Wolf Bandits

"Buzz—"

As Su Changqing released his Second Spirit Ability, his entire aura changed. The nearly ultimate Light Attribute pressure forced the Holy Light Heavenly Steed to slowly retreat unconsciously.

His Second Spirit Ability was a buff-type spirit skill. For one hour, all of his attributes were increased by one hundred percent. During that time, he also gained fifty percent damage reduction and ignored all side effects.

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

Although he did not currently possess any moves with side effects, he would obtain at least one in the future.

That would be his Martial Soul Avatar!

"Roar—"

Feeling its bloodline being suppressed, coupled with its already severely injured body, the Holy Light Heavenly Steed decided to flee.

"You still want to run?"

Before it could turn around, Su Changqing's first soul ring lit up.

"First Spirit Skill, Holy Light Radiance!!"

"Buzz—"

Intense golden light burst forth, instantly robbing the Holy Light Heavenly Steed of its vision.

At the same time, bolstered by the Second Spirit Ability, its heavily injured body was like dry grass, directly ignited by the True Sun Fire. It immediately collapsed to the ground, writhing frantically as it let out scream after scream.

Before long, the Holy Light Heavenly Steed stopped moving, and a somewhat darkened purple soul ring rose from its body.

Looking at the seven-thousand-year soul ring before him, Su Changqing was filled with excitement.

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

He immediately walked over to the soul ring, sat down cross-legged, and began absorbing it.

He normally should not have done this. The Holy Light Heavenly Steed's cries had been too loud and could easily attract other soul beasts.

However, before Su Changqing arrived, it and the Dark Heavenly Steed had fought fiercely, frightening away all the soul beasts within dozens of miles!

In other words, this place would be safe for at least twenty-four hours!

Su Changqing focused his mind and slowly poured his Soul Power into the soul ring that shimmered with a deep purple radiance.

Immediately afterward, the energy of the seven-thousand-year soul ring surged into his body like raging waves, making Su Changqing let out a muffled groan.

The pain of absorbing this soul ring far exceeded that of the first two soul rings combined!

Yet he forcibly endured it through sheer strength of will.

As time slowly passed, during the fifteenth hour, the final wisp of energy from the soul ring merged into Su Changqing's body. Then, it steadily rose around him once more.

"Buzz—"

The instant the absorption was complete, a ring of air exploded outward from Su Changqing's body, sending the nearby grass and trees flying.

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

"I never expected the overflowing power from this seven-thousand-year soul ring to directly push my Soul Power to level thirty-three!" Su Changqing said in delight.

With his current strength, only a Soul King-level expert could probably meet the requirements to defeat him!

Among those of the same level, barring any surprises, no one should be able to force him to go all out.

After absorbing the soul ring, Su Changqing prepared to leave Sunset Forest and proceed with the next stage of his plan.

The current point in time was a blank period in the original story, with almost no key events. Furthermore, Su Changqing wanted to avoid Xue Qinghe, so the best place for him was Spirit Hall.

He decided to stay at Spirit Hall for a year. Once that year was over, he would return to Heaven Dou City and find a way to get close to Dugu Yan, using her to obtain Dugu Bo's medicinal garden.

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

"Hmm?"

Just as Su Changqing was about to leave, he suddenly sensed a peculiar fluctuation of Soul Power beside him.

Following the source of that fluctuation, he fixed his gaze on the Dark Heavenly Steed's corpse.

"Damn, it dropped a soul bone!"

Su Changqing hurried forward and picked up the soul bone.

It was a head soul bone, from a five-thousand-year-old Heavenly Steed!

He had not expected to encounter such an opportunity!

After being excited for a moment, Su Changqing stored the head soul bone in his Storage Bag.

Although this soul bone was decent, Su Changqing found its age too low. Moreover, it possessed a Dark Attribute, which ran contrary to the Light Attribute he cultivated. Therefore, he decided to store it for now and see whether he could trade it for something beneficial in the future.

After putting away the soul bone, he began walking toward the outskirts of Sunset Forest. Once he left the forest, he would head for Spirit City.

The first half of the journey went smoothly, but just as he emerged from the depths of the forest, Su Changqing caught a faint scent of blood.

"Hmm? This smell... human blood."

He immediately became vigilant.

A human had been injured here, and there was no corpse in sight. It looked like the battlefield had only recently shifted away. Most likely, someone nearby was being chased by soul beasts!

"Awoo—"

At that very moment, a wolf howl rang out, instantly drawing Su Changqing's attention.

Somewhere in Sunset Forest.

A young girl who appeared to be fifteen or sixteen, with a gorgeous face, captivating deep and alluring eyes, and long black hair cascading behind her, was continuously backing away with blood at the corner of her mouth.

Her face had already turned somewhat pale. Clearly, her Soul Power was nearly exhausted.

Wolf Bandits had already surrounded her.

The auras of these Wolf Bandits varied, but their average cultivation had reached a terrifying level above thirty. There were even two that were infinitely close to level forty!

"Enough. Take action. Nana is in danger."

High in the distant sky, a man dressed in black and emanating an exceedingly strange aura observed everything below.

The man beside him, whose appearance was extraordinarily bewitching and almost feminine, spoke.

"The Pope personally gave the order. We are not allowed to intervene unless she is on the verge of death. Nana clearly has not reached her limit yet. These Wolf Bandits most likely will not win."

"Sigh, Nana has it rough. After this battle, if she is unlucky, her life may even be in danger."

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

Hearing this, Ghost Douluo spread out his spiritual power and locked onto Su Changqing moments later.

"Hmm? This child looks only eleven or twelve, yet his cultivation has already reached level thirty-plus."

He was somewhat shocked inwardly.

Chrysanthemum Du said, "Such a genius—let's see what he does next. If his performance is good enough, capture him and make him one of our Spirit Hall people."

Ghost Douluo still sighed. "That may be true, but even if this child is talented, he is only level thirty-plus. He is most likely just here to watch the excitement and probably will not intervene. Even if he does, he basically cannot help Nana much, and may very well become a burden."