33: Senior sister, I don't know how!

Two days later, the two traveled five hundred li and stepped into a mountain forest filled with countless ancient towering trees.

Su Ling, who occasionally used his Divine Sense to scout the path, suddenly had his expression turn serious. Ignoring the difference between genders, he grabbed Yun Qingluan's fair wrist and quickly retreated.

The next moment, the human puppet responsible for scouting a hundred zhang away was violently knocked flying.

The armor, which had just been repaired, exploded into countless fragments in mid-air.

"A Third-Tier Tiger Yao!"

A striped giant tiger, with wind swirling around its four paws, instantly appeared in the human puppet's original spot and let out an earth-shattering roar at the two of them.

A normal Early Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator's Divine Sense can cover a radius of one li.

Middle Stage and Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators can reach two or three li.

Peak Foundation Establishment can reach a range of five li.

Su Ling's Divine Sense was slightly inferior to Yun Qingluan's, but it still reached a range of two and a half li.

However, this Tiger Yao managed to evade the duo's Divine Sense scan and crept within a hundred zhang distance.

As the crisis arrived, Yun Qingluan quickly commanded the human puppet to step forward and restrain the Tiger-Form Yao Beast.

The Peak Foundation Establishment human puppet displayed powerful Physical Body defense, firmly enduring the attacks of the Third-Tier Tiger Yao.

The Physical Body strength of this Tiger Yao was actually similar to that of the human puppet refined using the Corpse Refining Secret Art.

But its tiger claws and fangs were exceptionally sharp.

In just a moment, the human puppet was already covered in wounds, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Su Ling and Yun Qingluan had already fled three li away, but they dared not use a Flying Boat.

A Core Formation Yao Beast can fly by controlling the wind, and even if Yun Qingluan's Flying Boat was of higher quality, it couldn't match the flying speed of this Wind-Attribute Demon Tiger.

There were no obstacles in the air, leaving them with no chance to dodge or maneuver.

"Roar!"

The Third-Tier Tiger Yao had no interest in the human puppet, which was like a dead object. A single roar erupted with powerful Wind Spiritual Power, sending the human puppet flying dozens of zhang away.

It exerted force with its four paws, wrapping itself in strong winds as it rapidly approached the two.

"We can't escape, fight!"

Su Ling roared softly, and the golden bone sword instantly flew out, shooting fiercely toward the Tiger Yao's head.

Yun Qingluan pursed her red lips, the beast soul banner in her hand rattled loudly, and streams of Divine Soul wrapped in black mist surged out.

One of the Divine Souls, exuding the aura of Core Formation, was clearly a human Cultivator.

Closely following it were several Divine Souls possessing the aura of Peak Foundation Establishment.

The Crystal Cave Demon Spider, which had been captured not long ago, was among them.

Hundreds of Divine Souls of varying strengths let out soul-shaking shrieks and simultaneously pounced toward the Third-Tier Demon Tiger that was shooting toward them.

"Clang!"

The golden bone sword solidly struck the Demon Tiger's head.

It let out the sound of metal colliding and was instantly bounced away.

A trace of faint yao blood slowly appeared on the Demon Tiger's forehead.

A mid-grade magical artifact only managed to slightly break the Demon Tiger's skin!

This was only because the golden bone sword was made from the fangs of a Core Formation Stage Golden Bone Beast, and its inherent sharpness and toughness far surpassed that of an ordinary mid-grade magical artifact.

Otherwise, it wouldn't even have broken its defense.

Yet, it was this trace of yao blood that enraged the Wind-Attribute Demon Tiger, making it feel as though it had suffered a grave insult and provocation.

Ignoring the pouncing Divine Souls entirely, it opened its massive, bloody mouth toward the duo while still dozens of zhang away.

Extremely powerful Wind-Attribute Yao Power frantically gathered in its mouth.

The next moment, a greenish light sphere blasted toward the two.

Su Ling and Yun Qingluan's expressions shifted slightly, and they simultaneously dodged rapidly to both sides.

"Boom!"

A fierce explosion accompanied by countless Wind Blades swept out.

Within a ten zhang radius, all trees and rocks were reduced to dust.

Relying on the protection of the newly refined crocodile scale armor, Su Ling rushed out of the sky-filled dust and smoke, his hands and feet bloody.

He couldn't help but sigh in admiration that the Fierce-Toothed Crocodile's defense was truly powerful!

Yun Qingluan, who rushed out on the other side, had a Bronze Mirror appear beside her, deflecting countless Wind Blades.

"Su Ling, use the Soul Capturing Art to buy me time!"

Stabilizing her figure, Yun Qingluan let out a soft cry and continuously formed Hand Seals.

Surging magical power fluctuations spread out, and a skull shrouded in black mist slowly condensed above her head.

