Demon Spirit Bei

Star Dou Great Forest!

Thick trees stretched in an unbroken expanse, their canopies blotting out the sky. Thorny undergrowth covered the forest floor, with no trace of human footsteps.

Qian Duoduo took the lead, guiding Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf as they pushed through the brush and explored the primeval forest.

His vigilant gaze swept over their surroundings, wary of Soul Beasts suddenly lunging out to ambush them. At the same time, he asked Feng Tianyu,

"Tianyu, have you considered what kind of Soul Beast you want to hunt for your second Soul Ring?"

Feng Tianyu had considered it long ago, and he answered without hesitation,

"After breaking through to level 20 Soul Power, I went to the Library Pavilion to look up information on Soul Beasts. I picked several possible candidates, but it depends on two factors."

"The first is that its cultivation age needs to be around the limit I can absorb—2,500 years. The other is its command over the wind attribute. The closer it is to Ultimate Wind, the better."

Hearing this, Qian Duoduo understood Feng Tianyu's intentions.

"You want to use the Soul Ring's absorption to trigger a mutation in your Martial Soul, giving it the Ultimate Wind attribute."

"Soul Beasts close to the Ultimate Wind attribute aren't easy to find. But since that's what you want, I'll do my best to satisfy you."

"It just so happens that the academy is on break. We have a full month to search the Star Dou Great Forest for the Soul Beast you need."

Feng Tianyu smiled and thanked him.

"Sorry for the trouble, Dean Qian!"

As the vice dean of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department, Qian Duoduo was also a level 94 Titled Douluo.

Yet he was willing to spend a month accompanying Feng Tianyu just to find a suitable Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was clear how highly Qian Duoduo regarded Feng Tianyu—or rather, how highly he regarded Grey Wolf. After all, Grey Wolf's earth-shattering intelligence was something he had witnessed firsthand.

In all of Shrek Academy—no, in the entirety of Douluo Continent—Grey Wolf was the youngest level-six Soul Engineer.

It had only been seven months since he began studying Soul Guidance technology.

Qian Duoduo had long since become numb with shock.

With Qian Duoduo clearing the way ahead, the danger-filled Star Dou Great Forest no longer seemed quite so dangerous.

As long as they did not enter the core region, they could roam freely through the mixed region and outer region.

After half a month of searching, they had encountered hundreds, even thousands, of Soul Beasts. Dozens had wind attributes, but unfortunately, none met Feng Tianyu's requirements.

Just when Qian Duoduo, Feng Tianyu, and Grey Wolf were beginning to lose patience, their fortunes finally turned, and they found a Soul Beast that was suitable in every respect.

It was a Demon Spirit Bei—the bei from "wolves and bei conspiring together"—another variant of the Gale Demon Wolf. Demon Spirit Beis were physically disabled, with extremely short forelegs, putting them at a natural disadvantage in close combat.

But what they lacked, they gained elsewhere. Demon Spirit Beis possessed an attribute infinitely close to Ultimate Wind, granting them incredibly swift and fierce speed and attacks capable of killing in a single strike. They were known as Wind Demons, demons of the wind.

When they found the Demon Spirit Bei, it was leading a pack of Gale Demon Wolves in hunting a Violent Gold Bear over 5,000 years old.

It was precisely because the battle had caused such a huge commotion that it drew Qian Duoduo and the others over.

Feng Tianyu stared intensely at the Demon Spirit Bei shrouded in cyan light. He realized that he and Gale Demon Wolves truly seemed fated.

His first Soul Ring had come from a Gale Two-Headed Wolf, a variant of the Gale Demon Wolf.

His second Soul Ring would also come from another variant of the Gale Demon Wolf: the Demon Spirit Bei.

With that thought, Feng Tianyu said firmly,

"Dean Qian, I'll have to trouble you to act. This Demon Spirit Bei is perfect for my second Soul Ring."

Qian Duoduo also breathed a sigh of relief. They had wandered around the Star Dou Great Forest like headless flies for half a month, but their efforts had finally paid off, and they had found this Demon Spirit Bei.

He responded,

"Leave it to me!"

He then summoned his Martial Soul, the Black Dragon Shield. It was a massive black shield whose surface bore dragon-shaped patterns. Legend had it that an ancient Black Dragon was sealed within the Black Dragon Shield.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—nine Soul Rings, two yellow, two purple, and five black, rose one after another from beneath his feet. They radiated an incomparably terrifying Soul Power pressure that distorted even the surrounding air.

