Tiger Soul Single-Handedly Crushes the Mandala Snake!

Evening.

Soul Hunting Forest.

Along the way, Yu Xiaogang explained the Soul Hunting Forest, information about soul beasts, the precautions to take when hunting them, and what kind of Soul Rings Soul Masters should absorb.

At this moment.

He personally set up the tents and scattered medicinal powder around them to repel insects and snakes.

Every action displayed the depth of his knowledge and skills.

"Chu Lan, will you take me as your master?"

"If you become my disciple, I will teach you everything I know. My skills will benefit you for life, and becoming a Titled Douluo in the future is not impossible."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes were filled with anticipation. At that moment, he desperately hoped Chu Lan would agree outright.

"I'll think about it."

Chu Lan brushed him off with a single sentence.

Yu Xiaogang looked utterly disappointed. He thought to himself, I must let this kid see what I can do during the upcoming soul-hunting trip!

Having made up his mind, Yu Xiaogang immediately summoned his Martial Soul. "Come out, Luo Sanpao!"

"Luo! Luo!"

Chu Lan frowned. "Where did that pig noise come from?"

Before him appeared a creature that looked both like a dog and a pig. Yu Xiaogang's face instantly darkened.

It was covered in short, pale-purple fur and had a fat, bloated body about one and a half meters long. A pair of tiny ears drooped from its head, above its large, round, dark-blue eyes. It had a round bulge on top of its head, four short and thick stubby legs, and a nose somewhat resembling a pig's snout. It looked foolishly cute.

Yu Xiaogang's face was full of sorrow. "This is my Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao."

"Luo! Luo!"

Luo Sanpao cried out excitedly, scurrying up beside Yu Xiaogang and rubbing against his pant leg.

"Tiger Soul, appear!"

As Chu Lan's words fell, Tiger Soul appeared.

However—

Luo Sanpao was so terrified that it leaped onto Yu Xiaogang. Its one-and-a-half-meter body pinned Yu Xiaogang beneath it as it trembled all over.

"Sanpao! Get off me!" Yu Xiaogang nearly lost his breath, and a sharp pain shot through his chest.

"Tiger Soul, stop scaring that little pig." Chu Lan stroked the back of Tiger Soul's neck. Seeing the comical state of Luo Sanpao and Yu Xiaogang, he could not help but laugh.

"Master, something is coming!" Tiger Soul turned and stared into the pitch-black forest.

This was the second time Yu Xiaogang had heard Tiger Soul speak, yet he was still astonished.

Following Tiger Soul's gaze, Chu Lan saw a Mandala Snake over four meters long darting through the bushes as it rapidly approached.

"Oh no! It's a Mandala Snake!" Yu Xiaogang's expression changed drastically. "Run!"

"Don't you have two Soul Rings? You're a Soul Grandmaster, yet you can't even beat a snake. And you still want to take on a disciple?" Chu Lan's words dripped with contempt. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Tiger Soul, he showed no intention of fleeing.

If he could not even handle a Mandala Snake, there was no point in carrying on.

Yu Xiaogang froze at those words. Seeing Chu Lan and Tiger Soul standing side by side to face the Mandala Snake only made him feel more ashamed.

"Hiss—!"

The Mandala Snake had drawn close, but it stopped less than five meters away from Chu Lan and Tiger Soul.

Tiger Soul lowered its body slightly into a pouncing stance, its fierce eyes fixed tightly on the Mandala Snake.

Chu Lan shouted, "Tiger Soul, let this little loach taste your strength!"

"No problem, Master!" Tiger Soul roared toward the sky, its aura rising steadily as it lunged at the Mandala Snake.

"Hiss!"

Sensing the immense threat from Tiger Soul, the Mandala Snake instinctively retreated.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Tiger Soul roared and continued its pursuit.

Chu Lan could not be bothered with Yu Xiaogang. He used Ghost Concealment Traceless Steps and chased after it.

In an instant, only Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao remained behind, staring blankly.

With its wings, Tiger Soul's speed was far beyond what the Mandala Snake could match. It swooped down from the air, and its sharp tiger claws tore straight through the snake's scales.

"Hiss—"

The Mandala Snake let out a pained wail.

"Let's see how you run now!"

Tiger Soul slammed a paw onto the Mandala Snake's head and looked down at it from above.

The four-meter Mandala Snake, with four hundred years of cultivation, was suppressed by Tiger Soul until it could no longer resist.

"Tiger Soul, well done!"

Chu Lan caught up and, seeing this scene, gained a new understanding of Tiger Soul's inherent strength.

"Thank you for the praise, Master."

Tiger Soul smiled smugly.

Chu Lan sighed. "Its age is sufficient, but its type isn't suitable for me to absorb."

"Tiger Soul, bite it to death."

At those words, Tiger Soul opened its bloody maw and bit down directly on the Mandala Snake's middle.

"Pfft!"

Yu Xiaogang had caught up with Luo Sanpao by then. When he saw the Mandala Snake had already been bitten to death, he was completely stunned.

"This... Tiger Soul hasn't even obtained the power of a Soul Ring, yet it can kill a Mandala Snake so easily. It's much stronger than my Luo Sanpao..."

Yu Xiaogang spoke very quietly.

But Luo Sanpao was connected to his mind. No matter how quietly Yu Xiaogang spoke, it could still hear him, and it immediately looked dejected.

"Buzz—"

After the Mandala Snake died, a yellow Soul Ring rose from its body. Unfortunately, Chu Lan had no intention of absorbing it.

Noticing this, Yu Xiaogang hurried forward and asked, "Chu Lan, don't you plan to absorb the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring?"

Chu Lan rolled his eyes. "Of course not. Isn't that obvious? Although my Tiger Soul can switch between beast form and weapon form, it is ultimately tiger-type. How could I possibly absorb the Soul Ring of a venomous snake?"

Yu Xiaogang said urgently, "But this Mandala Snake has four hundred and twenty-two years of cultivation. It's the best choice for a first Soul Ring. There may not be anything more suitable for you in the entire Soul Hunting Forest."

Chu Lan replied calmly, "If that's the case, then I'll go to the Star Dou Great Forest. Better to go without than settle for something inferior."

Yu Xiaogang swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Chu Lan still needed Yu Xiaogang's help identifying soul beast species and their cultivation ages, which was why he had not driven Yu Xiaogang away. Otherwise...

A Soul Grandmaster who could not even defeat a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake would only hold him back!

Chu Lan recalled Tiger Soul and headed back the way they had come.

After remaining silent for a long time, Yu Xiaogang also recalled Luo Sanpao and followed.

At the campsite, inside one of the tents.

Chu Lan took out the four martial arts manuals and the Nine Yang Divine Skill manual, then began studying them.

In the neighboring tent.

Yu Xiaogang lay there, staring unblinkingly at the top of the tent.

All along the way, he had been thinking.

Why was it that both were Mutated Martial Souls, yet Tiger Soul could be so powerful, transform into a weapon, and even grant Chu Lan the talent of Innate Full Soul Power?

Meanwhile, Luo Sanpao not only dragged him down and left him with only half a rank of Innate Soul Power, but also possessed no offensive ability at all!

Why was the difference so vast!?

The next day, the two set off once more.