Soulfire, Soul Vines

Arrow Intent had taken form. Yi You no longer felt any restraints in his heart!

Grabbing the Sun-Shooting Bow and Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow beside him, he did not spare the others another glance as his figure gradually blurred and vanished beside the campfire.

How could an archer launch a sneak attack without speed?

The instant Yi You stepped into the dark forest, a gloomy aura instantly spread outward.

The young men and women in the camp all retreated, not daring to touch that gloomy aura for fear of being swept into the Withered Bone Demon Forest.

For martial artists who had not comprehended Martial Dao Divine Intent, the Withered Bone Demon Forest was a forbidden ground where death was certain.

Even for martial artists who had comprehended Martial Dao Divine Intent...

Entering it still meant nine chances of death out of ten, with little hope of emerging alive.

Naturally, anyone who emerged alive from the Withered Bone Demon Forest would gain more than they could from a year of trials on the Trial Star.

Soulfire was something even Divine Ability Realm martial artists coveted greedily.

It was only because the rules of the Trial Star forbade Divine Ability Realm martial artists from entering. Otherwise, considering how precious the soulfire produced in the Withered Bone Demon Forest was,

it would have long been claimed by Divine Ability Realm and even Dharma Manifestation Realm martial artists.

How could it still be a treasure that a group of juniors like them could obtain under the name of a trial?

"Damn it..." Bao Lili punched the ground unwillingly.

"Why couldn't he leave descendants with me before going off to die?"

Deep within the Withered Bone Demon Forest.

In the burial grounds, three mounds exploded, and three withered bone demon corpses sprang out. Their dense demonic aura twisted even the air.

Boom!!

A dragon's roar rang out as Bixi Divine Intent intertwined with the power of qi and blood.

Suppressing demons, destroying evil—the Divine Intent washed away the lingering trace of evil thoughts within the withered bone demon corpses, while qi and blood ignited them and burned them to nothing.

Three faint soulfires rose and flickered.

Su Bo reached out and absorbed them directly, his spiritual power rising another small step.

As his spiritual power increased, his Divine Intent became increasingly solid, and the dragon might radiating from the Bixi Divine Form grew ever more terrifying.

It vaguely seemed as though it was about to come alive.

"Next round?" Su Bo licked his lips.

Soulfire was good stuff. Good stuff meant he needed to get more of it.

Though it did not seem to greatly improve his comprehension, it was exceptionally effective at condensing Divine Intent.

After just three battles and six absorbed soulfires, Bixi Divine Intent had already improved somewhat.

[Bixi Divine Intent: 11.8%]

It had increased by around 0.2%, saving him several days of Divine Intent comprehension.

Once Bixi Divine Intent had surpassed 10%, Su Bo discovered that improving his comprehension of Divine Intent became increasingly difficult. In over two full weeks,

he had barely improved by 1%. The progress was so slow that he had begun to doubt his own talent.

Greatsword Skeleton: ...

"Clack~! The first round of trials is over~!"

"Clack... clack... clack-clack..." The second round... trial, withered bone demon corpses, fourth refinement...

A mental fluctuation entered Su Bo's mind.

Across the previous three trials, the first had only one second-refinement demon corpse. After the Greatsword Skeleton gave him a reminder, Su Bo had solved it with a single punch.

The second and third rounds had merely required two more punches from Su Bo.

Especially the third trial: three withered bone demon corpses comparable to humans at the third refinement of the Physical Body Realm had failed to pose even the slightest threat to Su Bo.

"Fourth refinement?" Su Bo pondered for a moment, then crooked a finger. "Come on, wake them up!"

"Clack..." As... you wish...

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Before the clacking had even faded, a whole cluster of burial mounds exploded at once.

One, two, three... five, seven, nine...

Su Bo's face turned green. Nine withered bone demon corpses comparable to fourth-refinement Physical Body Realm martial artists who had broken through the second physical barrier—this was fucking trying to kill him.

Almost the instant the withered bone demon corpses crawled out of their mounds, he turned to look at the Greatsword Skeleton.

"You fucking set me up?"

"Clack..." A genius... guarding graves, means greater difficulty...

"Clack!!!" Win, and I'll give you... a section of soul vine...

Bang, bang... clang, clang... boom, boom... rumble, rumble...

