Three Generals of the Body Camp

With the Cosmic Star-Sealing Map's lock-on, they were spared the time of searching. The three generals of the Body Camp soon returned after completing their Soul Hunt.

Red Star had hunted an 180,000-year soul beast, a Lava Giant. Qing Zhang had hunted a 160,000-year ice-and-snow soul beast from the Far North. Huang Mian had hunted a light-attribute 150,000-Year Soul Beast, an Elemental Flash Butterfly.

After absorbing their Soul Rings, all three generals of the Body Camp had reached Rank 93 in soul power.

Qian Xunyi brought the three generals to the back mountain of the Body Camp and said, "Release the soul skills from your final Soul Rings. Let me see their power. Red Star, you go first."

"Understood." Red Star nodded, stepped forward, and looked at the mountain ahead as nine Soul Rings emerged around him.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red.

As the final crimson Soul Ring lit up, Red Star's arms transformed into limbs flowing with magma.

"Ninth Soul Skill: Meteor Volcano."

He raised his arms toward the sky, and streams of magma fists shot upward.

The magma pierced through the thick clouds, dyeing the ink-black cloud layer orange-red.

Qian Xunyi looked toward the sky. Within his sensory range, something terrifying lurked above the clouds. Sure enough, the first enormous lava fist broke through the cloud cover.

Then, one lava fist after another emerged from the clouds and fell like a meteor shower.

Beneath the sky, it was as though the end of the world had arrived.

Boom! The first enormous lava fist smashed into the mountaintop. The explosion sent scorching waves outward, setting the surrounding mountainside ablaze.

Soon after, the entire mountain was flattened beneath the dense bombardment of magma fists. Scorching lava flowed across where the mountain had once stood, directly altering the local environment.

"My ninth Soul Ring only provided one soul skill," Red Star said to Qian Xunyi.

Qian Xunyi nodded in satisfaction. "One soul skill is still good. At the very least, its destructive power is quite impressive."

Red Star's move was also an area-of-effect attack. Though its range was not as great as Dugu Bo's, Dugu Bo's poison was meant for killing and was not particularly destructive against buildings or cities. Red Star's technique was absolutely ideal for conquering cities and territory.

"Next is Qing Zhang."

"Understood." Qing Zhang stepped forward and said to Red Star, "Brother Red Star, I'll be borrowing your field."

"Go ahead." Red Star nodded.

Qing Zhang then leaped into the air, stepping through the void as he arrived above the land of lava. With every step, a Soul Ring descended around him.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red.

The ninth Soul Ring lit up.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Ice Age."

Two lines of ice extended from Qing Zhang's hands. The instant they reached the flowing molten lava below, it began to freeze. The frost spread outward, covering the lava and transforming the surrounding area several kilometers wide into an icy plain.

The formerly scorching air was replaced by bone-chilling cold.

After finishing the release, Qing Zhang returned to his original position.

Huang Mian stood to the side with a crooked smile. "One of you blasted an entire mountain into molten lava, while the other froze that lava into an ice field. You guys are seriously something else."

"Your turn, Huang Mian!" Red Star said in a deep voice.

Huang Mian put away his teasing smile. Then his figure flashed into a streak of light, and he instantly arrived above the ice field.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red.

The same configuration of Soul Rings surrounded Huang Mian as his ninth Soul Ring lit up.

Then countless dense points of light appeared in the space around Huang Mian.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Wide-Area Bombardment—"

Under Huang Mian's command, the light points bombarded the ground below. Every point, guided by his conscious control, precisely struck every area of the ice field.

Each blast from a point of light dealt considerable damage.

Huang Mian's ninth Soul Skill could not compare to Red Star's in destructive power, but it excelled in precision and control. Wherever he pointed, it exploded.

After pouring out every point of light, the ice field below Huang Mian was covered in countless craters and pits. Huang Mian flashed back to Qian Xunyi's side and calmly admired the destruction he had caused.

"Not bad. Although each of your ninth Soul Rings only provided a single soul skill, their power is quite considerable. I look forward to your future performances," Qian Xunyi said.

After returning to the Body Camp, Qian Xunyi said to Evil Emperor:

"Evil Emperor, I want to ask you a question."

"Please ask, Master," Evil Emperor said.

"Among your soul beast race, is there a kind of soul beast that is ugly, utterly disgusting, and extremely cold-blooded? One that reproduces solely for the pleasure of mating, without the slightest maternal instinct? As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger does not eat its cubs, but this sort of soul beast eats its own children," Qian Xunyi said.

Evil Emperor was puzzled as to why Qian Xunyi was looking for such a soul beast, and immediately began to think.

"I don't know about the situation on Douluo Continent, since this is Di Tian's territory. But among the soul beasts I know, there is one that truly fits your requirements. It is called... the Scabby Giant Lizard!"

Evil Emperor then began explaining the situation of this soul beast to Qian Xunyi.

Scabby Giant A-Xis had dense scabs growing across their backs. The scabs were unbearably itchy, causing them to constantly scratch their backs from childhood onward. Sometimes, they scratched too hard and burst the sores on their backs, causing pus to flow out. Their stench could be smelled from several kilometers away, and no soul beast was willing to approach them.

Their habitat was a muddy swamp. Whenever breeding season arrived, they mated in the mud, making the entire environment unbearably foul-smelling.

"Scabby Giant A-Xis..." Qian Xunyi rubbed his chin, his eyes lighting up. "Good. This is exactly the kind of soul beast I'm looking for. Find one for me. It would be best if Douluo Continent has them. If not, find one on the Sun-Moon Continent or another continent. Of course, it must be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Though Evil Emperor was somewhat confused, he still carried out Qian Xunyi's request.

Several days later, through Evil Emperor's efforts, they finally located the Scabby Giant A-Xis.

After finding their target, Qian Xunyi brought Evil Emperor and flew toward the Scabby Giant A-Xis' habitat.

Before they even reached their destination, the overpowering stench nearly knocked them senseless. Qian Xunyi hurriedly used soul power to block out the foul odor.

When they arrived above the habitat, they saw an enormous wetland swamp. Within the swamp, giant A-Xis with festering sores on their backs rolled about in the mud, giving off a nauseating stench.

Spring had arrived, and all things were reviving. It was mating season once more. Two giant A-Xis that had been mating grew tired and hungry. One of them looked at the eggs it had recently laid in a nearby nest, eggs that had yet to hatch. Opening its mouth, it swallowed one egg. Once it was full and had regained its strength, it continued mating.

"You, Evil Emperor. Go down there and catch me a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast," Qian Xunyi said, looking at the giant A-Xi colony below with disgust.

"Ah, me?" Evil Emperor pointed at himself.

"If not you, then who? Me?" Qian Xunyi asked in return.