Starry Terror Claw Bear

So I was supposed to, as a little Soul Master with only level ten Soul Power, fight violent Soul Beasts?

And if they were violent Soul Beasts, would they really be willing to become my Soul Spirits?

"Forget it. I'll take it one step at a time."

Lin Yuan sighed. The reward had already been issued; he was truly unwilling to simply let it go. Besides, this was Douluo Continent. Even with a system, countless hardships and dangers surely awaited him in the future. If he wanted to avoid calamity, the only way was to become an ordinary person.

But was he really willing to accept that?

Lin Yuan looked at the locator strapped to his wrist and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had not acted tough and refused the Soul Tool locator earlier. That was at least a small blessing amid misfortune.

With that thought, the conflict in Lin Yuan's mind was instantly swept away. He exhaled sharply, composed himself, and resolutely headed toward the forest where the Soul Beasts lived.

His Gravity Martial Soul sensed that the Soul Beast he wanted had to be there.

As he walked among towering trees dozens, even hundreds of meters tall, their branches and leaves thick overhead, countless Soul Beasts roamed and nested there. Quite a few were even fighting each other. When a human boy entered, every Soul Beast curiously examined this human cub.

Soul Beasts on Elf Star were forbidden from casually harming humans. This was a rule the Beast God had established after coming to Elf Star.

"Ah, sorry. You're not suitable for me."

In the Soul Beast Forest that afternoon, a large wolfhound standing nearly 1.8 meters tall and three meters long sat obediently before Lin Yuan, occasionally letting out a few barks.

But upon hearing Lin Yuan's merciless rejection, it actually shed several tears like a human before howling and running away.

"That wolf just now was probably around nine hundred years old. It specialized in speed. If I were a normal agility-type Soul Master, I definitely would have chosen it."

Lin Yuan shook his head. This was already the seventh Soul Beast he had encountered today that wanted to form a contract with him—and the seventh one he had rejected.

This had truly caught Lin Yuan by surprise. The moment he revealed his Martial Soul, nearly every Soul Beast looked at him with shining eyes.

It left Lin Yuan utterly puzzled.

I don't have the Dragon King or Dragon God's Bloodline. Do you really have to act like this?

After that, Lin Yuan continued onward, stopping and walking as he went. Whenever he was thirsty, he took a few gulps from his thermos. When it ran dry, he fetched water from a stream. Whenever he was hungry, he casually caught a few plump ordinary fish from the creek and roasted them. They tasted unexpectedly good.

At the very least, Lin Yuan felt that none of the meals he had eaten since transmigrating were as delicious as his own cooking. Well, grilled fish counted as a dish too.

And so, by dusk, Lin Yuan had reached the deepest part of the forest's outer region. Beyond this point was the mixed zone, where true danger awaited.

Lin Yuan suddenly stopped. The Little Black Hole emerged from his hand, and his heart began pounding as though it had sensed some great terror ahead of time.

And indeed, that was the case. Not far ahead, he seemed to hear a savage beast roar. In an instant, all the weaker Soul Beasts trembled in fear, while some simply collapsed to the ground. The locator on Lin Yuan's wrist also flashed red continuously, seemingly warning him of danger ahead.

"This sound... that's it!"

Lin Yuan's body trembled faintly. Fear and excitement surged through him together, his adrenaline spiking. He suppressed the tumult in his heart and hurried forward. The closer he got, the louder the sound became. An indescribable pressure filled the area, but Lin Yuan did not confront it head-on.

Instead, he used Gravity to slightly remove the gravitational restraint on himself. His body became lighter, and he swiftly climbed up a large tree before barely stopping.

Not far ahead stood a giant bear seven meters tall, covered in jet-black fur. Its eyes held no emotion, filled only with indifference and cruelty. At the ends of its two powerful arms were incomparably sharp massive claws. As they sliced through the air, they produced faint tearing sounds!

Every Soul Beast in its path was injured by those enormous claws without exception!

Some Soul Beasts, their limbs trembling as they tried to flee, discovered that their bodies had actually begun floating out of control.