As they spoke, Su Bo had already clashed with the nine withered bone demon corpses. His fist intent solidified, and the bloodline of Bixi, one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon, was fully awakened.

Dragon might merged with dragon blood, erupting with the might of a true dragon.

The majestic dragon might suppressed the withered bone demon corpses, violently grinding away their lingering thoughts.

Before long, the one-against-nine situation became Su Bo slaughtering the withered bone demon corpses alone, hammering all nine of them toward death.

The phantom of the Bixi Divine Form behind him gave a long dragon roar, suppressing the evil aura, demonic aura, and lingering thoughts of the demon corpses.

"Clack..." Dragon... Dragon Clan?

The Greatsword Skeleton's jaw nearly dropped off.

It had already prepared to intervene. Once Su Bo could no longer endure the demon corpses' combined assault, it would forcibly suppress a few of them and shove them back underground.

Who could have known that this kid would be so frighteningly powerful?

He even seemed to possess Dragon Clan blood. With dragon might suppressing them, fighting fourth-refinement demon corpses was as easy as beating dogs.

"Sea Suppression!" One punch suppressed the surging ocean waves as the Bixi Divine Form let out a long dragon roar.

One demon corpse was suppressed and slain, turning to ash and burning away completely. Before its emerald-green soulfire could even fall, Su Bo grabbed and refined it.

His surging spiritual power churned like ocean tides. The fourth-refinement soulfire caused his spiritual power to soar dramatically.

At that instant, his qi and blood became even more blazing and violent, as though bloodfire had been lit and was fiercely rising and burning around Su Bo.

The moment the withered bone demon corpses touched the bloodfire, they ignited. Howling, they were burned into flying ash.

The Greatsword Skeleton silently put away its greatsword. While Su Bo was not paying attention, it quietly slipped into the darkness to receive another person who had entered for the trial.

The Withered Bone Demon Forest was the territory of this grave-guarding skeleton. The moment someone entered, it would know.

That kid must have been waiting anxiously, right?

On the other side of the densely packed burial mounds.

Yi You wandered at the boundary, and the expression on his composed face was beginning to crack as a trace of irritation rose within him.

"Didn't Father say that the Withered Bone Demon Forest was guarded by demon vines, and that as long as I could block their ambush, they would lead me into the Soul-Spirit Burial Forest?"

"Where are the demon vines? Where is the Soul-Spirit Burial Forest?"

"And where are the grave-guarding spirit skeletons?"

Yi You felt as though he was about to lose it.

He had been inside for several hours, yet he had not encountered a single attack from demon vines. He was like a headless fly, wandering aimlessly through the forest.

The trial in the Withered Bone Demon Forest was completely different from what his father had described.

"Clack..." Come here...

The Greatsword Skeleton slowly emerged from the depths of the darkness.

Yi You's expression changed as he anxiously looked at the grave-guarding spirit skeleton. "Have the rules of the Withered Bone Demon Forest trial changed this year?"

"Clack..." No...

"Clack... clack..." The Soul-Spirit Burial trial has already been entered by someone... you were late... there are three slots, you may enter...

Perhaps feeling that it had neglected someone who came for the trial,

the Greatsword Skeleton fell silent for a while before slowly offering a brief explanation.

"How could the trial have already begun?" Yi You had not expected this situation.

But he quickly calmed down.

Who had started the trial?

Among this batch of human geniuses participating in the Starry Sky Trial on Beast Planet, there were only two or three whose talent could compare with his.

He had already comprehended Sun-Shooting Arrow Intent to its current limit.

Presumably, those few who were no worse than him had nearly reached this stage with their Divine Intent as well.

"Hmph..." Yi You snorted coldly.

"I'd like to see which faithless bastard started the Soul-Spirit Burial trial ahead of time."

Before entering Beast Planet, Yi You had already comprehended the rudiments of Sun-Shooting Arrow Intent as one of the most gifted individuals.

Therefore, relying on his overwhelming strength, Yi You had made a gentlemen's agreement with those few people.

Before the time came, none of them could casually begin a forbidden ground trial.

The trial slots in every forbidden ground were limited opportunities. Doing this was not merely to claim opportunities, but also to let the weaker ones survive a little longer.

After all, the youths able to enter the Starry Sky Trial

were absolute geniuses among humanity even if they were weak.

If they died in the trials just like that, it would be a tremendous loss to humanity.