First Arrival at Star Dou Great Forest, Giant Force Ape (Please Follow)

After seven days of travel, the group finally arrived near the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Star Dou Great Forest was much closer to Nine Treasure City than Thunder Grand Canyon.

The reason Lin Yan and Bei Bei had gone to Thunder Grand Canyon to obtain their first Spirit Rings was that the Soul Beasts there were better suited to Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul, so they had taken the longer route.

Several miles from the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, dense warning signs began appearing by the roadside.

They read: Ahead lies the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul Beasts roam within. Danger. The few blood-red words were especially eye-catching.

The carriage stopped there, left in the care of the driver.

Lin Yan and the others then headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

In less than the time it took to burn an incense stick, a magnificent forest appeared before Lin Yan and the others.

Although he had been mentally prepared, when Lin Yan first saw this famous Soul Beast Forest of the continent with his own eyes, he was still stunned by the grandeur before him.

The Star Dou Great Forest reshaped his understanding.

It showed him what truly towering ancient trees were!

As far as the eye could see, lush ancient trees stood like giants, over a hundred meters tall. Their thick trunks measured six or seven meters across, while their luxuriant canopies spread like enormous umbrellas, completely covering an area a hundred meters around them!

Compared with these ancient trees, Lin Yan felt that every tree he had seen before had become a young sapling!

And compared to trees like these, he was practically no different from an ant or insect!

As expected of the Star Dou Great Forest!

Ning Tian and Wu Feng were just as dumbstruck as Lin Yan.

"This is the Star Dou Great Forest, one of the continent's most dangerous Soul Beast habitats. There are millions upon millions of Soul Beasts here, and even legendary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Once we go in, you three must stay close to us. Do not wander off on your own. If you encounter a Soul Beast skilled at hiding, even I may not be able to save you in time. Do you understand?"

Lin Yuhuan's stern voice rang out.

"Understood!"

Lin Yan and the other two answered together.

After giving them her warnings, the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

Their formation placed Lin Yan and the other two in the center, Lin Yuhuan on the left, and the old butler on the right.

Before they had even entered the forest, swift figures moved like lightning through the roadside weeds and darted out.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who were visiting a Soul Beast habitat for the first time, screamed in fright.

Lin Yan fared slightly better. At least he could remain calm.

In the blink of an eye, their group had been surrounded by a pack of wolves.

The pack consisted of fifteen enormous green wolves. The largest alpha wolf was three meters long, its eyes vicious, and the sharp fangs in its bloody maw enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"This type of Soul Beast is called a Wind Wolf. They are pack-dwelling Soul Beasts, famous for their speed and agility!"

As she spoke, Lin Yuhuan merely released a trace of her aura, frightening the pack of Wind Wolves into fleeing with their tails between their legs.

Phew—

Seeing the wolf pack leave, Ning Tian and Wu Feng immediately breathed sighs of relief.

Lin Yan turned around and looked at Wu Feng, who had somehow hidden behind him. Teasingly, he said, "Little Sister Wu Feng, didn't you say you were going to protect Little Sister Ning Tian? Why did you get scared and hide behind me the moment you saw a Soul Beast?"

The moment he said that, Wu Feng, who had just calmed down, immediately blushed. Stammering, she said, "I-I was just too nervous earlier. I definitely won't do that next time!"

Lin Yan chuckled.

After that little episode, the group finally entered the forest-covered region properly.

They walked forward while searching as they went.

With a Titled Douluo and a Soul Sage beside him, Lin Yan was not nervous at all. He even felt somewhat relaxed.

He turned his head toward Ning Tian, who was walking beside him, and asked, "Little Sister Ning Tian, have you decided what kind of Spirit Ring you want?"

Ning Tian glanced at Lin Yan and said softly, "Father said that our Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda is an auxiliary tool martial soul, so our Spirit Rings should mainly focus on enhancement. The first Spirit Ring can enhance either strength or speed."

"Then enhance strength. My martial soul requires a lot of strength to use. If I can receive your support, using my martial soul will definitely become much easier," Lin Yan said casually.

"Really?" Ning Tian blinked and looked at Lin Yan happily.

"Mm." Lin Yan nodded.

"Then I'll choose a Spirit Ring that enhances strength for my first Spirit Ring!" Ning Tian said.

Lin Yuhuan, who was listening to their conversation from the side, said nothing, but the slight upward curve of her lips revealed her current mood!

Like Thunder Grand Canyon, the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest were populated by ten-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts.

Since Ning Tian did not need a Spirit Ring with a high cultivation age for her first ring, only three or four hundred years, they began searching the outer region.

The outer region was vast and home to many kinds of Soul Beasts. Finding one that offered exceptional enhancement to strength was clearly not something they could accomplish in a short while.

As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect and Ning Xingzong's beloved daughter, Ning Tian naturally could not simply make do with some ordinary Soul Beast.

They would rather spend more time finding a better one.

After walking for an hour, Ning Tian was the first to complain that she was tired.

She was only six years old, after all, and her martial soul was an auxiliary type, offering little enhancement to her physique. In terms of physical fitness, she was not even comparable to Wu Feng. Fortunately, she still had level-ten soul power within her. Otherwise, she would not have lasted even this hour.

"Lin Yan, carry Tian'er on your back. We'll keep going."

Lin Yan had intended to suggest taking a break, but Lin Yuhuan suddenly said this.

Lin Yan was slightly stunned. When he turned his head, he saw Ning Tian looking at him with her large, sparkling eyes blinking.

"Alright!"

Lin Yan did not think much of it, treating it as an older brother carrying his younger sister.

To challenge a Millennium Spirit Ring for his second ring, he trained every day. Ning Tian's weight was nothing to him.

The group continued onward.

Ning Tian lay on Lin Yan's back, her fair little hands wrapped around his neck. In a small voice, she asked, "Big Brother Lin Yan, am I heavy?"

"Not heavy." Lin Yan shook his head, his arms hooked beneath Ning Tian's knees as he moved forward very steadily.

At his words, a happy smile immediately appeared on Ning Tian's face.

No girl liked hearing someone say she was heavy, even if Ning Tian was only six.

Another hour passed, and Wu Feng could not take it anymore either.

So Lin Yan set down the rested Ning Tian, then carried Wu Feng on his back.

"Ah, I'll just treat it as physical training..."

After another fifteen minutes of searching, their group finally encountered a Soul Beast suitable for Ning Tian.

"A three-hundred-year Giant Force Ape. It has one-quarter of the Titan Giant Ape bloodline. Xingzong's first Spirit Ring came from one as well. This is the one," Lin Yuhuan said.

"Titan Giant Ape bloodline?"

Lin Yan examined the Soul Beast before him in surprise.

The Giant Force Ape had a humanoid body, like a human that had not fully evolved. It walked on all fours and stood two meters tall. If it straightened fully, it would likely approach three meters. Its muscular body was covered in a layer of hard brown fur, while its arms were long and thick, clearly containing astonishing strength.

Titan Giant Apes were super Soul Beasts, known as the overlords of the forest and especially skilled in strength. With one-quarter of their bloodline, this Giant Force Ape should not be considered weak among Soul Beasts of the same level.

Lin Yan set Wu Feng down and prepared to watch his grandmother step forward and subdue it in a single move.

However, Lin Yuhuan completely restrained her aura and made no move at all.

The next words that left her mouth immediately made Lin Yan's eyelids twitch.

"Lin Yan, you will deal with this Giant Force Ape. Let Grandma see the results of your cultivation over the past two years!"