"Interesting. Since you want to be eliminated, Brother Kun will grant your wish."
Hearing this, Brother Kun gave a malicious grin. A mace radiating a yellow glow instantly appeared in his hand, its rows of spikes gleaming coldly.
"What a shame. Such a handsome little brother."
The enchanting woman gazed at Jiang Xiu and sighed regretfully. Pink light shimmered around her, and a phantom-white fox tail appeared behind her. Her eyes brimmed with seductive allure.
"How dare you covet my boss!"
Hearing this, Na'er looked at the enchanting woman's curvaceous figure, then lowered her head to look at herself. When she saw that she could see her toes at a glance, her little mouth immediately puckered.
"Don't worry, little girl. You're already wonderful. Being small is cute, too."
The voluptuous woman seemed to see what Na'er was thinking. She covered her mouth and giggled.
"How dare you! Take my spear!"
Na'er's pretty face turned angry. She swung the Silver Dragon Spear in her hand, a glint of cold light flashing as she charged at the voluptuous woman.
"Kid, you refused a toast only to drink a forfeit. Come fight!"
Brother Kun gripped the Wolf Tooth Mace in his thick arm and roared as he charged toward Jiang Xiu. At the same time, the first Soul Ring on his body lit up.
"Great Strength!"
As Brother Kun unleashed his first Soul Skill, the Wolf Tooth Mace in his hand grew even larger, covered in a dense yellow glow. Just before reaching Jiang Xiu, he leaped into the air and brought the mace crashing down.
Boom, boom, boom!
Jiang Xiu neither dodged nor retreated. Bloodline Power surged through him, and muffled thumps rang out as his heart pounded like a war drum. Wisps of blood energy burst from his body, transforming into thick Blood Pythons that coiled around his long, slender hands.
Looking at the Wolf Tooth Mace above him, Jiang Xiu slowly curled the fingers of his right hand. His veins bulged, and blood energy drifted in the wind as he reached straight up.
Clang!
A shrill metallic scrape rang out. Brother Kun stared down in shock. The Wolf Tooth Mace had been caught easily in the young man's hand, completely unable to move, while an immense force surged up through it.
"With physical strength like that, you're no Soul Grandmaster!"
His Power Attack System Wolf Tooth Mace had been caught with ease. He was certain even an ordinary Soul Ancestor couldn't do that.
"You'll find out when you get out. But my job is to send you there."
As Jiang Xiu spoke, dirt flew beneath his feet. He became a dark-red streak of blood as he shot upward, slamming his right knee into Brother Kun's abdomen while bringing his left elbow down with a surge of Bloodline Power.
Boom!
Crack!
With his Martial Soul restricted, Brother Kun could only dodge in a panic. But Jiang Xiu's attack had already struck with the speed of thunder. A crisp crack of breaking bone followed, and Brother Kun plummeted from the sky, knocked out cold.
The Red Button on his right arm pressed itself. Red light flashed, and Brother Kun vanished from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
In just a few breaths, Brother Kun had been utterly defeated.
"Brother Kun, don't leave! What am I supposed to do without you?"
Seeing the Brother Kun she depended on sent out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, the voluptuous woman's expression changed drastically. She kept retreating as Na'er pursued her relentlessly, Silver Dragon Spear in hand.
Now she finally understood. These two weren't ordinary Soul Grandmasters at all. Though she was a full major rank above Na'er, Na'er was beating her down.
"Charm Fox!"
With Na'er about to corner her, the voluptuous woman hardened her heart. The Thousand-Year Soul Ring on her body suddenly lit up, and two fox phantoms appeared in her eyes before she fixed her gaze on Na'er.
"Hmph! A little vixen like you thinks you can bewitch me?"
A flash of silver passed through Na'er's purple eyes. The voluptuous woman let out a shriek, clearly suffering a backlash.
"Impossible! I'm a spiritual-type Soul Master. How could your spiritual power be higher than mine?"
Two trails of blood ran from the voluptuous woman's eyes as she screamed in disbelief. Her spiritual power was as high as 350!
"If you're bad, train harder."
Na'er swung her Silver Dragon Spear, triggering the Self-Rescue Device on the voluptuous woman's body. Red light flashed, and she disappeared from where she stood.
After the two were sent out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, two clusters of pure energy appeared above the ground where they had vanished.
"You think you can set a trap without enough strength, then sit back and reap the spoils? What a pipe dream. Have you two never seen the underworld?"
Na'er gave a soft snort. Their Harmony and Love Team feared people like that least of all.
Before the fight, they were full of themselves. Once it began, their lives were in the balance.
"Na'er, I'll absorb this first. Afterward, I'll help you hunt Soul Beasts."
After calming the surging Bloodline Power in his body, Jiang Xiu spoke softly. His first two Soul Rings were already over 9,400 years old. Absorbing the energy left behind by the Flame Demon Lions and the two from Brother Kun's group would be enough to break through to ten thousand years.
"All right, you go ahead."
Na'er agreed without hesitation. She wasn't in a hurry anyway.
But every so often, Na'er lowered her head to look at herself. Gu Yue's image surfaced in her mind unbidden, and a trace of worry appeared on her pretty face.
Hum, hum, hum!
Jiang Xiu didn't notice Na'er's little gestures. Instead, he drew all the energy around them into his first two Soul Rings.
As the energy flowed in, a profound black glimmer slowly appeared in the rings' original purple color, spreading at once like ink dropped into water.
Caw!
The Dark Night Raven perched on Jiang Xiu's shoulder let out an excited cry. Then, streaks of black light shimmered across its body. Its blood-red eyes gleamed like rubies, its body grew larger, and a dark feather stood upright on its head.
The aura it gave off had unmistakably reached the level of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
"Oh? Its bloodline has been purified?"
Na'er noticed the dark feather atop the Dark Night Raven's head and murmured, her beautiful eyes flickering.
"That's right. According to Little Black, once it grows the remaining nine dark feathers, it can undergo a return to its ancestral form, bringing about unexpected changes."
Jiang Xiu sensed the changes to his first two Soul Skills and allowed the corner of his mouth to lift slightly.
After his Soul Rings advanced to ten thousand years, Time Stop consumed even less Soul Power, while the limit on Extreme Evil Shadow Devour increased from thirty to thirty-five percent of his remaining Soul Power.
"That's wonderful. The Dark Night Raven already stands at the peak of the Soul Beast bloodline hierarchy. Returning to its ancestral form will surely bring you considerable benefits, Boss."
Na'er mused.
Now that Soul Spirits existed, a Soul Master's Martial Soul could be affected when they fused with one. Some lucky Soul Masters might even see their Martial Soul undergo a favorable mutation because of their Soul Spirit.
"There's no need to rush. If the Dark Night Raven really wants to return to its ancestral form, it'll probably have to reach the hundred-thousand-year level. We need to take it one step at a time."
Jiang Xiu stroked the Dark Night Raven's head and chuckled. But in the future, he would definitely raise it to the hundred-thousand-year level.
Crack!
Just then, a branch snapped in the forest, and two blurry figures emerged from the trees.
"Bro, are there really a pack of Flame Demon Lions around here?"
"Absolutely, sis. Just trust your bro."
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