Six-Winged Frost Centipede

With a subdragon-type Soul Beast like the Fire Glass Vine Serpent, who needed a Datura Snake?

Ao Yin pushed [Mist Step] to its limit, frantically weaving through twists and turns along the green arrow as he sped toward the heart of the Soul Hunting Forest.

"Damn it! Didn't Yu Xiaogang say Datura Snakes had very limited patience? Looks like that was another load of nonsense he made up!"

This was already the heart of the Soul Hunting Forest, yet when Ao Yin looked back, the Datura Snake was still relentlessly pursuing him!

"I need to find a way to shake this thing off!"

Besides the green arrow's guidance, a map of the Soul Hunting Forest had appeared in Ao Yin's mind. A small red dot was flashing continuously on it!

Several triangular markers with exclamation marks also surrounded the red dot!

The red dot marked the location of the Fire Glass Vine Serpent, while the areas marked by triangles were presumably danger zones!

If Ao Yin followed the green arrow, he could avoid every danger zone and head straight for the red dot.

"Little snake, who do you think got you here safely?" Ao Yin glanced at the Datura Snake behind him and snorted coldly.

The next second, he abruptly turned.

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"Pretty smart, huh?"

Ao Yin raised an eyebrow slightly, but ignored it completely and led the Datura Snake straight into the nearest danger zone marked by a triangle!

Rustle!

The moment he stepped into the danger zone, strange rustling sounds came from the surrounding canopy. The crown of a towering tree nearby shook wildly!

Buzz-hiss—whoosh!

A high-frequency vibration rang through the air. Even the Datura Snake behind him slammed to a stop, seemingly sensing a trace of danger as well.

Buzz—swish!

A sound tore through the air, and the temperature instantly dropped several degrees.

Ao Yin could not help looking up. Above the canopy hovered a massive snow-white insect nearly ninety feet long, its body covered in jade-like armor. Six cicada wings beat as frost drifted from them, crimson vertical pupils swept across the area, and a pair of icy fangs gleamed with cold light.

"What is that?"

"A six-hundred-year-old Six-Winged Frost Centipede!!"

Ao Yin swallowed. No wonder this place had been marked as a danger zone. This snow-white giant insect was a Six-Winged Frost Centipede that had lived for six hundred years, and this was its territory!

"Hehe, little snakey, have fun playing with it! I'm not sticking around!"

Ao Yin pushed [Mist Step] to its limit and quietly headed toward the newly planned safe route.

The Datura Snake tried to chase after him, but the Six-Winged Frost Centipede blocked its path!

Hiss—!

The Six-Winged Frost Centipede let out a piercing shriek that tore through the sky, blasting a vast wave of bone-chilling frost toward the Datura Snake.

Boom—!

The Datura Snake and the Six-Winged Frost Centipede immediately erupted into a fierce clash, its shockwaves spreading outward.

"There!"

Tang San heard the commotion, and excitement filled his face.

It was nearby. It seemed Ao Yin really had been caught by the Datura Snake and was now locked in battle!

"Teacher, let's hurry over!"

Yu Xiaogang's heart jolted.

What powerful battle fluctuations!

He did not dare delay. His speed suddenly increased.

In moments, Yu Xiaogang hurried to the scene with Tang San.

Hiss—!

A piercing snake cry suddenly exploded.

Before the two could react, a blood-soaked Datura Snake came charging toward them like a mad beast!

Its eyes were filled with violence, its huge jaws wide open as it hissed madly in warning at the path ahead.

The direction it had locked onto was none other than Yu Xiaogang and Tang San!

Tang San's expression tightened as he exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher, it's that Datura Snake from before! It's seriously injured!"

"Move!"

Yu Xiaogang instantly sensed the danger and shouted sharply!

At that moment, the wind roared overhead!

A snow-white giant insect nearly ninety feet long broke through the air with beating wings, charging after the Datura Snake!

"A four-hundred-and-twenty-two-year-old Datura Snake! A six-hundred-and-fifty-four-year-old Six-Winged Frost Centipede!!"

Yu Xiaogang's pupils contracted sharply.

As Tang San stared at the two enormous Soul Beasts charging at them, an overwhelming sense of pressure surged through his heart.

