The Earthquake Beast

A gigantic figure charged up the main passage from below and stopped ten meters away from the three of them, looking down at them.

The main passage was about fifteen meters high, and the creature alone stood ten meters tall.

Its eyes were as large as water jars, and the scales covering its body looked incredibly hard, several times thicker than those of an Earth Armored Dragon.

It looked rather endearingly clumsy, but its eyes betrayed an indescribable ferocity.

"What kind of Soul Beast is that?"

Hui Ye wondered, feeling as though he had seen something similar somewhere before.

He turned his gaze to the Soul King and recalled that the man's Martial Soul looked somewhat like the Soul Beast before him.

Though he couldn't determine its exact age, Hui Ye could tell from the Soul Power emanating from it that it was definitely no less than ten thousand years old.

So that was it. Hui Ye immediately pieced the whole affair together, his voice cold:

"You people from the Zhou Clan deliberately set us up because of this Soul Beast, didn't you?"

The Soul King wiped the sweat from his face and looked at the Earthquake Beast, excitement and desire rising in his eyes.

"I've already reached level sixty. Once I absorb this Earthquake Beast's Soul Ring, I can advance to Soul Emperor. Then no one at the same level will be my match.

"Luring it out wasn't hard. All it took was some flesh and blood to wake it from its slumber."

The Soul Emperor panted heavily, considering his options.

This brat's strength was bizarre. He absolutely couldn't be judged as a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.

Moreover, the Soul Emperor had expended a great deal of Soul Power using the Defensive Soul Tool just now. As things stood, he had no chance of winning against the Earthquake Beast.

Not only had this operation yielded nothing, but there was also a very good chance he would come to grief here.

The Soul Emperor weighed the pros and cons and forced a faint smile onto his face.

"Little brother, how about this? You and I shake hands and make peace, and join forces against this beast. There'll be a generous reward for you afterward."

The Soul King chimed in, "That's right. How about we give you all the proceeds from this mine for the year as your reward?"

They had been fighting to the death one moment and offering to shake hands and make peace the next. Their sudden change in attitude left Hui Ye stunned.

Seeing him stand there in a daze and thinking he was hesitating, the Soul Emperor continued to tempt him.

"My Zhou Clan has girls about your age too. I can introduce you to them later. If you like one, how about we arrange a childhood betrothal for you?

"If you don't like them, someone older is fine too. A mature older sister knows how to take care of you."

Master Hui laughed. Did you meowing really think I was a ten-year-old kid?

Women would only slow down my art!

"What a muddlehead. Once I get out, all your Zhou Clan's income will be mine.

"And if I wish, I shall care for your wives and daughters, so fear not the green hat upon your head~"

Hui Ye turned and dashed toward the exit of the main passage.

"Hahaha, go ahead and die without worry. I'll look after your families' happiness."

The Soul Emperor and Soul King were so angry they nearly flew into the air. "You beast! Beast!"

"We can't let him escape! Kill him!!"

"Let's take him down with us!"

Before the two could act, black flames sealed off the entire main passage.

Thud!

Thud!

The Earthquake Beast moved. Its feet came crashing down like mountains, crushing the two men to pieces in an instant.

"Aah-" x2

It extended its tongue, swept the two men into its mouth, and swallowed them whole without chewing.

As the flesh and blood entered its belly, pure Soul Power surged into its body, and a crimson tinge gradually crept into the Earthquake Beast's eyes.

It stared fixedly in the direction Hui Ye had fled, opened its enormous mouth, and let out a low cry from its throat that sounded like an ultrasonic wave.

Roar-

Hui Ye felt his head spin for an instant, but his first Soul Skill automatically activated to protect him, dispelling the dizziness.

He saw countless rocks closing in from every direction inside the main passage, completely sealing the way ahead.

"Fine, fine, fine."

A flash of madness passed through Hui Ye's eyes.

"In that case, Master Hui will play with you."

Hui Ye turned and charged at the Earthquake Beast.

Countless rocks rained down, knocking him off course, but none could stop him.

On his way in, two rocks smashed Hui Ye's skull.

Blood streaming down his head, he threw himself at the Earthquake Beast like a madman with no regard for his life, roaring:

"Explode!"

"Keep exploding!"

"Explode, explode, explode, explode, explode, explode, explode, explode, explode, explode!"

The entire mountain shook violently. The explosions striking the same spot one after another caused the Earthquake Beast pain, and it shook its head desperately, trying to throw Hui Ye off.

But each time Hui Ye revived, he managed to grab hold of one of its scales and self-destruct again.

After self-destructing more than a dozen times in a row, Hui Ye prepared to jump into the Earthquake Beast's mouth and enter its belly to finish it off once and for all.

But the Earthquake Beast was, after all, a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and its intelligence was no lower than that of an ordinary human.

Hui Ye's unusual actions put it on guard, and it clamped its mouth tightly shut to keep him out.

Hui Ye simply gave up on going in. He jumped onto the Earthquake Beast's eyelid and self-destructed, blasting one of its eyes blind on the spot.

Unable to bear the agonizing pain, the Earthquake Beast clenched its jaws and rolled desperately around the mine.

The entire mine shook violently, and dust filled the air.

Neither man nor beast could see where the other was, so Hui Ye simply closed his eyes and exploded!

Beat the grass and flush out a rabbit; sooner or later, I'll blow up something.

At one point,

the Earthquake Beast let out an earth-shaking roar, and a shock wave collided with Hui Ye's explosion.

For a moment, the earth shook and the mountains swayed, mountains crumbling and the ground splitting apart.

Boom!

The ground below collapsed with a crash, splitting open into a fissure, and man and beast fell into it.

Even as they fell, Hui Ye kept his grip on the Earthquake Beast's scales and self-destructed without end.

Deep within Hui Ye's soul, Electrolux had long since been struck dumb, and he couldn't recover his wits for a long while.

In all the years since he had become a god, this was the first time he had seen such a madman's way of fighting.

It was too insane, too brutal!

In fact, Electrolux had noticed the effect of Hui Ye's second Soul Skill long ago.

But Hui Ye had been fighting the whole time, and Electrolux was, after all, a god, as well as an uninvited guest who had taken up residence in Hui Ye's body.

So he had been too embarrassed to bring it up rashly. He couldn't just absorb someone else's life energy without permission, could he?

Although Hui Ye's second Soul Skill was Infinite Stamina, and he could revive without limit,

what if—was his life energy also infinite? Could it run out?

All sorts of conjectures flashed through his mind.

For a moment, Electrolux felt his hands itch. He badly wanted to absorb some life energy and test it.

They tumbled and bumped their way down, with no telling where they had rolled.

Man and beast rolled through the rubble for a full ten minutes before they fell into a cavern and came to a stop.

The Earthquake Beast lay motionless on the ground, its eyelids drooping, nearly at death's door.

Hui Ye, meanwhile, got up as if nothing had happened, dusted himself off, and walked over to the Earthquake Beast.

He lifted its upper jaw, stepped onto its tongue, and thoughtfully offered himself up for it to enjoy...

Bang!

The Earthquake Beast died!

Hui Ye searched the Earthquake Beast's body but found no Soul Bone, and he sighed regretfully.

"Even a Soul Beast this rare didn't drop a Soul Bone. Looks like getting a Soul Bone really does take a billion bits of luck."

Hui Ye made a couple of rounds of the enormous cavern. Other than some fluorescent ore, there was nothing else here.

He could leave whenever he wanted, and since it was so unusually quiet here, Hui Ye decided to rest for a while and wake Electrolux up to provide him with life energy.

That way, if Tang San attacked him again, he would have a life-saving trump card.