76: Chapter 76 An unexpected encounter with a mythical beast, which is then directly suppressed!

An ice-blue dragon-shaped creature resembling a true dragon roared and rushed out.

"As I expected, it is an Ice Soul Flood Dragon; based on its size, its age is likely around forty thousand years."

Kong Deming recognized the Spirit Beast before him at a glance and introduced it to the two.

"That's great, Teacher. Let's go with this one; it's perfect as Mengmeng's spirit ring!"

Kong Deming did not strike immediately; instead, he waved his hand to release a barrier of Soul Power, sealing off the surroundings.

"Qingci, you go. Forty thousand years—it's just right to test your strength."

Mu Qingci nodded, then summoned his Hades Sword Spirit and rushed up.

The Ice Soul Flood Dragon had just been woken up and was full of unvented rage. Seeing a human youth rushing toward it, it transferred its anger onto Mu Qingci.

Countless ice cones appeared beside it and flew toward Mu Qingci.

Subsequently, the Ice Soul Flood Dragon raised its sharp front claws and swiped at Mu Qingci.

The Hades Sword was held horizontally in front of him, blade facing forward, slicing toward the pair of dragon claws.

"Clang."

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the Ice Soul Flood Dragon's immense force knocked Mu Qingci back a few steps.

After learning of the opponent's strength, Mu Qingci no longer held back.

Both the Darkness Element and light Domain were deployed simultaneously.

Countless light and Darkness Element elements, condensed into a set of black-gold armor that covered Mu Qingci's body.

The two collided once more.

This time, the Ice Soul Flood Dragon no longer had the advantage in strength.

Under the enhancement of the dual Domain and the light-dark armor, Mu Qingci's total attributes had now been increased by more than double.

Especially his defense; when the Ice Soul Flood Dragon's claws struck Mu Qingci's armor, it didn't even break the defense, leaving only a few white marks.

Sword intent surged around Mu Qingci, and powerful sword qi flew toward the Ice Soul Flood Dragon like a storm, slicing off many scales and leaving it dripping with blood.

The Ice Soul Flood Dragon let out a cry of pain and immediately became even angrier.

Its eyes were bloodshot, as if it wanted to tear Mu Qingci to pieces.

Mu Qingci would never give it the chance; the first, third, and fifth spirit ring beneath his feet lit up simultaneously.

With three layers of buffs applied, his strength now reached that of a Spirit Saint, even faintly approaching that of a Spirit Douluo.

A high-level Spirit Saint fighting a forty-thousand-year Spirit Beast—the situation instantly became one-sided.

Mu Qingci didn't need to use any extra Spirit Ability; just by constantly using basic sword qi attacks, it was already more than the Ice Soul Flood Dragon could bear.

"Second Spirit Ability, Dark Nether Ghost Slash!"

A massive black-gold crescent-shaped sword qi was unleashed.

The collision of the Darkness Element and light attributes struck the Ice Soul Flood Dragon, tearing at its flesh and devouring its life.

A few minutes later, under Mu Qingci's all-out attack, the Ice Soul Flood Dragon was already on the verge of death.

"Mengmeng, go ahead, end its life!"

Meng Hongchen responded, her dual spirit tool swords appearing in her hands, and five spirit ring—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—emerged.

The fifth black spirit ring suddenly lit up; that was the spirit ring that burst forth from the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad that Mu Qingci had helped her obtain.

"Fifth Spirit Ability, Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill!"

The Spirit Ability was the same as in the original work; Meng Hongchen transformed into a small whirlwind, drilling toward the Ice Soul Flood Dragon.

The Ice Soul Flood Dragon was severely injured at this moment, with less than one-tenth of its strength remaining; it might not even be able to defeat a thousand-year Spirit Beast now, let alone Meng Hongchen in her current peak state.

Under Meng Hongchen's all-out attack, she successfully ended the Ice Soul Flood Dragon's life.

As the last trace of life faded, a pitch-black ten-thousand-year spirit ring slowly drifted out from the Ice Soul Flood Dragon's body.

"Absorb the spirit ring, Mengmeng. The teacher and I will stand guard for you here."

Meng Hongchen nodded, sat cross-legged, and began to absorb the spirit ring.

Meng Hongchen's physique, having been enhanced by the Ice Spirit Crane Xiaoling, was no longer what it used to be; absorbing a mere forty-thousand-year spirit ring was naturally a simple matter.

Two hours later.

Meng Hongchen slowly opened her eyes; her aura was steady, and her Soul Power was not the least bit unstable.

"How is it, Mengmeng? What level are you?"

A normal Spirit Emperor's sixth spirit ring has an age of around twenty thousand years. Now that Meng Hongchen had absorbed a forty-thousand-year one, her Soul Power shouldn't just be at level sixty-one.

"Level sixty-two!"

Meng Hongchen's face was filled with joy, clearly very satisfied with her new spirit ring.

"Let's go. Next up is my spirit ring."

The three continued to advance toward the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Mu Qingci's target this time was between seventy thousand and one hundred thousand years.

With his current physical condition and the two existences in his spiritual sea, absorbing a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was completely within his capabilities.

However, one-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were too rare and hard to come by, so Mu Qingci could only try his luck in searching.

The three headed toward the core area together.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Kong Deming restrained his aura, making himself appear like an ordinary person.

Just then, the fluctuations of a battle from ahead caught their attention.

Mu Qingci made a prompt decision, spread the wings behind his back, and flew forward.

Ahead, he felt an extremely dense aura of the light element; if the age was suitable, it couldn't be more perfect as his sixth spirit ring.

Rushing into a forest ahead, Mu Qingci landed on a tree and observed the situation below.

In his view, a figure radiating golden light was chasing a wolf-type Spirit Beast.

Mu Qingci looked closely and saw that the wolf-type Spirit Beast being chased was actually a Blazing Grey Wolf with an age as high as fifty thousand years.

As for the figure radiating golden light, Mu Qingci couldn't quite see its appearance clearly.

"Since you use light to hide yourself, I will use light to see through you!"

The Soul Power of Ultimate Light was applied to his eyes, and the figure immediately revealed itself.

The moment Mu Qingci saw that figure, he was stunned.

Golden fur, agile eyes, and most specially, the vertical eye on its forehead.

With such obvious features, how could Mu Qingci not recognize it? Wasn't that the darling of the Star Dou Great Forest, the child of luck in the Spirit Beast world, the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?

Mu Qingci immediately thought of a way to obtain a suitable spirit ring for himself.

"Teacher, that Spirit Beast—suppress it!"

Mu Qingci pointed at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and shouted to Kong Deming, who had just arrived.

Kong Deming did not hesitate and acted immediately; a massive hand of Soul Power grabbed toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

A fiery red figure acted simultaneously, wanting to intercept Kong Deming's attack.

Kong Deming snorted coldly; as someone who considered himself the number one in the Sun Moon Empire, a Level 9 peak Soul Engineer with combat power approaching that of a Limit Douluo, how could he back down?

He increased the output of his Soul Power, activated the spirit tools all over his body, and his strength instantly soared, knocking back the fiery red figure and suppressing the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

Mu Qingci quickly came to Meng Hongchen's side, protected her behind him, and contacted Electrolux in his spiritual sea and the Snow Empress in the Undead Semi-Plane, in case of any emergency.