Chen Jin slowly raised his right hand.
His five fingers curled slightly, instantly forming a claw.
Humm-
Without any warning.
Dark gold Phoenix True Fire burst into his palm.
The divine fire split into five scorching streams, racing around his fingertips before finally condensing into a small yet solid phantom Phoenix Claw.
An indescribable, supreme pressure swept outward like toppling mountains and overturning seas.
It came from the noble bloodline of the Ancient Phoenix God.
Sacred and domineering.
The Scale-Armored Lion, which had been charging wildly toward him, actually came to an abrupt halt in midair the instant it sensed that pressure.
Its four limbs struck the ground, plowing four deep furrows into the earth.
Its savage, brutal eyes were now filled with terror.
Chen Jin remained indifferent as he abruptly swept out the five fingers of his right hand.
"Phoenix Claw."
A gigantic red claw phantom instantly condensed in the air.
Wherever the claw phantom passed, even the air seemed to scorch and warp beneath its domineering power, which could tear through anything.
Shhk.
The sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out.
The red claw phantom swept across the Scale-Armored Lion's head in an instant.
Before the Phoenix Claw, its incredibly hard, dark gold scales were as fragile as paper and were instantly torn apart.
The violent Phoenix True Fire burned away every trace of Soul Power inside the Scale-Armored Lion the moment it made contact.
Its enormous body crashed to the ground.
Chen Jin remained composed throughout; not even the hem of his clothes had stirred.
"What a domineering divine ability."
Chen Jin was extremely satisfied with the power of this divine ability.
After all, this was a three-thousand-year Soul Beast.
Even a Soul Ancestor above level forty would have had to fight a bitter battle to kill it.
Yet he had used only a single move.
And with such effortless ease, at that.
Just as Chen Jin was about to step forward to inspect it.
"Stop!"
A clear, furious female shout suddenly came from the dense woods nearby.
Immediately afterward.
A red figure shot out of the bushes like a ball of raging fire.
Chen Jin paused slightly and turned to look.
The person who ran out was a woman dressed in blazing red leather.
She had a voluptuous figure, and the tight leather clothes outlined her already exaggerated curves to the fullest.
She was extremely tall, and her long, straight legs looked rounded and supple beneath her red leather trousers.
Her waist was slender, barely a handful, yet her upper body was full, rising and falling with her heavy breathing.
Her skin was as white as snow, dazzlingly pale against the blazing red leather.
Her long red hair spilled down behind her head like raging fire, and her features were exquisite, though her phoenix-shaped eyes were now blazing with fury.
She radiated a wild, fiery beauty.
"Who are you?"
Chen Jin looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared and asked calmly.
"I'm Huo Wu from Blazing Fire Academy!"
Huo Wu pointed at the Scale-Armored Lion's corpse on the ground, trembling with anger as her chest heaved.
"My teammates and I spent three whole days ambushing this Soul Beast before we finally managed to badly wound it!"
"How dare you jump out halfway through and steal my prey!"
Huo Wu clearly had a fiery temper.
She had no intention of listening to any explanation from Chen Jin, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.
"If I don't teach you a lesson today, you'll really think you can push us at Blazing Fire Academy around!"
Before her words had faded.
The Soul Power within Huo Wu erupted.
Two yellow Soul Rings and one purple one rose from beneath her feet.
Scorching red flames instantly swept over her entire body, becoming layer upon layer of raging fire as she lunged at Chen Jin with a violent momentum.
Facing the oncoming blaze, Chen Jin frowned slightly.
He did not move.
When Huo Wu rushed up to him, just as the all-encompassing flames were about to engulf him.
Chen Jin merely raised his right hand slowly and met her once more.
"Phoenix Claw."
This time, he did not deliberately condense a gigantic claw phantom, merely gathering the true fire in his palm.
Boom!
The two flames collided in midair.
Yet the expected violent explosion did not occur.
The flame Soul Skill Huo Wu had unleashed with all her strength seemed to meet its bane the instant it touched Chen Jin's palm.
Before the power of the Phoenix Claw's divine-level laws, Huo Wu's flames instantly went out, and her Soul Power scattered.
"How is this possible?!"
Huo Wu's beautiful eyes widened, her lovely face filled with astonishment.
She had never encountered anything like this before; her flames had actually been erased so easily.
Before she could recover from her shock.
Chen Jin had already appeared in front of her like a specter.
He reached out with both hands and seized Huo Wu's wrists with precision and force.
Then, following the momentum, he twisted her arms backward, pinning her hands behind her back as he pressed forward.
Their bodies instantly pressed tightly together.
Chen Jin felt an astonishing softness slam hard against his chest.
Huo Wu had a graceful figure, and her body kept twisting as she struggled.
Her body temperature was astonishingly high, and the scorching heat of her skin kept coming through the thin layers of clothing.
"Let go of me!"
Huo Wu's face flushed with embarrassment, and her beautiful eyes all but spat fire.
She struggled desperately, only to discover that his hands were like iron clamps, holding her firmly captive and leaving her unable to budge an inch.
Huo Wu gritted her teeth, two rosy flushes rising on her cheeks.
As Blazing Fire Academy's favored daughter of heaven, when had she ever had such intimate contact with a member of the opposite sex in her entire life?
Let alone been subdued by him in such a nearly shameful position.
Looking at the exquisite face so close to his own, Chen Jin frowned slightly.
"I had no intention of stealing your Soul Ring."
Chen Jin's voice sounded beside Huo Wu's ear.
"Let go! You've already killed the Scale-Armored Lion, and you still say you weren't stealing its Soul Ring?"
Huo Wu glared fiercely at Chen Jin, her eyes filled with fury.
"I was only testing a newly learned Soul Skill."
Chen Jin remained calm, his emotions entirely undisturbed by Huo Wu's anger.
"Besides, I have no interest in a three-thousand-year Soul Ring like this."
With that, Chen Jin abruptly released both hands and drifted several meters backward.
His movements were flowing and graceful, and he landed without making a sound.
Huo Wu felt the restraint around her wrists instantly disappear, and her momentum sent her stumbling a step forward.
She hurriedly steadied herself, shielding her chest with both hands as she stared warily at Chen Jin.
Her long, straight legs bent slightly as she adopted a defensive stance, ready at any moment for Chen Jin's next attack.
"What did you say?"
Huo Wu doubted her own ears.
"You're not interested in a three-thousand-year Scale-Armored Lion Soul Ring?"
In the Soul Master World, a Thousand-Year Soul Ring of three thousand years was absolutely a treasure that Soul Masters above level thirty dreamed of obtaining.
To help her find this Soul Ring, Blazing Fire Academy had searched the Star Dou Great Forest for three whole days and even fought several bitter battles.
Yet this person her own age standing before her actually said he was not interested?
Chen Jin folded his arms across his chest and leaned against an ancient tree, looking perfectly composed.
"It isn't dead yet. If you don't believe me, you can go absorb it right now."
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