Treasure, Ah, Treasure!

Suddenly, Zhu Zhuqing felt a surge of Soul Power Fluctuation from Zhu Zhuyun beside her, and delight spread across her face. "Sister, you broke through!"

"Mm. Level thirty-eight now. All the Soul Fighting over this period has refined my soul power a lot. I actually stayed immersed in cultivation for so long this time, and just now I broke through my limit!"

Zhu Zhuyun was just as overjoyed.

Her cultivation speed was already the fastest among her peers in the clan.

Now she had risen another level.

A strange light flashed in her eyes. Dai Weisi is one year older than me, and his Soul Power Level is thirty-nine.

At this cultivation speed, I'll surpass him very soon.

With Zhu Zhuyun's breakthrough, a massive wave of soul power appeared throughout her body, and the Pill Bead also took the chance to absorb a portion of it.

It made the energy inside this Pill Bead surpass that of the other three Pill Beads.

But how could the miraculous nature of the Pill Beads stop there?

The Four Pill Beads rotated gently, as if breaking through the limits of space.

The energy between the Pill Beads regained its balance once more.

A portion of the energy from the Pill Bead inside Zhu Zhuyun's body actually split off and flowed into the other three Pill Beads.

Dugu Feng was stunned.

Back when he had two Pill Beads, the energy of the two Pill Beads had always advanced and risen at the same time.

At the time, the two Pill Beads had been very close together, even inside his body most of the time.

But this time there were four Pill Beads, separated by some distance.

And they could still do it.

"Treasure, ah, treasure!"

Dugu Feng's eyes were very bright in the dark night.

This really was a treasure!

Evolve. Hurry up and evolve. I want more Pill Beads.

Dugu Feng shouted inwardly, then began his training journey northward.

All the way north.

They passed through the densely populated Lima Plain, where cities clustered together and good farmland and houses could be seen everywhere.

The farther north they went, the more they entered hilly terrain, and signs of human habitation gradually grew sparse.

Until they crossed a great mountain.

The weather suddenly turned cold, and the vegetation completely changed from tall, lush trees into low-growing woods.

"I haven't seen a single person in three days!" Dugu Feng sighed. They had entered an uninhabited region.

"Young Master, your training is about to truly begin!"

Old Scorpion said from the side.

Dugu Feng looked at the terrain, which was like the Great Plains. Occasionally, on a low tree, some unknown birds and beasts kept crying out.

"This place is very dangerous. Young Master had best use Martial Soul Possession. From here on, I'll protect Young Master from the shadows. Unless Young Master encounters mortal danger, I won't make a move!"

Old Scorpion revealed a strange smile, then Flashed and Disappeared, vanishing from sight.

Dugu Feng felt very odd. This place was very dangerous?

Did the danger come from people or from Soul Beasts?

He believed Old Scorpion would not speak nonsense.

Dugu Feng immediately entered Martial Soul Possession and warily surveyed his surroundings.

Snakes?

Rabbits!

Wolves!

All kinds of animals on the grassland were within Dugu Feng's perception.

There were also some Soul Beasts.

It seemed the danger came from Soul Beasts.

Dugu Feng slowly moved forward.

He kept hunting these animals and storing them in his Soul Tool.

Right up until dusk drew near, Dugu Feng still had not encountered any danger.

The more it was like this, the more it meant danger was close.

Instead, he became even more vigilant.

"Screech!"

A bird's cry made Dugu Feng look up, and he saw a huge bird diving straight down.

His eyes instantly widened.

"Serpent King Vulture—so the danger Old Scorpion mentioned was a Serpent King Vulture!"

He was a little dumbfounded. Out on the grassland, there was nowhere to hide. A Serpent King Vulture's eyes were comparable to his own after eating Serpent Gall for so long; it could clearly see a Little Snake on the ground several kilometers away.

The Burn King Vulture was a large carnivorous Soul Beast of the grasslands, extremely aggressive, and famed for its fondness for eating serpent kings.

Of course, if it ran into people, it ate them too.

This Serpent King Vulture's wings were about three meters long; it was more or less a three-thousand-year Soul Beast.

And Serpent King Vultures were the bane of snakes, loving Eat Serpent Meat most of all. Had it mistaken him for a snake?

Damn it, you want to eat me?

As Dugu Feng looked up, he had already seen the Serpent King Vulture's distinctive long legs.

He remembered this type of Soul Beast. Soul Masters jokingly said that below the neck, it was all legs.

Its legs were covered in brown Scales, like armor, protecting those long legs airtight.

Under the stimulation of the violent air currents, every hair on Dugu Feng's body stood on end, and his body went taut.

In that split second, Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers had already shot out.

Its target was the Serpent King Vulture's eyes.

At that moment, he had launched his counterattack almost purely on instinct.

Using Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers countless times every day had already made Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers faster than even a Self-Created Soul Skill.

