Hunting a Six-Hundred-Year Golden-Scaled Armored Beast!

"Dad, Mom!"

"This is the accompanying Primordial Stake Art!"

"It can help absorb the medicinal effects of the whale gelatin. Combined with a medicinal bath, it can greatly strengthen your bodies!"

"You can try it yourselves in a moment!"

"But ten-thousand-year whale gelatin isn't so easy to absorb. You'll probably have to suffer a little this time!"

After passing down the stake art, Xia Mu finally headed out.

"Afraid? What's there to be afraid of?"

"If worst comes to worst, you've still got me!"

Xia Feng patted his chest and spoke to Liu Yuer.

"Have some shame!"

"The child hasn't even gone far yet!"

Liu Yuer rolled her eyes. To be honest, both of them were looking forward to absorbing the ten-thousand-year whale gelatin.

A night later, the first rays of morning light rose!

"Refreshing!"

"This ten-thousand-year whale gelatin really packs a punch!"

Xia Feng stretched his muscles and bones. After being tempered by the ten-thousand-year whale gelatin, he had advanced to the rank of quasi-Great Soul Master.

That's right, Xia Feng had broken through level twenty!

Liu Yuer gained the most. With the help of the ten-thousand-year whale gelatin, she had broken through to level thirty this time.

"Looks like we'll have to hunt soul beasts ourselves this time. But... that doesn't seem very safe!"

Liu Yuer had broken through to Soul Elder and needed to hunt a thousand-year soul beast. That was quite a thorny problem!

Their family was now completely out of money.

Even if they wanted to ask someone for help, they could not offer any payment.

"First, we'll hunt your first soul ring, Mu'er. Then we'll hunt my second soul ring. Once all that's done, we'll join forces to hunt your third soul ring!"

Xia Feng patted Liu Yuer's shoulder. With two Soul Masters working together to hunt soul beasts, they could contribute a little more strength.

"Dad, Mom!"

"What soul beasts are you planning to hunt?"

Xia Mu looked at the two of them and asked quietly.

"I already have a target in mind for my second soul ring: a seven-hundred-year Mighty Gorilla!"

"There's a Mighty Gorilla tribe in the Gold-Iron Mountains. As long as we catch one alone, we'll definitely succeed!"

Xia Feng spoke up. He had long since picked out his desired target and had only been waiting to go hunting.

"I'll take a look when the time comes!"

"If I find one that suits me, that would be best!"

"If not, I'll go to the Sword Bamboo Forest. I know of a thousand-year Sword Bamboo there. This time, I can kill it!"

Liu Yuer spoke. Rather than hunt some other thousand-year soul beast, it would be better to pick an easy target.

"A thousand-year Sword Bamboo?"

"Not bad. That can be a backup option too!"

"Right, Mu'er!"

"What soul beast do you want to hunt?"

Xia Feng nodded, then asked Xia Mu.

"I want to hunt a White-Eyed Tiger, or a Golden-Scaled Armored Beast. Of course, a Vajra Tiger would work too!"

Xia Mu listed them off as if they were treasures, immediately explaining them one by one.

The White-Eyed Tiger was a descendant of the divine beast White Tiger.

This type of soul beast possessed a trace of innate metal energy in its body, and the White-Eyed Tiger was also a dual-attribute soul beast.

It also possessed the holy light attribute.

"A White-Eyed Tiger?"

"There aren't any soul beasts like that in the Gold-Iron Mountains!"

"Forget White-Eyed Tigers—even Vajra Tigers and Golden-Scaled Armored Beasts are rarely seen in the Gold-Iron Mountains."

"I hope you get what you wish for this time!"

Xia Feng shook his head after hearing this. White-Eyed Tigers were simply too rare, so he did not hold much hope.

"I know where there are Golden-Scaled Armored Beasts!"

As a yellow-robed deacon of Spirit Hall, Liu Yuer was extremely well-informed. She suddenly spoke up.

"It is said that someone once saw a Golden-Scaled Armored Beast in an abandoned mine pit on the northern foothills of the Gold-Iron Mountains."

"But this type of soul beast is extremely cunning!"

"If we want to take it down, we'll probably need to find another way. Otherwise, we might alert it."

