Mother Tyrannosaurus on the loose, a four-thousand-year Soul Ring!

The night was black as ink, and all was silent.

Ye Qiu sat cross-legged in the Kamui Dimension, cultivating and considering his Soul Hunting plans.

In Peach Blossom Village, Su Yun'er was curled up under the covers, hugging Ye Qiu's pillow. A blush showed through the fair skin of her mature, charming face as she slept soundly.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Sunset Forest,

A group of men and women in blue academy uniforms were preparing to venture deep into Sunset Forest by moonlight to hunt Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

"Dean, are we really taking the students in to hunt Soul Beasts right now?"

A middle-aged woman spoke up.

"Of course. Outstanding students of my Blue Tyrant Academy can't be too delicate. Besides, we're only spending the night in a Soul Beast forest."

The woman leading them waved a hand and answered casually without looking back.

She was the dean the middle-aged woman had mentioned.

She looked to be in her thirties, with delicate features, picturesque brows and eyes, and fair skin. She carried an air of dignity and heroic spirit.

She wore a simple black cloth dress, and her waterfall of black hair was tied up with a cloth.

Beneath that concealing dress was a voluptuous figure of rolling peaks and valleys that most women could never hope to match.

The ripe fruit on her slender branches was breathtakingly hot,

While the roundness below her waist was as soft and juicy as a midsummer peach.

Her hourglass figure, broad at both ends and narrow in the middle, could make any man's blood surge if it were revealed.

Every inch of the woman exuded a mature, voluptuous sensuality at all times.

Yet her black eyes were always tinged with the sorrow of a heart wounded by love, and her delicate face bore a faint, unhealthy pallor because of it.

If Ye Qiu had been there,

Hearing their conversation, he would surely have recognized her at once.

She was the illegitimate daughter of Yu Luomian, the second master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; the Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's younger female cousin; and the Horn of Slaughter of the Golden Iron Triangle, Liu Erlong!

"But wouldn't that be a little too risky?"

The middle-aged woman who spoke was clearly an academy teacher, and her face was filled with worry.

"Oh, Teacher Bai!"

At that moment, a male teacher hurriedly spoke up, taking over the conversation.

"Teacher Bai, you're just too cautious. The students don't have any objections. Besides... the dean is personally leading this hunt for me, Jiang Zhu, and the others, and all the teachers are here to protect us. There's really nothing to worry about."

"Yin Shu is right."

Liu Erlong nodded firmly.

"With me here, I won't let my students come to the slightest harm."

"All right..."

Teacher Bai opened her mouth, then reluctantly gave in.

She knew her dean's temper all too well. Liu Erlong had always been a woman of swift, decisive action; once she made up her mind, no one could change it.

Liu Erlong stopped and turned her curvaceous figure around. "Yin Shu, take the other teachers and guard the rear. Jiang Zhu, you and the others can stay in the middle... Once we're in the forest, make sure you stay close to me."

"Yes, Dean!"

"..."

With Liu Erlong's simple arrangements made, the group of nearly ten set off.

In the blink of an eye,

Twelve hours—or rather, twelve double-hours, a full day and night-quickly passed.

Outside, the world was still shrouded in darkness.

Screech-!

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly rang through the Kamui Dimension.

It was like the cries of a thousand birds,

Accompanied by constantly flickering blue-violet lightning!

Screech-!

Ye Qiu stood in the Kamui Dimension, arcs of electricity shooting from his raised right hand as though they would swallow him whole.

"Chidori... I've done it!"

Ye Qiu raised his blood-red Sharingan and gazed at the Chidori in his hand. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, smug and cold.

"Tang San, Xiao Wu!"

"Just you wait. Soon, very soon, my cultivation will surpass yours! It won't be long before I go to Shrek, find you, and settle the score!"

Crackle!

The lightning in Ye Qiu's hand gradually faded.

At present, his right arm bone should only have been a Thousand-Year Soul Bone,

But Ye Qiu believed

That once he climbed out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, this Soul Bone would surely break through to ten thousand years!

"Next, Soul Hunting will be easy."

Ye Qiu murmured to himself and raised a hand to touch the corner of his eye. His Tomoe spun, and his Soul Ring flashed.

His figure gradually twisted and vanished.

Ye Qiu had thought it over for a long time and only settled on his Soul Hunting target during the day.

His first choice for his First Soul Ring was a Thousand-Year Sunflower he had encountered on his way here. Judging by its flower head, which was over three meters across, it appeared to be around four thousand years old.

Ye Qiu remembered its coordinates perfectly.

Naturally, he could use Kamui to reach the space directly above it while the Sunflower was weak at night!

Screech-!

The bright moon hung high overhead.

A sharp, piercing sound, like ten thousand birds crying in unison, suddenly rang through Sunset Forest, tearing through the night and startling countless beasts.

It cast a deathly pale light over everything around it.

The instant Ye Qiu appeared in midair, he flipped himself upside down. A dazzling light burst from the fingertips of his right hand as he used gravity to strike down at the Sunflower below!

Swish, swish!

Two vines whipping toward Ye Qiu snapped.

The somewhat wilted Sunflower below bloomed in an instant, its enormous flower head suddenly opening wide. Hundreds upon thousands of pitch-black seeds shot straight at Ye Qiu's head and face.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Soul Ring beneath Ye Qiu's feet flashed, and the Tomoe in his eyes spun.

Every one of the Sunflower's attacks passed through him!

In the very next moment,

Ye Qiu's Chidori reached the top of the Sunflower, touching the soft edges of its golden-yellow petals!

Squelch-!

A sound like water and fire meeting rang out as Chidori sliced into the Sunflower.

Its flower head was pierced in an instant.

Black seeds spilled across the ground, and yellow sap sprayed out amid arcs of electricity.

Ye Qiu landed on the ground, expressionless.

The Chidori in his hand gradually died out, and the Sunflower behind him toppled with a thunderous crash.

"First Soul Ring, done!"

Looking perfectly relaxed, Ye Qiu shook out his right hand. His blood-red eyes traced two streaks of light through the darkness as he turned to look at the Sunflower lying in the bushes.

A purple glow gradually emerged from its broken flower and branches,

Finally gathering in the air

To form a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

"Hm?"

The delight on Ye Qiu's face suddenly froze. He turned to look deep into the woods beside him and, without much hesitation, immediately released his Soul Power to draw the Soul Ring over. The Sharingan in his eyes spun, and as his figure twisted, he vanished with the Soul Ring.

Not long after Ye Qiu left,

Liu Erlong hurried over with the group from Blue Tyrant Academy.

"Dean, where's the person who was just here?"

Yin Shu asked in some confusion.

Huang Yuan, who had just obtained his Soul Ring, also wore a puzzled expression. "Yeah, how did a perfectly good person just disappear? Were our eyes playing tricks on us?"

"No, none of us were seeing things."

Liu Erlong shook her head and glanced at the dead Thousand-Year Sunflower. "That person was simply too fast," she said slowly.