Nine-Ten-Thousand-Year Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor!

"Oh, oh~"

Ling Yuan nodded.

If her martial soul had not been the Blazing Fire Spirit Kite, she would probably have long since become a ghost beneath the Blazing Sun Golden Crow's claws!

"By the way, didn't you say you were a student at Blazing Academy? Where are your teacher and classmates?"

"Don't tell me!"

"You came to hunt soul beasts alone!"

Xia Mu led Ling Yuan in a bedraggled flight through the forest. Even as they evaded attacks, he did not forget to question her.

"I already graduated from Blazing Academy."

"To hunt that five-thousand-year Blazing Sun Golden Crow, I spent a fortune hiring a soul-hunting squad!"

"But after this Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor suddenly appeared, the soul-hunting squad scattered and fled."

"Luckily, I ran fast!"

"Otherwise, I would have lost my life too!"

Ling Yuan spoke with lingering fear. She had only just slain the Blazing Golden Bird when this soul beast had suddenly appeared.

It had frightened her into fleeing before she could even absorb the soul ring. No one else could have had such rotten luck.

"If you don't want to die, stay close to me!"

"If you get lost later, I won't be responsible!"

The Dark Gold Bat Wings behind Xia Mu fluttered, and he immediately turned into a streak of light, flying toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Father! Mother!"

"Come out and save us!"

Outside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Xia Mu shouted at the top of his lungs. Moments later, two figures soared into the air.

"Xia Mu!"

"What happened to you?"

Xia Feng and Liu Yuer arrived outside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Seeing Xia Mu's anxious expression, they immediately asked.

"There's no time to explain!"

"That soul beast is already coming after us!"

Xia Mu looked into the distance. Soon, Ling Yuan led the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor to this place!

"This is..."

"A ninety-thousand-year Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor!"

"You brat, you just got back and already provoked this soul beast. You really know how to make trouble for us!"

Xia Feng said as though facing a great enemy.

"Old Xia!"

"We'll join forces in a moment. I'm afraid I can't defeat it alone!"

Seeing this, Liu Yuer spoke coldly.

"Alright!"

Xia Feng gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Seventh Soul Skill—Martial Soul Avatar!"

The two of them unleashed their seventh soul skills at the same time.

For a moment, seven soul rings rose from beneath their feet. Their soul ring configurations were astonishingly similar.

Two yellow, two purple, three black!

The seven soul rings emerged from beneath their feet, spreading outward from the inside. The aura of Soul Sages rapidly spread in every direction.

"Your parents are Soul Sages?"

"You're really lucky!"

Ling Yuan was stunned. As a common-born genius, she did not have such a good background. She had to fight for every cultivation resource herself. Family backing was something far beyond her reach.

"That's right!"

"My parents are indeed Soul Sages!"

"But I also rose from the bottom step by step. My parents were commoners too!"

Hearing this, Xia Mu spoke frankly.

As the saying went, being born poor was not shameful; knowing when to bend and when to stand tall was what made a true man.

This was the road he had traveled. Though it had been covered in thorns, it had witnessed his growth!

"Fourth Soul Skill—Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect!"

With a thought from Liu Yuer, the purple soul ring beneath her feet bloomed with strange light as her fourth soul skill erupted.

"Kill!"

In the sky, countless streams of sword qi gathered, forming crimson divine swords blazing like fire. Carrying terrifying sword intent, they slashed down at the ninety-thousand-year Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor!

"Screech!"

The Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor folded its wings together, transforming into a floating sphere of light as it prepared to withstand Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect.

But it had ultimately underestimated the extraordinary Crimson Sky Sword!

Ten thousand swords launched at once, charging straight at the sphere of light!

The sphere was battered by the endless swords, its radiance steadily dimming until it was finally forcefully shattered by the Crimson Sky Sword!

Before the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor could react, Xia Feng exerted force through his legs, leaving behind a terrifying crater beneath his feet.

Using the recoil, Xia Feng rapidly closed in on the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor and fiercely unleashed his fourth soul skill!

"Fourth Soul Skill—Bull Demon Power Fist!"

With one punch, the force of his fist transformed into powerful qi. The terrifying punch force tore through the air and struck toward the Blazing Sun Golden Crow.

Boom~

With one strike, gods and demons were driven back!

This punch carried thirty years of skill!

"Soul Bone Skill—Sword-Qi River!"

As the saying went: strike while it was sick, take its life!

Liu Yuer decisively activated her soul bone skill as well, and a river of sword qi appeared in the void.

"Screech!"

Sensing danger, the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor gave a light cry and immediately transformed into a streak of fire, vanishing from where it stood.

After activating their Martial Soul Avatars and joining forces, Liu Yuer and Xia Feng could contend against a low-level Soul Douluo!

"Thank you, Seniors, for saving my life!"

With the crisis resolved, Ling Yuan solemnly bowed.

"It was nothing!"

"Help others, help yourself!"

Xia Feng waved his hand and spoke boldly.

"Son!"

"Who is this young lady?"

Liu Yuer looked at Xia Mu and asked.

"This is Ling Yuan from Blazing Academy. She just graduated from an advanced Soul Master Academy and was hunting for her fourth ring!"

"But her luck seemed poor. She picked the wrong target and killed the offspring of the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor!"

"Not only did she fail to get the soul ring, she was chased all over the place by the soul beast. I ran into her on the way."

"If you hadn't driven off the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor just now, the two of us might really have been in danger!"

Xia Mu said with lingering fear.

A rampaging Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor was enough to threaten his life. This was no small matter.

Against other soul beasts, Xia Mu could preserve his life with the Dark Gold Bat Wings. But the Blazing Sun Golden Crow Emperor could fly too, and its flight speed was not slow!

If this continued for long, Xia Mu would surely lose!

"Oh no!"

"My Blazing Golden Bird soul ring!"

Remembering the Blazing Golden Bird's soul ring, Ling Yuan suddenly realized that her fourth ring was still unresolved!

Thinking of this, Ling Yuan once again activated Martial Soul Possession, intending to risk her life and return to absorb that soul ring!

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Isn't it just one soul ring?"

"For that one soul ring, you're actually willing to throw away your life. Is it worth it?"

Xia Mu grabbed Ling Yuan and asked.

"You don't understand!"

"For this soul ring, I spent almost all my savings. I can't afford to lose now!"

"I had planned to join Spirit Hall after absorbing this soul ring and become a purple-robed bishop!"

"But now it has all gone down the drain!"

By this point, Ling Yuan's face was already covered in tears. This soul ring meant too much to her.

Born a commoner, Ling Yuan had possessed exceptional innate talent. She had struggled her way from a junior academy all the way to Blazing Academy, and she had been just about to make it.

After graduating from an advanced Soul Master Academy, Soul Masters could pledge themselves to the two great empires or join Spirit Hall as ordinary purple-robed bishops!

Of course!

They all had to start from the bottom and gradually rise into the upper ranks of the three great powers!

Ling Yuan had often gone to Spirit Hall to collect subsidies while studying, so she had planned to serve Spirit Hall after graduation. She could work and earn money while continuing her cultivation.

But it seemed that heaven did not grant people their wishes!

This failed soul hunt had disrupted all her plans, plunging Ling Yuan into deep despair.