Wolf Bandit

"Buzz—"

As Su Changqing released his second Soul Skill, his entire aura changed. The nearly ultimate light attribute pressure forced the Holy Light Heavenly Steed to involuntarily retreat.

His second Soul Skill was an amplification type, increasing all his attributes by 100% for one hour. During this period, he also gained a 50% damage reduction and ignored all side effects.

Su Changqing was quite satisfied with this Soul Skill, especially its ability to ignore side effects!

Although he didn't have any moves with side effects yet, he would gain one in the future.

That would be his Spirit Avatar!

"Roar—"

The Holy Light Heavenly Steed felt its bloodline being suppressed, and coupled with its already severe injuries, it decided to flee.

"Still want to run?"

Before it could turn, Su Changqing's first Soul Ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Holy Light Radiance!!"

"Buzz—"

A powerful golden light erupted, instantly blinding the Holy Light Heavenly Steed.

Simultaneously, under the enhancement of his second Soul Skill, its severely injured body was like dry grass, directly ignited by the True Sun Fire. It immediately fell to the ground, writhing frantically and letting out continuous screams.

In a short while, the Holy Light Heavenly Steed stopped writhing, and a slightly darkened purple Soul Ring rose from it.

Looking at the seven-thousand-year Soul Ring before him, Su Changqing was incredibly excited.

If he absorbed it successfully, his strength would definitely undergo a qualitative leap!

He immediately went to the Soul Ring, sat down cross-legged, and began to absorb it.

He shouldn't have done this, as the Holy Light Heavenly Steed's screams were too loud and could easily attract other Soul Beasts.

However, before Su Changqing arrived, it had been engaged in a fierce battle with the Dark Heavenly Steed, scaring away all the Soul Beasts within a radius of dozens of miles!

This meant the area would be safe for at least twenty-four hours!

Su Changqing calmed his mind and slowly injected his Soul Power into the Soul Ring, which shimmered with a deep purple glow.

Immediately, the energy of the seven-thousand-year Soul Ring surged into his body like a raging tide, causing Su Changqing to groan.

The pain of absorbing this Soul Ring was far greater than the combined pain of the previous two!

However, he managed to endure it with his strong will.

As time slowly passed, in the fifteenth hour, the last trace of the Soul Ring's energy merged into Su Changqing's body and then steadily rose from around him.

"Buzz—"

The moment the absorption was complete, a wave of energy exploded from Su Changqing's body, scattering nearby grass and trees.

He stood up and briefly felt the changes in his body.

"I didn't expect the overflow of power from this seven-thousand-year Soul Ring to push my Soul Power directly to level thirty-three!" Su Changqing said with great surprise.

Now, his strength was such that only a Soul King-level expert would be able to defeat him!

Among those of the same level, if nothing unexpected happened, no one should be able to force him to go all out.

After absorbing the Soul Ring, Su Changqing prepared to leave the Sunset Forest and embark on the next stage of his planned journey.

The current timeline was the "blank period" of the original work, with almost no key nodes. Furthermore, Su Changqing wanted to avoid Xue Qinghe, making the Martial Soul Hall the best destination.

He decided to stay at the Martial Soul Hall for a year. After a year, he would return to Heaven Dou City and find a way to approach Dugu Yan, so that he could obtain Dugu Bo's medicinal garden through her.

After all, it contained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which would be of immense help to him.

"En?"

Just as Su Changqing was about to leave, he suddenly felt a special Soul Power fluctuation beside him.

He followed the source of the fluctuation and his gaze fixed on the corpse of the Dark Heavenly Steed.

"Whoa, a Soul Bone dropped!"

Su Changqing walked forward in two or three steps and picked up the Soul Bone.

It was a head Soul Bone, with five thousand years of cultivation, a head Soul Bone of the Heavenly Steed race!

He hadn't expected to encounter such an opportunity!

After a moment of excitement, Su Changqing put the head Soul Bone into his storage bag.

Although this Soul Bone was good, Su Changqing found its age too low, and it was of the dark attribute, which was contrary to the light attribute he cultivated. Therefore, he decided to keep it for now and see if he could exchange it for something beneficial in the future.

After putting away the Soul Bone, he began to walk towards the outer edge of the Sunset Forest. Once he left the forest, he would head to Martial Soul City.

The first half of the journey was very smooth, but as soon as he left the depths of the forest, Su Changqing smelled a faint scent of blood.

"En? This smell, it's human blood."

He immediately became vigilant.

Someone here was injured, and there were no bodies. It looked like the battlefield had only recently shifted. It was highly likely that someone was being chased by Soul Beasts nearby!

"Awooo—"

In the very next moment, a wolf's howl echoed out, instantly capturing Su Changqing's attention.

Somewhere in the Sunset Forest.

A girl, appearing to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a striking face and a pair of deep, enchanting, captivating large eyes, her black hair cascading down her back, was retreating continuously with blood at the corner of her mouth.

Her complexion was already a little pale; it was obvious that her Soul Power was nearly depleted.

And surrounding her body were already a pack of Wolf Bandits.

These Wolf Bandits had varying auras, but their average cultivation had reached a terrifying level of over thirty, with even two of them infinitely close to level forty!

"Alright, let's make a move. Nana is in danger."

In the distant sky, a man dressed in black, exuding an extremely strange aura, was observing everything there.

Beside him, a man who looked very effeminate, like a woman, spoke.

"The Pope himself gave the order that we are not allowed to intervene unless she is on the verge of death. Nana clearly hasn't reached her limit yet, and these Wolf Bandits most likely won't win."

"Alas, poor Nana. After this battle, if her luck isn't good, she might even be in mortal danger."

"Not necessarily. Someone seems to be approaching Nana."

Upon hearing this, Ghostly spread out his spiritual power and, in a moment, locked onto Su Changqing.

"Hmm? This child looks to be only eleven or twelve years old, yet his cultivation has already reached over level thirty."

He was somewhat shocked internally.

Chrysanthemum Du spoke, "Such a genius, let's see what he does next. If his performance is satisfactory, capture him and make him one of us in the Martial Soul Hall."

Ghostly still sighed, "That may be so, but even with his high talent, this child is only at level thirty-something. He's most likely here to watch the fun and won't intervene. Even if he does, he'll basically be unable to help Nana much and might even become a burden."