Soul Beast Blood Collection Site

The group quickly walked deep into the habitat. Ning Fengzhi looked up and immediately saw Chen Xin lying on the grass.

Beside him stood a quiet Soul Beast resembling a Human-Faced Demon Spider.

At that moment, Chen Xin's face was as pale as paper, his lips utterly bloodless. His aura was weak and scattered, and his eyes, once sharp as blades, were half-lidded; even keeping them open took effort.

Several gentle Phantom Foxes surrounded him, constantly bringing healing herbs from the forest and carefully placing them in his mouth, taking the initiative to help treat his injuries.

[Eat up. This will make it hurt less.]

"Thank you..."

Chen Xin did not disdain them either. He opened his mouth and began chewing.

Suddenly sensing footsteps, he saw clearly that the newcomers were Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and forced himself to use what little strength he had left to push himself up.

"Fengzhi... cough, cough..."

But the moment he moved, a tearing pain came from the shattered meridians in his chest. The agony swept through his whole body, making him shudder all over and let out a muffled groan despite himself. His expression grew even worse.

Ning Fengzhi's heart tightened at the sight. He immediately strode forward and pressed a hand on Chen Xin's shoulder, his tone urgent yet steady. "Uncle Sword, don't move around. Lie down properly."

He took a syringe from his storage ring, stuck it into Chen Xin's arm, and slowly pushed it in.

As the medicine was gradually absorbed by his body, Chen Xin's complexion instantly became rosier.

Feeling his body recover, Chen Xin quickly got up and said anxiously, "We have to hurry and find Xiao Yun! He's fighting that mysterious person right now. If we're late, I'm afraid something will happen!"

Just as they were preparing to go support him...

A bear's roar suddenly came from the direction of the Star Dou Forest's core.

"Roar!!!"

[All Soul Beasts! Get to the core area! Anyone who disobeys dies!!]

All the Phantom Foxes in the habitat raised their heads toward the direction the voice came from.

Then they all ran toward the core area.

Ning Fengzhi's and Chen Xin's hearts both sank. The two exchanged a glance, and both saw unshakable gravity in each other's eyes.

That vast, terrifying pressure far exceeded that of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. In all likelihood, it had something to do with that mysterious person and Xiao Yun.

At the side, Xiao Wu's ears suddenly stood straight up, and her heart jolted.

Could Brother be trapped in the Star Dou core area?

That's wonderful! Daming and Erming are guarding the core area. They'll definitely be able to protect Brother Yun!

With that thought, Xiao Wu leaped lightly onto the back carapace of the Human-Faced Demon Spider Voidranger, raised her hand, patted the spider's head, and said in an incomparably urgent tone, "Big guy, let's hurry and set off..."

"Xiao Wu, stop."

Chen Xin interrupted her, his expression extremely serious. "We know you're anxious, but you and Rongrong must stay here. The three of us will go."

"If we fail to return, then take Rongrong and return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together to avoid danger."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xin raised his hand and directly grabbed Xiao Wu by the back of her collar. With a gentle lift, he set her steadily back on the ground.

"Let go of me! I'm going to save Brother Yun!"

Xiao Wu desperately kicked her legs and struggled, stubbornness filling her eyes. But the gap in strength between them was too great; she could not break free from Chen Xin's grip at all.

Chen Xin frowned tightly and shouted in a deep voice, "Nonsense! What could you do if you went? You'd only make us split our attention to protect you and drag everyone down!"

At those words, the rabbit ears atop Xiao Wu's head instantly drooped limply. Her eyes reddened, her face full of grievance and sorrow.

Xiao Wu froze in place. In her heart, she knew very well that her cultivation was too low. If she went, she would only become a burden to everyone.

At this point, there was no need to keep hiding her identity as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who had transformed. She looked up at Ning Fengzhi, her tone earnest and sincere:

"Uncle Ning, there are two great hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou core area: the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape. They're my family. I call them Daming and Erming."

"When you enter the core area, you can ask them for help. Give them my name and say it's a request from Sister Xiao Wu."

