"Xu Yue, you..."
Gu Yue instinctively wanted to ask about Xu Yue's draconic transformation, but the words stopped at her lips.
"...Are you alright?"
"Do I look like I'm hurt?" Xu Yue said with a smile, showing Gu Yue that he was completely uninjured.
However, Gu Yue could not help frowning at his response. She slapped him lightly and reproached him, "That was a Darkgolden Dreadclaw. No matter how confident you are, you shouldn't let your guard down."
"Alright!" Xu Yue nodded. "I definitely will next time!"
Only then did Gu Yue nod in satisfaction. "Your soul rings are still a little short. With the spiritual energy left behind by the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear, it should be enough. I'll keep watch for you!"
Xu Yue nodded slightly, sat beside the spiritual energy left behind by the Darkgolden Dreadclaw Bear, and closed his eyes to begin absorbing it.
Seeing Xu Yue begin to assimilate it, Gu Yue raised a stone stool with a wave of her hand and sat beside him, quietly watching.
Her dark eyes flickered, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Even the endless beast roars echoing from deep within the forest seemed unable to affect the girl before him.
Very soon, as Xu Yue absorbed that mass of spiritual energy, the three purplish-black soul rings circling his body began undergoing an intense transformation.
The dense purple light was swallowed by black radiance, vanishing bit by bit.
After only a few breaths, the purple that represented thousand-year soul rings disappeared completely, leaving behind only three pale-black ten-thousand-year soul rings floating around him.
At the same time, a streak of dark golden light flashed across Xu Yue's right hand before sinking beneath his flesh.
The instant his aura settled, Xu Yue opened his eyes, and a sharp gleam