Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi

A massive blue wolf lay on the ground, tearing into a soul beast it had hunted and feasting heartily.

Its jaws were covered in blood, making it look savage and ferocious. Its body was as robust as a bull's, and an aura of wind swirled around it.

Luo Fan had specifically studied the soul beast encyclopedia before, so he recognized this Gale Wolf.

And judging by its size, it was indeed around two thousand years old.

"Luo Fan, let's come up with a battle plan!" Su Yuntao swallowed as he stared at the hulking Gale Wolf.

A thousand-year soul beast was nothing like the plant-type one he had helped Luo Fan hunt before, let alone one that was two thousand years old!

To be honest, Su Yuntao was feeling rather uneasy.

A thousand-year soul beast with strong offensive power generally required at least a Soul Elder to barely handle, didn't it?

"Brother Yuntao, it's fine. You and my Wood Clones can go up first and hold it back," Luo Fan said, shaking his head.

Then, Luo Fan's four Wood Clones charged out alongside Su Yuntao.

Seeing the Wood Clones and Su Yuntao rushing toward it, the two-thousand-year Gale Wolf immediately rose to its feet and charged to meet them at astonishing speed!

The wind swirling around its body grew even more violent, granting the Gale Wolf greater speed and more ferocious strength!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Surrounded by several Wood Clones, the Gale Wolf still displayed overwhelming strength.

Luo Fan's true body hid in an unnoticed corner of the forest as he raised his palm.

A Rasengan formed in his hand. Soul Power spun at high speed in a chaotic pattern, containing terrifying destructive force.

"Instant Flash!"

At last, after hiding in the shadows for some time, Luo Fan found his chance to strike. The ground beneath his feet exploded, leaving behind a crater the size of a water jar.

At almost the same instant, Luo Fan shot forward like a cannonball and appeared before the Gale Wolf in a flash!

He viciously slammed the Rasengan into the Gale Wolf's body!

With his extreme speed combined with the destructive power of the Rasengan, Luo Fan felt that his current combat style resembled Minato Namikaze's more than Hashirama Senju's!

Boom!

Even the bull-sized Gale Wolf could not help letting out a miserable howl after taking the Rasengan head-on. Its body spun through the air, smashing through two large trees before crashing to the ground, barely clinging to life!

"Brother Yuntao!" Luo Fan hurriedly called out.

Su Yuntao understood what Luo Fan meant. He went straight to the fallen Gale Wolf and swiftly finished it off, delivering the final fatal blow to the severely wounded beast!

As the Gale Wolf breathed its last, a purple Soul Ring emerged from its body!

"Brother Yuntao, hurry and absorb the Soul Ring. I'll stand guard for you!" Luo Fan said.

Hearing that, Su Yuntao hurriedly sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, while Luo Fan guarded him nearby.

Luo Fan could see that Su Yuntao was having a difficult time absorbing the Soul Ring. His face was slightly twisted.

It seemed as though he was gritting his teeth and exerting himself, yet also enduring immense pain!

In theory, a third Soul Ring could absorb a Soul Ring of roughly 2,700 years.

But a Soul Ring around two thousand years old still placed considerable pressure on him.

Time passed second by second. Soon, the sky began to darken, yet Su Yuntao had still not finished absorbing it!

Rustle, rustle!

At that moment, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

A massive bird-type soul beast suddenly charged out from the depths of Sunset Forest!

This soul beast resembled an ostrich. It was enormous but unable to fly, and it seemed to have been startled as it charged rapidly in their direction!

Seeing this, Luo Fan frowned slightly and pressed both hands against the ground.

Summoning Technique: Rashomon!

A Rashomon roughly three to four meters tall suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the path between Su Yuntao and the soul beast!

With a loud bang, the soul beast, unable to stop itself, slammed headfirst into the Rashomon.

The Rashomon shook slightly, but it was not shattered.

Instead, the bird-type soul beast cracked its skull open. It collapsed to the ground, twitched a few times, and stopped moving.

A moment later, a yellow Soul Ring rose from the soul beast's body.

To Luo Fan, a century-level soul beast charging over was nothing more than a minor interruption!

However, not long afterward, another burst of dense footsteps sounded!

Immediately afterward, two figures ran toward them!

One was a youth who looked around ten years old, while the other was a middle-aged man who appeared to be in his thirties.

Luo Fan's gaze fell on the youth, and his brows furrowed slightly.

The youth's clothes and manner of dress looked somewhat similar to Xue Qinghe's.

Could he be a member of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family?

"Ah, my soul beast!" The youth who had rushed over spotted the dead bird-type soul beast at once and cried out in alarm.

Then he turned toward Luo Fan and demanded with an unfriendly expression, "Was it you who killed my soul beast?"

This was a soul beast six or seven hundred years old. This guy looked two years younger than him. Could he really have killed it?

But aside from Luo Fan, there was only someone sitting beside him, motionless as he absorbed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

"Your soul beast?"

Hearing the youth's words, Luo Fan frowned slightly and asked strangely, "Since when did the soul beasts of Sunset Forest become yours?"

"Hmph, if I say it's mine, then it's mine! I spent two days looking before I found such a suitable soul beast, and you killed it in the blink of an eye?" the youth said to Luo Fan with an arrogant, furious expression.

"What do you want, then?" Luo Fan asked calmly.

"Beat him up hard and vent my anger. Make sure he can't get out of bed for at least three days!" the youth ordered the middle-aged man beside him.

"Kid, sorry about this. If you had merely injured this soul beast, you would have done well. But you shouldn't have killed it!" The middle-aged man stepped forward two paces. At the same time, a bird martial soul appeared behind him.

Three yellow Soul Rings appeared alongside it. He was a three-ring Soul Elder.

"Wood Clone Technique!"

Although the other man had one more Soul Ring than him, Luo Fan was not afraid in the slightest and immediately unleashed his Wood Clone Technique.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty Wood Clones appeared, all charging toward the two of them!

"Stop! Stop! Do you know who I am? I am—" Seeing more than twenty Wood Clones rushing at him in unison, the youth's face changed in horror as he cried out!

But before he could finish, four or five Wood Clones surrounded him and began raining punches and kicks upon him.

The Soul Elder beside him was likewise surrounded by nearly twenty Wood Clones!

A moment later, the bruised and battered Soul Elder grabbed the youth, who had already been beaten unconscious, and quickly turned to flee.

Luo Fan had no intention of sending the Wood Clones after them!

Fortunately, the youth had merely wanted to teach him a lesson and leave him bedridden for a few days.

If the youth had ordered the Soul Elder beside him to kill Luo Fan, then Luo Fan would not have been polite. He would have left both of their lives behind.

Back in Sunset Forest, Su Yuntao had successfully absorbed his Soul Ring. The purple Soul Ring could be seen settling around his body!

Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, a distinguished guest had arrived at Xue Qinghe's residence.

The sect master of one of the Upper Three Sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—Ning Fengzhi!