Sunset Forest's Southwestern Region, Gale Canyon!

Dugu Yao looked down at Sunset Forest from the sky. They had only been away for two months, yet he felt an odd, long-lost sense of familiarity.

"Grandpa, what kind of Spirit Beast are we hunting for this time?" Dugu Yan asked with a smile as she admired the scenery below.

She was greatly looking forward to the Spirit Beast they would hunt for her Second Soul Ring. Last time, it had been a fire-attributed Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake. What would it be this time?

"The Spirit Beast I'm helping you hunt this time is the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent. It lives in Gale Canyon, in the southwestern part of Sunset Forest," Dugu Bo said with a smile.

"Gale Canyon? What kind of place is that?" Dugu Yao asked curiously, stroking his chin. The terrain of Sunset Forest was extremely complicated.

"Gale Canyon is a special area, so it forms powerful wind currents that spiral upward. The Spirit Beasts living there are basically all wind-attributed Spirit Beasts!"

"The habitat of the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent is within Gale Canyon. It is a wind-attributed Spirit Beast, one I chose after careful consideration."

"Yao'er's Martial Soul, Xiangliu, has nine heads. Every time he absorbs a Soul Ring, Xiangliu's main head devours it, awakening a new head."

"At the same time, that head possesses the attributes of the Spirit Beast. The second head is fire, so I think the third head should be wind!"

"Fire grows stronger with the wind, and as the flames burn hotter, the wind's power also becomes greater. The two complement each other. Yanyan's Martial Soul is also somewhat special."

"Her Martial Soul is a mutated Martial Soul, the Three-Headed Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul. After consuming an Immortal Herb, it evolved into the Three-Phase Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, with three heads."

"Each head can independently unleash different Soul Skills. In other words, Yanyan can unleash three Soul Skills at the same time!"

"If she uses her first Soul Skill and her second Soul Skill is wind-attributed, it will enhance the power of the first Soul Skill. Likewise, the two will bolster each other!" Dugu Bo explained with a smile.

He had originally thought only Dugu Yao's Martial Soul worked this way. He had not expected Dugu Yan's Martial Soul to be the same, with each snake head able to independently unleash a Soul Skill!

It could be said that once Dugu Yao became a Titled Douluo, he could directly unleash nine Soul Skills at once, while Dugu Yan could unleash three Soul Skills simultaneously!

"Yanyan can absorb a Soul Ring of around eight thousand years. It won't be difficult to find an eight-thousand-year Spirit Beast in the Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpents' habitat."

"But finding a nineteen-thousand-year Spirit Beast for you, Yao'er, may be somewhat difficult. A few years ago, I saw one in Gale Canyon."

"It was a Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent around nineteen thousand years old. I just don't know whether it is still there, or whether it has become someone else's Soul Ring."

"If it has already become someone else's Soul Ring, we may need to spend more time searching for a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast," Dugu Bo said with a smile.

No one knew Sunset Forest better than he did. Nearly all the Soul Rings he had hunted back then had been in Sunset Forest, and the same was true for Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu.

Furthermore, he had lived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for many years, so he was extremely familiar with the distribution of Spirit Beasts. Finding them was very easy for him.

A Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent... I'm looking forward to this more and more. If the third head is wind-attributed, then Grandpa is right. Fire grows stronger with the wind, and the flames will burn ever hotter.

The two Soul Skills will bolster and complement each other, greatly increasing their power! Dugu Bo thought.

Before long, they arrived in the southwestern part of Sunset Forest. The first thing that met their eyes was an enormous canyon, standing there like a giant's open mouth.

Due to its unique structure, the canyon formed powerful wind currents that spiraled upward. Both sides of the rock walls were covered in wind-eroded holes, while the ground was scattered with diamond-shaped lapis lazuli that looked as though they had been sliced by wind blades.

Dugu Bo carried Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan as he slowly descended at the entrance of the canyon. The entrance was as neat as if it had been carved by a blade, while an immensely powerful gale surged outward from within!

He wrapped the two of them in Soul Power to fend off the oncoming gale. The powerful wind currents formed by the canyon's special conditions were as sharp as wind blades!

If Soul Masters with insufficient strength entered, the fierce winds would injure them. This was Gale Canyon's natural protective barrier.

Because of this barrier, there were still a great many Spirit Beasts here. Even at the entrance to Gale Canyon, several hundred-year Spirit Beasts could be seen.

However, the moment those Spirit Beasts saw Dugu Bo, they scattered in all directions like startled birds. The aura Dugu Bo released was like a terrifying flood beast to them.

The three entered the canyon. Although the winds within were exceptionally fierce, they could not affect them in the slightest. To a Titled Douluo, this amount of wind was practically no different from nothing.

"Grandpa, the stones on the ground are so beautiful." Just as Dugu Yan was about to touch the diamond-shaped lapis lazuli, Dugu Bo stopped her.

"Yanyan, don't touch those stones. They are diamond-shaped and look very beautiful on the outside, but they have endured the powerful wind currents here for many years."

"The surfaces of these stones are extremely sharp, so try not to touch them, lest you hurt yourself!" Dugu Bo explained.

Dugu Yan nodded obediently. She had not expected such tiny stones to pose such great danger, so she began observing the surrounding environment instead.

"This environment really is harsh," Dugu Yao murmured.

As they continued forward, thousand-year Spirit Beasts began appearing around them. Yet these thousand-year Spirit Beasts were just like the hundred-year ones.

The moment they saw Dugu Bo and sensed that terrifying aura, they scattered and fled, keeping far away from Dugu Bo and the others.

"This is the place!" Dugu Bo suddenly said. Not far ahead of them was a cave.

"This is where I discovered that Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpent back then. This cave is where they live. Let's go in!"

With that, Dugu Bo led Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan into the cave. The steep walls were covered in moss-like special crystals that gave off a faint cyan glow, bringing light to the dim cave.

After entering the cave, they explored ahead. They directly ignored any hundred-year Spirit Beasts they encountered, as well as thousand-year Spirit Beasts with low cultivation.

What they sought were Jade Mist Azure Gang Serpents around eight thousand years old and around nineteen thousand years old. They ignored all Spirit Beasts with lower cultivation outright.