Elimination, Ten Thousand Years, Bloodline Purification

"Interesting. Since you all wish to be eliminated, Brother Kun shall grant your wish."

Brother Kun gave a malicious grin as a Wolf Tooth Mace emitting a yellow halo instantly appeared in his hand, its sharp spikes glinting with a cold, piercing light.

"What a pity for such a handsome little brother."

The voluptuous woman looked at Jiang Xiu with regret, pink light flickering around her as a phantom, snow-white fox tail sprouted from behind her, her eyes brimming with intense allure.

"How bold! You dare to covet my boss!"

Upon hearing this, Na'er looked at the voluptuous woman's curvaceous figure, then glanced down at herself, and upon discovering she could see her own toes, her little mouth immediately pouted.

"Don't worry, little sister. You're already great; being small is cute, too."

The heavily made-up woman seemed to read Na'er's thoughts and covered her mouth, giggling.

"Damn you, taste my spear!"

Na'er's pretty face flushed with indignation. She brandished the Silver Dragon Spear, a spark of cold light erupting as she lunged at the woman in an instant.

"Kid, if you refuse a toast, you'll be forced to drink a forfeit. Let's fight!"

Brother Kun gripped the Wolf Tooth Mace with his thick arms, let out a low roar, and charged at Jiang Xiu, the first Soul Ring on his body blooming with light.

"Great Strength!"

As Brother Kun's first soul skill activated, the mace in his hand grew larger, coated in a thick layer of yellow light. A second before reaching Jiang Xiu, he leaped into the air and brought the mace crashing down.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Jiang Xiu did not dodge. The Bloodline Power within him surged, and the muffled sound of a beating heart echoed like a war drum. Wisps of blood energy erupted from his body, forming thick, robust Blood Pythons that coiled around his slender palms.

Watching the mace descend, Jiang Xiu curled the fingers of his right hand slightly, his veins bulging. With the blood energy drifting in the wind, he reached upward.

"Clang!"

A jarring sound of metal grinding against metal rang out. Brother Kun looked down, his eyes filled with horror. His mace had been easily caught by the boy before him, unable to move an inch, while a tremendous force surged back from the weapon.

"With this kind of physical constitution, you are no mere Soul Grand Master!"

His power-attack type mace had been caught with ease; he was certain that even an average Soul Ancestor could not accomplish this.

"You'll know once you're out, but my duty is to send you away."

As Jiang Xiu finished speaking, mud splashed beneath his feet. He transformed into a dark red blur, his body soaring upward as his right knee slammed into Brother Kun's abdomen while his left elbow, coated in dense blood energy, smashed down from the air.

"Boom!"

"Crack!"

Restricted by his Martial Soul, Brother Kun could only scramble to dodge, but Jiang Xiu's attack had already descended with lightning speed. A crisp sound of bone fracturing followed, and Brother Kun fell from the air, instantly knocked unconscious.

The next moment, the Red Button on his right arm triggered automatically. After a flash of red light, Brother Kun vanished from the Spirit Ascension Platform.

In just a few breaths, Brother Kun had been thoroughly defeated.

"Brother Kun, don't leave! What am I supposed to do without you?"

Seeing the Brother Kun she relied on sent out of the platform, the woman's face changed drastically. She retreated repeatedly, while Na'er pursued her relentlessly with the Silver Dragon Spear.

She finally realized that these two were far from ordinary Soul Grand Masters. Although she was a full rank higher than Na'er, she was being completely suppressed.

"Charm Fox!"

Seeing that Na'er was driving her into a dead end, the woman hardened her heart. Her thousand-year soul ring suddenly lit up, and the phantoms of two foxes appeared in her eyes, glaring fiercely at Na'er.

"Hmph! A mere fox-spirit dares to charm me?"

A silver light flashed in the depths of Na'er's purple eyes, and the woman let out a sudden, piercing scream, clearly suffering from a Backlash.

"This is impossible! I am a spirit-type soul master; how can your mental strength be higher than mine!"

The woman roared in disbelief, blood and tears streaming from her eyes. Her mental strength was a staggering three hundred and fifty.

"You're just bad, practice more."

Na'er swung the Silver Dragon Spear, and the woman's Self-Rescue Device was triggered, causing her to disappear from the spot in a flash of red light.

After the two exited the Spirit Ascension Platform, two clusters of pure energy floated in the air where they had vanished.

"Thinking you can set a trap and reap the rewards without sufficient strength is pure fantasy. You two have clearly never seen the underworld."

Na'er gave a soft snort; their Harmony and Love Team feared no one of that sort.

Before they strike, one is arrogant; after they strike, life and death are uncertain.

"Na'er, I'll absorb these first, then I'll help you hunt more Soul Beasts later."

Calming the surging blood energy in his body, Jiang Xiu said softly. His first two soul rings had already reached over nine thousand four hundred years; absorbing the energy left behind by the Flame Demon Lions and the two intruders would be enough to break through to the ten-thousand-year level.

"Alright, you go ahead."

Na'er agreed without hesitation; she was in no rush.

Yet, Na'er would occasionally look down, the image of Gu Yue involuntarily surfacing in her mind, and a touch of melancholy appeared on her pretty face.

"Hum, hum, hum!"

Jiang Xiu did not notice Na'er's small movements, instead drawing all the surrounding energy into his first two soul rings.

As the energy was absorbed, a wisp of profound black light slowly emerged within the originally purple soul rings, spreading instantly like ink dropped into water.

"Skree!"

The Dark Night Raven standing on Jiang Xiu's shoulder let out an excited cry. Immediately following, streaks of black light surged over its entire body, its blood-red eyes glowing like rubies as its frame grew slightly larger, with a single mysterious black feather standing upright atop its head.

The aura radiating from its body had clearly reached the ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit level.

"Oh? Has its bloodline been purified?"

Seeing the mysterious black feather on the Dark Night Raven's head, Na'er's beautiful eyes shifted slightly as she spoke.

"That's right. According to Little Black, once it completes the remaining nine mysterious black feathers, it can undergo an atavistic evolution, bringing about unexpected changes."

Jiang Xiu felt the changes in his first two soul skills, a slight smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

After his soul rings advanced to the ten-thousand-year level, the soul power consumed by his Time Stop decreased even further, while the restriction on Extreme Evil Shadow Devour increased from thirty percent of his remaining soul power to thirty-five percent.

"That's excellent. The Dark Night Raven already stands at the pinnacle of the Soul Beast bloodline pyramid; once it undergoes atavism, it will surely bring you significant benefits, Boss."

Hearing this, Na'er spoke with a thoughtful expression.

Now that Soul Spirits existed, a soul master's Martial Soul would be influenced in various ways when fusing with one; some lucky soul masters might even see their Martial Soul undergo a favorable mutation because of their Soul Spirit.

"No need to rush. If the Dark Night Raven really wants to undergo atavism, I expect it will need to be raised to the hundred-thousand-year level; we have to take it one step at a time."

Jiang Xiu stroked the Dark Night Raven's head and chuckled, though he was determined to raise the Dark Night Raven to the hundred-thousand-year level in the future.

"Snap!"

At that moment, the sound of branches being stepped on echoed through the jungle, and two blurred figures emerged from the brush.

"Big Brother, is there really a Flame Demon Lion pack here?"

"Guaranteed, totally guaranteed. Just trust your brother, little sister."