Ultra X-Ray Vision, Kid!

The Spirit Ascension Platform does indeed provide a safe spawn point for soul masters entering it, but that safety does not last long.

To ensure soul masters gain at least a basic harvest within the Spirit Ascension Platform, a few soul beasts will appear near them half a minute after entry.

The specific age of these soul beasts depends on the soul master's own strength; there will be no situation where a one-ring soul master is faced with a top-tier hundred-year soul beast, or even a thousand-year soul beast, charging directly at their face.

However, within this half-minute, Lan Kai quickly completed the experiment he wanted to conduct and gained a certain understanding of the current situation inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.

As for Gu Yue, after entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, she was surprised by the extent of the simulation inside, and shocked by the brand-new "Self-Created Soul Skill" Lan Kai had used, so she did not notice the approach of those few soul beasts.

However, after snapping back to reality, she immediately raised her hand, and several wind blades brushed past Lan Kai, decapitating all the Green Wolfs behind him.

Ten seconds later, the battle finally ended, and the few soul beasts in the vicinity all turned into warm spiritual power.

Lan Kai had already shaken off Gu Yue's hands, keeping a bit of distance from her.

"Although Juggler and Vice Tower Master Leng Yaozhu told us to act together, if you continue to behave so senselessly, I don't mind taking you out and acting alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"For the upcoming actions, I don't demand that you only follow my commands, but I don't want you to contradict me on major decisions. Any problems with that?"

Lan Kai vented all the resentment in his heart; he did not want to repeat the kind of battle they just had, where both sides were essentially tracing the outline of the person in front of them to strike at the enemies behind each other.

The trust between the two of them had not yet reached that level.

Moreover, Lan Kai had already sensed that for some reason, Gu Yue's "world-shaking wisdom" was acting up more and more severely.

If not for the sake of Juggler and Leng Yaozhu, while he might not have fired a beam at Gu Yue, he certainly would not be acting alongside her.

His personality was not as soft as Hokuto Seiji, who could swallow his pride in the face of the senseless words of Yamanaka.

Gu Yue felt extremely aggrieved, and small pearls were almost ready to burst from her eyes.

Back when she hadn't split herself and was interacting with Lan Kai as Na'er, he had never been this fierce toward her.

Now, she had only acted a bit urgently, and Lan Kai had treated her in a way that made her feel so uncomfortable; naturally, she felt even more aggrieved.

However, she couldn't beat Lan Kai inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, and even if she could defeat him outside, Lan Kai could still transform.

And even if she briefly reclaimed the power of the Silver Dragon King to defeat the transformed Lan Kai—or the Ultraman Orb as he called himself—Juggler would still be following behind him.

According to Di Tian and the others, Juggler alone could wipe out the fierce beasts currently lingering in the Star Dou Forest, which was not something the current Gu Yue could handle.

Therefore, even if she felt very aggrieved, Gu Yue had to endure it.

"Fine, I'll listen to you."

Gu Yue raised her hand to wipe her eyes, then looked at Lan Kai with a resolute gaze.

"Are you actually so aggrieved you're about to shed small pearls? Truly worthy of your world-shaking wisdom, Gu Yue."

Lan Kai did not notice Gu Yue's change in mindset at all, assuming her behavior was just another scheme, but since Gu Yue agreed to follow his lead, he stopped dwelling on it.

After a brief scan of the surroundings, Lan Kai walked firmly in one direction.

Seeing that the direction seemed somewhat peculiar—not like the small forest paths formed for the convenience of soul masters—Gu Yue, though curious, quickly followed.

Before long, a tall figure appeared in their field of vision.

"A thousand-year Crystal Bear... Lan Kai, did you see it from the start? But we're nearly a hundred meters away, and there are many trees blocking the way. How did you manage that?"

Seeing this soul beast, Gu Yue immediately realized that their path had been directed straight toward this Crystal Bear.

In other words, Lan Kai had discovered this soul beast from nearly a hundred meters away and was able to pinpoint it despite the obstructions in the forest.

Although Gu Yue could achieve this with her elemental markers, she clearly couldn't mark the soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform in advance.

Could it be that Lan Kai actually possessed Twin Martial Souls, and his second martial soul was the Spirit Eye, identical to that of Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago, and that he also possessed detection-type soul skills?

"Would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?"

Lan Kai clearly did not want to expose more of his abilities in front of Gu Yue and Leng Yaozhu outside the Spirit Ascension Platform; otherwise, his answer would be six words.

Ultra X-Ray Vision, kid!

Relying on Ultra X-Ray Vision, discovering a powerful soul beast about a hundred meters away was not a difficult task for Lan Kai.

Although it was indeed easy to see many things one shouldn't if one couldn't control the intensity of the X-ray vision at first, Lan Kai had not demonstrated this ability in front of Na'er when he was first practicing it, so it was normal for the current Gu Yue not to know.

"Besides, isn't what we need to do now to turn this cold soul beast into warm spiritual power?"

As soon as Lan Kai's voice fell, the thousand-year Crystal Bear discovered the two of them, let out a roar, and lunged toward them.

Lan Kai and Gu Yue immediately dodged to the sides, but the Crystal Bear crashed directly into a large tree, proving the ferocity of its impact.

Moreover, the tree that had been knocked down was instantly covered in crystals and then crumbled into powder.

This was the Crystal Bear's special ability: any opponent it attacked would suffer crystallization, and the crystallized parts would shatter upon being struck.

Unless one used powerful soul power to resist the crystallization from the start, or killed the Crystal Bear as quickly as possible, it was difficult to minimize the damage caused by the crystallization.

Seeing this, Lan Kai's gaze sharpened. He aimed at the Crystal Bear's neck and fired several *Arrow-shaped Beam*s in succession to test the beast's defense.

As the *Arrow-shaped Beam*s exploded near the Crystal Bear's neck, much of its fur was blown away, and some flesh even splattered; clearly, Lan Kai had broken through its defenses.

The Crystal Bear raised a paw in pain, clutching the wound on its neck, and turned to face Lan Kai, its gaze becoming even more ferocious.

On the other side, seeing the Crystal Bear turn its back on her, Gu Yue was instantly consumed by rage.

How dare you turn your back on me? You're looking down on me!