Refining the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger

At the same time, deep within the Star Dou Forest, in the dense woodland habitat of the Phantom Fox clan.

The trees and grass in the forest were quiet. A breeze brushed through the branches and leaves, stirring up a fine rustling sound.

Ning Rongrong sat on a piece of bluestone, holding a piece of bread and nibbling it in small bites. Worry she could not hide hung between her brows as she looked at Xiao Wu beside her and spoke softly.

"Xiao Wu, Dad and the others have been gone for so long. Why aren't they back yet? Could they have run into danger? Could something have happened?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and took out a phone from her bracelet, one covered in a layer of soft green shell. Her fingertip opened the contacts page and hovered above the call button, but she could not bring herself to press it, her face full of conflicted hesitation.

"Should I call Dad and ask what's going on?"

"Don't call. Whatever you do, don't call!"

Xiao Wu immediately turned her head to stop her. She reached out, opened the small pink storage pouch at her side, and pulled out a storybook with a gaudy cover, setting it on her lap.

Her fingertip touched a bit of saliva from her tongue, then quickly flipped through the pages with a rustle. Before long, she found the corresponding passage, lifted her eyes, and looked at Ning Rongrong seriously, her tone especially certain.

"Look at this. It's written very clearly in here. The male lead was lying low as an undercover agent in Spirit Hall, but just because he accidentally stepped on a loose floor tile, his whereabouts were exposed on the spot.

"That pope of Spirit Hall was ruthless and vicious. He immediately ordered everyone to surround and kill the male lead, and the male lead nearly died right there!"

"What if Uncle Ning and the others are also secretly lying low while handling some mission? If you call him and the ringtone goes off, exposing their position, then everything will be over!"

After hearing this, Ning Rongrong's heart instantly tightened, and she hurriedly pulled her finger back from the call button.

The color drained from her little face at once. Filled with lingering fear, she no longer dared to bring up making the call.

At that moment, the Human-Faced Demon Spider that had been refined into a Voidranger suddenly moved, carefully tossing the two of them onto its back.

Before they could wonder what was happening, a wave of spatial fluctuation came over them.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them found themselves in the middle of an open forest clearing. All around them, high-level Soul Beasts of every shape and form crouched, each one radiating a fierce aura.

Ning Rongrong was so frightened that she directly hugged Xiao Wu, burying her head tightly down. Her throat felt as if it had been blocked, and she could not make a sound.

Xiao Wu was panicking deep down as well, her body trembling slightly beyond her control, but she still forced herself to be brave and hugged Ning Rongrong tightly in return, wanting to protect her.

"Sister Xiao Wu!"

An extremely familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Xiao Wu froze, then subconsciously turned her head to look. Her eyes lit up at once.

"Daming, Erming!"

Following the sound, Xiao Wu immediately saw Ye Yun standing on the massive head of the Azure Bull Python, which was coiled at the very front of the Soul Beast horde.

Her eyes warmed, and her voice was filled with joy and relief as she blurted out, "Brother! I'm so glad you're okay!"

Ning Rongrong, who had been burying her head at the side, heard this and gripped her sleeve slightly tighter. She carefully and slowly lifted her head, and after seeing the young figure on top of the Azure Bull Python's head, she spoke in a small, surprised voice. "Brother Yun?"

Ye Yun smiled and waved at them.

Ning Fengzhi also noticed the two who had suddenly appeared. After sticking the note onto the Soul Beast, he quickly walked over.

"Rongrong, you must have been frightened. Come here to Dad."

Hearing her father's voice, Ning Rongrong could no longer hold back the tears she had been forcing down. They streamed down with a rush, and with her little mouth puckered, she threw herself straight into Ning Fengzhi's arms.

"Wuu, wuu, wuu—Dad, I thought something had happened to you, wuu, wuu, wuu—"

Ning Rongrong buried herself in Ning Fengzhi's arms and cried loudly, full of grievance and lingering fear.

Ning Fengzhi comforted her in a gentle voice, his hand softly patting his daughter's back again and again as he patiently soothed her.

Xiao Wu quietly watched this scene from the side, and a deep envy could not help but rise in her eyes.

