"Unicorn, unicorn, don't cry~"
After Qian Jun and Jiang Mo placed layer upon layer of Soul Power seals on the unicorn, Qian Renxue skipped over to stand before it.
The moment it saw Qian Renxue approach, the Holy Light Unicorn immediately shed the listless state it had shown after being sealed and became radiant once more!
It stepped forward on its noble hooves and came before Qian Renxue, undisguised fervor flashing in its eyes!
Neigh!
A long, melodious cry proclaimed its excitement!
Then, it lowered its proud head and presented its horn before Qian Renxue without reservation!
Qian Renxue seemed to understand what the Holy Light Unicorn meant. Blinking her wide, puzzled eyes, she gently extended her soft, fair little hand toward the horn!
Boom!
The instant the two touched, the seals Qian Jun and Jiang Mo had placed within its body were crushed outright by the unicorn's Soul Power in an overwhelmingly powerful display!
The aura of a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast erupted without restraint at that moment!
"Not good!"
Qian Jun and Jiang Mo's eyes nearly split apart!
How could a little girl like Qian Renxue, who was not even a Soul Master, withstand the pressure of a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast?!
Damn it!
How had they believed that Soul Beast?!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
They wished they could skin this Soul Beast alive and tear out its tendons to vent the hatred in their hearts...
"Something's wrong!"
Qian Jun's gaze sharpened. Why could he not move?
His Soul Power and even his body seemed to have been bound by some sort of restraint, completely unable to move!
To seal a level ninety-five Titled Douluo like him, how could a mere fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast possibly do that?!
Buzz!
Golden light mixed with threads of crimson rose from the Holy Light Unicorn's body!
A sacred aura spread wildly outward from Qian Renxue and the unicorn at its center, binding every living creature within a hundred meters!
Qian Renxue stood at the center, her finger still resting upon the unicorn's horn. Looking at the sacred unicorn wrapped in golden-red light before her, she could hardly believe what she was experiencing!
As the granddaughter of the Grand Priest, the daughter of the previous Pope, and the current Pope's "daughter"!
Qian Renxue naturally knew some hidden secrets. She understood perfectly well what she was witnessing!
But how could this be possible?
Sacrifice!
"A fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast's sacrifice! How is that possible? How could a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast sacrifice itself?"
Qian Jun swallowed deeply. At that moment, he was just like the weak Qian Renxue—equally unable to believe what was happening before his eyes!
A fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast!
Sacrifice!
How could those two words go together? How could they possibly go together?
How could a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast offer a sacrifice!
How could it sacrifice itself for a little girl it had never even met!
No!
What right did it have to sacrifice itself?
Wasn't sacrifice exclusive to Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?
"Exactly! How could a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast possibly sacrifice itself..."
Jiang Mo stared blankly, unable to believe what he was seeing!
It was too surreal!
Could it truly be the Angel God's protection? Jiang Mo could not help but wonder.
Amid the deathly silence, beneath Qian Jun and Jiang Mo's watchful eyes.
Qian Renxue's golden hair fluttered wildly as vast Soul Power poured from the Holy Light Unicorn's body, continuously flowing into the Angel Martial Soul behind her!
A phantom black soul ring, tinged with a trace of blood-red, slowly condensed above the Martial Soul!
She looked at the Holy Light Unicorn before her, now entirely covered in crimson, and her lips moved slightly.
"Thank you."
"Neigh!"
The Holy Light Unicorn let out the final cry of its life, pouring every last trace of Soul Power in its body into the soul ring that was about to take shape!
Deep within the Star Great Forest.
A pair of enormous bovine eyes slowly opened. Its gaze extended from the depths of Life Lake toward the outskirts of the Star Great Forest, where Qian Renxue was.
"Sacrifice?"
A trace of unease rose in its heart. "Er Ming, Sister Xiao Wu, are you still there?"
Hearing Da Ming's call, Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, quickly ran out of the forest. Seeing Da Ming's head emerge from the lake, he asked in a somewhat stammering voice:
"Roar! Da... Da Ming, wh... what is it?"
