Legend of the Dragon King: I really didn't mean to provoke them!

"Hehe, Gu Yueyue~"

Gu Yue glanced at him and said, "If you want to fight, just say so."

Xie Xie immediately raised his hands and said with an awkward laugh, "Hey, hey, isn't this your territory? Just kidding, just kidding."

If this had happened three years ago, Gu Yue would have already launched a fireball at it.

However, ever since Xie Xie recovered from his serious injuries three years ago, he felt that Gu Yue seemed to have changed a lot and seemed to have become more distant from them.

Xie Xie, suspicious of this, deliberately went up to provoke them.

As expected, he either got hit in the face by a fireball or was beaten up by Gu Yue while riding on his back, with his hair being pulled and beaten.

However, Xie Xie was not angry at all.

With his three souls as a Soul Master, maxed-out fire resistance, and the Light Dragon King's terrifying endurance, what harm could a few punches or fireballs do to him?

The moment Xie Xie got up, the bruises on his face and the bump on his head disappeared.

He gave Gu Yue a big thumbs-up in a serious manner, grinning with his big teeth showing:

"A familiar feeling, a familiar force."

"Yes, it's definitely my Gu Yue."

Gu Yue: "..."

boom--!

Another fireball struck, embedding Xie Xie directly into the wall.

"Who's yours, you idiot?" Gu Yue tossed her high ponytail, turned around, and walked away.

Xie Xie, who had painstakingly pried himself out of the wall, naturally did not see the complex expression in Gu Yue's eyes.

"Gu Yue, Gu Yue?"

A call pulled Gu Yue back from her thoughts. Her gaze focused, and she suddenly met a pair of vibrant, dark green eyes. She could even see her own reflection in them.

Xie Xie tilted his head. "What are you daydreaming about, Gu Yueyue?"

Gu Yue's steady breathing suddenly quickened, and she stared blankly for several seconds before reacting and taking a step back.

She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear with her index finger, covering her slightly reddened earlobe.

She cleared her throat before speaking, "Yes, we're on my turf now. What are your thoughts?"

Xie Xie chuckled and said, "We should treat our own people well, right? Xiao Yan is about to break through to the third ring. Use your connections to find a better second soul spirit for our Xiao Yan."

Gu Yue looked at Xu Xiaoyan with an inquiring gaze.

Xu Xiaoyan looked at Xie Xie, who was blinking wildly at her, her pretty face slightly flushed, "Sister Gu Yue, if it's not too much trouble..."

Gu Yue slapped Xie Xie on the back of the head.

Although Xie Xie looked aggrieved, he still obediently stood behind Gu Yue.

Gu Yue then smiled and said, "What's the trouble? I'll take you to choose one later, and we'll pick the most suitable one."

"Thank you, Sister Gu Yue!" Xu Xiaoyan said excitedly.

Xie Xie came to Tang Wulin's side again and nudged his shoulder with his elbow. "Little Golden Dragon, give it your all, so your brother can also have a chance to win without lifting a finger."

"Okay, okay." Tang Wulin readily agreed, took out a packet of beef jerky, opened it, squeezed out a piece, and held it to Xie Xie's mouth: "Here, spicy flavor."

Xie Xie's eyes lit up, and he stuck out his head and snatched one away.

"Little Golden Dragon (chew, chew, chew), you're so sensible!" After swallowing the beef jerky in his mouth, Xie Xie smiled and hooked his arm around Tang Wulin's neck, skillfully opening his mouth to wait for the next feeding.

The thing these two don't need to worry about right now is their souls.

Tang Wulin's first soul spirit ascended to a thousand years old, which was enough to provide him with as many as three soul rings.

Xie Xie, on the other hand, has two Dragon King-level soul spirits, Guangzai and Yingzai, who provide him with soul rings. Moreover, these two are very picky and don't even look at ordinary soul spirits.

The five of them skillfully entered the room at the Ascension Platform.

Insert the cards into the device one by one, and the four of them lie down in their respective metal cabinets, ready to enter.

Space distorted slightly, and light reappeared in the darkness. They had arrived once again at the familiar yet unfamiliar Spirit Ascension Platform during the riotous period.

Why do I feel both familiar and unfamiliar with it?

Ever since Xie Xie and his three companions survived seven days and seven nights inside the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform and nearly monopolized the spiritual energy there, they have become unpopular figures on the platform.

After that, they were only allowed to come once a month, and each time they were required to leave within three days.

"Cheer up, everyone," Tang Wulin said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Captain," Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan replied in unison.

Xie Xie yawned nonchalantly, "Okay, okay, let's go."

Tang Wulin was already used to this. After releasing the Blue Silver Grass to scout ahead, he led the team forward little by little.

Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue walked side by side behind Tang Wulin, while Xie Xie brought up the rear.

After walking for a while, Tang Wulin frowned.

Something's not right; it's a bit too quiet.

The Spirit Ascension Platform is always bustling during riots, but this area was eerily quiet. That could only mean that a powerful figure was overseeing this area.

Gu Yue immediately understood, and with a flick of his wrists, the four balls of azure light transformed into wind birds, flapping their wings and flying in different directions.

Tang Wulin also stopped in his tracks.

He needs to wait for the results of Gu Yue's reconnaissance by the windbird before deciding on the direction to proceed.

Less than half a minute later, Gu Yue opened her eyes.

Xie Xie leaned closer and asked, "So, who else could this familiar fluctuation be but our old nemesis, the Flame Lion Pack?"

Gu Yue nodded and said, "Yes, it's a pack of Flame Lions, about fifteen in the left area."

Tang Wulin narrowed his eyes, quickly calculating.

