Hundred-Year Wind Baboon Pack

The four of them continued toward the central region of the Spirit Ascension Platform. As a three-ring Soul Elder with the top-tier beast Martial Soul, the Golden Crocodile King, Lin Tiannan naturally took the lead.

He moved with agility, sometimes as nimble as an ape as he leaped back and forth through the trees to scout ahead. At other times, he was like a towering elephant, giving off an incomparably steady presence.

Before long, under Lin Tiannan's lead, the four arrived in an area resembling a canyon. Tall, steep mountains surrounded them on all sides, with only a stretch of plain in the middle.

The four of them were currently standing at the center of that plain.

The sunlight in the valley was completely blocked by the towering trees, and the ground felt slightly damp. There were even traces of animal droppings left on the ground.

Suddenly, at that moment, a faint tremor seemed to run through the earth. Though the vibration was slight, Lin Tiannan, who was leading the group, still sensed it.

"Everyone, stop first!"

Seeing this, Lin Tiannan immediately halted. His expression turned grave in an instant as he raised a hand, signaling Leng Qingshuang, Qiangu Tinglan, and Mu Tianchen to stop and not continue forward.

"Tiannan, did you discover something?"

Seeing how serious Lin Tiannan looked, Leng Qingshuang immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.

"Everyone, be careful. Soul beasts are coming toward us, and they're very close."

Lin Tiannan's expression became incomparably solemn. He immediately closed his eyes, and then golden light erupted from his body, enveloping his entire person in a golden world.

As the light flowed, his eyes also turned golden.

Within his perception, he could clearly sense a group of soul beasts charging toward their position from not far away. Their target was the four of them, and they were moving extremely fast!

"What? A group of soul beasts is charging at us?"

"Tiannan, roughly how many are there? What level are they?"

Upon hearing Lin Tiannan's words, Leng Qingshuang was caught completely off guard. They had been inside the Spirit Ascension Platform for less than ten minutes, yet they had already encountered a pack of soul beasts.

This was rather unusual...

However, having gone through dozens of trials in the Spirit Ascension Platform, she quickly steadied her emotions and began asking Lin Tiannan about the current situation.

At the same time, she took a step back, adjusted her condition, and began protecting Mu Tianchen and Qiangu Tinglan.

The Ice Phoenix Martial Soul within her was ready to be unleashed at any moment, prepared to restrain the charging soul beasts.

"Sister Leng, what's happening?"

"Why is that guy Lin Tiannan covered in golden light, and why does he look so serious? Did we encounter soul beasts?"

Seeing Lin Tiannan abruptly stop and become enveloped in golden light, Qiangu Tinglan immediately sensed that something was wrong and asked.

Leng Qingshuang said gravely to Mu Tianchen and Qiangu Tinglan, "Tiannan's Martial Soul is the Golden Crocodile King. He naturally possesses the Golden Perception skill, allowing him to sense the situation around him over a wide area."

"According to Tiannan's perception, we've been targeted by a group of soul beasts. They're rapidly approaching us, and we'll soon be surrounded."

"So that's how it is. What a powerful skill!"

Qiangu Tinglan's eyes widened. She was clearly shocked. She had previously wondered why Sister Leng liked that show-off, but it turned out that the show-off had some real ability.

However, when she heard that they had been targeted by a group of soul beasts and that the beasts were charging toward them, she fell into a panic.

"Then, Sister Leng, what should we do now? Should we run?"

"They're a group of hundred-year Wind Baboons. They're only five hundred meters away from us now... No, less than five hundred meters already. Four hundred meters. They'll reach us very soon."

At that moment, Mu Tianchen also opened his eyes and spoke slowly.

As soon as Lin Tiannan used Golden Perception, Mu Tianchen had also activated his innate skill, Holy Dragon Perception.

Holy Dragon Perception was one of the two skills naturally possessed by the Holy Dragon of Light. The other was Holy Dragon Amplification.

When activated, Holy Dragon Amplification could enhance his attack speed, movement speed, and strength through consecutive strikes. It had three levels of amplification, greatly increasing his mobility and combat ability.

His Holy Dragon Perception had an even greater range than Lin Tiannan's Golden Perception, and it was also more precise.

Under his perception, around fifteen hundred-year Wind Baboons were rapidly charging in their direction from five hundred meters away.

"Really?"

Qiangu Tinglan had already been extremely flustered. Hearing Mu Tianchen suddenly say this, she jolted and spoke to him in an agitated tone.

