Star Dou Forest, I've Come Again

Star Dou Forest.

This was the second time Qian Xunji had come to this largest gathering place for soul beasts on the Douluo Continent.

His goal for this visit remained clear.

Hunting a hundred-thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff to obtain a soul ring that would enhance his own strength was the objective of this trip.

Tang Chen was one of the few indigenous people of Douluo who possessed an innovative spirit and had achieved success.

In the content of his God Trials, the Asura God required him to defeat his opponent head-on.

Thinking about it, it was not that simple.

Perhaps what the Asura God wanted was a crushing victory.

To crush Tang Chen in a direct, hard-hitting confrontation, complete Asura's Fourth Trial, and prove that he was the only choice.

What was Asura Unique? It meant becoming an indispensable existence; one without whom things could not be done.

One day, two days, three or four days passed.

Qian Xunji flew in mid-air, keeping his ninth soul skill, Spirit Detection, active, scanning again and again.

From the edge of the Star Dou Forest to the outer perimeter, then to the mixed zone, and finally arriving at the core area.

Except for the Great Fierce Land beneath the Lake of Life, every inch had been swept by his divine sense.

Let alone a hundred-thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, he hadn't even found a ten-thousand-year one.

He hadn't even seen a thousand-year-old Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

Qian Xunji took a sip of chilled Coconut Palm Brand Coconut Juice to calm his nerves. "Even if I fed a decades-old Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff immortal herbs and Bloody Mary every day, I couldn't feed it to a hundred-thousand-year level in less than a year."

Sure enough, without the protagonist's halo, there was no such thing as the super-spec treatment of getting whatever one wanted.

Forget it, let's sign in first.

[Chiao~ Monthly sign-in successful. Obtained portable Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-dimension.]

The Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-dimension merged with the System Space while remaining independent.

The original System Space remained a storage room with only warehousing functions, where time stood still, allowing ingredients to remain absolutely fresh.

The merged Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-world, however, was like an independent sub-dimension.

It had mountains and water, vegetation as dense as the Star Dou Forest, and springs as full of life-force as the Lake of Life.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which Qian Xunji had hollowed out and stored in the System Space, now also integrated into the Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-dimension.

As an independent sub-dimension, it naturally had a master of the dimension.

As the owner, Qian Xunji was promoted to the Master of the Ten Thousand Beast Platform, controlling the core of life.

He possessed the authority to set the rules within the sub-dimension.

His physical body could also enter and reside there long-term, avoiding the annoyance of stupid Douluo natives and enjoying a solitary life.

"Wonderful."

This reward was truly perfect for someone living alone.

Even after inheriting the Asura God Position and ascending to the God Realm, he wouldn't need to start boring divine wars or act like a bandit to seize resources just for a water source.

With a portable private Star Dou Forest, Qian Xunji began capturing soul beasts within the Star Dou Forest.

Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, Demon Eye Magic Tree, Silver Hero Beast, Golden Tortoise... he took them all, first come, first served.

These soul beasts with decent potential were qualified to be raised by him.

Star Dou Forest, outer region.

While capturing a cub of the top-tier flying soul beast, the Thunder Roc, Qian Xunji heard a deafening, angry cry.

The sound traveled from far to near, resembling the roar of a bear.

An emerald figure came into view.

[Race: Emerald Swan]

[Age: Hundred-year soul beast]

"Emerald Swan." Qian Xunji was startled when he saw the identification pop up from the system.

The Emerald Swan could be called the strongest healing-type soul beast, with immense potential.

One could curse Bi Ji for being a saint, for being more of a hindrance than a help, for favoring humans, always speaking up for them, and refusing to start a war between humans and beasts—a traitor to her kind.

But one had to admit her peerless healing ability. As long as the target still had a sliver of life and their soul hadn't dissipated, she could repair severed limbs, heal internal organ damage, mend bone fractures, and reconnect severed meridians, bringing the dying back from the brink of death.

Raising an Emerald Swan would be of huge benefit to Qian Xunji.

After becoming a god, if he wanted to collect the power of faith, having a beast-level Emerald Swan responsible for free medical care, specifically treating the poor who came seeking help, would be invaluable.

The power of faith would surely skyrocket.

To be even more unscrupulous, he could put laxatives in the water while having the Emerald Swan treat those with diarrhea, increasing the efficiency of collecting the power of faith.

As for whether the Emerald Swan would complain about becoming a working beast, needing to work overtime every day, that was not a problem for Qian Xunji to consider. In any case, he wasn't oppressing the common people, so he couldn't be counted as a black-hearted capitalist.

The century-old Emerald Swan instinctively sensed that the human, Qian Xunji, possessed immense power, and subconsciously flew toward him.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear chasing behind it extended its massive, razor-sharp claws, as if intending to tear through space itself.

[Race: Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear]

[Age: 100,000-year Soul Beast]

A 100,000-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, while inferior to a 100,000-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, excelled in both offense and defense.

The powerful Behemoth bloodline within its body could not be underestimated.

With Soul Shock paired with the Holy Light Sword, he killed the monster without taking a scratch, easily dealing with a 100,000-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

What did it matter how tough its skin was or how high its defense?

A fragile anus was a weakness possessed by the vast majority of living beings.

As long as one attacked the weak point and successfully delivered a fatal blow to the enemy, it could be easily handled.

After recycling the corpse of the 100,000-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into the System Space, Qian Xunji saw a different kind of soul bone text.

The three-piece set obtained when recycling Xiao Wu's corpse consisted of the physical body, the soul ring, and the soul bone.

However, the three-piece set recycled from this newly slain Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear consisted of the physical body, the soul ring, and an external soul bone.

Full name: 100,000-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm External Soul Bone.

If it were merely a left or right arm bone or a torso bone, Qian Xunji would have just let it gather dust in the System Space.

But an external soul bone was a different story.

Every piece of external soul bone was a prototype of a divine artifact.

The Eight Spider Lances, which possessed the ability to devour, were even prototypes of super-divine artifacts.

For Tang San to become a god, he would have to kowtow to the Eight Spider Lances and the Human-Faced Demon Spider clan.

Because Qian Xunji had saved her from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, the Emerald Swan rubbed against his Emperor Armor as if in gratitude.

If no kind soul had stepped in to save her, the little swan would have become the bad bear's snack.

Qian Xunji collected the Emerald Swan, which was acting affectionately toward him, into the Ten Thousand Beast Platform and headed toward the territory of the Human-Faced Demon Spiders.

Being able to kill a 100,000-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear today and have it drop an external soul bone proved that he wasn't unlucky, but a true child of fortune.

As a man of such luck, he didn't believe that if he killed a 100,000-year Human-Faced Demon Spider, he wouldn't be able to drop a 100,000-year Eight Spider Lances external soul bone.

With the enhancement of two external soul bones, he would let the Asura God see his potential, and then compare it with Tang Chen.

Heh, he didn't believe the Asura God would still choose Tang Chen as his successor and pull strings for him during the divine trials.

Being the High Priest of the Asura God? Not even a dog would do it!

Once a divine trial was judged a failure, he would immediately destroy Slaughter City, wipe out the Clear Sky Sect, slaughter the entire Tang family, and then exterminate the Seven Kill Sword lineage.

If he couldn't have something, no one else would!