Han plunged downward and dove into the forest.

The Purple Thunder Roc roared with rage and followed close behind.

But as soon as it entered the forest, its enormous wings clipped several trees, slowing it down considerably.

"Just as I thought."

Li Han smiled and immediately dismissed the Wind-Thunder Wings, so he could move more freely through the forest.

The Wind-Thunder Wings were an External Soul Bone he had only just acquired. He still wasn't used to controlling them and needed time to master them.

"This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest has gone quite well.

"Once Xiao Wu comes back, we can leave soon.

"But first, I need to evade this Purple Thunder Roc."

Li Han turned to look at the Purple Thunder Roc behind him. It had climbed higher and was now flying above the trees.

"Giving up?"

Li Han thought so, but the next instant, he realized he was wrong.

The Purple Thunder Roc's beak parted slightly as powerful purple lightning began to gather inside.

"Crap! It's the Purple Thunder Roc's innate skill, Purple Thunder Sky Rush!"

Boom!

The purple lightning in the Purple Thunder Roc's beak transformed into a blade and blasted toward Li Han.

Its terrifying power covered a ten-meter radius.

And it moved so fast that Li Han had no room to dodge.

"Golden Light Talisman!"

Li Han swiftly took out the Golden Light Talisman and slapped it against himself.

Golden light gathered into a great golden bell, covering Li Han completely.

Rumble!

Purple Thunder Sky Rush slammed into the Golden Light Talisman.

The talisman, which had been glowing brightly, wavered under the impact, on the verge of shattering.

"This five-thousand-year-old Purple Thunder Roc is far more powerful than a Soul Ancestor. The Golden Light Talisman can withstand two direct hits from a Soul Ancestor, but it's almost broken after just one of those."

The purple lightning faded, and the Golden Light Talisman dimmed.

Just then, a bow and arrow appeared in Li Han's hand.

He drew the bow and loosed an arrow!

The bow and arrow had been formed from the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo's second Soul Skill, Thousand Transformations.

Blue lightning coiled around the arrow. It was a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo arrow infused with Evil-Warding Divine Thunder.

Li Han immediately took aim at the Purple Thunder Roc in the sky.

"An eye for an eye. Here's one back!"

Whoosh!

The Heavenly Thunder Bamboo arrow traced an arc through the air and flew straight toward the Purple Thunder Roc.

In the Purple Thunder Roc's eyes, the purple lightning had only just faded when an arrow came hurtling toward it. It panicked and hurriedly flapped its wings to escape.

Just as it thought it had dodged, the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo arrow exploded!

At the same time, one yellow and two purple Soul Rings appeared around Li Han. The second purple Soul Ring blazed with dazzling light.

"Third Soul Skill! Extreme Thunder Prison!"

Extreme Thunder Prison used the Martial Soul's lightning power to form a cage and bind its target, then struck its whole body with lightning.

The attack could be adjusted according to the user's Soul Power. It could cover a wide or narrow area, and could either restrain or attack.

Its only limitation was its range.

It could only be released within ten meters of the Martial Soul.

So against a Soul Beast like the Purple Thunder Roc, flying high in the sky, this move shouldn't have posed any threat.

But Li Han was different.

His second Soul Skill could turn the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Martial Soul into any kind of weapon, including a bow and arrow.

Firing this arrow had shortened the distance between him and his target.

And such an unorthodox attack was more than enough to catch the Purple Thunder Roc completely off guard.

"Open!"

At Li Han's shout, the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo arrow exploded, transforming into a blue lightning cage that trapped the Purple Thunder Roc.

"Close!"

Li Han brought his hands together. The lightning cage instantly shrank, and all the lightning within it surged into the Purple Thunder Roc!

The Purple Thunder Roc let out a mournful cry.