"Huh...? You have a perception-type skill too?"

Hearing Mu Tianchen's words, Lin Tiannan turned around in surprise and stared at him in shock.

In Lin Tiannan's mind, although Mu Tianchen possessed an incredibly powerful talent—the Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul and Innate Level 20 Soul Power—he was still very young. Mu Tianchen's abilities in all aspects should have been inferior to his own.

Yet now, before Lin Tiannan had even clearly sensed the specific situation, Mu Tianchen had already perceived what lay ahead.

That was a little unbelievable.

"Tianchen, was what you just said true?"

It was not only Qiangu Tinglan and Lin Tiannan who found it unbelievable. Even Leng Qingshuang was astonished. What was going on? Mu Tianchen had actually perceived the situation ahead before Lin Tiannan did.

"If you don't believe me, you can sense it again."

Mu Tianchen shrugged at once. He did not directly say that everything he had said was true. Instead, he looked at Lin Tiannan and told him to test it again.

"There's no need to sense it again. He should be right!"

At that moment, Lin Tiannan shook his head.

Just now, he had also sensed a group of ape-like soul beasts charging toward them. However, his perception had been somewhat blurry, so he could not determine whether they were Wind Baboons or something else.

Now that Mu Tianchen had said they were Wind Baboons, Lin Tiannan quickly compared the image in his mind and found that the soul beasts he had sensed matched Wind Baboons exactly.

Lin Tiannan then said calmly:

"Wind Baboons are wind-attribute soul beasts. They are extremely fast, and as ape-type soul beasts, their attack power and explosive strength are both quite formidable."

"Individually, a Wind Baboon might not be as powerful as a soul beast like a Vajra Bear. But as a group, they pose a tremendous threat."

"Then, Sister Leng, what should we do? How about climbing into the trees and hiding from those Wind Baboons?"

Hearing this, Qiangu Tinglan immediately became nervous. This was her first time entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, yet something like this had already happened.

However, Leng Qingshuang shook her head. "Hundred-year Wind Baboons are extremely fast and exceptionally skilled at climbing trees. There are trees all around us, so climbing them to hide would not be a wise choice."

"A hundred-year Wind Baboon is roughly equivalent to a human two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Tiannan and I are both three-ring Soul Elders. Although fighting a large group of Wind Baboons will be somewhat difficult, we can still protect you."

"Wind Baboons are too fast. Five hundred meters will pass in an instant. Even if we run, we won't be able to escape for long."

"Our only option now is to defeat them head-on."

"You two need to remember this. When you encounter a situation like this in the future, you must not panic or lose your composure."

As she spoke, she and Lin Tiannan each took a position on one side, shielding Mu Tianchen and Qiangu Tinglan in the middle to ensure that even if they were surrounded by the Wind Baboons, the two would not be harmed.

However, just as they formed up and prepared to face the hundred-year Wind Baboons, Mu Tianchen stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lin Tiannan and Leng Qingshuang.

"Hm?"

Seeing Mu Tianchen's action, both Lin Tiannan and Leng Qingshuang were shocked. How could they not understand what he meant? But he was only a child who had just turned six!

Thinking back, when they had been six years old, could they have been as brave and decisive as Mu Tianchen?

Probably not.

Mu Tianchen smiled faintly. "You just said that hundred-year Wind Baboons are equivalent to human two-ring Soul Grandmasters. I'm already a Level 21 Soul Grandmaster, so I should have a part to play in fighting them too."

No sooner had he spoken than, within just a few breaths, over a dozen Wind Baboons arrived in a frenzy, leaping down from the surrounding trees toward the four of them.

They did not pause in the slightest. They leaped straight down from the trees and surrounded Mu Tianchen's group from all four directions.

They were simply too fast. From the time Mu Tianchen discovered them to the moment they arrived, only a few breaths had passed.

In those few breaths, an ordinary person would not have had time to react. Even if they could react, they would never have been able to escape.

"Fifteen Wind Baboons around four hundred years old, along with one thousand-year Wind Baboon!"

At that moment, Lin Tiannan, who stood at the front, wore an incomparably grave expression.

His gaze was fixed firmly on the enormous thousand-year Wind Baboon King at the front, which stood nearly three meters tall like a colossal beast.

Not only was this thousand-year Wind Baboon King massive, but it also possessed a pair of enormous fists. Those terrifying fists could probably shatter a person's body with a single punch.

There was no need to think about it. This thousand-year Wind Baboon King was undoubtedly the king of this Wind Baboon pack!