60,000-Year Soul Beast, Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger

The Titan Giant Ape had appeared out of nowhere behind her, and Hu Liena fled for her life.

But just as she reached a safe distance, she ran into another obstacle blocking her path—a Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger over ten thousand years old, and a Soul Beast that could fly.

Catching the lingering scent of blood and the fluctuating aura of Soul Power around Hu Liena, the tiger, which was in its feeding period, immediately pounced on her.

Watching this unfold from the shadows, Chu Zhao inwardly cried out in alarm.

She had only been thinking about it before. She never expected Hu Liena to be this unlucky! And for Chu Zhao to happen upon it, too. She should not have taken this chance to obtain her Fifth Soul Ring.

"She's far too unlucky, isn't she? This was supposed to be a foolproof operation. Yet one Soul Douluo was protecting Xie Yue and the others, another ran into the Titan Giant Ape, and Titled Douluo Yue Guan was held up by Poison Douluo."

"If she really dies, Bibi Dong will go mad, won't she? Even if it can't be traced back to me and has little to do with me, Bibi Dong will probably take it out on Dugu Bo."

In that instant, Chu Zhao considered many things and made her decision.

After tangling with the Thunder Twin Wings for a while, Hu Liena, whose injuries had yet to heal, thought she was doomed today. Just as she was lamenting her bad luck—

She suddenly heard a familiar melody. Vast swathes of green appeared before her once more, and an incomparably familiar feeling welled up within her. The pain from her injuries began to ease.

The first skill Chu Zhao used was still her First Soul Skill, Song of Life.

This soul skill had a restraining effect, but its main ability was to draw the enemy's power to heal allies.

With Chu Zhao's current Soul Power, her First Soul Ring was now nearly forty thousand years old.

When healing Hu Liena alone, whose Soul Power was lower than hers, the effect of this soul skill could nearly reach one hundred percent.

But because it was too heaven-defying, and Hu Liena was not someone she could trust, Chu Zhao had kept the skill's effect at around thirty percent both times she used it.

"Second Soul Skill, Weight of Life!"

After using Song of Life, Chu Zhao seamlessly followed up with her Second Soul Skill.

The Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger had been struggling desperately against Song of Life's restraints when the restraints suddenly vanished.

This forest overlord was still furious. It wanted to see which ant had dared attack it, so it could teach them a proper lesson.

But that thought lasted only a second before the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger was instantly forced to its knees beneath the Weight of Life.

However, this tiger's cultivation age was evidently rather high. The Weight of Life could crush a Soul King, yet it had only been forced to its knees because it was unprepared. Once it reacted, it could actually endure the pressure.

After taking a closer look, Chu Zhao immediately understood where the problem lay.

There were five blue-glowing stripes across the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger's body. This meant its cultivation age was above fifty thousand years, but below sixty thousand.

Though ten-thousand-year and fifty-thousand-year Soul Beasts were both considered ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, their strength was clearly on entirely different levels.

"You go first! I'm faster when it comes to escaping, so I'll hold it off for a while."

As Chu Zhao increased the coverage of the Weight of Life's leaves, she told Hu Liena to leave first.

If Hu Liena remained here, she would only make Chu Zhao hold back, unable to use her full strength.

Hearing this, Hu Liena hesitated. She should not do this. Yet in the end, she merely gave Chu Zhao a deep look before immediately speeding away.

But not long after leaving, she released Spirit Hall's distress signal.

"Big tiger, now it's just the two of us. Let's have some fun."

Once Chu Zhao had seen the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger's cultivation age, she had decided to kill it. She happened to be short one Soul Ring.

Fifty thousand years was barely worthy of serving as the Fifth Soul Ring for her Seed of Life martial soul.

Though its age was somewhat inferior to the Death God Scythe's one-hundred-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring, system mission rewards often included benefits such as increasing the age of all Soul Rings. Soul Ring Age could slowly rise over time.

Who knew how long she would have to wait for the system to reward her with a Fifth Soul Ring?

Perhaps Chu Zhao's killing intent was too intense, or perhaps the Death God Scythe martial soul she had switched to was too terrifying, but Chu Zhao felt that this big tiger did not seem interested in playing with her.

But she wanted to play with it, so she had no choice but to forcibly keep it from going after Hu Liena.

"Reaper Scythe Shadow Kill, Reaper Blood Sea, Reaper Thorns..."

One soul skill after another erupted in an instant.

The Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger's attacks were not weak either. Its attacks carried the Lightning Attribute and were immensely destructive.

Fortunately, Chu Zhao was skilled at dodging and sufficiently alert to danger. Her body always sensed the danger a step ahead, carrying her out of harm's way.

A fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast was not easy to handle. Its vitality was incredibly high, and even Death Qi eroding its life force would take a long time. Chu Zhao was only a Soul King, and relying solely on soul skills, she could not easily finish it off for the moment.

So she decisively attacked on two fronts, using all kinds of enhanced poisons.

The big tiger considered physical damage a trivial matter, yet Chu Zhao had now brought out chemical damage as well. Feeling its life force steadily draining away, the big tiger truly did not want to play with Chu Zhao anymore.

With a powerful beat of its twin wings, a massive gust carrying blue lightning swept toward Chu Zhao.

Taking advantage of that moment, the big tiger also flew into the air on its wings.

With such an enormous body, it could actually fly using only a pair of lightning wings.

How could she let the Soul Ring that had practically reached her mouth fly away like that?

Chu Zhao refused to accept it and decisively unleashed her Fourth Soul Skill.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Reaper Arrow!"

The scythe in her hand transformed into an exquisite red bow. As she drew and released the bowstring, pure Death Qi condensed at her fingertips into sharp arrows that shot straight toward the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger.

With several arrows fired in succession, could she still fail to shoot it down?

In the end, the tiger was indeed shot down, but it also successfully entered a frenzied state.

Its attack power became considerably stronger than before.

And Chu Zhao was unlucky too—truly, she was incredibly unlucky. She could barely handle a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast.

But as the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger was on the brink of death, a bolt of thunder descended from the sky and struck it.

When the thunder dissipated, another lightning stripe had appeared on the Thunder Twin-Winged Tiger's body. Just like that, it successfully advanced, becoming a 60,000-Year Soul Beast.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Chu Zhao truly wanted to cry but had no tears. How could anyone be as unlucky as her?

How did this damned tiger have such good luck?

It was about to die, yet not only did it advance at the perfect moment, it even recovered to full health.

Meanwhile, her own consumption had been considerable. How was she supposed to fight this now?

Looks like I'll have to use one of my trump cards.

Chu Zhao was already preparing to use the trump card she had obtained not long ago for "defeating" a Soul Saint—one supreme strike at the Soul Douluo level.

She had always kept this as a lifesaving measure until now.

But she never got the chance to use that strongest Soul Douluo-level strike.

Because another Eighth Soul Skill stepped in.

1. A custom Soul Beast setting: a 60,000-Year Soul Beast and the Fifth Soul Ring for Chu Zhao's Seed of Life martial soul.