23: Target: Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear

Star Dou Great Forest.

Ancient trees towered, and only a little sunlight could penetrate the dense forest.

This was already a more internal area, the zone with the most thousand-year Soul Beasts. Going further inside would be the territory of even more terrifying ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Snap!

A Black Shadow fell, and the sound of bones shattering, so grating it made one's teeth ache, suddenly echoed in the forest.

Drawing closer, a three-meter long, entirely golden Sacred Radiance Lion was currently on the verge of collapse.

The part that was originally protruding on its head was now sunken, its eyeballs had burst, and it was a bloody mess, a horrific sight.

Bang!

Dust flew, the enormous body fell dismally, and the Sacred Radiance Lion breathed its last.

A vibrant purple halo slowly emerged.

"Very good, with the enhancement of the sun's power, this first Soul Skill, Scarlet Sky Fire, is finally complete."

The youth, clad in black, rose from the lion's body, like a humanoid fierce beast, grinning with a toothy smile.

"Merge."

Swish!

The Sacred Radiance Lion's purple Soul Ring transformed into pure nourishment, completely integrating into the purple Soul Ring at the youth's feet.

"Damn it!!"

The terrifying power of the blazing flames caused Su Ye immense pain, every inch of his skin felt like it was being burned.

Even the Golden Flame Eagle seemed unable to suppress it, the power directly entered his body through the Martial Soul.

Su Ye endured the pain and practiced the Eight Extremities Fist on the corpse, where his fist winds passed, flames blazed, attempting to dissipate this heatwave.

If Su Ye hadn't transitioned through each thousand-year Soul Ring, his body constantly strengthening, he wouldn't have been able to endure it at all.

Before long, a terrifying and shocking black Soul Ring shone forth.

The youth was drenched in sweat, slowly sliding from the corpse to the ground.

Looking at the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring before him, Su Ye chuckled, thinking it was finally done.

"The first Soul Ring being a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring seems a bit too ostentatious. That crazy old woman from Spirit Hall isn't easy to provoke."

"Chameleons can blend into the environment, so they should also be able to change Soul Ring colors. I can hunt one later and try."

Muttering to himself, the youth's hand gained a bone knife, and he began working on the Sacred Radiance Lion, not wanting to waste a single bit.

Seeing his familiar and "ferocious" methods, he was clearly a repeat offender!

The youth was none other than Su Ye, who had left Nanshan Village.

After Zhu Zhuqing left, he, whose injuries had healed, said goodbye to Granny Mu and also left Nanshan Village.

With all his Soul Rings destroyed, his trip to Star Dou Great Forest was to recover the Soul Rings he had lost.

Unlike his first time entering Star Dou Great Forest, his increase in strength allowed him to bypass hundred-year Soul Beasts and directly target thousand-year Soul Beasts, and those of higher quality.

In just a few days, with hardly any effort, he had recovered most of his Soul Rings, once again forming the 'Scarlet Sky Fire' Soul Skill.

"Slowly, slowly, don't waste, don't waste~"

"Waste is shameful~"

Amidst the gurgling of blood, Su Ye's greedy voice carried a hint of the devil.

Looking closely.

He saw that the Sacred Radiance Lion's neck had been cut open, and a dozen metal buckets below were collecting the flowing blood.

If an outsider were here and saw this scene, they would surely be terrified.

Skinning, sinew extraction, bleeding, meat cutting...

Even Soul Beasts eating Soul Beasts might not be this "ferocious"!

Before long, the Sacred Radiance Lion had bled its last drop, and the sinews in its four limbs were also extracted.

Leaves scattered, light shone down, and eight large buckets of golden blood surged, seemingly connected to the heat of the sun in the sky.

Coupled with the energy of the blood itself, the metal buckets were currently making crisp clanging sounds, as if they were about to melt.

Su Ye quickly acted to synthesize this blood.

The last time he came to Star Dou Great Forest, he had tried synthesizing blood, but unfortunately, blood was measured in buckets...

Buckets?

Which Soul Master would come to Star Dou Great Forest with buckets?

Ordinary buckets couldn't withstand the power of Soul Beast bloodline at all.

Moreover, the Soul Beast level was low back then, and synthesizing hundred-year Soul Beast blood was too slow, so Su Ye didn't proceed.

