25: Five Thousand Years Soul Ring

Outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A girl in black was fighting a black panther five meters long with an imposing aura. It seemed they had been fighting for a long time. Not far away, a young man in white watched the whole scene with his arms crossed.

As the black panther pounced on the girl in black again, the girl in black stopped moving, looking bewildered. This made the black panther think it was about to successfully kill the girl in black.

An unexpected turn of events occurred. Another ghostly figure attacked from behind the black panther, two yellow Soul Rings flashing on its body.

However, in the blink of an eye, the girl in black in front of the black panther disappeared, and it was also cut in half at the waist by the black figure behind it, blood flowing everywhere.

Perhaps, before it died, it never imagined why this seemingly weak girl in black could fight him for so long and then suddenly disappear.

The girl in black turned her head gracefully and saw the young man in white smiling as he walked over, handing her a towel and motioning for her to clean the bloodstains on her body.

"Not bad, Zhu Qing. It seems you have mastered your innate clone ability. This is the third thousand-year Soul Beast you've killed, and this one was a nearly two-thousand-year-old Ghost Shadow Black Panther. Your current strength is already close to a Soul Grandmaster."

"Not at all. It's all thanks to your Immortal Herb and Martial Soul evolution stone, Mu Bai, and your excellent guidance."

After slowly cleaning the bloodstains on her body, Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Mubai and smiled slightly, speaking with a hint of shyness.

After entering the Star Dou Great Forest early in the morning, the two encountered many Soul Beasts that actively attacked them.

Although Dai Mubai repelled many of them, when they encountered ferocious thousand-year Soul Beasts, Zhu Zhuqing wanted to fight alone to test her current strength.

At first, Zhu Zhuqing was a bit uncomfortable, but after two or three battles, she completely mastered the use of her clone and adapted to her current strength.

As the two were chatting and laughing, Dai Mubai keenly sensed a Soul Beast with a similar aura slowly approaching, so he softly reminded Zhu Zhuqing.

"Zhu Qing, be careful. Another Ghost Shadow Black Panther is coming. Let's first check its age."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded and scanned the surroundings, guarding against this second Ghost Shadow Black Panther.

Suddenly, a ghostly figure flashed past Zhu Zhuqing's back, which allowed Dai Mubai to clearly see that Ghost Shadow Black Panther.

"Zhu Qing, this Ghost Shadow Black Panther is about a meter larger than the previous one. If nothing unexpected happens, its age should be suitable."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but be happy. After all, finding a suitable Soul Beast so soon after entering the Star Dou Great Forest by oneself was truly incredibly lucky.

Suddenly, the Ghost Shadow Black Panther appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing with lightning speed. Dai Mubai reacted quickly, his second Soul Ring lit up, and he directly struck the Ghost Shadow Black Panther with his right hand.

"Second Soul Skill: Gengjin Destruction Claw."

Seeing a terrifying attack coming towards its head, the Ghost Shadow Black Panther immediately twisted its body, letting its right claw block the attack for its head.

As a black right claw slowly flew into the grass, the two people and the panther also saw each other clearly.

"Hahaha, Zhu Qing, you killed its wife, and now it's here to find you."

Seeing the Ghost Shadow Black Panther in front of him look at the corpse split in half on the ground several times, Dai Mubai immediately guessed the reason.

"Mu Bai, are you going to let other males bully me?"

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but speak to Dai Mubai with a hint of coquettishness.

"Of course not. Today, we'll let them both return home as a couple, so we can also return home as a couple sooner."

Dai Mubai said with a smile, looking at the male Ghost Shadow Black Panther beside him, whose eyes were filled with fear and wanted to run.

So he directly activated his Ji Sha Domain, flashed over, and took advantage of the instant the male Ghost Shadow Black Panther's escape movement slowed down slightly, punching it unconscious.

After carefully observing this male Ghost Shadow Black Panther, Dai Mubai spoke to Zhu Zhuqing with a hint of seriousness, explaining the situation.

"Zhu Qing, this Ghost Shadow Black Panther's age is much higher than I expected, at least around five thousand years. Should you choose another one or..."

Zhu Zhuqing, who had walked over, heard this and didn't wait for Dai Mubai to finish speaking. She slowly shook her head, looked at Dai Mubai, and made a firm choice.