Lin Yuan sucked in a sharp breath.

"Damn, that seems to be a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear. No, covered by the Starry Sky Behemoth buff, it should have evolved into a Starry Terror Claw Bear... Seven meters tall... Its age must be infinitely close to ten thousand years, right?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Then, the Starry Terror Claw Bear swung a paw and directly smashed two five-hundred-year-old giant snakes to pieces!

That was right—smashed to pieces!

Blood splattered across the ground!

Lin Yuan's eyes instantly widened at the sight.

The Starry Terror Claw Bear's rampage and mad slaughter clearly provoked every Soul Beast present. Since they could not run, they might as well fight!

All the Soul Beasts attacked the Starry Terror Claw Bear with no regard for their lives, determined to die!

And as the commotion grew louder, more and more thousand-year Soul Beasts joined the battlefield.

Even the eight-thousand-year Millennium Tree Demon that had long occupied this place was disturbed. It burst from the ground, dozens of meters tall. Hundreds of branches, thick and thin, long and short, spread out as though covering the sky, carrying deadly poison as they swept toward the Starry Terror Claw Bear!

With so many Soul Beasts attacking, along with the eight-thousand-year Millennium Tree Demon, the previously unstoppable Starry Terror Claw Bear's offensive was immediately halted!

Just as Lin Yuan wanted to continue observing the situation, a tree dozens of meters tall was snapped in half during the fierce battle. The next moment, a shrill cry tinged with tears rang out:

"Help!"

"What's going on? Why is there a child here?"

Lin Yuan froze and looked down in the direction of the voice. He saw a delicate, beautiful little girl with snow-white, translucent skin on her neck and gentle features. Holding a Soul Tool wooden bow crafted from special wood, she ran out from a tree hollow and helplessly fled in the direction opposite the beast tide.

Lin Yuan took a quick look and immediately relaxed.

"It's fine. She's already more than a hundred meters away."

Suddenly, the Starry Terror Claw Bear, which had been forced back repeatedly, stopped swinging its claws. It stomped the ground with both feet, bared its bloodstained fangs, and emitted a continuous hum from deep in its chest. Its beastly eyes abruptly changed—the pupils vanished, replaced by utter blackness.

Then it suddenly raised its head and opened its mouth, releasing an obscure and indescribable song of frequency!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Splat!

Crack!

Within a hundred-meter radius, every Soul Beast's movements abruptly froze. Soul Beasts with less than five thousand years of cultivation fainted on the spot, while hundred-year Soul Beasts were directly shaken until foam spilled from their mouths, their lives hanging by a thread!

The branches of the eight-thousand-year Millennium Tree Demon snapped one after another.

This was an extremely rare Soul Skill focused on mental force impact!

Lin Yuan was a full ninety meters away from the Terror Claw Bear. Logically, the mental impact should have become weak by that distance, but this was an eight-thousand-year Starry Terror Claw Bear!

Lin Yuan groaned. Blood immediately poured from his nostrils, and his whole body felt as though it were falling apart.

It felt as if a giant bear had appeared in his sea of consciousness, ramming into it without pause.

"Am I going to die?"

Lin Yuan fiercely bit the tip of his tongue. The taste of rust and blood instantly filled his mouth. In that instant, a black Singularity appeared within his sea of consciousness and swallowed the giant bear whole. The sensation jolted Lin Yuan awake, clearing his mind somewhat.

ROAR!

ROAR! ROAR! The Starry Terror Claw Bear, struck by mental backlash, inexplicably became agitated. Seizing the opportunity, the Millennium Tree Demon immediately extended its branches and bound it. Yet the Starry Terror Claw Bear struggled so violently that with a casual strike, it smashed apart a large tree—and by sheer coincidence, that tree flew toward the girl!

"Ah!" The girl turned pale with fright and immediately shut her eyes.

"Cough, cough!" Blood seeped from the corner of Lin Yuan's mouth. Looking at the girl who was about to be struck, only twenty meters away, he wiped his lips, forced himself to remain conscious, and charged down.