Xie Xie couldn't help but rub his hands together. "Little Golden Dragon, we've been tormented by this thing quite a bit before, so how can we turn the tables and do it back? We can't do without some pressure."

Gu Yue narrowed her eyes slightly. "They seem to be resting and don't seem to be leaving yet."

Tang Wulin thought for a moment and stopped. "Alright, let's do it then. But don't rush, let's wait until nightfall."

"Alright!" Xie Xie shouted and scrambled up the tree.

Tang Wulin and the other two sat down to rest.

Time passed by, and evening arrived, the sky gradually darkening.

As long as the ancient moon remains still in meditation, it means that the Flame Lion Clan is also still not moving.

Suddenly, Gu Yue frowned and abruptly opened her eyes.

"Gu Yue, have you made any discoveries?" Tang Wulin asked.

Gu Yue said, "Another group of people has run into the Flame Lion pack, and a battle is about to begin."

Xie Xie's voice came from above, "A seven-person team, all at the third ring. They probably wanted to hunt the Flame Lion pack, but they misjudged their strength. Follow them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Xie's figure turned into golden light and disappeared.

Tang Wulin immediately called Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to follow.

Tang Wulin and his two companions crouched low and circled around the battlefield from the side, where they could see the majestic figures of the fiery demon lions from afar.

Xie Xie squatted in the bushes not far ahead, holding two clumps of bushes in his hands, only his eyes showing as he stared at the somewhat chaotic battlefield not far away, his eyes darting around.

Although all members of this seven-person team are at the third level of the Soul Ring, and two of them even possess a thousand-year Soul Ring.

However, the Flame Lion Pack they encountered this time was also the most powerful. In addition to the male lion, who was a thousand-year-old soul beast, there were also three female lions who had reached the thousand-year level.

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Although Xie Xie is now a level 36 Soul Master, his third Soul Ring has not yet reached the millennium level.

Moreover, with four thousand-year-old soul beasts plus eleven hundred-year-old soul beasts of considerable age, they could certainly defeat them, but doing so would not only greatly deplete their own strength but also hinder their subsequent survival.

Fortunately, the seven-person team is indeed quite strong.

Although they suffered casualties, they also inflicted some damage on the Flame Lion pack, with members falling on both sides.

Tang Wulin wasn't in a hurry. He slowly moved to Xie Xie's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xie Xie raised an eyebrow, then disappeared into the night.

As for scheming and plotting, Lao Xie, whose main hero in a previous life was Lanling King, was extremely skilled at it!

Before long, the seven-man team was reduced to three people, and one of them was seriously injured.

One of the female Soul Masters couldn't hold on any longer. After informing others, she activated the rescue signal and left the Ascension Platform.

Aside from the strong young man who was still struggling, there was only one small but agile agility-type battle spirit master left.

The Flame Lion King launched a decisive attack, and after a feint, easily defeated the agility-type battle spirit master.

At this point in the battle, only the strong young man remained from the seven-member Soul Master team.

Seeing this, Tang Wulin and his two companions decisively took action.

Tang Wulin first dealt with the Flame Lion King, and Gu Yue's Ice and Snow Storm also successfully suppressed the Flame Lion Clan, which had gone berserk after losing its leader.

Xu Xiaoyan's Star Wheel Ice Chains have once again subdued a thousand-year-old Flame Demon Lion.

A flash of golden and black light swept across the sky, and the thousand-year-old fire lion was decapitated, collapsing to the ground with a thud.

Seeing this, the strong young man also decisively joined the battle.

He killed with such gusto, all the pent-up anger he had been holding back erupting at that moment.

Just then, Tang Wulin seemed to suddenly see something terrifying and shouted urgently to him:

"careful!"

The strong young man was stunned. He felt a chill on his neck, and then he knew nothing more.

As the last fiery lion fell, a dense surge of spiritual energy filled the air.

The four members of Class Zero absorbed spiritual energy, and each of them absorbed a considerable amount, including not only the spiritual energy from the Flame Lions but also from the members of the Soul Venerable Squad.

All sixteen fiery lions lay dead on the ground, a truly gruesome sight.

That was a really satisfying job.

He killed a thousand-year-old Flame Lion and ambushed the strong Soul Master, but he just slacked off for the rest of the time. The other Flame Lions were dealt with by Tang Wulin and his two companions.

Xu Xiaoyan was still a little regretful, "It's a pity that my martial soul can't turn invisible."

Xie Xie scoffed, "Xiao Yan, isn't your absolute certainty disgusting? Even if Teacher Wu came, she'd have to stand still for a second as punishment."

Xu Xiaoyan stuck out her tongue with a smile.

Tang Wulin smiled and said, "We've already gotten our money's worth from this job."

"Let's rest here for a while and recover our soul power. Our main task now is to make sure we absorb all of this spiritual power."

Gu Yue was the first to sit down cross-legged, and she was the most composed about her recent victory.

If you cut these four people open from head to toe, none of them are clean.

"Alright, you guys take your time to recover. I haven't used up much energy. I'll go keep watch." Xie Xie passed by Gu Yue, snatched a wisp of red light, and then skillfully scrambled up a tree branch.

Looking at the three people below who had already sat cross-legged in meditation, Xie Xie withdrew his gaze and began to fiddle with the fireball he had just condensed in his hand.

Thanks to the crystal pendant on his chest, which contains six elements, Xie Xie can draw upon a certain degree of elemental power with Gu Yue's help, as long as she is by his side.

But it can only trigger; it cannot control it.

Xie Xie was fiddling with the fireball in his hand with great interest, completely unaware that two pairs of eyes were fixed on him.

The four of them rested here for half an hour.

Once Tang Wulin and the other two had largely recovered their soul power, they got up again and continued to advance deeper into the area.