Mom...

Ye Yun noticed the loss in her eyes. He raised his hand and summoned a Water Dragon, which carried Xiao Wu over to his side, then rubbed her little head.

"You still have me."

"Brother..."

Xiao Wu pursed her lips and hugged Ye Yun. She said nothing, only kept rubbing her head against his hand.

After comforting the little rabbit, Ye Yun looked at Gu Yuena.

"Why didn't you just teleport them straight over to us?"

Gu Yuena's expression did not change as she spoke faintly.

"It's too crowded here. There's no room."

Ye Yun stared blankly at the broad, empty head of the Azure Bull Python beneath him, his face full of confusion.

How was this place crowded?

Forget two people; even if ten or twenty people stood here, there would still be more than enough room.

He was just about to say something, but Gu Yuena gave him no chance to speak and pointed at the Demon Spider Voidranger standing in the open space.

"That's the Voidranger you refined? It looks decent."

Ye Yun's attention was diverted as well. The corners of his mouth rose, carrying a hint of showing off.

"Yeah. It was originally just a 6,000-year Human-Faced Demon Spider, but after being refined, it could go head-to-head with one over 60,000 years old."

"The only pity is that this Human-Faced Demon Spider's body wasn't strong enough. It couldn't withstand more power of [Destruction], or it would have been even stronger."

Gu Yuena gave a slight nod. The leap from a thousand years to ten thousand years was a watershed, not merely an increase in numbers, but an overall ascension.

To reach the strength of ten thousand years with a thousand-year body was something even those gods could not accomplish.

She raised her hand slightly, reached through space, and snapped off a forelimb from the demon-spider Voidranger, placing it before her eyes to examine.

A flash of understanding passed through her eyes.

Although the original life of this Human-Faced Demon Spider had already dissipated, it had been reborn in another form, and had become even stronger.

It was just that barely any reason remained.

If its soul power were strong enough, could it still retain its original consciousness?

A leap in life level while still retaining one's own consciousness—that was evolution.

Sure enough, Destruction and new life coexisted. As long as that perfect point of balance could be found, one could shed the mortal body.

"Imbibitor Lunae, what is the upper limit of this ability of yours?"

"I don't know." Ye Yun shook his head. "After my first experiment, I came here with Di Tian."

Gu Yuena frowned, then thought of that special Soul Beast in Star Dou Forest.

"You can use this to try."

She spoke indifferently, and with a casual sweep of her fair hand, a ripple of glowing white-silver space suddenly swept across the ground.

The next second, a fierce tiger with a pitch-black body and savage physique, a pair of black demonic wings growing from its spine and a sharp barb at the end of its long tail, fell out of thin air into the center of the open ground. A cold, violent, dark aura spread around it. It was none other than the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

It sensed the auras of the ferocious beasts around it and pawed uneasily at the ground, letting out a low growl.

Ye Yun's eyes lit up.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?!

Good grief, a Soul Beast tainted by an evil god. At ten thousand years, it could already contend with hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Even the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python working together had failed to do anything to it. If this thing were Refined into a Voidranger, he dared not imagine how strong it would become.

Below, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed the crisis. Under the pressure bearing down on it, black spatial mist churned around its body as it forcibly activated its spatial ability. Its figure flashed, and it fled into the distance.

"Using spatial power in front of me?"

Gu Yuena let out a disdainful cold snort, and spatial power trembled.

The entire space suddenly twisted and contracted violently. The fleeing Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was directly imprisoned by space and forcibly squeezed out.

It crashed heavily to the ground, its whole body covered in dense spatial-cut wounds, barely alive.

Immediately afterward, its body drifted uncontrollably toward Ye Yun's direction.

"Accept this power. Endure it, and you will live."

Gu Yuena's voice was cold and clear, without the slightest emotion.

"Roar..."

The dying Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lifted its bloodshot beast eyes slightly and let out an extremely weak low growl from its throat, obediently accepting.

After doing all this, Gu Yuena turned her head to look at Ye Yun and gave a slight nod, her expression calm, indicating that he could begin Refining.

Ye Yun raised his hand. The Refining skill activated, and the power of [Destruction] gradually poured into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body.