Lightning Rabbit

"Actually, I had a reason for bringing you back to the Star Dou Great Forest." After hearing Hu Jiu's question, Xiao Wu began explaining the reason to him.

"As I told you, the Lightning Rabbit Soul Beast you're looking for is not only extremely rare, but because they can all use Teleportation, very few people outside can find them, let alone hunt them."

"Mm, I know that too. I had already prepared myself for a protracted battle." Hu Jiu nodded.

"But your Sister Xiao Wu isn't an ordinary person. I happen to know a group of Lightning Rabbits here, and I'm very good friends with them. Among them, there's one Lightning Rabbit with a cultivation of exactly two thousand years, and it's already close to dying of old age. This is your chance."

"A Lightning Rabbit that's about to die of old age?" Upon hearing this, Hu Jiu's spirits immediately soared. Heaven is helping me!

Because he knew how difficult Lightning Rabbits were to hunt, he had already prepared a second Soul Ring plan.

"Xiao Jiu, let me make this clear! I won't allow you to hunt the Lightning Rabbits. They're all my friends, so don't even think about using violent methods!" Xiao Wu glared at Hu Jiu angrily. How could this person have no compassion at all? She had already told him that they were her friends.

"Ah! Then do you want me to wait until it's about to die of old age and then deal the finishing blow? How long would that take?" Hu Jiu was somewhat unwilling. Who knew when it would die of old age? What if it just clung to its last breath forever?

"Idiot!" Xiao Wu stamped her foot and looked at him in exasperation. "Who told you to wait for it to die of old age? I want you to find a way to make it Sacrifice itself to you. Do you know what Sacrifice is? It lets you perfectly Absorb Soul Ring with no side effects at all, and you can even obtain a Soul Bone with a hundred percent certainty."

"Eh? That's a pretty good idea!" Hu Jiu's Eyes Lit Up, but he soon frowned. "I'm completely unrelated to the Lightning Rabbit. Why would it Sacrifice itself to me?"

"That will depend on your ability. I can only help you this far." Xiao Wu made it clear that she had already given him the opportunity. As for how he could make the Lightning Rabbit Sacrifice itself, that was no longer her concern.

However, from Xiao Wu's smiling eyes, it was obvious that this method actually wasn't difficult.

Could it be...

"Xiao Wu, you wouldn't happen to want me to feed them, would you?" Hu Jiu's Eyes Lit Up as he instantly thought of his advantage.

That was right! Rabbits liked Carrots; it was their nature. As long as he built a good relationship with them first, he might really succeed in the end!

Besides, he knew that Sacrifice wasn't without benefits for Soul Beasts.

At the very least, because the Soul Beast actively fused with its Host, its soul wouldn't be rejected by the Host. In this way, it could instead preserve its soul completely. Perhaps it might even have a chance to revive in the future!

Of course, the prerequisite for revival was that he had to become a God first.

Those were matters for later. For now, he only needed to feed that group of Lightning Rabbits.

"What do you mean, feed them? That sounds so unpleasant." Xiao Wu refused to accept that wording. She felt that Hu Jiu was talking about her.

"Mm, that's more or less what I mean. You might not know this, but Soul Beasts can cultivate too. It's just that their cultivation relies on instinct and is very crude."

"Your Carrots are also very useful to them. Add in the delicious taste, and they have no reason not to like you."

"It'll just take some time for them to come to like you as if you were family."

Xiao Wu explained it to Hu Jiu with a finger in her mouth. She looked just like a virtuous wife thinking things through for her husband.

"Mm, spending some time is acceptable if it means obtaining the Soul Ring I want." Hu Jiu understood and didn't mind.

That night, Hu Jiu fell asleep in a joyful mood.

The next morning, after feeding Er Ming, Hu Jiu said to him with a grin,

"Er Ming, I have an incredibly powerful hammer technique. I've never encountered anyone who could take one of my strikes before. Do you want to try?"

"Roar..." Er Ming couldn't resist such a provocation. Without a word, he immediately rose onto his hind legs and pounded his chest, making it boom loudly.

Without Xiao Wu translating, Hu Jiu already knew what he meant.

Who are you looking down on? There's no attack in this world that I, Er Ming, can't catch...

"All right! Then watch carefully." Hu Jiu excitedly tightened his grip on the Meteor Hammer. A gentleman took revenge without waiting overnight. This Great Ape had toyed with him yesterday, so today he would get even.

The 'Transformation' skill activated, instantly transforming Hu Jiu into a Nine Chi-tall man. The muscles across his body knotted tightly, nearly bursting his clothes. He looked exactly like a reckless brawler.

Soul Power Control circulated throughout his body, protecting him so that he wouldn't be burst apart by the Berserk power later.

At present, Hu Jiu's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer had already reached Level 9. By the Final Hammer of the eighty-one strikes, the accumulated force had reached eight thousand jin of his own strength.

However, he didn't dare unleash this Final Hammer at all. His body couldn't withstand it in the first place. Before the attack could even be released, he would probably be burst apart by the force.

"Come!"

The Meteor Hammer swung, its head circling around his body again and again.

Power accumulated.

The more circles Hu Jiu swung, the stronger his aura became.

After only a little over thirty hammers, the aura around him had already surpassed that of a Soul Elder. Moreover, it continued rising.

When Hu Jiu swung the hammer for the forty-ninth time, he finally reached the limit his body could withstand.

If he accumulated any more power, he would no longer be able to hold on.

"Er Ming, take this!" Hu Jiu roared, his body moving like lightning as the Meteor Hammer dragged him along.

"Awooo!" This strike from Hu Jiu had nearly reached the Soul Ancestor Peak. Although an attack like this couldn't injure Er Ming, it could still hurt him.

After all, Hu Jiu's sinister weapon was covered in densely packed spikes.

Those spikes pierced Er Ming's skin, giving him a needle-like pain and even changing his cry.

"Roar!" Er Ming snorted heavily through his nostrils and glared hatefully at Hu Jiu. That hammer had really hurt him.

"Er Ming, are you all right? Are you injured?" Hu Jiu hurriedly asked, though no matter how one looked at him, he seemed to be gloating.

I finally got my revenge!

"Bang, bang, bang!" Er Ming pounded his chest, indicating that he was perfectly fine. How could anything be wrong? It only hurt a little, that was all.

And as a male, he would never show weakness in front of his friends.

"Xiao Jiu, don't bully Er Ming! Be careful, or he'll hit you!" At that moment, Xiao Wu woke up and warned him with a grin.

"Hey! It's fine. Er Ming and I were just fooling around!" Hu Jiu replied with a chuckle.

He had finally hit Er Ming once. Although that bit of power was nothing in front of Er Ming, it was enough as long as it had hurt him. That counted as venting his anger, right?

Nearby, the simple-minded Er Ming still didn't know what Hu Jiu had been thinking. He was now gesturing to Xiao Wu, seemingly saying that they really had only been playing around.