Void Mantis Beast

"Don't rush. We're not the only ones who have set our sights on this Void Mantis Beast."

Du Busi pressed down Ye Ling, who was about to leap down from the tree, and reminded him in a low voice.

Ye Ling's face showed sudden understanding, and he hurriedly looked toward the field.

Relying on its constant spatial flickers, the Void Mantis Beast kept evading. Although the two four-ring Soul Ancestors attacked fiercely, they still had no way to inflict fatal damage on it.

However, the two Soul Ancestors had excellent teamwork. Under their relentless entanglement, it was also extremely difficult for the Void Mantis Beast to escape.

The two men and one beast fought on for a long while. Though the Void Mantis Beast was strong, it ultimately lacked endurance and gradually began to fall into a disadvantage.

"Boom!"

With a muffled crash, the Void Mantis Beast failed to dodge in time and was struck in the abdomen by one of the Soul Masters, immediately flying backward.

After smashing through several large trees, it collapsed to the ground, its fate unknown.

"Big brother, that really wasn't easy."

One of the Soul Masters wiped the blood from his face. Though his expression was exhausted, his tone carried a trace of joy.

"Not bad. This Void Mantis Beast killed so many of our people. If it weren't valuable enough, we would have taken a huge loss this time."

A flash of greed passed through the slightly older Soul Ancestor's eyes.

They were Soul Hunters who hunted Spirit Beasts, specializing in commissions to kill Spirit Beasts.

As long as the money was right, they could even stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for several years searching for a particular Spirit Beast.

"All right, go see whether that Void Mantis Beast is dead. If it isn't, finish it off."

The older Soul Master gave his companion an order.

"Got it."

The slightly younger Soul Ancestor answered, then walked toward the fallen Void Mantis Beast.

In the next instant, a sudden change occurred.

Several thick vines abruptly rose from underground.

Caught completely off guard, the two four-ring Soul Ancestors were both crushed to pieces by the vines that shot into the sky.

"What ruthless methods."

Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He had now truly felt, in the most direct way, how sinister the Star Dou Great Forest was.

"A Void Mantis Beast. How could such a rare Spirit Beast fall into the hands of these lowly commoners?"

The vines filling the sky dissipated, and two figures walked out from the grass to the side.

Walking in front was a middle-aged man. Beneath his feet flickered six spirit rings—two yellow, three purple, and one black. Presumably, he was the one who had acted just now.

As for the one beside him, he was a young man who looked to be in his twenties, his face revealing an innate arrogance and noble air.

"Young Master, please hurry and kill that Void Mantis Beast. Absorb the spirit ring as soon as possible. I will protect you here."

The middle-aged man looked around. For some reason, there was always a faint sense of crisis in his heart, as though something had locked onto him.

"Good."

The young man nodded casually, then walked toward the Void Mantis Beast.

"Heh, my luck really isn't bad today. I can even pick up a Void Mantis Beast halfway through."

A somewhat teasing voice clearly entered both their ears.

Before they could react, Ye Ling and Du Busi's figures had already appeared in front of the Void Mantis Beast.

"Kill this Spirit Beast. This Void Mantis Beast fully meets your requirements, Young Master."

Du Busi stood with both hands clasped behind his back, looking every bit like an expert.

"Mm."

Ye Ling nodded. Without hesitation, he took out a dagger and chopped directly at the Void Mantis Beast's neck.

Green blood spurted from the Void Mantis Beast's neck. The Void Mantis Beast struggled twice, then went still.

At the same time, a purple spirit ring rose from its corpse.

Seeing the two before him kill the Void Mantis Beast he had reserved as if no one else were present, the young man's face turned terrifyingly dark.

"Do you know who I am? You dare steal the Spirit Beast I set my sights on!"

"I am Aldo, prince of the Balak Kingdom!"

Du Busi and Ye Ling still paid him no attention. They did not even look at him.

As the crown prince of the Balak Kingdom, everyone Aldo had met since childhood had treated him with the utmost respect. When had anyone ever dared to ignore him like this?

"Enshriner Zhao, kill them!"

Aldo pointed at Ye Ling and Du Busi and shouted angrily.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The Six-Ring Soul Master he called Enshriner Zhao answered.

Immediately, countless vines surged toward Ye Ling and Du Busi, blotting out the sky.

"Hmph!"

Du Busi snorted coldly, though no movement from him could be seen.

Yet the moment those vines came within three meters of the two of them, they immediately turned to ash.

Enshriner Zhao's face instantly turned pale.

Without even releasing his martial soul, the man could make his vines dissipate. This strength was far beyond anything he could contend with.

"Old Poison, did you hear that? He wants to kill the two of us."

Ye Ling was not in a hurry to absorb the spirit ring either. He merely nudged Du Busi with his elbow and spoke with some teasing in his voice.

"What do you think the two of us should do?"

"What else can we do? In my opinion, kill them!"

Du Busi sneered twice. Beneath his feet, nine spirit rings emerged one after another—two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red.

"Ti... Ti... Titled Douluo!"

Aldo's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

A Titled Douluo was one thing.

But a Titled Douluo with Three 100,000-Year Spirit Rings—forget seeing one, he had never even heard of one.

For this kind of Titled Douluo with Three 100,000-Year Spirit Rings, even destroying their Barak Duchy would not be difficult at all.

And just now, he had actually dared to clamor about killing these two people?

At that thought, cold sweat could not stop pouring down Aldo's back.

Even the six-ring Enshriner Zhao was forced to his knees under this overwhelming Titled Douluo pressure.

"Senior... my lord... Your Excellency, spare my life!"

Aldo knelt on the ground. His head actually knocked against the soft mud with "thud, thud" sounds.

"Spare your life? Weren't you acting pretty high and mighty when you were killing people just now?"

Ye Ling looked at Aldo, who was kneeling on the ground, with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"I... I was helping you kill those Soul Hunters who didn't know what was good for them."

"I couldn't let the blood of those lowly people dirty your hands."

Aldo said, showing a fair bit of quick wit.

"Well said!"

Ye Ling clapped his hands.

"You know how to read the situation so well. I ought to reward you."

"I'll reward you with death."

Aldo suddenly raised his head.

Only, before he could clearly see the scene before him, he felt a violent pain tear through his body, and then he lost consciousness.

"Spirit Hall and these nobles are all birds of a feather."

Ye Ling looked at the two people who had turned into blood mist and sighed.

"Things like this are commonplace even Ten Thousand Years Later, let alone in this era."

Du Busi shrugged, his expression not changing much.

"Forget it. One step at a time."

Ye Ling shook his head and no longer thought about these matters. He sat down cross-legged right where he was.

"Old Poison, I'm going to absorb this spirit ring. Please protect me."