Jiang Xia walked through the forest.
Broken Dream and Spirit Detection stepped on each other's feet, rapidly spreading outward.
The surrounding conditions appeared in his mind.
With this support, he could advance somewhat more boldly.
After another ten minutes of searching, he encountered his second soul beast.
"A Wind Wolf with ninety years of cultivation."
Jiang Xia calmly assessed the strength of the enormous blue-green wolf before him, its face fierce.
Just as the enormous blue-green wolf was about to attack, a voice rang out nearby.
"Jiang Xia, watch out!"
Gu Yue had arrived nearby at some point. Seeing this scene, she called out a warning.
Jiang Xia had not expected to meet up with Gu Yue so soon, either.
Gu Yue's warning seemed to startle the Wind Wolf. A vicious gleam flashed through its eyes, and it charged.
As Gu Yue called out her warning, she had already condensed a yellow ball of energy and swiftly hurled it out. It burst in front of Jiang Xia.
An earthen wall rose before Jiang Xia.
The Wind Wolf was blocked by the earthen wall.
"Amplify me!"
Gu Yue asked for amplification quite naturally.
They were a little far apart now, but she knew she was already within Jiang Xia's amplification range.
Jiang Xia merely shook his head speechlessly.
Instead of amplifying Gu Yue, he condensed currents of air and flames himself.
As the Wind Wolf rounded the earthen wall and leaped up to pounce on Jiang Xia, a mass of flames met it head-on.
The wind fed the flames. Propelled by a wind sphere Jiang Xia detonated, the flames he released were noticeably amplified.
Of course, this was also a technique he had learned from Gu Yue.
Watching Jiang Xia use her own technique, Gu Yue stared blankly.
Wait, how could Jiang Xia use Elemental Control?
She suddenly realized this problem.
Awooo!
The Wind Wolf let out a mournful howl. Burned head-on by the flames, its face was already raw and ruined. Suspended in midair, it could not maintain its balance at all and fell to the ground, rolling about.
Jiang Xia seized the opportunity to finish it off.
Blue-green currents of air condensed into wind blades. Four wind blades hemmed in the rolling Wind Wolf from four directions.
Psh! Psh!
The wind blades pierced the Wind Wolf's body, extinguishing its life.
A ball of yellow energy rushed out of the Wind Wolf's body and merged into Jiang Xia.
Gu Yue watched this scene, full of questions.
After finishing off the Wind Wolf, Jiang Xia looked to the other side.
Tang Wulin had also entered this area at some point.
Both sides could vaguely see each other.
Gu Yue followed Jiang Xia's gaze and looked over, surprised by Tang Wulin's arrival.
According to Wu Zhangkong's explanation, the interior of this Spirit Ascension Platform simulated the actual outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. The six members of Class Zero had been randomly transported inside, and the chances of encountering one another along the way were low.
Yet this time, the three of them had gathered together almost as soon as they started.
Wu Zhangkong was surprised as well in the monitoring room.
He looked at the staff member.
The staff member shrugged, equally helpless. This really was just a coincidence.
Naturally, Wu Zhangkong did not question him. With three of them together, their hunting would only become more efficient.
Class Zero would not lose out, anyway.
Gu Yue had wanted to ask Jiang Xia what had happened just now and why he could directly control the elements, but before she could ask, she caught sight of what was behind Tang Wulin.
Tang Wulin was sprinting, and behind him was a pack of enormous Flame Lions!
A full five Flame Lions were chasing Tang Wulin.
These Flame Lions had all reached a hundred years of cultivation, and the leader even had three hundred years!
"What did you do?" Gu Yue could not help asking Tang Wulin loudly.
"Don't ask. Deal with them first," Tang Wulin said glumly.
He had merely killed a Flame Lion, only to beat the young one and provoke the old ones.
"Jiang Xia?"
Gu Yue looked at Jiang Xia inquiringly.
He wanted to see whether Jiang Xia would choose to amplify him and let him fight, or take action himself.
Jiang Xia gave his answer.
