"Level ninety-five."
The Clear Sky Hammer spun lightly in his palm, stirring up a dull rush of wind.
He suddenly raised his head, his gaze locking onto the deepest reaches of the Star Dou Forest.
Tang San's eyes flickered uncertainly.
"My seventh Soul Ring finally has a target," he murmured. "Martial Soul Avatar..."
He knew full well what was hidden there.
The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.
"Hundred thousand years." Tang San muttered the number, greed and ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. "If I can obtain them, my Clear Sky Hammer can make up for that crucial gap. I do not care about ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but those two..."
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
When he opened them again, the greed in his eyes had already faded, replaced by hesitation.
Because those two Spirit Beasts were rather special.
"I cannot kill them."
Yet even he did not believe those words once they left his mouth.
"Xiao Wu." Tang San softly spoke her name.
"I am only borrowing them," he muttered to himself, his voice so low it was nearly inaudible. "Once everything is over, I will revive you. By then, if they have suffered any harm, I will repay it all together."
Tang San was merely finding himself an excuse.
"I am doing this to survive," he said.
He hesitated no longer and headed toward the depths of the forest.
He stopped atop a high slope and looked down.
Not far ahead lay an exceptionally vast clearing, where two enormous silhouettes could faintly be seen.
The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.
Tang San held his breath, hiding beneath the shadows of the trees on the slope.
"Martial Soul Avatar..." he whispered. "I will begin with you."
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