On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Jun Yi was slowly walking towards the inner circle of the Star Dou Great Forest. At this moment, he seemed to have been completely drained, with no Soul Power left in his body. He looked like an ordinary person and appeared extremely weak.
"System, how am I now?" Jun Yi asked.
"Your Soul Power is currently in a state of overdraft and cannot be restored at present. Please be careful."
"I should have known better than to try cultivating the Ice Dragon King's God Level. I only practiced it for a tiny bit, and it completely drained my Soul Power. It's outrageous."
Jun Yi complained helplessly. Just the night before last, while cultivating his Soul Power, Jun Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of practicing the Divine Skill used by the Ice Dragon King. He then practiced according to the Ice Dragon King's memory. Who knew that the practice would have such an unexpected result? His whole body was instantly drained, and his physical strength was also exhausted. He collapsed to the ground and almost died!
"Why doesn't the host use his brain? Divine Skill is called Divine Skill because it is released based on Divine Power power. The host is just an ordinary Soul Ancestor, yet he has the audacity to use Divine Skill. The system should be thankful that the host didn't die instantly." The system used its cold electronic voice to complain.
"Shut up, switch to gentle sister mode," Jun Yi shouted to the system.
The next second, the system's cold electronic voice transformed into an extremely gentle and adorable one. "Alright, brother, don't be angry. I was just telling the truth. I was just thinking that you should think things through more so you won't suffer losses in the future, right, brother? Please don't hold a grudge against me, please~~"
"Alright, alright, I'm not angry with you anymore, I forgive you." The system's sweet coaxing immediately broke Jun Yi's composure; after all, who could resist the charm of a gentle younger sister?
"System, this adjustable mode feature is fantastic! Please change this mode to the default setting."
Jun Yi told the system that he had been studying the system during his travels these past few days and found that it had many functions he didn't know about, especially the voice change mode. The cold, sarcastic electronic voice kept poking at Jun Yi's spine and annoyed him.
"Okay, brother," the system replied.
The outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest is vast, covering an Star Dou Great Forest of a thousand miles, but the inner perimeter is very small, only a little over a hundred miles. Once you cross the outer perimeter, you can enter the inner perimeter. Normally, Jun Yi could cross the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest in a very short time, but now, his Soul Power is exhausted, and his physical strength cannot support him to use the abilities of the Op-Op Fruit. Currently, only Jun Yi's Divine Power is undamaged, and the only abilities he can use are his Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
Therefore, Jun Yi planned to recuperate on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest for a while, and then cross over when he was back to his peak condition. He had a feeling that there was a sense of danger not far away, as if something was surrounding a group of people. After saying that, Jun Yi released his Observation Haki to see what was going on.
"Roar--"
"Awoo..."
A series of terrifying beastly roars echoed from afar, clearly not human cries. Only a few miles from Jun Yi's location, he could clearly sense that several Soul Master who appeared to be around his age, along with a woman, were surrounded by a pack of Gale Demon Wolf. Jun Yi increased his Divine Power output, counting the wolves: 23 in total, most around 8000 years old, with one hidden behind the pack, a wolf king that was ten thousand years old. Most of the students were only Soul Grandmaster, with only one Soul Elder. The female teacher, however, possessed Soul Saint Soul Power, and her Martial Soul was a giant dragon Entanglement Lie Yan.
"That's... Liu Erlong?"
"Roar--"
The wolf king raised its head and roared, its eyes flashing with ferocity, saliva dripping from its mouth, revealing sharp fangs, as it taunted the students and Liu Erlong.
"We're doomed. We're really in trouble this time. How come there are so many thousand-year-old Soul Beast on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest? And they're all so old?" one of the male students said with a bitter expression.
"How could this happen? This is terrible!" another companion exclaimed in panic.
Liu Erlong frowned slightly, looking at the large pack of wolves before him, unsure of what to do.
Normally, if she were to encounter a pack of wolves, she could rely on her Soul Saint cultivation to break through their encirclement from one direction and leave gracefully. Even if another twenty came, she would not be afraid.
But now, she is accompanied by five students whose strength is only around that of Soul Grandmaster. They are too weak to help her at all. If the wolf pack really launches an attack, although she can protect the students for a while, she will have no way to break through the encirclement with the five of them.
"Teacher Liu, should we rush out?" a bold student suggested.
"Hmm, wait a moment. I'm currently scouting the weakest points of these wolves. Follow my lead later," Liu Erlong said after a moment's thought.
"Teacher Liu, this method probably won't work. The wolves are faster than us; we definitely won't be able to escape."
"Hmph! Do you think I don't know?" Liu Erlong roared, "But what else can we do now? If we don't try to break through, we'll all perish here."
Upon hearing Liu Erlong's words, the student who had just spoken immediately shrank back and dared not utter a sound.
"Don't worry, I will do everything in my power to protect your safety, even if it costs me my life."
As he spoke, the fire dragon behind Liu Erlong emitted blazing Lie Yan, tightly enveloping the students. Seven Soul Ring, yellow, purple, black, and dark, circled around him, and he glared angrily at the Gale Demon Wolf before him.
"Roar--"
"Awoo--"
The wolf king roared, and the pack immediately went berserk, pouncing on Liu Erlong and his companions.
"Bang bang--bang bang bang bang!" A series of muffled sounds rang out.
Liu Erlong waved her arms, and a fire dragon behind her roared, spewing out pillars of fire that sent the surrounding wolves flying. Several students around Liu Erlong also unleashed their powerful Soul Skill, attacking the wolves.
However, the wolf pack was too large and coordinated with each other, launching attacks from all directions. Liu Erlong and his companions could only hold out for a few dozen seconds before gradually falling into a disadvantageous position, and Liu Erlong's shoulder was injured.
On the wolf pack's side, Liu Erlong only managed to kill six wolves, while the remaining 18 Gale Demon Wolf still surrounded Liu Erlong and the students.
"What a beautiful young woman, no, sister. I have no choice but to make a move now."
(End of this chapter)