His Broken Dream connected to Gu Yue, synchronizing Spirit Detection with her mind. At the same time, Elemental Amplification came online.
Of course, while choosing to amplify Gu Yue, Jiang Xia also condensed streams of water and sent them shooting behind Tang Wulin.
The streams of water sealed off the Flame Lions' routes.
Gu Yue had not expected Jiang Xia to be able to split his attention, amplifying her while fighting normally.
However, she quickly got into the flow and began coordinating with Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia sealed off the Flame Lions' routes, and Gu Yue seized the opportunity to condense wind blades, concentrating her attacks on one Flame Lion.
That Flame Lion opened its mouth and spat out a mass of flames. The flames exploded, destroying the wind blades one after another.
Yet although the wind blades were destroyed by the explosion, the currents of wind elements did not immediately disperse.
These currents actually swept up the surrounding fire elements, rapidly condensing into flaming blades.
The flaming blades reversed direction and slashed down at the Flame Lion.
Alarmed and enraged, the Flame Lion roared and swung its forepaw, its sharp claw gleam leaving a streak in midair.
"Third Soul Skill, Spirit Ray!"
Jiang Xia suddenly used his third Soul Skill.
This was the Soul Skill the Mutated Evil Eye had bestowed upon him.
Evil Eyes already possessed spirit ray attacks such as Spirit Paralysis Ray.
The Spirit Ray Jiang Xia had obtained carried multiple effects: paralysis, annihilation, and stunning.
If his opponent's spiritual power was far lower than his, the annihilation effect would activate directly, shattering their mind and killing them on the spot.
If his opponent's spiritual power was close to Jiang Xia's, the annihilation effect would activate. Although it could not directly shatter their mind, it would still be enough to break through their defenses, followed by prolonged paralysis and stunning.
Even those whose spiritual power exceeded Jiang Xia's would be affected by this chain of effects.
Jiang Xia's spiritual power was now approaching the Spirit Sea Realm. Even if someone's spiritual power exceeded his, as long as it had not reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, they would be affected for at least three seconds.
Yes, even if their spiritual power exceeded his, as long as its value was no more than ten times his, his Spirit Ray could affect them.
This was the Mutated Evil Eye's Soul Skill, particularly dominant in the spiritual domain.
It was already a type of soul beast that had achieved tremendous mastery of the spiritual attribute, and it had also been nourished with genes from creatures such as the Ice Silkworm, whose spiritual origins were rich and pure.
Furthermore, this Mutated Evil Eye had undergone tempering by ice and fire during its gestation.
This allowed the Spirit Ray it bestowed upon Jiang Xia to combine with ice and fire elements, further increasing its power.
Of course, Jiang Xia had only used the basic Spirit Ray this time.
The Flame Lion Jiang Xia selected naturally dropped dead on the spot.
It did not even manage to let out a howl.
While charging, it suddenly suffered an attack on its spiritual power. Then its eyes rolled back, its head tilted, and its limbs went limp. Just like that, the whole lion rolled a few times across the ground and lay dead there.
Working together, Jiang Xia and Gu Yue swiftly took down two Flame Lions.
A ball of yellow spiritual power merged into each of them.
Seeing that two of the Flame Lions behind him had been picked off, Tang Wulin immediately turned around to strike back as well.
Jiang Xia and Gu Yue worked together, intercepting the Flame Lions from a distance to prevent the remaining three from escaping.
These were all spiritual power.
Finally, the three of them each killed one of the remaining three Flame Lions.
The spiritual power Jiang Xia gained in this burst amounted to a full fifty years.
In other words, the two Flame Lions he killed had a combined cultivation of five hundred years.
The two Flame Lions Gu Yue killed had somewhat higher cultivation, totaling six hundred years.
Tang Wulin, meanwhile, had only killed a single hundred-and-fifty-year Flame Lion.
He was rather glum at the moment.
"Elemental control is way too convenient for you two."
At this point, he suddenly froze.
"Jiang Xia, how do you have Elemental Control?"