The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

It was blasted dozens of meters away, its fiery red fur charred black. It let out a whimper, barely managing to stand, and timidly tucked its tail between its legs and ran away.

After a soul beast cultivates to the level of ten thousand years, it has already developed a fairly high level of intelligence.

The Netherworld Tiger and Silver Spirit Beast that the group encountered earlier were purely due to bad luck. One was instantly killed by the combined efforts of Xu Zihuang and Zhang Lexuan, and the other was even personally suppressed by Elder Xuan.

In contrast, this Flame Lion King was much luckier. Since it didn't require any spirit rings, there was no need for the group to insist on killing it.

Wu Ming stretched her wrists with a relaxed expression, beaming with joy.

"It's still more fun to work with you, Tianhuang. If you were ten years older, I might actually fall for your youthful charm."

Xu Zihuang gave a dry laugh, not daring to respond to this formidable senior.

Based on my understanding of Wu Ming over this period of time, given her personality, this statement might not necessarily be just empty talk.

Chu Qingtian and Ye Liu also gave Xu Zihuang a teasing smile.

Zhang Lexuan looked up at the sky, pondered for a moment, and then looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, get ready, we're about to enter the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest."

If this continues, everyone's mental state will only get worse.

The soul beasts in the core area are more powerful, but it is also easier to encounter soul beasts suitable for everyone.

Leaving aside Ye Liu, given Wu Ming's physical strength, his seventh spirit ring will definitely be approaching 50,000 years old. Spirit beasts of this level might exist in this mixed zone, but their numbers are extremely rare.

Weighing the pros and cons, it wouldn't be difficult for her to make this decision.

Moreover, Xu Zihuang's impressive strength over the past two days has reassured her considerably.

The main reason she didn't bring everyone into the core area at the beginning was for Xu Zihuang's safety.

Upon hearing Zhang Lexuan's instructions, everyone nodded solemnly.

The core area is far more dangerous than this mixed zone.

It was early morning.

Although they occasionally encountered spirit beasts along the way, including some powerful ones, most were not particularly aggressive. Furthermore, the group intentionally avoided them, so they didn't encounter any major problems.

The group walked for three hours, only stopping to rest at noon.

Xu Zihuang surveyed his surroundings.

"The vegetation here is much denser than before. And it's clear that it's quite old. It's more pristine than the vegetation outside. Senior Sister, we should be very close to the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, right?"

Zhang Lexuan nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, we are approaching the outer edge of the core area. Further ahead, we will enter the core area, which is also the most dangerous region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Everyone must be careful later."

This time, the rest period was quite long. Only after everyone had adjusted to their best condition did Zhang Lexuan order them to set off again.

As you venture deeper, the surrounding vegetation becomes even denser, with the canopies and branches of ancient trees shrouding the interior of the Starry Sky Forest in darkness.

As a Soul Master with a spiritual attribute, Xu Zihuang could clearly sense that the spiritual energy here was far greater than that outside.

If one could cultivate here for an extended period of time, it would be of immense benefit to any Soul Master.

Just as everyone stepped into the core area, they finally encountered a soul beast whose attributes and age were very suitable.

With the enhanced vision granted by his Golden Eyes, Xu Zihuang spotted a gigantic scorpion-like soul beast in the distance.

This soul beast was over ten meters long and its entire body was deep blue. A strong killing intent emanated from every joint of its body, and its tail, formed from eight coccyx bones, was raised high, with a fiery red tail hook attached to it.

At the same time, Zhang Lexuan, who was using her spiritual power to perceive the surrounding situation, also sensed the presence of this soul beast. She quickly reminded everyone, "Everyone be careful! There is an Earth King 500 meters to the left front, with a cultivation level of over 40,000 years!"

This was definitely the most powerful soul beast they had encountered along the way.

The king of the earth noticed the group, its deep blue body slithering close to the ground at incredible speed. Its menacing maw sent chills down the spine, and its four small eyes gleamed with a fierce, greedy light.

The Earth King, a scorpion-like spirit beast, is extremely domineering and bloodthirsty. Although not as fearsome as the venom of the Human-Faced Demon Spider, few spirit beasts of the same level dare to provoke it. It is a powerful spirit beast of the second tier.

The Flame Lion King that the group had encountered earlier was already very powerful, but under the premise of equal cultivation, the Flame Lion King would have absolutely no chance of winning against this Earth King.

