Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?! Thunderclap Demon Wolf!

Star Dou Great Forest.

Night blanketed the boundless ancient forest, where towering trees pierced the clouds.

Ling Yuan led Long Tian swiftly through the woods, her red skirt fluttering loudly in the wind.

Although a Titled Douluo expert had restrained her pressure, the invisible aura she gave off still sent the weaker Soul Beasts in the forest fleeing.

The trees sped backward on either side.

The breeze brushed against their faces, carrying waves of coolness.

Ling Yuan stopped before an enormous ancient tree.

Her flowing red gown clung tightly to her lush, full figure in the night wind.

Revealing those breathtaking, perfect curves.

Without reserve.

Through the slit in her skirt, a pair of long, straight legs gleamed pale and lustrous beneath the moonlight, radiating the endless allure unique to a mature woman.

Long Tian stopped beside her.

Ling Yuan turned around, her captivating eyes settling on Long Tian's handsome face.

"Once you obtain this Soul Ring, what do you plan to do next?"

Confused, Long Tian looked at the stunningly beautiful woman before him.

"Master, since you have already taken me as your disciple, I will naturally follow you."

Ling Yuan shook her head slightly, a complicated emotion surfacing on her gorgeous face.

"I am an elder of Spirit Hall. By the rules, I should bring you into the Hall."

"But I do not want you to develop within Spirit Hall right now."

Long Tian was greatly surprised and asked,

"Why?"

Ling Yuan's expression became extremely solemn. The night breeze stirred her red dress, making her seem even more noble and beautiful.

"Because... I want to raise you as my own successor."

"You are the most gifted child I have ever seen. I will devote everything I have to nurturing you."

"But if you enter Spirit Hall now, you will inevitably become part of its core in the future."

"The waters there run too deep, and the various factions are intricately entangled. I do not want you to become a tool in their power struggles."

Ling Yuan stepped closer, the delicate fragrance of a mature woman washing over him.

Her dazzlingly fair legs beneath the red dress crossed slightly, while her full chest rose and fell with her breathing.

Long Tian understood the deeper meaning behind Ling Yuan's words.

She wanted to cultivate him as her own private power rather than hand him directly over to Spirit Hall.

Long Tian knew.

Within Spirit Hall, Pope Hall and Worship Hall were currently locked in a rivalry.

As an elder, Ling Yuan naturally needed to cultivate her own faction.

And he possessed the Rainbow True Dragon Inheritance.

Following Ling Yuan.

Was indeed far safer than getting directly caught in Spirit Hall's vortex of power.

Ling Yuan stared at Long Tian with her beautiful eyes, her expression incomparably serious.

"Now, I am giving you a choice."

"Will you choose me, or Spirit Hall?"

Long Tian barely needed to think. He stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Since this disciple has acknowledged a master, then for the rest of my life, I will recognize only Master."

"No matter when or where, Long Tian will obey only Master's commands."

After hearing this, delight blossomed across Ling Yuan's gorgeous face, and the tenderness in her eyes nearly overflowed.

"Good. My efforts were not wasted after all."

"Since that is the case, you can first choose an advanced Soul Master Academy to join and gain experience outside."

"When you have truly grown strong enough to stand on your own, I will bring you back to Spirit Hall and seize the position that belongs to you."

Long Tian nodded, thoroughly agreeing with this arrangement.

"I will follow Master's arrangements in all things."

Ling Yuan raised a jade-like hand and lightly patted Long Tian's shoulder.

"Come. Let's settle your third Soul Ring first."

The two continued searching through Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Beast.

Suddenly.

A violent disturbance came from deep within the distant forest.

The ground began to tremble violently, and countless birds flew into the night sky in terror.

A deafening, savage beast roar echoed through heaven and earth, its violent energy fluctuations reaching even here.

Long Tian's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked toward the source of the disturbance.

"Master, something is happening over there."

Ling Yuan also sensed the rather powerful Soul Power fluctuation.

"Let's go take a look. There may be a Soul Beast suitable for you."

After passing through a dense thicket, a wide clearing appeared before them.

Long Tian immediately spotted a gigantic, terrifying Soul Beast.

The Soul Beast was covered in hard white scales and resembled an enormous vicious wolf.

Savage blue lightning flickered across its forehead. With its fangs bared, it looked majestic and ferocious.

Ling Yuan narrowed her beautiful eyes and recognized the Soul Beast at once.

"This is a Thunderclap Demon Wolf."

"Judging by its size and the purity of its lightning, its cultivation is definitely no less than ten thousand years."

At that moment.

The Thunderclap Demon Wolf was swinging its massive claws, frantically attacking a figure ahead of it.

Long Tian followed the direction of the descending claws and discovered that the target was a young woman.

She had long aqua-blue hair that shimmered like a rippling lake beneath the moonlight.

Her blue eyes were clear and lovely, though they were currently filled with grave tension.

Beneath her form-fitting blue short dress, her long, straight legs looked fair and supple, while her curvaceous, full figure possessed an exceptional beauty.

That pure, fair beauty stood out all the more on this extraordinarily dangerous battlefield, making it impossible to look away.

As Long Tian studied her appearance, a trace of familiarity rose in his heart.

A flash of insight struck his mind, and he immediately thought of a name.

"Could she be Shui Bing'er from Skywater Academy?"

On the battlefield.

More than half of Shui Bing'er's Soul Power had already been depleted, and her face was pale.

The Thunderclap Demon Wolf let out another savage howl, its claw carrying immense lightning as it slammed down fiercely.

Shui Bing'er stumbled, and it was clear she could no longer avoid this fatal strike.

Seeing this, the Rainbow Dragon Soul Power within Long Tian instantly boiled over.

Without the slightest hesitation, Long Tian stomped fiercely, shooting forward like a streak of nine-colored lightning.

Shui Bing'er darted through the forest.

Her blue short skirt rose and fell with her movements, revealing a pair of fair, toned legs.

Moonlight spilled over her skin, giving it a lustrous sheen.

At this moment, the ten-thousand-year Thunderclap Demon Wolf pursued relentlessly behind her.

Every step of its massive body caused the ground to shake violently.

The lightning horn on the demon wolf's forehead blazed brightly, and violent blue lightning ravaged the forest.

Ancient trees thick enough for several people to encircle were struck by lightning and instantly turned into charcoal.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl grazed the woman's shoulder as it struck down.

The hard ground was instantly blasted into a scorched crater, with shattered stones flying in every direction.

Shui Bing'er was knocked off balance by the aftershock and nearly fell.

"Whew..."

She took a deep breath, her full chest heaving violently.

She had only come to temper her Soul Power. Who could have expected her luck to be this terrible, encountering a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast on the outskirts of the forest?

"ROAR!!!"

The demon wolf let out another savage howl.

Its enormous claw, wrapped in lightning, slammed viciously toward Shui Bing'er's back.

The Soul Power within Shui Bing'er was nearly exhausted, and her movements had grown sluggish.

There was no avoiding it.

The lightning struck her squarely in the back.