Sunset Forest, Weird Mantis

Host: Yang Tian

Martial Soul: Azure Lotus Fallen Heart Flame

Soul Power: Level 39

Talents: Ancient Desolate Saint Body, Eternal Kaleidoscope Sharingan, True Dragon Bloodline.

Cultivation Methods: Chaos God Grinding Contemplation Method, Innate Spirit Nurturing Art, True Dragon Scripture.

Achievement: Conquering Three Thousand Maidens (1/∞)

Theft Tickets: Common Grade Theft Ticket *20, Brave Grade Theft Ticket *20

Inventory: Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword, Enlightenment Tea Tree Leaves *2, Palm Heaven Bottle, Hundred Thousand Year Swift Dragon Left Leg Bone, Nine Heavens Cold Snow Lotus, A Ke Passive Skill Stone.

Mission One: Conquer the goddess Bibi Dong. Reward: one Legendary Grade Theft Ticket.

Mission Two: Conquer the goddess Qian Renxue. Reward: one Legendary Grade Theft Ticket.

Mission Three: Help the soul beast race escape the predicament of the laws. Reward: one Legendary Grade Theft Ticket.

Mission Four: Build a supergod Shrek Battle Team. Reward: undetermined.

After glancing at the status panel, Yang Tian placed the skill stone from his inventory into his Storage Ring. Though only a few items were currently displayed in Yang Tian's inventory, every one of them was exceptionally precious.

Meanwhile, his Storage Ring contained all sorts of miscellaneous items. There were useless Durex condoms, decent Spirit Fruit Wine, and Mystical Beans that could save his life at a critical moment.

Thinking of this, Yang Tian placed the Mystical Beans back into the system inventory to prevent them from being accidentally lost. After all, no Storage Ring could compare to the safety of the system inventory.

If the system inventory had not been so limited in space, he would not have put everything into his Storage Ring.

The Common Grade and Brave Grade Theft Tickets were of no use to Yang Tian for now, so he would find an opportunity to draw them all later.

Now, it was time to relax... or work hard.

Three days later, a luxurious carriage left Star Luo Imperial City and headed toward Heaven Dou City.

Yang Tian's next destination was Sunset Forest!

Gu Yue Na drove the carriage with her spiritual power. The two occasionally indulged themselves shamelessly within the carriage. Even though Yang Tian was already familiar with every inch of Gu Yue Na's skin, he still had no resistance to her allure.

After half a month straight, even the Ancient Desolate Saint Body and True Dragon Bloodline were struggling under Gu Yue Na's relentless squeezing.

After all, traveling by carriage was dull and tedious. The two went at it day and night—no matter how strong the bull, it could not endure that kind of labor, could it?

Fortunately, they soon arrived at Sunset Forest. Gu Yue Na had also learned Yang Tian's limits and began to restrain herself.

Within Sunset Forest, Gu Yue Na had already vanished. She watched Yang Tian from the shadows and would not intervene unless he encountered an opponent powerful enough to threaten his life.

Yang Tian had not intended for Gu Yue Na to act when he came to Sunset Forest. Her hidden protection was merely a precaution. If Poison Douluo went mad, Yang Tian would have nowhere to reason with him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Yue Na contacted Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest and had him deliver the things she had instructed him to collect.

Amid the dense jungle, Yang Tian stood in flowing white robes like an immortal descended to the mortal world. A White Jade Mask covered half his face, adding several layers of mystery to him.

He moved incredibly fast. With every leap, he crossed a hundred meters.

Few soul beasts on the outskirts of Sunset Forest could stop him.

At that moment, a difficult battle was taking place deep within Sunset Forest.

Naturally, the battle's participants were soul masters and soul beasts.

There were three young soul masters, two men and one woman. Of the two men, one was tall and slender, wielding two Moon Blades. His attacks were fierce, and his speed was no weaker than that of an ordinary agility-type soul master. The other was burly. Under Martial Soul Possession, he stood over two meters tall, his entire body bathed in magma, like a humanoid volcano.

The woman was a soul master with a fox martial soul. Her features were exquisite and flawless, while her tall, curvaceous figure was captivating. A fluffy tail swayed slightly behind her. Every movement she made carried boundless seductive charm—she was born with seductive bones!

These three were the current Martial Soul Hall Golden Generation, three prodigies who had earned Purple Lu Medals at a young age.

They were Xie Yue, the one with the highest cultivation, whose martial soul was the Moon Blade.

Hu Liena, whose cultivation ranked second and whose martial soul was a fox.

And then Yan, whose martial soul was the Flame Lord!

Today, the three had come to Sunset Forest not to obtain soul rings, but to complete a mission assigned to them by Spirit Hall Academy.

The three Soul Ancestors were facing none other than the Weird Mantis, known as the jungle killer!

At that moment, the three stood back-to-back, guarding against an attack that could come at any time.

The Weird Mantis lived up to its name. Its attacks were famed for their strangeness, because this soul beast could change its own color to conceal itself. Furthermore, mantises were naturally extremely fast, moved without a sound, and struck like lightning. Many soul masters entered Soul Beast Forest and had their heads severed by its sharp blades before they even noticed the Weird Mantis.

"Little sister, be careful. This thing is too troublesome." Xie Yue held a Moon Blade saber in each hand, his gaze fixed firmly on the one-hundred-and-twenty-degree area under his watch.

By now, all three had suffered injuries to varying degrees, and their Soul Power had been severely depleted. Hu Liena in particular was the weakest of the three in terms of combat strength. After using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill without managing to kill the Weird Mantis, the three had fallen into their current predicament.

"We were careless. We shouldn't have used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill so early." Hu Liena's face was slightly pale. Fine bloodstains marked her lower abdomen, chest, and thighs. Her tight leather outfit had been torn, and the contrast of blood against her fair skin made her appear especially bewitching.

"I'll serve as bait. Na Na, seize the chance to use your seduction to control it. Then Xie Yue and I will take the opportunity to counterkill it. That's the best method we have right now." Yan spoke. Hu Liena's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She disliked Yan calling her Na Na, but at a time like this, she had no energy to correct him. Instead, she said, "The Weird Mantis is clearly trying to drain us. Maintaining Martial Soul Possession also consumes Soul Power.

You can't draw it out unless you withdraw your martial soul."

Yan froze at her words. Hu Liena was right—the Weird Mantis was draining their Soul Power. But he was unwilling to withdraw his martial soul and serve as bait. The Weird Mantis's attacks were silent and traceless. Aside from Hu Liena, who could sense them in advance to some extent, he and Xie Yue could only block them by the narrowest of margins.

Withdrawing his martial soul would be no different from courting death!

Yan fell silent. A trace of disdain flashed through Hu Liena's beautiful eyes. Normally, he talked bigger than anyone else, yet at the crucial moment, he was completely useless.

Time passed, and the three's Soul Power was rapidly draining away. Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who had already expended a great deal of Soul Power on the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, finally could no longer sustain the consumption of their martial souls.

Their Martial Soul Possessions showed faint signs of fading.

"Was there really no way out?"

For this training mission, no teacher had accompanied them. The purpose was to temper their ability to survive in the face of danger.

Yet this time, they seemed to have encountered a deadly threat.

The light had already faded from Hu Liena's eyes. How she wished someone could break this deadlock. Or that the Weird Mantis would reveal itself just once. Though they could no longer kill the Weird Mantis in their current state, they still had to take a gamble, didn't they?