In the Star Dou Great Forest, Qin Qi and the others searched for about half a month before finally finding a suitable Soul Beast.
"That's a Scale-Armored Beast, a top-tier defensive Soul Beast. It's around seven hundred years old."
"It's very suitable as the second Soul Ring for you two, Shi Mo. But there's only one right now. Which of you will absorb this Soul Ring?"
Qin Ming looked at the Soul Beast in the distance, which resembled a lizard but was covered head to toe in armor, and spoke.
"Let my brother go first."
Shi Mo spoke without hesitation.
"I'll go first."
Shi Mo spoke. The brothers had grown up together, and they had encountered situations like this many times.
They had long since worked out a method for handling them.
"Alright. Shi Mo will go up first and draw the first wave of attacks. Then I'll be the main attacker, while Shi Mo provides support."
As Qin Qi looked at the Scale-Armored Beast, information about the Soul Beast surfaced in his mind. The Scale-Armored Beast's attack power was average.
However, its defense was extremely powerful. More than ninety percent of its body was covered in hard armor.
This made its defense terrifying. Among Soul Beasts of the same level, almost none could break through a Scale-Armored Beast's defenses.
"Yes, Boss Qin Qi."
The Shi Mo brothers nodded. During this time, they had not only been searching for suitable Soul Beasts.
They had also constantly practiced in real combat, gradually working out a simple coordination strategy.
"Ahhh!"
Shi Mo shouted and charged straight out, immediately drawing the Scale-Armored Beast's attention.
Startled by the sudden provocation, the Scale-Armored Beast instinctively launched an attack.
Bang!
The Scale-Armored Beast's tail struck Shi Mo's shield, producing a tremendous boom.
"This thing is incredibly strong!"
Veins bulged all over Shi Mo's body, and the ground beneath his feet had already cracked. The force of that tail swipe was truly terrifying!
"Shi Mo!"
The instant Qin Qi spoke, he charged forward as well.
"Got it!"
Shi Mo immediately transformed the defensive turtle shells on his body into attack form. Two turtle shells detached from his body and began spinning at high speed.
They attacked the Scale-Armored Beast from two directions!
The shields collided with the Scale-Armored Beast's armor, actually throwing off metallic sparks!
"This thing's defense is seriously tough!"
Shi Mo licked his lips. This attack had not dealt much damage, but it created an opportunity for Qin Qi to close in!
Qin Qi rushed in front of the Scale-Armored Beast. He remembered that its weak point was its mouth.
But he did not have a weapon Martial Soul. To attack its mouth, he would have to stick his fist inside and hit it, which was impossible.
Since it was impossible, forget it!
"Yura!"
Soul Power gathered around Qin Qi's left fist, and Soul Power began gathering around his right fist as well.
His left fist struck the Scale-Armored Beast with a loud bang, but the Scale-Armored Beast did not die.
"Yura Yura Yura!"
Qin Qi immediately swung his right fist. This was his new killing move, the Yura Fist Technique. This move was complicated and required many techniques.
He had to remember it well: lead with the left fist for high damage, follow with the right fist for high damage. When left and right worked together, it dealt high damage along with even more high damage!
Qin Qi pummeled the Scale-Armored Beast at high speed for a full thirty seconds, using brute force to beat a top-tier defensive Soul Beast half to death.
"Alright, Shi Mo, it's time for you to finish it!"
Qin Qi forcibly pried open the Scale-Armored Beast's mouth. "Aim for its mouth and attack with everything you have!"
"Yes!"
The Shi Mo brothers were both dumbfounded nearby. No Martial Soul, just pure brute force.
That was way too terrifying!
But at Qin Qi's shout, the two immediately snapped out of it, and Shi Mo launched his attack.
He killed the Scale-Armored Beast directly through the weak point in its mouth, and a yellow Soul Ring gradually emerged.
Shi Mo began absorbing the Soul Ring, while Qin Qi and Shi Mo sat nearby and began eating.
"Boss Qin Qi, tell me secretly. Do you have some kind of top-tier strength Martial Soul?"
Shi Mo moved close to Qin Qi and asked quietly.
"No. My Martial Soul is this Little Green Worm that's always by my side."
"You've never seen a Detached Beast Martial Soul before, right? Pretty rare, isn't it? Interesting, isn't it?"
Qin Qi smiled as he ate, taking out dried beef to feed the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu.
Joking was one thing, fooling around was another, but daily cultivation—eating—could not be neglected!
"Little Green Worm? No, Boss Qin Qi, why didn't you give your Martial Soul a cooler name?"
"Something like Azure Dragon Martial Soul, or Azure Silkworm or something."
Shi Mo looked at the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu as it ate. He truly had never seen such a special Martial Soul.
He really was curious, but compared to the Martial Soul, he cared more about that name. Little Green Worm was quite the serious name.
"That would be boring. Just think about it, when a great battle comes someday."
"You'll have a Black Tortoise Turtle, they'll have an Evil-Eyed White Tiger, we'll have a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and the enemy will have a phoenix."
"Then I step forward and shout, 'Little Green Worm!' Whose way do you think everyone will be looking, yours or mine?"
Qin Qi spoke with a grin as he ate.
Pfft!
Shi Mo, who was absorbing the Soul Ring nearby, could not help laughing when he heard Qin Qi's words. His Soul Power fluctuated, and he nearly suffered a backlash.
But he forcibly held it down, afraid people would later say he had gone to hell because of a hell joke.
Then he would become the next hell joke.
Hahahaha!
Shi Mo shared his brother's sense of humor. He was already clutching his stomach and rolling around on the ground.
Sigh.
Qin Ming wanted to laugh when he heard that, but he also felt helpless. To preserve his dignity as a teacher, he could only cover his face and laugh in secret.
Just as the four were talking, a Soul Beast suddenly charged toward them. The joking group immediately grew tense.
"It's a Scale-Armored Beast, and a mutated Four-Eyed Scale-Armored Beast at that!"
"It's probably the mate or something of the Scale-Armored Beast we killed. It's also around eight hundred years old."
"You brothers really are lucky."
Qin Ming had high Soul Power and sharp eyesight. He instantly identified the incoming Soul Beast and spoke.
"That's great."
Shi Mo clenched his fists. If they could obtain their Soul Rings sooner, they could leave this miserable place sooner.
Honestly, after camping out in the forest for so long, he could not take it anymore!
While Shi Mo was talking nonsense, Qin Qi had already begun charging up. When the Four-Eyed Scale-Armored Beast rushed over—
He hit it with an instant burst, knocking the Four-Eyed Scale-Armored Beast flat with a single punch.
After receiving guidance from the three instructors, the power of his Charged Punch was now roughly close to Rank 40.
Its only drawback was that the charging time was too long, making it easy to interrupt in actual combat.
"Alright, Shi Mo, make your move!"
Qin Qi spoke.
"Alright!"
Shi Mo prepared to attack, already pulling out his turtle shells.
"Stop!"
Two old men rushed out from behind the Four-Eyed Scale-Armored Beast with two youths in tow, looking aggressive.
"This is our Soul Beast. Put it down!"
The four immediately used Martial Soul Possession and shouted loudly.
"Power Ape Martial Soul, Plate-Armored Giant Rhinoceros Martial Soul. They're from the Four Great Clans."
Qin Qi recognized the Martial Souls of the four at a glance: the ultimate defensive Plate-Armored Giant Rhinoceros Martial Soul and the ultimate strength Power Ape Martial Soul.
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