The Gale Demon Wolf pack and the Violent Gold Bear in the middle of battle were both cowed by that Soul Power pressure, stopping their slaughter with fear in their eyes.

Although Qian Duoduo was a defense-type Titled Douluo, he took the initiative to attack. He lunged forward like a Black Dragon emerging from the abyss, crashing toward the gathered Soul Beasts ahead.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Any Gale Demon Wolf struck by that massive black shield, whether it had cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years, let out a whimper as its bones and tendons shattered, killing it instantly.

The Demon Spirit Bei let out a howl. A layer of cyan light surfaced over its body, and raging winds swirled around it, forming a special defense.

When the black shield slammed into it, it actually failed to shatter that wind barrier immediately.

Qian Duoduo instantly changed tactics. He pressed the black shield down, pinning the Demon Spirit Bei beneath it.

The Demon Spirit Bei howled repeatedly. The wind barrier around it ultimately could not hold for long. With a crack, it shattered, and the black shield pressed down, crushing the Demon Spirit Bei's bones and tendons and leaving it vomiting blood with grievous injuries.

At the same time, Qian Duoduo raised his head and looked at the Violent Gold Bear. His Soul Power pressure poured toward it, and the already blood-covered Violent Gold Bear whimpered, tucked its tail between its legs, and fled.

Once he had brought the situation under control, Qian Duoduo stood up. The Demon Spirit Bei's bones and tendons had already broken. It was taking more breaths out than in, and it looked unlikely to survive.

Qian Duoduo observed it carefully for a while, then frowned.

"Tianyu, I'm afraid this Demon Spirit Bei isn't suitable as your second Soul Ring. It has at least 2,700 years of cultivation. Your body's absorption limit is 2,500 years. Absorbing this Soul Ring will be dangerous."

Feng Tianyu looked energized as he walked over with Grey Wolf. Not only was he not discouraged, he spoke with complete confidence.

"Dean Qian, there's no need to worry about me. Although my body can only withstand a 2,500-year Soul Ring, Grey Wolf can share the burden with me."

"We'll bear the pressure together. An extra 200 years isn't enough to burst our bodies."

"Grey Wolf, hurry and give this Demon Spirit Bei the final blow."

Cyan light burst from Grey Wolf's body.

"Watch this king work—Wind Blade Array!"

The next instant, wild winds howled. Eight wind blades swept out from the gale, and the highly compressed, condensed wind blades instantly tore apart the Demon Spirit Bei's body.

Dense purple light emerged from the Demon Spirit Bei's corpse, condensing into a purple Soul Ring.

A thousand-year Soul Ring!

Feng Tianyu immediately sat down cross-legged on the ground.

"Dean Qian, I'll have to trouble you to protect us while we absorb the Soul Ring."

Qian Duoduo frowned deeply, looking as though he wanted to say something but held it back. Absorbing a Soul Ring beyond one's limit was far too dangerous, but Feng Tianyu was clearly prepared. He could only say in a muffled voice,

"Then be careful."

With Qian Duoduo standing guard nearby, Feng Tianyu began absorbing the Soul Ring without worry. Together with Grey Wolf, he circulated his meditation technique and called out to the purple Soul Ring.

The purple Soul Ring slowly drifted over and first merged into Grey Wolf's body.

In an instant, violent wind-attributed energy erupted. Grey Wolf cried out in pain, and his body swelled larger and larger like an inflated balloon.

Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were one body. Very soon, the energy within Grey Wolf flowed back into Feng Tianyu. The blade-like wind-attributed energy tore through Feng Tianyu's meridians, flesh, and bones... Pain forced a muffled groan from him, and blood spilled from his nose and mouth.

The man and wolf were in a miserable state!

Yet astonishingly, because the man and wolf shared the burden, the 2,700-year Demon Spirit Bei Soul Ring neither burst Feng Tianyu nor Grey Wolf apart.

As he absorbed and refined the Soul Ring's energy, Feng Tianyu's Soul Power surged upward with unstoppable momentum.

As a pure energy body, Grey Wolf fused one hundred percent with the Demon Spirit Bei's essence within the Soul Ring. Though his appearance showed no change, earth-shaking transformations were occurring within him, and his control over the wind attribute continually improved.