Teeth Like a Harrow Within Its Jaws, Golden Armor and Steel Legs-the Touch Dragon King

But soon, Chen Ping discovered an option that suited him even better.

[Recommended soul beast to hunt: Touch Dragon King]

[Attributes: darkness, poison]

[Age: 480 years]

[Location: northern outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Venomous Insect Woodland, inside the Great Centipede Cave]

[Possible soul skills obtained after hunting: Poison Staff Dancing the Heavens, Blinding Sneak Attack...]

Chen Ping's mind raced as he recalled what he knew about the Touch Dragon King.

Generally speaking, whenever a soul master heard a soul beast called some sort of king or emperor, they needed to be careful.

Under the soul beast naming conventions accepted throughout the Soul Master World, such beasts were most likely ten-thousand-year existences, or even over thirty or fifty thousand years old.

Among some powerful soul beast races, only those that reached the hundred-thousand-year level qualified to be called kings or emperors.

There were plenty of examples, such as the Cave Demon Spider and Cave Demon Spider Emperor, the Thousand Jun Ant and Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, and the Evil Spirit Orca and Evil Orca King.

But the Touch Dragon King was an exception. The word "king" merely indicated its position within its colony, rather than proclaiming the strength of its cultivation.

It was like the Thousand Jun Ant Queen. "Queen" only signified its role within the colony. A ten-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Queen was a queen, and a ten-year Thousand Jun Ant Queen was also a queen.

The same applied to the Touch Dragon King. A hundred-year Touch Dragon King was still a Touch Dragon King; its position within the colony determined that.

As for what a Touch Dragon was... the location given in the system's prompt made that clear.

[Venomous Insect Woodland, inside the Great Centipede Cave]

"Touch Dragon" was, frankly, just a flattering name for a kind of golden-shelled centipede soul beast. A Touch Dragon-a dragon with feelers.

Still, this soul beast's attributes were quite good. Not only did it possess both darkness and poison abilities, but its shell also provided strong defense. Its only drawback was how difficult it was to hunt.

After all, a Touch Dragon King would certainly have underlings like Touch Dragons waiting on it hand and foot.

Not only that, but soul beasts such as Evil Pincer Bugs generally got along well with Touch Dragons and would live alongside them.

All he could say was that this was an excellent option. But unless Chen Ping had a Soul King-level bodyguard beside him, recklessly entering the cave would most likely turn him straight into insect feed.

That left Chen Ping feeling somewhat unwilling to give up. Missing out on that Demon-Eyed Tree was one thing; its age was unsuitable, and there was nothing anyone could do about that.

But this Touch Dragon King's age, attributes, and potential soul skills all suited him perfectly.

Having to settle for second best again and search for an inferior substitute left Chen Ping more than a little dissatisfied.

Still, no amount of dissatisfaction would help. Right now, he was all alone, with no powerful backer to cling to. The last thing he could afford was to let the excitement go to his head.

As he continued reading the detailed recommendation document provided by the system, Chen Ping's mood improved a little.

To some extent, his system's ability to gather and compile information could serve as a budget alternative to Huo Gua's Spiritual Detection.

Of course, by the time the system finished compiling its documents and delivered them to him, the information was already outdated compared with Huo Gua's real-time Spiritual Detection. It also charged Academic Genius Points before doing any work for him.

But that was already impressive. His Academic Genius System's strength lay not in taking one specialty to its absolute limit, but in being versed in everything. With a cheat at his side, Chen Ping was already quite content.

But soon, Chen Ping's gaze sharpened as he noticed something wrong.

[Recommended soul beast to hunt: Touch Dragon]

[Attribute: poison]

[Age: 230 years]

[Location: northern outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Venomous Insect Woodland, outside the Great Centipede Cave]

[Recommended soul beast to hunt: Touch Dragon]

[Location: northern outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Venomous Insect Woodland, Greenfish Creek]

[Recommended to hunt...]

[Location...]

Why had all these Touch Dragons rushed out of the Great Centipede Cave at once?

Chen Ping immediately realized that this might be an opportunity.

Although he had absolutely no idea why all the Touch Dragons in the Great Centipede Cave had left, he had to consider whether to seize such a perfect chance.

He was not far from the Venomous Insect Woodland now. He could get there quickly if he ran.

The problem was that the reason these Touch Dragons had left their nest was utterly baffling.

Even if Chen Ping slipped in while the cave was undefended, entered the Great Centipede Cave, and seized the chance to fight the Touch Dragon King man-to-man and kill it, he still had to account for the Touch Dragons returning.

If they trapped him inside the Great Centipede Cave halfway through, his life would be in serious danger!

Despite his many misgivings, Chen Ping ultimately started running toward the Venomous Insect Woodland first.

Whatever the case, he would certainly have to take a look before deciding.

After all, he had only used the system to search for soul beasts suitable for him to hunt, and the Touch Dragon King and Touch Dragons just happened to be on that list.

So, to find out what was really going on, he still had to go over and see for himself.

Northern outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Venomous Insect Woodland, outside the Great Centipede Cave.

"Bei Bei, do you have any realgar left?"

A pitiful cry rang out, clear and pleasant to the ear, yet tinged with distress.

The voice belonged to a girl who looked fifteen or sixteen, her long black hair tied in a ponytail that fluttered in the wind.

Her light blue fitted outfit traced the budding curves of her youthful figure as she darted through the trees with marvelous, unpredictable footwork.

The girl had large, lively phoenix eyes, a straight, delicately tipped nose, and a nearly perfect oval face. Her beautiful features were flushed, clearly from running.

"How could I have brought that much? Why don't we go back to get some, or head straight back to the academy for reinforcements?"

Following behind her was a boy who looked about her age. He was tall and slender, with short, dark blue hair that gleamed like a gemstone in the sunlight.

Though young, he had a refined air about him. His handsome face currently bore a helpless look as he ran nonstop behind the girl, his footwork equally mysterious and unpredictable.

Behind them, more than twenty giant centipedes with golden shells pursued them relentlessly. The smaller ones were half a meter long, while the larger ones measured over a meter.

The next moment, the ground churned, and soil surged upward.

A giant centipede with six wings on its back and a golden armored shell burst out of the earth right before the boy and girl's feet, swift as thunder!

As the saying went:

Two feelers like golden whips, a pair of great jaws flashing cold.

A body of segments layered in rows, a hundred pairs of hooked legs along its sides.

Six wings on its back like sharpened sickles, twin horns on its head like an azure dragon.

Teeth like a harrow within its jaws, golden armor and steel legs-the Touch Dragon King!

This was the greatest difference between a Touch Dragon King and a Touch Dragon.

Compared with an ordinary Touch Dragon, a Touch Dragon King would evolve two enormous feelers resembling golden whips, while three pairs of sickle-like bone wings grew from its back.

This build allowed it to burrow and roam freely through earth and rock, leading the Touch Dragons wherever they went to make their home.