25: Evolution, Golden Phoenix

The night was dark and the wind was high.

The forest night carried a hint of chill.

As footsteps passed, the surrounding insect chirps fell silent.

They reached the edge of the bushes; going further was open ground and no longer suitable to proceed.

Under the big tree, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was sleeping, its snores like thunder, rumbling loudly.

"Still sleeping?"

A mischievous smile played on Su Ye's lips as he lightly tossed the gold beehive wrapped in cloth in his hand, then kicked it with his foot.

Bang! The huge honey flew out in a parabola, landing precisely less than three meters in front of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

The tied cloth wrapping scattered, and the rich, alluring scent that intoxicated the soul was instantly exposed.

Whoosh—!

Without a second of hesitation, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear "Swish" opened its eyes, its pupils never having been so clear.

Smelling the scent and looking over, the sight before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear caused its mouth to split into an excited grin.

A gift from heaven??

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear immediately pushed off its legs, transforming into a clumsy bear and crawling over. At this moment, the gold beehive exploded and shattered, revealing golden sweet honey chunks, with sticky honey liquid spilling everywhere.

Roar—

Smelling a few traces of human presence on it, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear let out a low growl, its eyes scanning the surroundings, but its wide-open mouth couldn't stop drooling.

Honey is the favorite of bears.

Gold honey, in particular, is a treasure among honey, an irresistible temptation for any bear.

Instinctual impulse completely overwhelmed its slight hesitation. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear opened its massive mouth and bit down on the honey chunks.

"Success!"

Watching this scene, Su Ye knew the matter with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was likely secure.

His gaze fell upon the massive creature, and he couldn't help but sigh again.

He truly loved the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

If he could raise a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, feed it medicinal herbs, raising it from a hundred years to a thousand years...

Letting it continuously produce blood, and then he would release two buckets of blood every so often.

Perhaps one day, his Violet Crystal Beamon bloodline could even be synthesized...

It's a pity the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is wild and untamable, tyrannical and cruel. Otherwise, this would have been a win-win situation, a pity, a pity~

Before long, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear began to feel dizzy, shaking its head continuously, trying to wake itself up.

"Ten."

"Nine."

"..."

Su Ye's expression turned subtle as he began counting down.

Drunken Dream Grass can make the brain intoxicated and lost, losing control of the body. Ordinary grass of a few years has very little effect and is harmless to eat.

But seven-grade Drunken Dream Grass of ten thousand years is enough to make a top Soul Beast of tens of thousands of years sleep for an entire day without waking up.

No matter how high the bloodline defense of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was, it was useless in the face of this Drunken Dream Grass.

"Three."

As the number fell, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear fell down headfirst, its skull hitting the ground heavily.

He waited quietly for a minute, watching the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear remain still...

"It's my turn!!"

An excited smile blossomed on his face as Su Ye, carrying iron buckets and other tools, quickly ran over.

Bang! Bang!

He kicked it twice, confirming that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear could not wake up.

Su Ye began to "seriously" examine the prey before him.

"Blood is a must!"

"These claws can be fused into the Martial Soul, increasing the sharpness of the eagle claws."

"This hide is quite sturdy, good for making a quiver, no, no, for making clothes, synthesizing a top-grade leather garment."

"..."

Swish!

Swish!

Red circles were carefully drawn one by one, ensuring no mistakes were made in cutting. Su Ye slowly put on a wolf claw glove.

This was a wolf claw synthesized by Su Ye from the claws of eight thousand-year Soul Beasts, its sharpness far beyond the ordinary.

Rip!

A bloody mark was drawn on the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's neck. Following the mark, Su Ye sliced again, and blood gurgled out, beginning to flow down the neck.

Drip! Drop!

The dark gold blood dripped towards the bottom of the bucket. The powerful aura that emanated caused Su Ye's bloodline to surge and his heart rate to accelerate.

That was... a power far exceeding the human bloodline level, and it was also a nearly top-tier bloodline power among Soul Beasts.

The power within the bloodline was pure and dense, even compressing the surrounding air.

If the metal bucket hadn't been reinforced, Su Ye had no doubt that just a drop of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's blood could destroy the bucket.

"Let's do it!!"

Synthesize two-hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood.

Ding!

Obtained one bucket of eight-hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood.

Synthesize eight-hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood.

Ding!

Obtained one-thousand-two-hundred-year dark gold fearclaw bloodline.

"With my current body, if it's any higher, I might not be able to withstand the flushing of the bloodline power."

After thinking for a moment, Su Ye did not continue synthesizing, planning to first use the one-thousand-two-hundred-year dark gold fearclaw bloodline to test the effect on his Martial Soul's evolution.

According to the physique of the Holy Radiance Light Lion, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear should also yield eight buckets of blood.

The remaining one bucket of one-thousand-two-hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood could also be further fused into the Martial Soul. Su Ye had made his plan.

As the blood rapidly drained, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's life came to an end.

A yellow Soul Ring floated above the corpse, emanating a chilling pressure in the void.

For any Beast Soul Master, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring is a top-grade Soul Ring, but Su Ye did not plan to use the gold attribute as his second type of Soul Ring.

His Martial Soul's cultivation direction was gold, and only the gold attribute was the most suitable carrier for other attributes, capable of accommodating extreme attributes like water, fire, earth, and so on.

If he were to set his second Soul Ring as a gold attribute Soul Ring, it would seem somewhat redundant.

"What a pity, this is a hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring..."

Su Ye gritted his teeth in pain, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything. He fused this Soul Ring into a gold arrow, which would greatly increase its armor-piercing ability, which was also good.

Martial Soul Golden Flame Eagle... + ... one-thousand-two-hundred-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood...

"Fuse."

Su Ye suppressed his anxiety and clicked the fuse button.

The Golden Flame Eagle let out a sharp cry, opening its mouth and swallowing the entire bucket of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood.

Boom!

In an instant, a powerful energy wave emanated from the Golden Flame Eagle.

The golden light was dazzling, and spiritual light flickered on pieces of golden feathers, finally transforming into a blazing inferno.

At the same time, Su Ye also felt an overwhelmingly powerful energy surging into his body.

That feeling was not like fire burning, but more like the explosion of thunder, as if destroying everything.

Unlike the previous fusion of metal, which only reshaped the Martial Soul's form.

This was a qualitative transformation in the true sense. If the previous Martial Soul was just the shell of a missile, then now it was adding a nuclear warhead.

"Ah—!!"

His body and Martial Soul were simultaneously undergoing destructive reshaping, that tearing pain...

Even Su Ye, who had sworn never to show weakness again after his mother's death, couldn't bear it at this moment, writhing in agony.

Rolling on the ground, ripples of light emanated from his entire body, and dark gold electric arcs leaped in his bulging eyes. His ferocious appearance was quite terrifying.

As if sensing Su Ye's willpower summoning, the Golden Flame Eagle, wrapped in flames, was also slowly undergoing a wondrous change.

Chirp—!

Its hooked beak began to soften, and a divine bird's head emerged from the flames. That peerless posture of crying out to the sky seemed to lord over all birds.

Swallow-like jaw, snake-like neck, and a colorful fish-like tail.

Phoenix!

A Gold Phoenix whose entire body's feathers emitted an indestructible luster!