A Soul Beast with Ten-Thousand-Year Strength

Master and Tang San headed to the outermost edge of Soul Hunting Forest to wait, while Flender took Ye Yu toward its deepest reaches.

There were no Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in Soul Hunting Forest. The highest were nine-thousand-year ones, and they were extremely rare.

Flender flew through the air, bringing Ye Yu quickly to the deepest part of Soul Hunting Forest. The aura emitted by every soul beast here made Ye Yu's heart pound with fear. If Flender had not been there, just the pressure spreading from these soul beasts would have been more than he could bear.

Ye Yu sighed inwardly. The soul beasts here are equivalent to a rank 59 Soul King. What terrifying auras.

Most of the soul beasts here were six or seven thousand years old. Even eight-thousand-year ones were uncommon.

The soul beasts knew they were not the target, so naturally, they did not take the initiative to provoke them. They had sensed an aura no weaker than that of a thirty-thousand-year soul beast—a Soul Sage among humans.

As they searched the depths, they occasionally came across two suitable eight-thousand-year soul beasts. Master had already said that the second soul ring would ideally come from a power-type soul beast.

However, Ye Yu insisted on a nine-thousand-year one, so Flender continued searching.

"Hmm? That is..."

Suddenly, Flender's eyes lit up, but hesitation appeared on his face at the same time.

Ye Yu followed Flender's gaze. In the distance was a strange soul beast—a three-meter-tall humanoid bone bull. Its body was powerful, wrapped in white bone armor, with a bull's face and bull horns.

The aura of this bone bull startled Ye Yu even more, making him feel that it had to be a nine-thousand-year soul beast.

"Dean Flender, is that a nine-thousand-year soul beast?" Ye Yu asked.

Flender nodded. "Yes. That is a Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull. It just so happens to be power-type. However, if it uses its full strength, its cultivation will reach ten thousand years."

"Oh?" Ye Yu was surprised.

"One of the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's skills increases its own strength. Even if it goes all out, I can still deal with it. However, this Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull is equivalent to a mutant among soul beasts. The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's original name is Heavenly Void Power Bull, and even among a hundred, it is difficult for a single mutant to appear. The reason it mutates is because it is born with Essence of Malice. Even if you can absorb its soul ring, I'm afraid your sanity will be disturbed by its malice, causing you to lose your mind and become a demon that only knows slaughter."

"Even if your body can withstand it, it will be very difficult for your mind not to be corroded by its malice. After all, it is equivalent to a ten-thousand-year soul beast. With you only at the rank twenty Soul Master level, even if your mind is also different from ordinary people's, you absolutely won't be able to resist it. Let's choose another one."

Flender prepared to leave, but Ye Yu's gaze did not leave the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull.

At this moment, only the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull itself knew what it was thinking. Its heart was vicious. Human brat, that guy already told you to leave, so what the hell are you still staring at me for? If you dare target me, when you absorb my soul ring, I'll absolutely make you fall into demonic madness and become a monster that only knows slaughter.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull had long since noticed it was being targeted, but it ignored them as if nothing had happened. Naturally, it hoped the other side would not look for trouble.

With its temper, if it were facing a Soul Emperor, it would have gone up and killed him, but opposite it was a Soul Sage. Even if it could reach ten-thousand-year strength at full power, it was still no match for a Soul Sage.

After hearing Flender's words, the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull sighed in relief inwardly. It had originally thought the two of them would leave, but Ye Yu kept staring at it, making it curse inwardly. Human brat, you're just a mere rank twenty Soul Master, and you want to absorb me? Hurry up and get lost.

Ye Yu said solemnly, "Dean Flender, let's choose it."

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull: "..."

Dean Flender asked in surprise, "Are you sure? Although when you absorbed your Thousand Year Soul Ring, the Swift Growth Tiger did not produce resentment, I don't know whether this Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull will. After all, it is a soul beast carrying malice. Its resentment will be even stronger, and there is also malice that can devour sanity. Even a Soul Emperor wouldn't dare absorb it."

"I'm sure," Ye Yu said firmly.

"All right."

Flender nodded and flew toward the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull with Ye Yu.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull was already cursing furiously inside. It stared at Flender with murderous energy rolling off it. Since they had come for it, it would not shrink back.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull turned into a streak of white shadow and charged over, its bone fist blasting straight out.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's only terrifying aspect was strength. Its way of fighting was purely close combat.

As an Agility Attack System Soul Master, if Flender faced it at the same level, he would not be its match in strength. But with the strength of a rank seventy-eight Soul Sage, he was completely confident.

The two fists collided, erupting with a thunderous boom. The ground beneath them was blasted up dozens of meters high, and the shockwave made Ye Yu instantly cover both ears, but he was still left dazed from the tremor.

Ye Yu quickly moved farther away. Previously, when Flender fought the Swift Growth Tiger, he had completely toyed with it, so Ye Yu had not been affected. This time, however, was different.

Toying with the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull was impossible, but defeating it was simple.

At the instant of collision, Flender's heart trembled as he sensed that extremely powerful strength. As expected of the top-tier Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull among power-types, and a mutant at that. If we were at the same level, I really wouldn't be your match.

After a brief stalemate, the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's strength collapsed, and it was sent flying by the overwhelming force. Cracks also appeared across the white bone on its right arm.

As an Agility Attack System Soul Master, what Flender was best at was speed. In the blink of an eye, he flashed behind the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull and hammered it with a flurry of blows.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull resisted with all its might, but it was useless. It was completely suppressed and beaten, falling into a disadvantage.

As the two fought, Ye Yu did not simply stand there watching. He also had to stay fully alert to prevent other soul beasts from suddenly launching a sneak attack.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull hated them to the extreme. The one it hated most was not Flender, but Ye Yu, and it cursed inwardly. Damn human brat, a mere Soul Master actually wants to absorb me. Today, there's no chance of survival, but if you dare absorb me, then die with me.

A soul beast close to the ten-thousand-year level could not speak human words, but its intelligence was already no inferior to a human's.

Although the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull was being suppressed and beaten, the bone armor on its body actually could not be shattered for a while.

The Heavenly Void Power Bull had a normal bull body and bull hair. Only the mutated Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull possessed this bone armor. Perhaps only one Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull born with Essence of Malice would appear every thousand years, and its distinguishing feature was the white bone armor covering its entire body.

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull was smashed over a hundred meters away again, crashing through several giant trees. Many parts of the bone armor on its body had already shattered.

"Roar!!"

The Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull let out an earth-shaking roar, and malice spread from its body, especially its face. Blood-black malice gathered over its face. Flender's expression turned solemn; he knew the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull was about to use its strongest skill: Facial Ossification!

Under Ye Yu's astonished gaze, the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull no longer had a bull's face. Instead, its face was covered by a white bone mask, like a Hollow mask from Bleach.

At the same time, Ye Yu could clearly sense the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's aura rising.

As the bone mask covered its face, the light on the Heavenly Void Power Demon Bull's body was no longer the purple that represented a thousand years, but black! Ten thousand years!

Flender snorted lightly. "Going all out now? Even so, your only end is death."