The Golden Hawksbill Turtle, the Scarlet Demon Mastiff, and the Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix
Lin Mo and his group's journey deeper into the area went increasingly smoothly.
The Soul Beast in the core area of Star Dou Great Forest have a strong sense of territory, but after sensing the Titled Douluo aura deliberately released by Dugu Bo, the vast majority of Soul Beast chose to retreat.
Only a few powerful beings with cultivation exceeding 50,000 years would issue warning growls at the edge of their territory, but they would not easily launch an attack.
Dugu Bo was delighted with this arrangement. He led the group carefully around the areas where the auras were clearly not to be trifled with, and proceeded deeper into the area.
However, a small incident occurred when they passed through a swamp.
In the center of the swamp, on a huge golden rock, lay a rather large turtle-like Soul Beast. Its shell was an extremely uniform gold color, and even every Conversion on the shell was dark gold.
What's most striking are its tiny, bean-like eyes, dull and lifeless, making the whole turtle look listless and weak.
What's even more surprising is that it didn't show any aggression; it just lazily observed the people who had intruded into its territory.
" Golden Hawksbill Turtle."
Dugu Bo stopped in his tracks, his voice filled with obvious apprehension.
"His cultivation level appears to be around 30,000 years—a rare and auspicious tortoise, not to be trifled with."
"Let's go around it and not disturb it."
Dugu Yan was puzzled. "Grandpa, it only has 30,000 years of cultivation, while you are Titled Douluo. Why do you want to avoid it?"
Ye Lingleng also looked over, her eyes filled with doubt.
Dugu Bo shook his head and explained in a low voice, " The Golden Hawksbill Turtle is a rare species among turtle-type Soul Beast, and is known as an auspicious creature among turtles. It has extremely strong defensive and life-saving abilities."
"Even if its cultivation is only thirty thousand years, it will still take me quite a bit of effort to kill it."
"Moreover, this is the core area of Star Dou Great Forest, and none of the Soul Beast lurking around here are simple."
"Once we engage it, the commotion might attract Beat Up from other Soul Beast in the vicinity."
At this point, Dugu Bo paused, his gaze involuntarily falling on Lin Mo. "Our goal here is to help Lin Mo obtain his Sixth Soul Ring; there's no need to create any unnecessary complications."
Lin Mo nodded without saying anything more.
His gaze lingered on the Golden Hawksbill Turtle for a moment, then swept over the surroundings.
This swamp is in a pretty good location, situated at the intersection of several powerful territories, making it a relatively safe buffer zone.
The auras of the surrounding Soul Beast were generally between 50,000 and 60,000 years old.
A Golden Hawksbill Turtle that appears to have only 30,000 years of cultivation is able to occupy such a prime position here; its strength is probably not as simple as it seems.
A thought stirred within Lin Mo's heart.
If he remembered correctly, ten thousand years later, during the era of the Peerless Tang Sect, there also appeared a rather tragic yet audacious Golden Hawksbill Turtle—
Judging from its appearance, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle only appeared to have a cultivation level of around 30,000 years, but it was actually Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
He simply dared not reveal his true cultivation level, and had been disguising himself as a 30,000-year-old Soul Beast, hiding in the Star Dou Great Forest to eke out a living.
Lin Mo muttered to himself, secretly noting down the location of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle.
If it really is the same one, that would be interesting.
Without disturbing the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, the group quietly bypassed the golden swamp and continued deeper into the forest.
After they left, on the golden rock in the center of the swamp, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle slowly opened its small, half-closed golden eyes.
It tilted its head, looking in the direction Lin Mo and the others had left, a hint of human-like doubt flashing in its golden eyes.
Just now—it had the illusion that it was being watched.
The Golden Hawksbill Turtle shook its head, banishing the strange feeling from its mind, and lay back down on the rock, closing its eyes to continue its feigned sleep.
Lin Mo guessed correctly; this Golden Hawksbill Turtle was indeed the one he remembered.
Moreover, it had only recently escaped from the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Because of its arrogance and gluttony, it not only secretly Absorb the Life and Soul Power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm captured by Di Tian and his group, but also...
They even went so far as to bite off a piece of the Gold of Life from the Lake of Life right in front of Di Tian and the others.
That thing is the lifeblood of the Star Dou Great Forest. Even though it is an auspicious creature among turtles, it is still a rare Golden Hawksbill Turtle with a cultivation of 100,000 years.
If Di Tian were to find out that it was this thing, Di Tian would absolutely not allow it to live.
Not only Di Tian, but even Bi Ji, the most good-tempered of all the Ferocious Beast, would not step in to protect it if she knew what it had done.
Knowing the seriousness of the matter, it used its innate ability to escape from the Lake of Life and has been hiding here ever since, disguising itself as a Soul Beast with 30,000 years of cultivation.
It certainly didn't want to be caught by Di Tian, have its belly cut open, and have its contents removed.
Although it now desperately wants to get rid of that thing inside its belly, that green, metallic-looking thing inside is causing it quite a bit of trouble.
But it would rather lose its life than be tormented.
For the next seven days, the group continued their search in the core area of Star Dou Great Forest.
The area was far larger than they had imagined. Even with Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan there, the group had only explored a small part of the Star Dou Great Forest in seven days.
During this time, they did discover two Soul Beast suitable for Lin Mo.
The first one is Scarlet Demon Mastiff.
This is a Red, entirely crimson Soul Beast, somewhat resembling a mastiff-like Soul Beast with lion-like fangs.
It emitted Red light.
Its cultivation level is around 50,000 years. If we trace its lineage back, it should be able to be traced back to the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff Scarlet King, who ranks eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
However, its bloodline was clearly not as pure as that of the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog, the direct descendant of the Scarlet King's Soul Beast clan; it only had one head.
This is why, although its Fire-type is good, it is not pure enough.
Furthermore, since its cultivation level had not reached the limit that Lin Mo and Charizard could withstand, it was only considered as a backup option by Lin Mo.
However, they then found another Soul Beast that perfectly suited Lin Mo's needs.
It was a bird-like Soul Beast with a body entirely of crimson gold and a shape resembling a phoenix.
It perched on an ancient tree that had long since lost its vitality and was completely charred black.
This phoenix-like Soul Beast was only four meters long, but its wingspan exceeded eight meters. Its long tail feathers trailed behind it, reflecting a dazzling brilliance in the sunlight.
What is most striking is the golden crest on its head, resembling a crown, and its eyes burning with golden flames.
"This is— the Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix."
Dugu Bo stopped in his tracks, staring intently at the phoenix-like Soul Beast. "Such pure Fire-type!"
"His cultivation level is around 60,000 years, but the purity of his Fire-type is probably close to the level of Ultimate Fire."
Lin Mo remained silent, his gaze already firmly drawn to the Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix.
In Dugu Bo's perception, this Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix was approximately 60,000 years old.
But Lin Mo could sense that its Fire-type was purer than any Fire-type Soul Beast he had ever seen before.
He had no doubt that when the Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix's cultivation level broke through to 100,000 years, its Fire-type would naturally evolve into Ultimate Fire.
and----
Lin Mo's mind stirred slightly as he felt the excitement emanating from the Charizard within his body.
He had a strong premonition that Charizard might unleash its Sunny Day Soul Skill.
Even though Charizard has become increasingly adept at controlling its Sunny Day Soul Skill, the bonus it receives from non-friendly Fire-type enemies is only around 10%.
But this 10% bonus is probably enough for the Scarlet Radiance Golden Phoenix, which is already infinitely close to the Ultimate Fire, to cross that final threshold.