Qiangu Yunche Is Really Going to Kick Up a Fuss!

A cold flash arrived first, then the spear thrust forth like a dragon!

The death attribute endowed the Bone Wing Demon with terrifying attacking power far surpassing conventional soul beasts. Rumor had it that fallen angel bloodline also flowed within its body, and as long as it successfully crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold, it had the possibility of evolving into a Death Angel!

Pity for it, however, it ran into Qiangu Yunche.

Space suddenly shattered, and the Evil-Breaking Dragon Emperor Spear thrust out from within. The Bone Wing Demon had no time to even react before its heart was pierced.

As for the Starlight Unicorn, it had not yet had time to rejoice when it saw that Qiangu Yunche had already turned his spearhead around.

Qiangu Yunche killing the Bone Wing Demon was equivalent to saving the Starlight Unicorn's life, and a life-saving grace should be repaid with one's life, so the Starlight Unicorn's life now belonged to Qiangu Yunche!

Starlight Unicorn: Big Brother, can I not die?

The answer was no!

Golden light burst, and the Starlight Unicorn was half-slain!

"Jiujiu, come absorb the soul ring."

After beckoning to Xu Jiujiu, Qiangu Yunche tore off the Bone Wing Demon's two pairs of wings to use as a cushion for her, while he himself leaned against a nearby tree.

"You're quite considerate, aren't you?"

Xu Jiujiu smiled and commented, then stepped forward to finish off the Starlight Unicorn and began absorbing the soul ring.

About two hours passed, and the black soul ring slowly settled, merging with the first four soul rings into a single whole.

Soul power advanced, level fifty-one.

Xu Jiujiu slowly opened her eyes, then was surprised to find that no less than five different soul beast corpses were laid out before her, and almost every soul beast had over five thousand years of cultivation.

"These are all soul beasts that ran over here smelling the scent nearby. Come on, Jiujiu, open a blind box; if a soul bone drops, it's yours," Qiangu Yunche chuckled lightly.

The chance of soul beasts producing soul bones was far lower than one in ten thousand, but the stronger the bloodline, and the higher the quality and cultivation of the soul beast, the greater the chance of producing a soul bone. Only soul beasts of one hundred thousand years or older were guaranteed to drop a soul bone because they possessed soul cores.

Qiangu Yunche had hunted four super ten-thousand-year soul beasts so far, but had not dropped a single soul bone, which made him somewhat doubt his own luck.

The quality of these few soul beasts before them wasn't bad either, but they definitely couldn't compare to the four he had hunted. If Xu Jiujiu could drop a soul bone from these soul beasts, Qiangu Yunche really was going to kick up a fuss!

Xu Jiujiu pursed her lips and smiled, deciding to indulge Qiangu Yunche's strange hobby. She immediately took out a sharp blade and successively carved open the corpses of several soul beasts. The first few yielded nothing, until the last soul beast—the moment Xu Jiujiu made her cut, she saw a trace of pitch-black light.

"No way?"

Qiangu Yunche's eyes widened, feeling an impulse to be amused to anger by his own previous luck.

Xu Jiujiu was likewise quite excited. She had seen plenty of soul bones, but this was her very first time unearthing one herself.

By the time Xu Jiujiu completely extracted that soul bone, the two discovered that this was a relatively complete right arm bone.

The Ten-Thousand Year Dark Winged Tiger Right Arm Bone was worth over six million gold soul coins on the outside market.

Xu Jiujiu held the Dark Winged Tiger Right Arm Bone in her hands, looked at Qiangu Yunche's strange expression, and smiled as she said, "This soul bone really belongs to me?"

"A gentleman's words are hard to take back." Qiangu Yunche twitched the corner of his mouth. He didn't care about a ten-thousand-year soul bone; he only doubted his luck a fraction more.