Lacking confidence, he asked quietly, "Master, can we... still beat them?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression was grave. This sudden situation had completely exceeded his expectations.

Beside him, Luo Sanpao showed no fear. Facing the two vicious Soul Beasts, it bared its teeth and growled low, standing its ground in a tense standoff.

Tang San's gaze sharpened as he swept his eyes over the two Soul Beasts. Their bodies were covered in wounds and splits, a horrifying sight.

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath. He had noticed it too. Two black, savage fang marks had been left on the Six-Winged Frost Centipede's neck—it had been bitten by the Datura Snake.

Meanwhile, the Datura Snake's body was covered in countless bloody wounds torn open by ice spikes. Flesh was exposed, black-red scabs mixed with white frost, and its injuries were severe.

"Little San, run!!"

Yu Xiaogang made his decision immediately. If it had only been an injured Datura Snake, he would certainly have helped Little San kill it and obtain its Soul Ring.

But there was also a Six-Winged Frost Centipede here. Even injured, it would be extremely difficult to handle.

"Run?"

"Teacher, I don't want to miss such a perfect opportunity!"

Tang San flatly rejected Yu Xiaogang's idea. In his view, both Soul Beasts were badly wounded. If they did not make their move now, when would they?

"Teacher, help me hold off that Six-Winged Frost Centipede. This Datura Snake... I will kill it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang San rushed forward.

Yu Xiaogang's scalp tingled. "Little San's movement technique? Is that a combat skill too?"

Elsewhere, deep within the Soul Hunting Forest.

Ao Yin frowned slightly.

With the Six-Winged Frost Centipede holding it back, he had successfully shaken off the Datura Snake that had been pestering him.

He traveled without obstruction and smoothly reached the heart of the Soul Hunting Forest.

The target he sought, the subdragon-type Soul Beast—the Fire Glass Vine Serpent—was not far ahead.

But strangely, despite the fierce commotion from the battle earlier, the Fire Glass Vine Serpent ahead had remained utterly motionless from beginning to end.

More precisely, it seemed that ever since he had entered this area, the Fire Glass Vine Serpent had not moved even an inch!

Ao Yin's gaze darkened, and he stopped overthinking it.

"No matter what's going on, Fire Glass Vine Serpent, here I come!"

His body flashed as he used Mist Step, leaping and weaving through the trees.

His movements were light and swift as he shot straight toward the target location.

The red dot in his mind was right ahead.

"It hasn't moved at all... Could something have happened?"

Ao Yin muttered softly, several doubts arising in his heart.

The Fire Glass Vine Serpent was a subdragon-type Soul Beast, naturally possessing formidable combat strength.

If it was more than a thousand years old, then with his current strength, he would have no chance against it and could only turn and flee.

"It'd better be a young one with a low cultivation age!"

"It doesn't matter if its cultivation age is low. I can slowly raise it through sign-in rewards!"

Ao Yin's heart was full of anticipation.

Fifty meters ahead was the exact location marked by the red dot!

Ao Yin stopped abruptly, landing steadily on a thick branch as he crouched and looked down.

"Strange. The red dot is clearly here, so why can't I see any sign of a Soul Beast?"

He was filled with confusion.

The vegetation here was dense, but it could not possibly conceal a Fire Glass Vine Serpent of such enormous size.

"I'll go down and investigate up close!"

Ao Yin leaped down from the branch and landed amid the dense forest and tall grass covering the ground.

Vegetation filled the woods, all of it taller than he was.

Stepping over thick layers of dead branches and rotten leaves, he softened his footsteps and carefully searched all around.

But when he reached the exact position where the red dot overlapped, the area around him was completely empty.

As far as he could see, there was only dense vegetation, without the slightest trace of a Soul Beast.

At the same time, the green arrow guiding him in his mind began spinning wildly, like a malfunctioning compass.

Ao Yin furrowed his brow and crouched down to inspect the ground closely.

A moment later, he discovered that the soil beneath his feet had caved in, with an opening tightly concealed beneath vines and weeds.

His eyes instantly lit up. He reached out and pushed aside the layers of vegetation blocking it.

A hidden, pitch-black cave entrance appeared before his eyes!

"A burrow? No wonder the arrow was spinning around. So the Fire Glass Vine Serpent is hiding below?"