The group used the remains of the Demon Soul Tree Demon to build a bonfire.
Then they gathered around it to eat and set up their tents.
Tang Yin and Xiao Wu were busy when Chen Feng came over and asked, "Little Tang, is your family really just a blacksmith family?"
Tang Yin nodded. "That's right!"
Chen Feng nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more.
It was just that, as he saw it,
a Soul Grandmaster under the age of twelve was exceedingly rare.
Most Soul Masters didn't have such good talent. Under normal circumstances, someone with innate Soul Power at level seven or eight could already be raised as an heir in most Soul Master families.
In his eyes, Tang Yin's talent was even greater than that, yet he came from an ordinary family.
Could a pheasant really have turned into a phoenix?
If there were truly Soul Masters in his family, they wouldn't have let him come Soul Hunting without accompanying him.
Looks like I really was overthinking it.
Chen Feng shook his head and put the thought aside.
Night deepened.
Inside the tent,
Tang Yin and Xiao Wu sat facing each other, candlelight illuminating their faces.
"Tang Yin, what's your second Soul Skill?"
During the day, Tang Yin hadn't mentioned his Soul Skills or Soul Power Level. Chen Feng and the others hadn't asked, either. Xiao Wu had held back her curiosity until now before finally asking.
"My second Soul Skill is a kind of ability similar to a domain. Right now, it only covers a radius of fifty meters, but its range can keep growing."
"As for its effects, it can heal the injuries and restore the Soul Power of anyone within its range. I can also release Blue Silver vines to control enemies and drain their Soul Power and vitality to replenish my own."
"I named this Soul Skill the Life Domain."
Tang Yin leaned close to Xiao Wu's ear and whispered.
"Sounds really powerful!"
Xiao Wu mulled over Tang Yin's words, her eyes shining. Then she suddenly realized how close he was and hurriedly shifted to the side, her face flushing as she said, "Why are you so close?"
"Wasn't I just afraid someone else might hear?" Tang Yin explained helplessly.
Candlelight cast a rosy glow over both their faces, but Tang Yin didn't pay attention to the change in Xiao Wu's expression.
"Phew!"
"Go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow." With that, Tang Yin blew out the candle, plunging the tent into darkness.
"Okay~" Xiao Wu lay down slowly. Her bright eyes blinked again and again in the dark as she watched Tang Yin sit cross-legged, still meditating and with no intention of sleeping. After a long while, she finally closed her eyes and drifted off.
Late that night, as usual, Tang Yin released the Blue Silver Domain to scout the area. Suddenly, he sensed a Battle Tiger approaching.
"Not good!" Tang Yin's eyes snapped open, and he immediately called for Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu! Wake up, quick!"
Xiao Wu stared sleepily at Tang Yin as he shook her, then asked in confusion, "Tang Yin, what's wrong? What happened?"
"A Battle Tiger is heading this way! Get ready to fight!" Tang Yin said in a low voice before rushing out of the tent. The commotion immediately caught the attention of the two people standing watch.
"Huh? Little Tang, stepping out to take a leak?" one of them asked with a laugh.
"Awoooo—!"
Before Tang Yin could answer, a howl rang through the night and echoed in the forest.
The two night watchmen's expressions changed at once.
"Not good! A Soul Beast!"
"Captain!"
"Everyone, get up!"
They shouted as they warily scanned their surroundings.
Chen Feng and the others hadn't been sleeping too deeply, either. The first tiger's roar had already woken them.
"Thud, thud, thud—!"
A series of hurried footsteps sounded as Chen Feng and the others charged out of their tents and looked around.
Xiao Wu had also come to Tang Yin's side. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on a certain spot in the forest.
Though the other creature was shrouded in darkness, she pinpointed its location at a glance.
At the same time,
Tang Yin also used the Blue Silver Domain to locate the Battle Tiger. Pointing toward it, he shouted, "Over there! It's a Battle Tiger!"
At his words, all eight of Chen Feng's companions looked in the direction he indicated.
Hearing that it was a Battle Tiger, no one dared take it lightly. They immediately used Martial Soul Possession and quickly lit torches around them, driving back the darkness.
"Awoooo—!"
Another tiger's roar rang out. Its source, the Battle Tiger, leaped out of the forest.
By the torchlight, the group got a clear look at it.
The Battle Tiger was over three meters long, with a tail more than a meter in length. Its powerful, muscular build radiated strength, and the bold black character for "king" on its forehead stood out clearly.
Most striking of all were its blood-red eyes, sweeping over the group and bearing down on them with an intense sense of oppression.
"Uncle Chen, this Battle Tiger is over nine hundred years old, but less than a thousand!"
"Be careful!" Tang Yin warned in a low voice.
This Battle Tiger was far stronger than the Demon Soul Tree Demon they'd fought earlier, which had been over seven hundred years old.
On top of that, tiger-type Soul Beasts were among the strongest kinds of Soul Beasts, and this one had a formidable body.
Even a level-thirty-plus Power Attack System Soul Elder fighting alone couldn't afford to underestimate it.
Except for Soul Elders with top-tier attack-type Martial Souls.
"Over nine hundred years old?!"
Chen Feng was both shocked and delighted.
He was shocked that they'd run into a Soul Beast like the Battle Tiger, but delighted for the very same reason.
Danger and opportunity went hand in hand.
"Brothers!"
"Help me kill this Battle Tiger, and I'll double your pay!"
Chen Feng roared excitedly.
Then he was the first to charge at the Battle Tiger.
"Awoooo!"
The roar of Chen Feng's Saber-toothed Tiger Martial Soul burst from his mouth.
The Battle Tiger felt provoked.
Ignoring everyone else, it met Chen Feng head-on.
"Attack!"
Seeing this, the others sprang into action, surrounding the Battle Tiger in an instant.
"Xiao Wu, stay here. Don't go up there."
"We're only here to support them."
After saying this, Tang Yin released his First Soul Skill, Light of Recovery, to support Chen Feng and the others.
"The Battle Tiger is strong, but not strong enough to be unbeatable."
"Four claws can't hold off sixteen hands. These people have at least a sixty percent chance of killing it, and with me healing them from the side, their odds rise by another twenty percent."
With that thought, Tang Yin abandoned the idea of charging in with his hammer.
Still, he took out his Forging Hammer and set it beside him in case the Battle Tiger suddenly changed targets and attacked him and Xiao Wu.
"Brothers, with Little Tang healing us, go all out and don't worry about getting hurt!" Chen Feng called to the others, delighted to feel the wounds the Battle Tiger had inflicted on him healing rapidly.
"Got it!"
The others glanced at Tang Yin, who held the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul with two Soul Rings circling around him.
With a healing-type Soul Master on their side, they really could fight with confidence.
Eight people attacked together.
The Battle Tiger quickly fell into a disadvantage. It tried to flee, but the eight of them had it surrounded tight.
"Awoooo!"
The tiger's roar sounded again, and Tang Yin could clearly hear the panic in it.
Chen Feng and the others also saw how badly the Battle Tiger was faring, and their confidence grew.