"This one will do. Since Mu Bai can absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for his fourth Soul Ring, I can certainly break through the age limit slightly for my third Soul Ring."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai also nodded and walked to a nearby spot to protect Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing then directly killed this male Ghost Shadow Black Panther and began to absorb it.

Two hours later.

Zhu Zhuqing exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly stood up.

Hearing the movement, Dai Mubai also flashed over immediately and felt much more at ease seeing Zhu Zhuqing completely unharmed.

Although Zhu Zhuqing showed no abnormal signs during the process, it's better to be safe than sorry. It would be bad if something unexpected suddenly happened.

Seeing Dai Mubai's worried look, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but chuckle and began to introduce her Soul Skill.

"Mu Bai, my third Soul Skill's age should be around five thousand two hundred years. The Soul Skill is called Netherworld Phantom Slash. Its effect is to condense my Soul Power and instantly release three slashes. Each hit has a stacking effect."

After listening, Dai Mubai couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. Zhu Zhuqing's third Soul Skill was much better than in the original work.

Seeing that the sky had darkened, after setting up the tent, Dai Mubai planned to keep watch first and spoke.

"Zhu Qing, I'll keep watch for you then. You first..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhuqing interrupted him again, pretending to sound slightly dissatisfied as she made the decision.

"Mu Bai, you protected me for so long just now, how can I let you keep watch for me all night? We'll take turns. You sleep for a while first. I just finished absorbing the Soul Ring and can't sleep."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai also chuckled and nodded helplessly. He hadn't planned to keep watch all night anyway, but a misunderstanding was fine.

The next morning, after Dai Mubai woke Zhu Zhuqing up, as the two were leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.

Dai Mubai sensed the auras of Oscar and Ma Hongjun a little distance away. Dai Mubai immediately deduced that Tang San must have broken through to level 30.

Thinking about the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, one of the strongest advantages from early to late game that Tang San was about to obtain in the original work, Dai Mubai certainly couldn't let Tang San get his wish.

However, to avoid worrying Zhu Zhuqing, he made an excuse that he had forgotten something at last night's campsite and needed to go back to get it.

He told Zhu Zhuqing to wait for him at a nearby inn. Although Zhu Zhuqing was a bit curious that someone like Dai Mubai would be forgetful, she still nodded and left the Star Dou Great Forest first.

After watching Zhu Zhuqing leave the Star Dou Great Forest safely with his own eyes, Dai Mubai looked in the direction where Ma Hongjun and Oscar's group had been and couldn't help but murmur.

"Tang San, say goodbye to your Eight Spider Lances this time!"

After speaking, Dai Mubai quickly followed the auras left by Ma Hongjun and Oscar and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Shrek group.

"It's a pity we didn't run into Dai Laoda, otherwise, his third Soul Skill would have made things much easier."

After finishing off the last hundred-year pig-shaped Soul Beast, Ma Hongjun took the Sausage Oscar threw to him and couldn't help but complain.

After all, they had agreed back at the academy that Zhao Wuji wouldn't intervene unless there were special circumstances. It must be said that their group was unlucky. Shortly after entering the Star Dou Great Forest, they encountered three waves of small beast tides of hundred-year Soul Beasts.

Although hundred-year Soul Beasts were not a threat to their group, the key was that the small beast tides ranged from dozens to over a hundred. The third wave even had over a hundred pig-shaped hundred-year Soul Beasts attacking them.

This made them quite tired, as they only had one power attack system Soul Master in their team. Others could easily deal with one or two hundred-year-old ones in a few moves, but seven or eight hundred-year-old ones required a bit more effort.

After all, they didn't have large-area Soul Skills at the moment, so clearing them up was naturally much more strenuous.

And this was even with Ma Hongjun, an ultimate fire Soul Venerable, whose casual strike could severely injure or even kill a hundred-year Soul Beast.

Otherwise, if it were someone else, their two Soul Venerables and three Soul Grandmasters facing three waves of hundred-year Soul Beast small beast tides would have been even more difficult, and it might have been unavoidable to suffer injuries or even severe injuries.

"Stop complaining. You just casually used your Soul Power a couple of times and were just thinking of being lazy."

Seeing this, Oscar rolled his eyes at Ma Hongjun in annoyance.

Ma Hongjun immediately became somewhat dissatisfied and was about to speak when Tang San, who was beside him, spoke with a smile.

"Senior Ma has indeed worked hard. Everyone, how about we rest here for a while?"