Sky Azure Bull Python

"Your name is Xiao Wu, right? I'm Qian Daoliu, from Spirit Hall."

At his words, Xiao Wu blinked her large eyes at Qian Daoliu, looking a little puzzled.

He isn't afraid of me?

I just told him I'm a soul beast nearing a hundred thousand years old.

Why? Is it because I'm not as fierce as Er Ming?

At that thought, Xiao Wu turned her rabbit head to glance at Er Ming.

That must be it. Er Ming really is frightening just standing there, and he looks fierce, too.

Right, I'm a Soft Bone Rabbit. I don't want to be like Er Ming.

Er Ming: "..."

"Hello, I'm Xiao Wu. You can call me Sister Xiao Wu, just like Er Ming does."

Xiao Wu nodded as she spoke.

Qian Daoliu: "..."

"Do you really like the human world, Xiao Wu?"

Although he knew the reason, Qian Daoliu still needed to ask.

"Yes! Mother told Xiao Wu lots of stories about humans."

"So Xiao Wu wants to see how the world Mother talked about differs from the world we live in."

Listening to Xiao Wu, Golden Crocodile could only think how innocent she was. If a soul beast appeared in the human world and was discovered, its fate would be...

"No, Sister Xiao Wu. You can't go to the human world."

Er Ming hurriedly spoke up.

Xiao Wu's words had made Er Ming deeply anxious.

Xiao Wu had practically grown up sheltered under their wings.

Both her parents were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. Although her father had disappeared after entering the core region, her mother had still protected her. Even now, with Xiao Wu's mother having taken human form, she still had him and his elder brother to protect her.

Aside from the Lake of Life, the only threat to them was humans.

Especially after seeing humans as powerful as Qian Daoliu and his companions.

Most importantly, Da Ming and Er Ming could not lose Xiao Wu.

"Er Ming, don't meddle. Once I reach a hundred thousand years, I want to be just like Mother."

Something occurred to Xiao Wu, and she spoke excitedly.

Listening to Xiao Wu, Qian Daoliu sank into thought.

If his calculations were right, Xiao Wu would need to wait another ten years or so before she could take human form.

[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission "Obtain a soul ring." Mission rewards: bound object slots +1; the age of all the host's soul rings increases by five thousand years.]

[Congratulations, host. Your bound object, Bibi Dong, has successfully raised her soul power level to 71. Cultivation reward: 1 lucky draw attempt.

Two system notifications sounded in succession, interrupting Qian Daoliu's thoughts.

Then he felt a warm current surge through his body toward his soul rings.

The five-thousand-year increase to all his soul rings had taken effect.

He now had another bound object slot. All he needed was to find a suitable candidate.

As for the extra lucky draw attempt, that was only to be expected.

He had already accumulated eight attempts. Once he completed the remaining missions, he would have eleven. Since he would have some to spare, should he use them now...?

A single draw had given him a cultivation technique manual-the very one he had asked about while searching for the Chaos Bell, only to find it unavailable.

The system must have helped.

Otherwise, how could there have been such a coincidence?

After thinking it over, he decided to deal with the situation before him first, then use those "extra" draws.

Qian Daoliu then turned to look behind him.

Behind him, Bibi Dong had just risen to stand on the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor's back.

"Teacher, is that the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape?"

Bibi Dong spoke as she stared at Er Ming's mountain-like body. It was impossible not to notice him.

As for Xiao Wu, she was on the ground, obscured by Qian Daoliu and the others, so Bibi Dong had not noticed her.

Heavens, I'm actually seeing a super soul beast recorded in the books.

"Oh, another pretty human. And that's a Man Faced Demon Spider."

"Good riddance. That thing ate some of my kin."

After noticing Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu spotted the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor's corpse.

"Hm?"

Xiao Wu's words drew Bibi Dong's attention, and only then did she see the Soft Bone Rabbit.

Another soul beast.

"Dong'er, come here. Let me introduce you."

Bibi Dong obediently came to stand beside Qian Daoliu.

"This Titan Giant Ape is Er Ming, and this is Xiao Wu."

"This is my disciple, Bibi Dong."

"Er Ming, you can take that spider now."

Qian Daoliu then addressed Er Ming again.

"Hm? Er Ming, what do you want that stinking spider for?"

Xiao Wu looked at Er Ming in confusion.

"Sister Xiao Wu, I need to vent."

With that, Er Ming leaped and landed precisely beside the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor.

Boom!

With one punch, Er Ming turned the spot where the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor had lain into a crater.

As for the corpse, it was nowhere to be seen.

Simple and brutal.

Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor: I hadn't provoked anyone in the first place.

"All right, humans. It's time for you to leave."

Er Ming walked behind Xiao Wu and spoke to Qian Daoliu and the others.

"Elder brother, are we really not keeping them here?"

Golden Crocodile spoke to Qian Daoliu through voice transmission.

Hearing Golden Crocodile's words, Qian Daoliu glanced at Er Ming, then looked at Xiao Wu.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

He had just gained another binding slot. Perhaps Xiao Wu would do.

Bibi Dong was currently Spirit Hall's only rising star. Although they had many geniuses, compared with Bibi Dong, they were...

Bibi Dong had the potential to become a god.

And as long as Xiao Wu chose the path of taking human form, she would likewise be a top-tier genius.

But Xiao Wu still had some time to go before becoming a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Suddenly, Qian Daoliu sensed something and looked toward the path Er Ming had come from.

Roar!

A sound like a bull's bellow came from that direction.

"Xiao Wu, Er Ming, why have you been out so long?"

A woman's voice followed.

A soul beast with a bull's head and a serpent's body emerged from the distant forest. A woman stood atop its enormous head.

"Humans, what are you doing here?"

The woman's brows knitted tightly when she saw Qian Daoliu and the others.

"Humans, considering how difficult your cultivation has been, and that you eliminated the Man Faced Demon Spider, I will let you leave today."

The Sky Azure Bull Python spoke in a deep voice.

"You're Da Ming, so this lady must be Xiao Wu's mother, correct?"

Qian Daoliu stood before the others, looking at the Sky Azure Bull Python.

"Human, how do you know about us?"

The Sky Azure Bull Python was puzzled.

"Perhaps we could sit down and talk."

Qian Daoliu spoke to the woman atop the Sky Azure Bull Python.

"Judging by your clothing, you're from Spirit Hall?"

"That's right. We are indeed from Spirit Hall."

The woman froze for a moment. She did not climb down, remaining atop the Sky Azure Bull Python's head.

"Xiao Wu, come back."

Xiao Wu lowered her rabbit head like a child who had done something wrong. Then she vanished before everyone's eyes and appeared beside the woman an instant later.

Teleportation!

Golden Crocodile's pupils, along with those of the others, contracted.

Such a powerful skill, on a Soft Bone Rabbit?

Seeing Xiao Wu safe beside her, the woman let out a sigh of relief.

"Er Ming, let's go."

The Sky Azure Bull Python called to Er Ming.

"Wait."

"Having become human, do you really think you have a chance of becoming a god?"

"You've only just entered the maturity stage. A human's lifespan is nothing compared with a soul beast's. Could you really bear to leave Xiao Wu all alone?"