The Earth King comes in three colors. The red Earth King represents those with less than a thousand years of cultivation, with each tailbone equivalent to fifty years of cultivation. When its cultivation reaches a thousand years, its enormous body will revert to its original state and shrink again. Its color will also change from red to white. Only when its cultivation evolves to the level of ten thousand years will it change color again. At that time, its color will turn deep blue, and its body will transform, becoming exceptionally large.

However, its enormous size does not affect its agility at all.

In the blink of an eye, it had closed the distance with the crowd. From its eight tailbone segments, one could tell that this Earth King's cultivation level was over 40,000 years, because for Earth Kings with a cultivation level of over 10,000 years, its tailbone would only grow one segment every 5,000 years.

This level of Earth King is more powerful than a regular Soul Douluo.

Soul beasts possess incredibly keen senses, and the higher their cultivation level, the more acute their perception becomes. This Earth King, with over 40,000 years of cultivation, sensed a tremendous threat emanating from Zhang Lexuan upon discovering her. As it approached the group, it unhesitatingly activated its innate soul skill.

Reaching this level of cultivation means possessing wisdom comparable to that of humans.

This creature is cunning. If it can severely injure everyone in one blow, it will certainly devour them without hesitation. Conversely, it can use its innate soul skill to buy itself time to escape.

In an instant, the Earth King's massive body erupted with red light, and the air within a radius of over a hundred meters distorted completely around its body. The ground beneath it cracked instantly, and its two giant claws, even larger than the body of the Ten-Thousand-Year Flame Lion King, slammed into the ground, generating a powerful shockwave in the distorted air.

This Earth King was incredibly fast; it was only 500 meters away from the others, and its innate soul skill covered an extremely wide area.

The Earth King's innate soul skill is called Magma Earth-Splitting Strike. Its most terrifying aspect isn't its powerful attack, but rather the semi-circular, distorted light that surrounds the target before the attack is unleashed. Within the airwaves rippled by that distorted light, enemies are stunned, the duration of which depends on the difference in strength between the Earth King and his opponent. Once the opponent is immobilized, the next eruption of a high-temperature pillar of fire, comparable to magma, delivers a fatal blow.

For a ten-thousand-year-old Earth King, the distance can reach more than fifty meters, while for this Earth King with a cultivation of more than forty thousand years, the distance has increased to more than one hundred meters.

Zhang Lexuan will definitely be able to escape this area, but the others won't.

Before Wu Ming, Chu Qingtian, and Ye Liu could react, they were immediately overcome with dizziness.

In order to protect everyone, Zhang Lexuan had no choice but to release her martial spirit and prepare to directly resist the attack of the Earth King.

Even with her cultivation level, she was momentarily slowed down by the tremor.

Just then, a clear whale roar rang out, and everyone felt their spirits lifted, instantly removing the negative effects from their bodies.

Realizing what was happening, the group didn't have time to think about anything else. Sensing the incredibly scorching heat from the ground, they quickly used their respective martial spirits to leave the area.

Almost at the critical moment, a pillar of crimson fire shot into the sky.

The pillar of fire was over five meters in diameter, completely covering the spot where everyone had been standing.

Zhang Lexuan grasped Xu Zihuang's wrist and landed him on the ground not far away.

Sensing the intense soul power fluctuations emanating from Xu Zihuang, not only her, but also Wu Ming, Chu Qingtian, and Ye Liu subconsciously looked at Xu Zihuang.

A beluga whale with hexagonal silver scales on its forehead was joyfully calling out around Xu Zihuang's body.

Purple, purple, purple, black—the four spirit rings pulsed rapidly, with the first and fourth spirit rings shining simultaneously.

The intricate and obscure patterns around his pupils were constantly changing shape, as if recording something, and his aura was rapidly escalating.

The phantom of the Earth King appeared out of thin air behind Xu Zihuang. The air within a radius of over a hundred meters distorted once again, but this time the target of the distortion was the Earth King itself.

Immediately afterwards, the same pillar of fire erupted suddenly from the Earth King's relatively vulnerable abdomen, the color of which was incredibly deep.

Then, to everyone's horror, they discovered that the Earth King that had been lifted up was actually scalded, its abdomen charred black. It fell to the ground and writhed wildly, leaving the area in ruins.