Three thousand years... Sacred Radiance Lion blood synthesized!

Ding!

Obtained one bucket of eight-thousand-year Sacred Radiance Lion blood.

Eight thousand years... Sacred Radiance Lion King blood synthesized!

Ding!

Obtained one bucket of ten-thousand-year Sacred Radiance Lion King bloodline!

Ding!

Ten thousand years... Sacred Radiance Lion King bloodline synthesized!

Ding!

Obtained a trace of Sacred Radiance Lion Emperor bloodline!

Just as Su Ye was about to be pleasantly surprised, he immediately realized something was wrong and quickly took out his bow and arrow.

Rumble!

As soon as the Emperor-level bloodline appeared, terrifying power suddenly erupted in the forest.

The pure heat of light transformed into invisible blazing flames burning the air, and the surrounding vegetation withered and charred.

The power of the sun was stirred, and intense light fell like a long rainbow, illuminating the surrounding two hundred meters dazzlingly.

In the central area of the forest, a giant ox-headed creature had just emerged from the lake surface, its mountain-like head causing huge waves to surge.

One hundred thousand years!

Another Soul Beast broke through to one hundred thousand years!

Looking at the light descending from the sky in the distance, the ox-head's huge pupils revealed intense joy.

"Er Ming, you go..."

Before the buzzing sound finished, the ox-headed creature's pupils suddenly widened, as if it had seen a ghost, and its expression became strange.

"Dis... disappeared?"

"Strange, why did that Emperor bloodline suddenly disappear?"

??????

Question marks appeared above the Azure Bull Python's head, finding it hard to understand.

The center of the incident.

The danger passed, and after retracting the Golden Flame Eagle Martial Soul, Su Ye lay on the ground, drenched, gasping for breath. He looked as if he had just been pulled out of a river.

"Phew, just a trace of blood is this terrifying. If it were the complete Sacred Radiance Lion Emperor..."

Su Ye didn't dare to think further.

Knowing that the commotion here must have attracted the attention of the Azure Bull Python and the other hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, he quickly got up, grabbed his bow and arrow, and left.

It wasn't until dozens of kilometers away from the incident site that Su Ye stopped and examined the bow and arrow in his hand.

He saw that the originally dark golden bow and arrow had now become brightly golden.

The bowstring was sprinkled with brilliant gold, imbued with magnificent power. It rippled with the scorching heat formed by the power of the sun, faintly showing the shadow of a divine bow.

Swish!

Su Ye soared into the air, took out a golden arrow, and placed it on the bowstring.

Whoosh——

The power of flames from the Golden Flame Eagle and the bow and arrow moved without wind, surging towards the golden arrow like fire snakes. The great sun's heat also continuously focused on the bow and arrow.

As time passed, the energy accumulating on the bow and arrow became increasingly terrifying, and the surrounding air began to distort.

"Go!"

His body couldn't withstand the scorching energy, so Su Ye finally released the bowstring.

Swish——!

Wherever the golden arrow passed, it brought up large waves of fiery heat, like a rocket launching into the sky, the void vibrating like a dragon's roar.

The arrowhead touched the ground, like a bomb's fuse being pulled, and terrifying energy unleashed itself without restraint at this moment.

Rumble!

Blazing flames swept through, and fire dragons surged.

Where the arrow landed, a deep pit over twenty meters in diameter was blasted, and everything within a hundred meters was instantly covered in flames.

"As expected, it didn't disappoint me!"

Rubbing the bow and arrow in his hand, Su Ye's eyes were like those looking at a goddess in a dream, so fervent he wished he could kiss it.

The bow and arrow, having merged with the Emperor bloodline, indeed possessed tyrannical power.

Divine weapons are meant to drink blood!

Su Ye's gaze turned towards the northwest, his bright eyes emitting scorching killing intent.

"Eight arrows should be enough to deal with that Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!"

"Even if I can't kill it, it should be seriously injured."

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is the existence closest to Ultimate Gold.

By merging with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's bloodline, he could raise his Martial Soul's defense and strength to an incredible degree.

Worst case scenario... I'll do another Soul Ring merge, Su Ye thought fiercely to himself. No matter what, he must obtain the blood of this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.