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi's pupils shrank slightly, and he looked at Xiao Wu in astonishment.

Good heavens, this little girl is actually a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast?!

A real one got mixed in among all the fakes?!

But after the shock passed, he instead breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. With two top-tier hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts helping them, their chances of rescuing him on this trip had indeed increased greatly.

"All right, we'll remember that. Uncle Sword, Uncle Gu, let's go."

Ning Fengzhi delayed no longer. Taking the two Title Douluo with him, he turned and sped toward the core area of the Star Dou Forest.

Watching the three figures gradually disappear into the distance, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu sat side by side beside the Human-Faced Demon Spider Voidranger, their hearts filled with unease and worry as they quietly waited for news of their return.

Beside the Lake of Life.

At this time, a large number of Soul Beasts had already gathered, and the rest were also rushing there with all their might.

Zi Ji, in human form, rubbed her fists and walked up to a sixty-thousand-year Storm Baboon.

The latter's massive body trembled, but it didn't dare resist at all, nor did it dare run.

"You. Get your blood into this yourself."

"Roar!"

The Storm Baboon didn't dare hesitate. It bit a chunk of flesh off its own arm in one mouthful.

Blood instantly came gushing down.

But it didn't dare move recklessly at all, terrified that one careless twitch would get it killed.

Zi Ji filled the test tube with a look of disgust, then handed it to Bi Ji beside her.

Bi Ji raised her hand and gently brushed it over the wound. Green light instantly healed the injury. Then she wrote the Storm Baboon's portrait and name on a label and stuck it onto the test tube.

The other fierce beasts were doing the same, with a number of more intelligent Emerald Swans following at their sides.

As they treated the Soul Beasts, they recorded things like their names and ages.

The most miserable ones were the Soul Beasts whose blood was collected by Chi Wang.

Those three heads each took one bite, making blood spray out in streams, without any fear of passing rabies on to them.

And when he came across a Mountain-Shaking Boar with especially delicious flesh, he even started drooling, wanting to swallow it whole.

That look scared the Mountain-Shaking Boar so badly it lost control on the spot. The thick, rank stench made Chi Wang's face fill with disgust, and he slapped it far away with one paw.

Ye Yun stood on the Azure Bull Python's head, watching the scene, and couldn't help clicking his tongue inwardly.

Way too terrifying. If someone dared do that to me in the past, I'd have reported them no matter what.

Then he reached out and patted the bull head beneath his feet.

"Daming, you've been in this Lake of Life for so many years, and you never noticed these fierce beasts existed?"

The Azure Bull Python blew out a cloud of hot air from its nostrils, its deep tone carrying confusion.

"No. I thought it was only me and Erming..."

After being stunned for quite a while, it reacted. Had this human just called it by name?

"My lord, how do you know my name? Could it be that you know Sister Xiao Wu?"

Ye Yun sat down cross-legged and found a more comfortable position.

"Mm-hm~ Xiao Wu is with me now. You could say she's my little sister."

The Azure Bull Python was delighted. It hadn't expected Sister Xiao Wu to have latched onto such a powerful backer in the human world.

Then there was no need to worry about her safety. Maybe she could even avenge Aunt Rou!

Just then, a cool, elegant figure tore through the air and arrived, landing beside Ye Yun in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yuena's gaze rested faintly on Ye Yun's back. Her voice was cool and even as she asked, "There is a hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beast who has been following by your side?"

Ye Yun was so frightened by the sudden movement that his whole body shuddered, his heart stopping for an instant. Only after he saw that the newcomer was Gu Yuena did he let out a long breath of relief.

He raised his hand and kept patting his heaving chest, calming his wildly pounding heart.

"Right. It's a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit. Also, can you not suddenly pop out next time? That's really scary, okay?"

Gu Yuena nodded and said nothing more, merely sighing inwardly that the rabbit was quite lucky.

With Imbibitor Lunae's identity and strength, it should not be a problem for that rabbit to become a god.

Ye Yun asked in confusion, "You're coming out now? Aren't you afraid those gods will discover you?"