"Da Ming, Er Ming, what happened?" A little girl came skipping over.
"?"
Er Ming froze when he saw the little girl. Why was there a human here?
However, after sensing the aura on this human, he asked uncertainly, "Y-you... you're S-Sister Xiao Wu?"
"Idiot Er Ming, I've only been gone for a little while, and you already don't recognize me?" Xiao Wu glared at Er Ming angrily.
"Sister Xiao Wu, did you successfully take human form?" Da Ming's tone was filled with uncertainty and surprise.
"That's right!" A sweet smile appeared on Xiao Wu's face. "I've successfully taken human form, but my Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul will still need a few years to fully condense. So I'll have to wait a few more years before I can enter human society. I can use this time to get used to my new identity!"
"Sister Xiao Wu, human society is very dangerous!"
The moment Er Ming heard that Xiao Wu intended to leave the Star Great Forest for human society, he immediately became anxious, and even stopped stammering.
Xiao Wu smiled. "Even if it's dangerous, I still have to go! After all, Mother was killed by humans."
"Sister Xiao Wu..."
"Enough, Er Ming! Don't try to persuade me anymore. I've already taken human form! There's no turning back now!"
Xiao Wu turned to Da Ming. "Da Ming, did you call Er Ming and me here because something happened in the Star Great Forest?"
"That's right."
Da Ming nodded his enormous head, his gaze somewhat complicated as he looked at Xiao Wu.
It had not expected Xiao Wu to truly take human form, but unlike Er Ming, it did not try to stop her from entering human society.
Because just as Xiao Wu had said, she had already successfully taken human form! It was too late to say anything!
Once her Martial Soul finished condensing, if Xiao Wu wanted revenge and greater strength, she could only enter human society.
I only hope Sister Xiao Wu isn't discovered by humans before she reaches maturity, Da Ming silently thought.
Setting aside its thoughts, Da Ming looked beyond the Star Great Forest. "I just sensed the aura of a sacrifice from the outskirts of the Star Great Forest. Aside from confirming that you two were safe, I also wanted to ask whether you knew of any other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."
"Sacrifice?"
Upon hearing Da Ming's words, Xiao Wu and Er Ming both froze, their expressions turning solemn!
Xiao Wu asked gravely, "Er Ming, are there other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Great Forest besides the three of us?"
"N-no!" Er Ming looked at Xiao Wu and stammered, "I... I've traveled through the entire... Star Great Forest. Apart from... apart from a few ninety-thousand-year... Soul Beasts, there are no other... Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."
"Then that's strange."
Xiao Wu trusted Er Ming's words. Of the three Soul Beasts, Er Ming was the most battle-hungry. His path of growth had practically involved fighting his way through the entire Star Great Forest!
Da Ming and she might have overlooked other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but Er Ming...
"No!"
Xiao Wu suddenly realized something and looked at Da Ming. "If it really was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice, the energy released should have been impossible for us to miss, right? Why did only you notice it? Er Ming, did you sense it?"
"No, Sister Xiao Wu." Er Ming shook his head.
The aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice was so distinctive, so earth-shaking—it was a memory deeply engraved in the bloodline of every Soul Beast!
If such a thing had truly happened, how could Da Ming have been the only one to know?
Even if she had become human and might not be able to sense it, Er Ming had not become human!
"I truly sensed a trace of sacrificial aura, but it differs somewhat from what is recorded in our bloodline. This power was somewhat... far too weak..."
After hearing Xiao Wu's words, Da Ming also realized something was amiss.
That was right!
The disturbance caused by a sacrifice could not possibly be sensed by only one Soul Beast!
"Er Ming, did you really not sense even the slightest trace of sacrificial aura?"
"No, Sister Xiao Wu."
"Then that's strange. Da Ming, could it be that you..."
Buzz!
Da Ming and Er Ming simultaneously looked toward the outskirts of the Star Great Forest.
"The aura of sacrifice..."
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