"Great, then I'll accept it without standing on ceremony." Xu Jiujiu smiled brilliantly. "We have a member on the Star Luo Royal Academy Team named Huang Heyun. His martial soul is the Dark Demon Tiger, and his talent is very good. Moreover, both he and the clan behind him already have the intention to thoroughly join the empire. This soul bone will probably speed up that process quite a bit."

"As you like." Qiangu Yunche shrugged, not caring much about it.

In the time that followed, Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu kept shuttling through the Southern Dense Forest. Once they emerged from the core region where powerful soul beasts gathered, the two switched directly from walking to flying, and within a day or so, they arrived at the southernmost coastline of the Southern Dense Forest.

Morning mist coiled around the mangrove forest by the coast like a light gauze, and the tide whispered among the intertwined root systems.

Sunlight leaked through the leaf gaps, shattering into tens of thousands of golden scales on the sea surface. As seagulls skimmed overhead, the entire forest swayed gently with the wind.

"How beautiful." Xu Jiujiu could not help but voice her emotion. This was her first time seeing the ocean from such a close distance.

The sea breeze blew against her face with a salty scent. Although Xu Jiujiu was somewhat unaccustomed to it, the breathtaking scenery was enough to cover up that flaw.

"Yunche."

Qiangu Liting's voice came from afar, and following closely beside him were none other than Yang Shu and an elderly man with rustic features and a composed demeanor.

Qiangu Chengjun, Qiangu Yunche's second grandfather, a level-96 Super Douluo, ranked second among the Cheng-generation of the Qiangu Clan, second only to Qiangu Yunche's deceased grandfather.

The Nebula Douluo also revealed her figure; after all, there was no longer any point in her remaining hidden once they entered the ocean.

After the two parties converged, they simply exchanged a few words. Once Xu Jiujiu's soul power recovered to its peak state and she could continue using soul tools for flight, the group charged directly into the ocean.

According to the information provided by the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor, the six-person team flew continuously toward the southwest for over one thousand kilometers, and then arrived at the destination of this soul-hunting operation.

According to the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor, the master of this sea area was an Evil Orca King infinitely close to its second heavenly tribulation—the exact same species of soul beast as Qiangu Yunche's ten-thousand-year second ring. If he could absorb its soul ring and soul bone, it would not only immensely amplify Qiangu Yunche's physical fitness, but also produce an unimaginable enhancement to his second soul skill.

However, Evil Spirit Orcas were gregarious soul beasts. The Evil Spirit Orca school commanded by the Evil Orca King, which approached the fierce beast level, possessed a minimum of over three hundred Evil Spirit Orcas. Among them, there were definitely no lack of Evil Spirit Orcas whose cultivation approached one hundred thousand years but were forcefully suppressed by the Evil Orca King, resulting in their inability to break through that final step.

For no other reason than that Evil Spirit Orcas were all an extremely domineering species.

Before the Evil Orca King passed its second heavenly tribulation to become a fierce beast, it would never allow another hundred-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca to appear within its group. Should any Evil Spirit Orca harbor thoughts of provoking its absolute authority, the Evil Orca King would tear it to shreds without hesitation.

Yet this was undoubtedly exceptionally good news for Qiangu Yunche and his party.

After all, an Evil Orca King approaching the fierce beast level was equivalent to a level-96 or so Super Douluo in the ocean. If one added the school of Evil Spirit Orcas, this trip would still carry a certain amount of pressure and risk.

And when the Nebula Douluo heard Qiangu Yunche and the others' target, the impulse to hoist Xu Jiujiu and turn to run instantly reached its peak.

With Xu Jiujiu's attitude resolute, however, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow along.

Damn it all, family, a level-91 Title Douluo participating in a battle of this level—won't she really be slapped to death by the Evil Orca King with a flick of its tail?

As for Xu Jiujiu, she was obviously much more excited than the Nebula Douluo. She thought far more than the Nebula Douluo did, and naturally understood the multiple meanings represented behind all this.

So much so that the degree of peril on this trip was diluted quite a bit in her heart by various emotions...