Heaven-Mending Technique? Black Giant Claw!

"How did it go? Where did that Soul-Eating Spider King run off to?"

Long Xiaoyao asked Snake Shadow, who had rushed over covered in dust.

"Couldn't find it. I searched several kilometers around us. It was probably frightened away by the effects of your attack, Elder Long."

Snake Shadow spoke to Long Xiaoyao without a trace of emotion in his voice, like a machine.

"Fine, then. As long as it doesn't disturb Chen'er while he absorbs his Spirit Ring."

Long Xiaoyao did not pay much attention to it. He took out a reclining chair from his soul tool and lay down on it, then pulled out a book and began reading contentedly.

Snake Shadow, meanwhile, stood ramrod straight, vigilantly watching the surroundings to prevent any accident from interrupting Xu Tianchen's absorption.

Because this absorption was extremely easy for Xu Tianchen, the Spirit Ring soon merged into his body, marking the successful completion of the process.

Xu Tianchen opened his eyes. A flash of violet-gold light passed through them, accompanied by an invisible dragon's might spreading outward.

Level 42!

Ordinarily, a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring was something only Soul Emperors would absorb. Yet this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was a super soul beast among super soul beasts, and the quality of its Spirit Ring was far beyond that of an ordinary twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring. Xu Tianchen had not expected it to raise his soul power by only two levels, to Level 42!

"How was it?"

Seeing Xu Tianchen awaken, Long Xiaoyao walked over and asked.

"Pretty good. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger truly deserves to be called one of the strongest soul beasts. It gave me a powerful skill, though it's a little different from what I initially expected."

Xu Tianchen spoke with a rather strange expression.

According to Xu Tianchen's original estimate, this Spirit Ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger should have granted him a Spirit Ring skill with tremendous offensive power. Instead, it had given him a spatial-temporal skill.

Time-Reversing Flow, a skill capable of restoring the state of himself or a designated object. It possessed an extraordinary ability similar to reversing time and space, allowing the target of a soul skill to start over. In battle, even if he was on the brink of death, using this soul skill could rewind his condition to its original, unharmed state.

The moment Xu Tianchen sensed what the soul skill was, he felt deeply strange. This effect looked awfully familiar!

Heaven-Mending Technique!

Was Perfect World crossing over into this?

Other than lacking the ability to repair objects, it was basically no different from the Heaven-Mending Technique.

"What skill is it?"

Seeing Xu Tianchen's strange expression, Long Xiaoyao could not help asking.

Xu Tianchen then explained the effects of his fourth soul skill to Long Xiaoyao in full. After hearing it, Long Xiaoyao hurriedly clapped his hands in praise, declaring it an exceptionally practical, top-tier soul skill.

He then asked, "Are there any restrictions?"

"There aren't any major restrictions. It just consumes an enormous amount of soul power, and it also expends a Spirit Master's origin. If one's origin isn't strong enough, there could be backlash. Also, the time interval for the rewind cannot be too great."

The strange expression on Xu Tianchen's face had already faded. This skill was still extremely powerful; it was equivalent to a get-out-of-death-free card.

Long Xiaoyao revealed a surprised expression as well.

"Enough. You call those restrictions? Those are merely basic requirements. Naturally, a skill this powerful would consume a great deal of soul power."

Just as Xu Tianchen and Long Xiaoyao were discussing this soul skill, a black figure and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared five kilometers away from them.

"Di Tian, it's ahead. I can already sense it."

Di Tian held back the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who wanted to continue forward, and examined the area with his spiritual power. He discovered a human cub, a relatively powerful human whose aura had likely reached the Ultimate level—though he might not be able to defeat him, he could at least fight Xiong Jun—and another comparatively weak middle-aged human whose aura was concealed fairly well.

There were also two corpses on the ground. One could still be identified as a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. The other was already a mangled mass of flesh and blood, but based on the aura and shape of the corpse, Di Tian could still determine that it was likely the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that had previously ambushed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

"Auspicious Beast, which of them is the human with that Special Destiny?"

Di Tian's tone was exceedingly gentle, giving no hint of his identity as the god of all beasts.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion carefully sensed the area, then told Di Tian her conclusion.

"It's that human cub. I can also see a vast force of Destiny Force on him."

"Good. Auspicious Beast, go back first. I'll bring him back shortly."

Di Tian patted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the head. With a wave of his hand, a pitch-black teleportation passage appeared before her, its other end leading to the Lake of Life.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked back at Di Tian, then slowly walked into the teleportation passage.

After seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion enter, Di Tian closed the passage. Looking at Xu Tianchen in the distance, his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

He was somewhat relieved that he would not have to sell himself, yet he also felt somewhat dissatisfied.

In the end, he could only console himself: This is all part of my lord's plan!

Then his figure flashed, instantly breaking through the limits of space as he headed toward Xu Tianchen.

Xu Tianchen put away the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse. Although Long Xiaoyao had taken its most exquisite bear paw, the meat elsewhere would not be bad either. After all, it was a fifty-thousand-year soul beast.

After saying that, Xu Tianchen looked at Long Xiaoyao and Snake Shadow standing not far away. Just as he was about to call to them and prepare to leave, before he could even open his mouth—

Space suddenly tore open with a massive gash, and an enormous black dragon claw reached out from within, lunging directly at Xu Tianchen. Even Long Xiaoyao failed to react in time.

Xu Tianchen did not react either, until the Heavenly Saint Spirit Light Shield, a triggered soul tool on his body, activated. Only then did he realize what was happening. But in an instant, the giant claw broke through the Heavenly Saint Spirit Light Shield's defense, seized Xu Tianchen, and swiftly retracted into space, vanishing without a trace.

Seeing this, Long Xiaoyao was consumed by rage. His precious disciple had been snatched away right in front of him. If he did nothing, would he not be fit only to sit at the same table as Xuan Zi in the future?

He turned and said to Snake Shadow beside him:

"Immediately send word back to Mingdu. Tell Xishui and that old Kong to come here. I suspect the owner of that giant claw is Di Tian. Tell that old Kong to bring more Ninth-Level Fixed Soul-Conducting Bombs. If even a single hair on Chen'er's head is harmed, we'll blast the Land of Great Terror into the sky!"

After saying that, Long Xiaoyao shot after the direction in which Xu Tianchen had disappeared.

Among the current three Ultimate Douluo, Long Xiaoyao was the one at the greatest disadvantage against Di Tian. Not only would his Dark Holy Dragon martial soul be suppressed by Di Tian's Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King martial soul, but they also cultivated the darkness attribute alike. It could be said that Di Tian completely crushed Long Xiaoyao in every aspect.

But for the sake of his precious disciple, he had to go. He needed to buy time for Ye Xishui and Kong Deming to arrive. If his relationship with Mu En had not become somewhat strained, and if Mu En were not so sickly and seemingly on the verge of death, he would have wanted Snake Shadow to summon Mu En first.

Snake Shadow also changed direction and raced toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. He had to hurry and send this information back to Mingdu.