Meanwhile, the many beast souls, led by the Core Formation primary Divine Soul, ignored the Third-Tier Demon Tiger's claw attacks and shuttled back and forth inside its body.

Encountering a Divine Soul attack, even with the Demon Tiger's Third-Tier strength, it was rendered somewhat sluggish.

The human puppet, which had been thrown aside, seized this opportunity to catch up, pounced onto the Demon Tiger, and tightly restrained it, raising its massive fists to frantically smash the Demon Tiger's head.

Su Ling continuously attacked with the golden bone sword while scattering over a dozen Talismans to harass the beast.

Hearing Yun Qingluan's urging, he couldn't help but give an embarrassed laugh, "Senior Sister, I don't know how!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Yun Qingluan's Hand Seals trembled involuntarily, and the black mist skull immediately dissipated.

A rare look of exasperation appeared on her cold, frosty face, "Revered Master graciously taught you the Soul Capturing Art, and you didn't practice it?!"

Seeing the Third-Tier Tiger Yao knock the golden bone sword flying, sweep away the human puppet with its tail, unleash its Divine Soul Power to shake off the surrounding beast souls, and once again open its mouth, preparing to spit out its Innate Spell.

Activating a precious Medium Grade Vajra Talisman, he swiftly set up a Five Elements Formation, pushing the crocodile scale armor to its limit.

Su Ling hurriedly roared at Yun Qingluan, "Senior Sister, the situation is critical! If you have any other big moves, use them quickly!"

"You..."

Yun Qingluan was furious but knew this was not the time to dwell on it.

Her Hand Seals changed, magical power surged, and an entirely black three-edged thorn appeared before her.

"This is a supreme grade Magical Artifact?!"

Feeling the powerful aura of the three-edged thorn, Su Ling couldn't help but blurt out, "No, this is a Low Grade Magic Treasure!"

The next moment, the crocodile scale armor was knocked away, the Five Elements Formation exploded with a roar, and even the Formation Plate shattered.

The Third-Tier Tiger Yao's first target was surprisingly Su Ling, who had managed to injure it slightly.

Violent Wind Blades once again swept across the entire area.

Su Ling shot into the sky, the light from the Medium Grade Vajra Talisman on his body suddenly dispersed, transforming into over a dozen phantom shadows that shot out in all directions.

The Third-Tier Tiger Yao didn't hesitate, pouncing directly toward one of the figures.

"Damn it!"

This action immediately caused Su Ling to curse inwardly.

The figure the Demon Tiger pounced on was precisely his true body.

He had already practiced the Phantom Shadow Technique to the highest level, but facing a Core Formation Stage Yao Beast, the phantom shadows were utterly useless except for the speed boost.

In this critical moment, a faint light sliced through the Void Realm, aiming straight for its head.

The Third-Tier Demon Tiger shifted sideways in mid-air, and the three-edged thorn passed right through its waist and abdomen, drawing a large spray of yao blood.

"Roar!"

Despite taking this hit, the Demon Tiger was still full of life and vigor.

The strength of its Yao Body was evident.

Changing its target, wind swirled around its four paws, and it rapidly charged toward Yun Qingluan on the other side.

Since two Innate Spells failed to kill the pair, the Demon Tiger stopped using them.

It only wanted to use its fangs and sharp claws to tear them to shreds.

The human puppet suddenly darted out and clamped down on the Demon Tiger's front paws, its feet plowing deep trenches over ten zhang long through the rubble.

Yun Qingluan's beautiful eyes flashed, and the three-edged thorn whistled toward the beast again.

However, the prepared Demon Tiger swept it away with a flick of its tail.

Yun Qingluan's pretty face turned cold. She controlled the Magic Treasure to conjure countless spikes, shooting them toward the Demon Tiger like a rainstorm.

But all of the Demon Tiger's attention was focused almost entirely on the Magic Treasure's true form that had pierced its body, completely ignoring the other illusions.

It relied entirely on its highly defensive Physical Body to withstand the assault.

Unfortunately, Yun Qingluan was still only in the Foundation Establishment Stage, unable to unleash the full power of the Magic Treasure.

Other than the attack power of the spike's true body, which made the Demon Tiger wary, the conjured attacks could only manage to break its defense.

"Senior Sister, use that skull Spell you were casting just now!"

Su Ling transformed into a phantom shadow, maneuvering around the Demon Tiger while simultaneously controlling the golden bone sword to stab fiercely at the Demon Tiger's eyes.

"Spell backlash, I can't use it!"

Yun Qingluan said bitterly. If it weren't for her shock that this guy hadn't practiced the Soul Capturing Art, leading to her casting failure.

With the power of that Soul Devouring Spell, it would have been enough to severely wound the Demon Tiger, which had relatively weak Divine Soul defense.

If not for that, how could the situation have devolved to this state?