Blood Leopard

The Star Dou Great Forest was vast. Encountering a Three-Life Wolf Ape had been an unexpected delight.

Unfortunately, the Three-Life Wolf Ape's attributes were unsuitable for becoming Grey Wolf's third Soul Ring.

Over the next dozen days or so, Qian Duoduo led Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf through the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, encountering dozens, even hundreds, of soul beasts.

There were soul beasts that were five thousand years old, six thousand years old, seven thousand years old... even ten-thousand-year soul beasts were everywhere.

With Qian Duoduo's strength, dealing with soul beasts that were several thousand or even ten thousand years old was effortless. Unfortunately, none of them caught Feng Tianyu's eye.

As time passed, the two men and the wolf grew somewhat restless.

After all, danger lurked everywhere in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest. They could barely sleep peacefully on ordinary days and had to remain on high alert against sudden soul beast attacks.

Fortunately, hard work paid off!

That day, while the two men and the wolf were still searching for soul beasts in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, they happened to hear a tiger's roar that shook the mountains and forests, making their hearts race.

Driven by curiosity, the two men and the wolf decided to go over and investigate.

A moment later, they hid behind a large tree and watched a savage battle unfolding in the clearing ahead.

One tiger had blood-red fur. It was over five meters long and more than two meters tall at the shoulder. Its eyes were crimson, its fangs more than a foot long, and the character for king on its forehead was pitch-black. Astonishingly, it had three pairs of wings on its back.

Tiger-type soul beasts were already overlords among soul beasts. This blood-red tiger even had three pairs of wings—like a tiger with wings. It was undoubtedly one of the most elite soul beasts.

Its opponent was also a tiger-type soul beast. Its body was covered in black-and-white striped fur, its claws were bluish-white, and its pupils emerald-green. It was four meters long and one point eight meters tall at the shoulder, with a pair of wings on its back as well.

It was a Wind Tiger, and a five-thousand-year Wind Tiger at that!

The two tiger-type soul beasts fought fiercely. The blood-red tiger held the upper hand, repeatedly sending the Wind Tiger flying and leaving wounds so deep that bone was visible across its body.

Boom! Boom!

The earth was plowed with intersecting gouges. Flowers, grass, bushes, tree trunks, and branches all suffered, torn to pieces and scattered across the ground.

Qian Duoduo stared at the two tiger-type soul beasts for a long while before excitement appeared in his eyes. "Tianyu, the third Soul Ring you need has appeared!"

"That blood-red tiger is recorded in the Library Pavilion of our Shrek Academy. It is called a Blood Leopard. When a tiger gives birth to three cubs, one is bound to be a leopard!"

"A Blood Leopard's ferocity and combat power are more than ten times greater than those of ordinary tiger-type soul beasts. This Blood Leopard is fixated on killing the Wind Tiger, so there's a ninety percent chance that it's a mutated Blood Leopard born from a Wind Tiger!"

"This mutated tiger-type soul beast has deep hostility toward its own kind. Once it encounters one, it will fight to the death!"

"You're in luck. I'd say this Blood Leopard is at least eight thousand years old. This sort of variant soul beast definitely meets your requirements."

Feng Tianyu stared unblinkingly at the blood-red tiger, excitement gleaming in his eyes. "Dean Qian, I'll have to trouble you, then!"

"Sure!" Qian Duoduo grinned. At last, they had found a soul beast that met Feng Tianyu's requirements. He summoned the Black Dragon Shield and charged out with a single step.

Black light flickered across the Black Dragon Shield in his hand as he smashed it toward the blood-red tiger.

Though he was a defense-type Titled Douluo, it was not as if he lacked offensive abilities.

Qian Duoduo's sudden appearance startled both tiger-type soul beasts. They immediately separated and dodged his incomparably fierce strike.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Dragon's Roar!"

Sonic shockwaves swept outward. The air trembled and boomed like muffled thunder, as though a bolt had split the clear sky.