Liu Yuer frowned, deeply troubled as well.

The Golden-Scaled Armored Beast was a soul beast resembling a pangolin. It was timid and suspicious by nature, making it extremely difficult to hunt!

Its sharp claws could cut through mountain rock, while its scales possessed unparalleled defense. Its offense and defense complemented each other perfectly.

A hundred-year Golden-Scaled Armored Beast could rival a three-ring Soul Elder. The three of them would truly need to put in some effort to take it down.

"Right!"

"We can use a compound bow to hunt it!"

"The Golden-Scaled Armored Beast's defense is unparalleled, but in front of armor-piercing arrows, its defense won't amount to much!"

"A heavy compound bow paired with tri-edged armor-piercing arrows can penetrate a steel plate five or six centimeters thick!"

"Douluo Continent has plenty of metal, along with countless blacksmiths. Recreating a compound bow perfectly won't be difficult!"

Xia Mu looked at his father. Xia Feng's martial soul consisted of the bones in his left and right arms, granting him astonishing arm strength.

If he wielded a heavy compound bow and used tri-edged armor-piercing arrows, he could snipe even ordinary thousand-year soul beasts!

Xia Feng would handle long-range attacks, while Liu Yuer would handle close combat!

With that, their firepower would be fully covered!

Xia Mu ran back to his room to draw blueprints for the compound bow, then had Xia Feng find a blacksmith to forge it.

Northern foothills of the Gold-Iron Mountains!

"Whoosh—"

A heavy arrow tore through the air, hurtling straight toward a Golden-Scaled Armored Beast with terrifying momentum.

Before the poor Golden-Scaled Armored Beast could react, the tri-edged armor-piercing arrow pierced straight through its body, pinning it firmly in place as its life force rapidly drained away.

"Arrows fly like swift shooting stars; the bowstring booms like thunder. This compound bow truly complements you perfectly!"

Xia Feng's first soul skill came from a hundred-year Thousand-Jin Ant, producing a strength-enhancing soul skill.

This soul skill was called: Thousand-Jin Force!

When applied to his left and right arm-bone martial soul, Xia Feng's arms could unleash the force of a thousand jin. Once he used the soul skill, his left fist dealt high damage, and his right fist dealt even higher damage.

With a heavy compound bow empowered by Thousand-Jin Force and paired with tri-edged armor-piercing arrows, he could sweep aside all approaching enemies.

"Close combat is my talent, but long-range attacks are my hobby. This compound bow is quite powerful!"

"Haha!"

Xia Feng looked at his precious son. That little head of his seemed to contain astonishing wisdom.

"Hurry!"

"That soul beast will die soon!"

Liu Yuer watched their surroundings vigilantly. After suffering that blow, the Golden-Scaled Armored Beast's life force was rapidly fading.

If they did not get there in time, the soul ring would be lost. By then, it would be too late for regrets.

"Mu'er, kill it!"

Liu Yuer spoke to Xia Mu.

"Alright!"

Xia Mu was not softhearted. If he wanted to become a Soul Master, killing soul beasts was basic practice.

A single fatal strike!

A deep yellow soul ring quietly appeared above the Golden-Scaled Armored Beast's corpse, beautiful beyond compare.

"This Golden-Scaled Armored Beast is too old!"

"Mu'er, should we reconsider?"

This Golden-Scaled Armored Beast was six hundred and fifty years old. It was already close to the limit for a second soul ring, nearly two hundred years beyond the limit for a first soul ring.

No wonder Liu Yuer was so worried.

"No, I want this one!"

Xia Mu had not told Liu Yuer and Xia Feng that he possessed a second martial soul. After all, in this era, twin martial souls were still taboo.

No one had ever cultivated twin martial souls to perfection. Most Soul Masters with twin martial souls died from conflicts between their soul power, or suffered qi deviation during cultivation.

Xia Mu understood clearly that with twin martial souls, one martial soul had to be cultivated to the rank of Titled Douluo first. Only after completing one's soul bones could the second martial soul be cultivated.

Without a soul bone set to reconcile the conflicts between the soul powers in his body, a Soul Master's frail physique could scarcely bear the immense soul power of a second martial soul.