Azurewood Forest
Jun Xuehan listened to Qian Renxue's question and answered without much thought, "The Spirit Hall has been very good to me, as has the Worship Hall. My teacher has taught me everything he knows, and the Great Worship Elder and Second Worship have taken good care of me."
Hearing Jun Xuehan's answer, Qian Renxue asked softly, "Will you leave the Spirit Hall one day?"
When she asked the question, Qian Renxue appeared nonchalant, as if it were just a casual remark, but out of the corner of her eye she was watching Jun Xuehan, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous inside.
"No!" Jun Xuehan looked at Qian Renxue beside her and said firmly.
[I won't leave the Spirit Hall, for fear that they will expel me and abandon me in the future.] Jun Xuehan sighed inwardly, but her expression remained unchanged.
Jun Xuehan didn't feel a strong sense of belonging to the Soul Beast Race, but rather a strong sense of belonging to the Spirit Hall. This was because he had no recollection of what Gu Yuena had said, and if he hadn't been forced to, Jun Xuehan wouldn't have even bothered to get involved in the Dragon Race's mess.
Standing in opposition to all the gods in the Divine Realm, this was like a heavy mountain pressing down on him, and it was a mountain that was almost impossible to overcome.
Hearing Jun Xuehan's resolute voice and the voice echoing in her heart, Qian Renxue's tense mood relaxed. As long as Jun Xuehan didn't leave the Spirit Hall on her own initiative, as long as she was there, who would dare to expel her, not even the current Pope Jun Xuehan Bibi Dong?
"Xuehan, you are a prodigy. I value you highly, and so does my grandfather. He even plans to groom you as the Great Worship Elder of the Worship Hall. If the Pope's Palace treats you badly, just tell me, and I'll take you back to the Worship Hall. Although the Worship Hall no longer interferes, the Pope's Palace's influence still doesn't extend into the Worship Hall." Qian Renxue's face revealed a stunningly beautiful smile that seemed to melt ice and Jun Xuehan beside her.
"The Pope's Palace has been very kind to me, thank you for your concern, Sister Xue'er." Jun Xuehan nodded slightly, and a strange emotion flashed quickly in her eyes as she looked at Qian Renxue's beautiful smile.
Night falls!
When Qian Renxue, Jun Xuehan, and Ci Xue arrived at the Azurewood Forest, it was already late at night.
Smelling the unique fragrance of green plants and the aroma of soil, and looking at the rolling mountains in front of me, a feeling of exhilaration gradually arises in my heart.
Although it was already late at night, all three were Soul Master with sharp hearing and eyesight, so the darkness had little effect on them. They released their Mental Power to explore their surroundings.
If vines blocked their way, they used their Soul Power to cut them off, which had no effect on their movements.
The three of them walked directly from the outer edge of the Azurewood Forest to its Core Area. All the Soul Beast that appeared within their Mental Power detection range were ten thousand years old, with the oldest Soul Beast being Fifty Thousand Year old.
"Moo!"
A sound like a bull's bellow echoed through the Core Area of Azurewood Forest.
Qian Renxue, Jun Xuehan, Ci Xue, upon hearing the sound that resembled a bull's roar, all directed their Mental Power toward the direction of the sound.
Within their Mental Power detection range, there was a creature that was entirely black, enormous in size, covered in black scales, with short limbs, three fingers on each of its forelimbs and hindlimbs, two large blue horns on its head, and a pair of azure eyes that emanated a violent aura.
"Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon, around 20,000 years old!" Jun Xuehan's eyes gleamed as he looked at the Soul Beast that appeared in his mental probe.
The Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon is Super Soul Beast with a diluted Bloodline of the Dark Dragon King. Although this Bloodline of the Dark Dragon King is extremely diluted, it still belongs to the Bloodline of the First-Rank God Dark Dragon King. Therefore, the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon possesses the power to control Dark Element and an incomparably powerful physique.
Even among all the Super Soul Beast, the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon ranks among the top.
However, due to the scarcity of Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon and their poor reproductive ability, coupled with the fact that human Soul Master hunt them because of the quality of their Soul Ring, this kind of Soul Beast should have become extinct long ago. Yet, it has now been spotted in the Azurewood Forest.
Qian Renxue noticed Jun Xuehan's reaction and asked, "Xuehan, have you taken a fancy to that Soul Beast? I'll have Elder Ci Xue help you capture it."
Upon hearing this, Jun Xuehan nodded slightly and said, "This may be the last Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon on the continent. We have encountered it in the Azurewood Forest. It would be a real pity to miss it."
Jun Xuehan looked at the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon, her silver eyes filled with calmness, devoid of any sympathy. In this world, regardless of the race, natural selection, the survival of the Survival of the Fittest, and the law of the jungle are eternal and unchanging rules.
The same applies to the Soul Master World and the Soul Beast World. If you don't want to be bullied to the point of losing your life, you have to keep getting stronger. Since you don't have the power to change the rules, you have to adapt to them. This is called survival of the fittest.
Hearing their conversation, Ci Xue released his Martial Soul and charged towards the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon.
Although the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon has an extraordinary Bloodline and is extremely powerful, possessing strength comparable to an 80,000- or 90,000-year-old Martial Soul in just 20,000 years, Ci Xue is a level 92 titled being, and it is only a matter of time before he takes down the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon.
Of course, if the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon's cultivation reaches 40,000 years, then Ci Xue will need to take Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan and run away.
It took about twenty minutes for Ci Xue to drag the barely alive Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon back.
In the hands of Ci Xue, the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon was severely injured. Its two horns were broken off, its black scales were pierced, and all four limbs were broken. Black blood flowed from its wounds, clearly indicating that it had been poisoned.
However, the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon has a very fierce expression. On its huge head are ferocious and sharp fangs, and its eyes are full of violence and cruelty.
"Kid, if you really want to absorb this Soul Beast's Soul Ring, this Soul Beast is extremely powerful. Even I spent a lot of effort dealing with it," Ci Xue warned.
Although this Soul Beast's cultivation level is not high, its combat power is not to be underestimated. In fact, Ci Xue felt that if this Soul Beast's cultivation level reached around 30,000 or 40,000 years, even he, a Titled Douluo, might not be able to defeat Soul Beast.