The Wind Tiger and the Blood Leopard instinctively felt fear. They each flapped their wings and fled into the distance in a panic.

By the time the sonic shockwaves caught up with them, they were already three hundred meters away. The attack had weakened considerably, only lightly injuring the two tiger-type soul beasts instead of inflicting fatal wounds.

Qian Duoduo hurriedly chased after the Blood Leopard. This was Feng Tianyu's third Soul Ring—how could he let it escape?

The Blood Leopard possessed three pairs of wings, and its speed was absurdly fast. Despite having only a little over eight thousand years of cultivation, Qian Duoduo, a defense-type Titled Douluo, could only trail behind it and was unable to catch up.

The Blood Leopard roared repeatedly, vicious light blazing in its eyes as it condensed wind blades and slashed them toward Qian Duoduo.

Qian Duoduo merely raised the Black Dragon Shield and blocked every wind blade. Frowning at the incredibly swift Blood Leopard, he finally unfurled a pair of folded wings from his back.

A Level 8 Flight Soul Tool!

With the enhancement of the Level 8 Flight Soul Tool, his speed reached the level of an agility-attack-type Titled Douluo. Like a streak of black light cutting across the sky, he finally caught up to the fleeing Blood Leopard.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Dragon's Roar!"

Qian Duoduo caught up to the Blood Leopard and unleashed Dragon's Roar at close range. The sonic shockwaves shattered its bones, tendons, and organs, making it vomit blood in midair as it plummeted toward the forest below.

Qian Duoduo grinned at the sight. "I'm a Titled Douluo, after all. If I let an eight-thousand-year soul beast escape today, where would I put my face?"

This Blood Leopard's speed was terrifying, practically comparable to an agility-attack-type Titled Douluo. If Qian Duoduo had not possessed a Level 8 Flight Soul Tool, it truly would have escaped today.

Before long, Qian Duoduo returned to where Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were with the barely living Blood Leopard.

With a boom, the dying Blood Leopard crashed onto the ground. Qian Duoduo spoke urgently. "Tianyu, kill it quickly. It could die at any moment."

Feng Tianyu hurriedly took a cyan longsword from his storage Soul Tool and poured Soul Power into it. Streams of wind wrapped around the blade, increasing its sharpness by fifty percent.

This sword was called Qinghong!

A Level 6 Soul Tool meant for close combat!

Feng Tianyu acted decisively. Following the Blood Leopard's eye, he drove his sword straight into its brain.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

The Blood Leopard let out one final mournful cry, its voice growing weaker and weaker. As Feng Tianyu forcefully twisted the Qinghong in his hand, the Blood Leopard's brain was churned into pulp.

The Blood Leopard died!

An incomparably dense purple radiance erupted from its massive body, condensing into a purple Soul Ring in midair. Even the surrounding air became faintly viscous.

Feng Tianyu looked at the purple Soul Ring, then at the Blood Leopard's three pairs of wings. This Blood Leopard was exceptionally adept at speed and could fly. It would surely grant Grey Wolf a flight Soul Skill that enhanced speed.

Feng Tianyu looked at Qian Duoduo and said sincerely, "Dean Qian, while we absorb the Soul Ring, I'll have to trouble you with standing guard!"

Qian Duoduo put away his martial soul and patted his chest. "Don't worry. Just focus on absorbing the Soul Ring. I won't let any person or soul beast disturb you."

Upon hearing this, Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf exchanged a glance. Then they sat down together, circulated their meditation method, and called out to the purple Soul Ring.

The purple Soul Ring floated above Grey Wolf's body, rapidly shrinking before merging into its body.

Dense cyan light instantly erupted, enveloping the man and the wolf. They shared the pressure of absorbing the Soul Ring. Even though this Soul Ring exceeded Feng Tianyu's physical limit, it was unable to burst his body apart.

Only Grey Wolf was once again swollen into a balloon by the violent energy!