The Unexpected Arrives

Inside the forest, Zhang Ji paused in his steps and turned back to look in the direction he had come from.

"Third Uncle?"

Woma subconsciously looked around, alert to any potential danger, and asked a question in a low voice.

"It's nothing, keep going~"

Zhang Ji withdrew his gaze and responded to the puzzled expressions of his three nephews.

Nephew Woma and the Invisible Yang Shelly remained silent and followed along. Ling Yi, at the forefront, used his talent "Blue Silver Domain" on his "Green Wood Blue Silver King" to sense the movements of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" while guiding the three people around him.

"Such strong willpower!"

As Zhang Ji brought up the rear of the group, ensuring the safety of the entire team, he thought to himself, "It must be the queen bee from the ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' colony."

"They definitely have over ten thousand years of cultivation, but we don't know the exact number..."

Regardless of how many tens of thousands of years have passed, just based on the perceived strength of their spiritual power, if the opponent were to fight to the death, it would definitely be enough to give Zhang Ji a hard time.

If this were directed at the three nephews, none of them would escape; they would either suffer a mental breakdown and die, or become mentally impaired.

As Soul Douluo standing at the top of the combat power in the Douluo Continent, and a high-ranking member of the continent's number one power, the Spirit Hall, Zhang Ji naturally knew that Soul Power was not the Weiyi standard for measuring combat strength.

Leaving aside the Extreme School power path, the spiritual power that Soul Master begin to use after advancing to Soul Saint is also an extremely strange and unpredictable power.

The queen bee in that "Golden-Patterned Bee" colony was clearly a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a talent for spiritual power!

Unfortunately, although Zhang Ji had advanced to the Soul Douluo level and his mental strength was not weak, he could only protect himself and could not protect the people around him.

This was the main reason why he ultimately chose to retreat when he was spying from the shadows.

Zhang Ji was following behind Ling Yi, did not notice that when he turned around to look back, Ling Yi was a beat slower, as if he was prompted by Zhang Ji's movement to turn around. But in fact, only Ling Yi himself knew that he had already sensed the presence of the "Golden-Patterned Bee Queen" during the previous battle on the cliff. The spiritual power that circled the cliff and peered into the four of them was detected by Ling Yi's spiritual sense as soon as it entered a distance of more than ten meters.

The state of mind of entering a meditative state, Meditative Trance Minor Concentration meditative state, allows Ling Yi to perceive all things in the world within a certain distance, even without projecting his spiritual power. Such spiritual power, imbued with clear intention, shines as brightly as a lamp in the darkness under the illumination of Ling Yi's mind.

With towering trees left behind, Ling Yi remained calm, keeping a close eye on potential dangers around him while also keeping a close watch on the movements of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear."

Because they were using the ubiquitous "Blue Silver Grass" to sense their presence without any fluctuations in their mental energy, Ling Yi wasn't worried about the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" detecting their spying and tracking.

To be honest, Ling Yi was also a little envious of the honey and royal jelly of the "Golden-Patterned Bee," but right now, helping Woma hunt for her Sixth Soul Ring and successfully advance to the Soul Emperor level was the priority.

Being in the inner area of the Star Dou Great Forest, which is full of Soul Beast, is definitely a good way to strengthen your own side's combat power.

Who knows when a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast will suddenly appear?

Even though their four-person team wasn't like the Shrek Academy in the original story, with Xiao Wu, a 100,000-year-old "Soft Bone Rabbit" in human form, and therefore shouldn't attract the "Titan Giant Ape" Er Ming to kidnap them, if they accidentally encountered the wandering "Dark Demon Evil God Tiger," Zhang Ji, a single Soul Douluo Zhang Ji, might not be able to stop it.

According to the original timeline, Tang San encountered the "Dark Demon Evil God Tiger" several decades later. However, a mere few decades is too short for Soul Beast. Even if the beast does not have the same combat power as when it met Tang San, it is unlikely to be much weaker.

Most importantly, the "Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's" divine talent is a bug. In the original novel, if the author hadn't used a plot device to kill off the protagonist, Tang San would have died too!

With a flurry of thoughts racing through his mind, Ling Yi reviewed his every word and action since entering the "Star Dou Great Forest" and deduced the variables that would affect their next move. He led Zhang Ji and the other two to a dense forest composed of the aerial roots of banyan trees.

From a distance, the four of them could see the enormous banyan tree, as wide as a city wall, inside the aerial root forest.

Before the aerial root forest, the four concealed themselves and silently observed the direction of the gigantic banyan tree. A dark tree hole was faintly visible, hidden by the dense aerial root forest.

Unfortunately, due to the extreme plundering of nutrients by this giant banyan tree from the surrounding soil, no "Blue Silver Grass" grows in the aerial root forest.

Therefore, the ' Blue Silver Domain ' could not allow Ling Yi to perceive the scene inside the tree hole, and thus he could not perceive the current condition of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear".

After receiving this answer from Ling Yi, neither Zhang Ji nor Woma showed much disappointment. After all, Ling Yi was currently only a level 49 Soul Ancestor, and Healing System Soul Ancestor at that. The fact that he was able to guide them all the way to the lair of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" had already far exceeded the initial expectations of the uncle and nephew.

Next, it's time to see Zhang Ji, this Power Attack System Soul Douluo, put on a show!

With this thought in mind, Woma turned her gaze to her third uncle.

Zhang Ji lived up to his nephew's expectations. A confident smile appeared on his resolute face. He stood up, stretched out his right hand, and grasped a silver staff as thick as a bowl in his large palm.

At the same time, halos appeared one after another, swirling around Zhang Ji's feet.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—!

The eight Soul Ring belonging to the Soul Douluo shone with a dazzling light of Soul Power!

Then, Zhang Ji scanned the surroundings with his tiger-like eyes. His Soul Douluo- level spiritual power was mobilized to probe the area. Finding no other Soul Beast nearby, he addressed the three:

"Don't move around here, I'll be right back."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he moved swiftly and strode towards the aerial root forest, his target the tree hole beneath the gigantic banyan tree.

Woma stood there, his face beaming with excitement and his eyes filled with anticipation. He began to wonder what his Sixth Soul Skill would be, whether he could successfully acquire the talent of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear," or whether it would just be a normal power boost, or some other Soul Skill.

Yang Shelly's gaze only briefly lingered on Zhang Ji's back before turning away, her attention focused more on keeping a watchful eye on her surroundings.

With the strongest Zhang Ji leaving the team, Woma beside him not seeming very reliable, Brother Yi, as Healing System Soul Master, although wearing the "Azure Wood Battle Armor" which provides a certain level of defense, still needs to be on high alert to prevent Brother Yi from being ambushed and injured by some Soul Beast.

On Ling Yi's side, the Martial Soul "Azure Wood Blue Silver King" in his hand was not withdrawn into his body. On the contrary, the "Blue Silver Domain" did not stop sensing the surroundings.

In times like these, we must be extra careful. Who knows if some Soul Beast might appear and ambush the three of us who are left behind?

As soon as Zhang Ji stepped into the tree hole, less than two breaths later, a furious roar resounded, and a powerful surge of Soul Power erupted within the tree hole.

Clearly, the battle has begun.

Just then, Ling Yi's usually calm eyes suddenly narrowed after entering the Star Dou Great Forest!

At that moment, Ling Yi didn't even notice Woma's presence beside him before he abruptly turned around and looked into the dense forest to his left and behind.

An unexpected situation has really occurred?!

Ling Yi: "Holy shit...!"

To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~