Chapter 133 The Power and Killing Ability of the Fourth Soul Skill

Rubbing.

That's right, Xu Zihuang's fourth soul skill is imprinting.

However, his fourth spirit ring underwent some positive changes after combining with his Golden Eye Martial Soul.

For example, a Silver Beast can only imprint one Soul Skill at a time, and it must release the skill before it can imprint another.

However, Xu Zihuang can store three soul skills at the same time.

You can make a copy and store it for later use in battle, or you can make a copy and use it on the spot during battle.

However, you must use the imprinting skill before you can have another slot available. And you can only use it a maximum of three times a day.

Simply put, if Xu Zihuang has pre-imprinted and stored three soul skills, and has used one of them, he must wait one day before the vacant slot can be used again.

It's equivalent to a one-day cooldown period.

Moreover, due to his martial soul instinct of dynamic vision, Xu Zihuang can imprint even faster when using the imprinting skill.

This was the first time he had used this fourth soul skill. Once he was familiar with it, he could release the imprint at the same time as his opponent used their soul skill.

In other words, it's a different kind of reproduction. There's no issue of having to wait for the enemy to finish using their soul skill before the imprint can be successfully created.

He might even gain the upper hand against Soul Masters who lack sufficient foundation and are slow to execute Soul Skills.

The power of his fourth soul skill imprint is undeniable, especially after combining it with his first soul skill.

His first soul skill not only removes crowd control effects and increases mental strength by 10%, but also provides a 10% attribute boost.

Although the increase is not large, it is a real qualitative change.

Although he couldn't unleash the full power of the Earth King's innate soul skill because of the huge gap in cultivation level between him and the Earth King.

However, with this 10% attribute boost, his imitation of the Earth King's Magma Strike is definitely superior in terms of attributes.

It's only natural that the King of the Earth was scorched.

However, it's unrealistic to expect to severely injure this Earth King, whose cultivation level exceeds 40,000 years. After all, the difference in cultivation level is significant.

To unleash a 30,000-year-old soul skill at full power would likely leave an ordinary Soul Master with almost no soul power left. However, Xu Zihuang, possessing an ultimate martial soul, was an exception. Although he had also consumed most of his soul power, he still had some reserves.

He quickly looked at Zhang Lexuan and shouted, "Senior Sister, this Earth King should be very suitable as Senior Sister Wu's seventh spirit ring, right?"

Only then did everyone come to their senses.

Zhang Lexuan turned her head to look at Wu Ming on the other side, and Wu Ming nodded to her.

"Ming'er, don't hold back, go all out. Qingtian, you and Yeliu, keep watch on the surroundings. Notify me immediately if any other soul beasts approach." As she spoke, Zhang Lexuan's eight soul rings flashed one by one, and a layer of faint silver mist rose from her feet, covering her body. Under the reflection of the silver mist, she had an even more enchanting beauty.

Xu Zihuang could clearly sense that Zhang Lexuan's soul power and aura were increasing at an astonishing rate under the influence of the silver light mist, as if she were gathering strength. The crescent moon above her head was gradually growing larger, moving towards a full moon. Her beautiful eyes were also radiating silver light.

Zhang Lexuan was using a secret technique that instantly ignited her own power. If soul power were water, then she was making that water boil.

This secret technique is somewhat similar to a soul skill called Bloodlust, but compared to Bloodlust, her secret technique is more like an innate talent, and it also doesn't have the same severe side effects as activating Bloodlust.

The first, second, and third spirit rings beside her lit up simultaneously.

In mid-air, the full moon shone brightly, and beams of moonlight shot out continuously like soul-guided rays, all locking onto the Earth King.

It was clear that this wasn't the first time Wu Ming and Zhang Lexuan had worked together. As Zhang Lexuan forced the Earth King into a retreat, Wu Ming also made his move.

A clear, crisp cry rang out, and golden-red fiery wings unfurled behind her.

Flying-type martial souls are the nemesis of scorpion-type martial souls, not to mention that Wu Ming's Golden Crow martial soul is even stronger than this Earth King in terms of attributes.

As soon as the aura of her martial spirit was revealed, the Earth King's body couldn't help but tremble.

Wu Ming raised her right hand, and her second spirit ring immediately shone. A cluster of golden-red flames danced in her palm, and in the next instant, intense golden-red light blazed around her body, illuminating the surrounding space in a golden-red hue.