At its fastest, a Jade Phosphorous Serpent could spray Poisonous Liquid from its fangs in one-sixth of a blink.

And as the bane of snakes, the Serpent King Vulture would only be faster.

Its three-meter-long wings barely moved, yet its whole body suddenly sped up by a fraction.

It perfectly dodged Dugu Feng's first round of Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers.

Dugu Feng's attack, of course, could not possibly consist of only that one round.

Another twelve streaks followed in succession, and he shifted his body backward, continuing to pull open a little more distance.

At last, the Serpent King Vulture landed on the ground.

"Screech!"

The Serpent King Vulture cried fiercely, beginning its large-scale showboating moment.

Amid Dugu Feng's Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers attacks, the five sharp talons at the ends of the Serpent King Vulture's two long legs gave off a deep, cold gleam.

Its whole body moved as if performing Lingbo Microsteps, constantly dodging Dugu Feng's attacks, then swiftly closing in on him.

As expected of the bane of snakes. With footwork like that, what snake could escape being trampled and torn apart by its claws?

As Dugu Feng cursed inwardly, the Little Finger of each hand released a heaven-shaking burst of Soul Power.

The Soul Power he released was very strange. Before it reached the Serpent King Vulture, the two streams of Soul Power suddenly collided together.

They instantly exploded in the path of the advancing Serpent King Vulture.

At the same time, two dark-green figures as fast as sharp swords suddenly pounced out, biting toward the Serpent King Vulture through the exploding Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.

He, Dugu Feng, had helpers.

The Nine-Section Emerald snakes were very small, but astonishingly fast. Their bodies were as tough as steel and hard for sharp blades to injure, and they had now already grown into Soul Beasts of over two thousand years.

At this moment, under the cover of Dugu Feng's Poison Fog, they actually slipped straight into the Serpent King Vulture's two wings.

Dugu Feng was instantly overjoyed. His First Soul Ring flashed, and a cloud of purple mist suddenly sprayed out.

In an instant, it enveloped an area of several dozen meters around them.

His timing in using Jade Phosphor Purple Poison was perfect. The Poison Fog stirred up by the collision of Soul Power from his little fingers had already forced the Serpent King Vulture to stop abruptly.

Used to dealing with venomous snakes, it only felt that this snake-like being before it had terribly strong Poison Fog.

It exerted force with both claws, its body light, wanting to dodge away.

But just then, the Nine-Section Emeralds bit viciously into its wings, causing the Serpent King Vulture's body to jerk to a halt.

Immediately after, Dugu Feng's First Soul Jade Phosphor Purple Poison completely covered it.

At this point, if he still let it run, Dugu Feng might as well find a block of tofu and smash himself to death on it.

Under the dual effects of the Nine-Section Emeralds' toxins and Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, the enormous Serpent King Vulture toppled headfirst to the ground and lost consciousness.

Seeing this, Dugu Feng hurriedly controlled the poison inside the Serpent King Vulture's body. This was very good food; he could not waste it.

Dugu Feng slowly approached the Serpent King Vulture.

Its three-meter-long wings lay spread across the ground, and its eyes were vacant, though it was not yet completely dead.

The Serpent King Vulture probably never imagined it would die at the hands of its natural enemy.

"Heh, heh. Tonight, I can make some Roasted Vulture Wings!"

He stretched out both hands, and Nine-Section Emerald returned from amid Serpent King's dense feathers to his wrist.

Nine-Section Emerald's crimson eyes were extremely lively, as if it were showing off the credit it had earned.

He thought back to the battle just now. The turning point had been when the Soul Power in the two Little Fingers of the Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers collided with each other, creating a small area of Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.

He had also used this move when fighting Hei Tian.

The distance and speed at which the Twelve Meridians circulated through the body were completely different.

As a result, the Finger Force that shot out each had its own traits.

The Soul Power that shot out from the Little Fingers came and went unpredictably, full of endless variation.

As for the Thumbs and Middle Fingers, they seemed broad and forceful, with a world-shaking momentum.

Dugu Feng felt as though he understood.

His Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers soul skill was about to grow further.

This was related to his actual combat ability.

Thinking of this, he used the Jade Phosphor Twelve Fingers several more times according to his own ideas.

Sure enough, the effects were completely different.

Old Scorpion, hidden in the shadows, was already shocked. He had originally thought this three-thousand-year Soul Beast would bring Dugu Feng some danger.

In the end, it had been dealt with so easily.

Moreover, judging from Dugu Feng's Soul Fighting in Suotuo City and this battle, Dugu Feng's Second Stage of using Jade Phosphor Purple Poison was already very mature.

Two fingers releasing it, swift as a sharp sword—this was the most basic level.

After that, each finger's Finger Force had its own traits. Using them flexibly, with divine mastery, was the strongest improvement to actual combat ability.

Young Master had actually already understood it.

Young Master was such a genius that he left him no room to play any role. Old Scorpion sighed, utterly speechless.