Whether it was the potent poison or the rock-solid defense, Tang Ya was utterly envious.
It really was a case of "searching high and low, only to find it unexpectedly." Tang Ya had already decided to absorb this giant centipede as her fourth Soul Ring.
As for whether she could take it down, that wasn't a consideration for Tang Ya, because the scene before them was a one-sided beatdown.
The Sawtooth Titan Centipede was like a headless fly, charging around wildly, but its opponent was Huo Yuhao. His Instant Teleportation was masterful. Every time it looked like it was about to get close to the human, the next moment, he would disappear from where he was.
This infuriated the iron-headed centipede. Its ferocity flared, and the surrounding plants and trees suffered collateral damage. With a simple flick of the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's tail, a tree that required three people to embrace was broken in two.
In less than half a minute, nearly twenty large trees had suffered, and the scene was a mess.
However, the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's arrogance came to an end here, because Huo Yuhao's counterattack had arrived. The Evil God Sword was unleashed. Under Huo Yuhao's control, it circled and danced around the giant centipede, like a butterfly flitting through flowers.
Due to the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's bone armor being too tough, Huo Yuhao could only target its lower body.
With each pass of the Evil God Sword, a dozen or so legs were severed, falling to the ground. Dark red blood gushed out from the cuts, quickly staining the ground beneath it crimson.
Before long, all the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's hundreds of legs had been chopped off, leaving only its somewhat flattened body writhing and twitching in place.
A dying insect still struggles. Even after being deprived of all its limbs, the Sawtooth Titan Centipede wouldn't give up. Its massive body thrashed wildly in place, as if it had gone mad.
Blood rained down, along with the severed legs.
"Little Ya, have you decided?"
The Sawtooth Titan Centipede was no longer a threat. A few more strikes and it would probably be finished. Huo Yuhao didn't need its Soul Ring, so he stopped fighting it and flashed to Tang Ya's side.
"Little Ya, go for it!"
"Mmhmm, thank you, Yuhao. I feel like it's perfect for me." Tang Ya nodded excitedly. The Sawtooth Titan Centipede was a high-level Soul Beast, and countless people wanted its Soul Ring but couldn't get it.
And even some lucky individuals would only flee in terror if they encountered one. Although this kind of Soul Beast wasn't as freakish as the Titan Ape, which could go toe-to-toe with a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast at a thousand years of cultivation, it was still no ordinary creature. For example, the one in front of them, the ten-thousand-year Sawtooth Titan Centipede, was rumored to be equivalent to a high-level Soul Emperor among human Soul Masters, with combat power close to a Soul Saint.
Excited, Tang Ya also secretly admired Huo Yuhao's strength. She knew that the Sawtooth Titan Centipede had been toyed with the entire time, covered in injuries, yet hadn't even touched the corner of Huo Yuhao's clothes.
Not far away, the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's struggles gradually slowed down, and there was a risk of it kicking the bucket.
Seeing this, Tang Ya knew the time was right. She walked forward with a light and graceful pace, and three Soul Rings, two yellow and one purple, floated beneath her feet. Blood-crystal-colored Blue Silver Grass grew wildly on the ground around her.
With the first yellow Soul Ring lighting up, Tang Ya activated her hundred-year Soul Skill: Entangle.
On the ground where the Sawtooth Titan Centipede was, roots of Blue Silver Grass burst from the earth, rapidly entangling the large centipede.
Tang Ya frowned slightly. The gap between a Soul Elder and a Soul Emperor was even greater than she had imagined. Her Blue Silver Grass couldn't trap this beast at all. With just a few movements, the Blue Silver Grass was completely broken.
Tang Ya sighed inwardly. This was only a crippled Sawtooth Titan Centipede. It was hard to imagine how powerful this beast would be at its peak.
"No way, this lady refuses to believe I can't handle a cripple like you!" Tang Ya was also determined. Her slender hands quickly formed a strange hand seal in front of her. Then, the originally chaotic Blue Silver Grass began to intertwine and merge, transforming into a large Blue Silver Grass the thickness of a thigh. It was literally twisted into a rope.
Tang Ya's strategy proved very effective. The Blue Silver Grass, having combined forces, was no longer as fragile as before, and the Sawtooth Titan Centipede was tightly bound.
Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He had originally thought that after Tang Ya trapped the Sawtooth Titan Centipede, she would use other sharp weapons to finish it off, as the Blue Silver Grass's offensive capabilities were limited.
But to Huo Yuhao's surprise, Tang Ya used a special method to kill the Sawtooth Titan Centipede. She didn't use any sharp weapons, nor did she rely on any Soul Tools. The Sawtooth Titan Centipede was strangled to death by the Blue Silver Grass. That's right, it was literally strangled to death, like a noose around its neck.
This scene stunned Huo Yuhao. It was the first time he had seen someone hunt a Soul Beast using this method, which made him think of a saying: "A woman's heart is the most venomous."
Tang Ya spent nearly four hours absorbing the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's Soul Ring, perhaps because the Soul Beast's resentment was too great before its death. Tang Ya suffered a strong rejection during the Soul Ring fusion.
This startled Huo Yuhao, who was guarding her. He thought she was going to fail.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. After the modification of the two Celestial Herbs, Tang Ya's overall abilities had improved greatly. After more than three hours of effort, she had successfully, though with some risk, fused the Soul Ring of the Sawtooth Titan Centipede.
Whew!
When Tang Ya opened her eyes again, her face was filled with joy. A ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring; this was a feat she wouldn't have dared to dream of before. It was a situation that only appeared in her dreams, but today, it had truly been realized by her.
Leaving aside the Soul Skills, the over-leveled absorption of the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring had caused Tang Ya's soul power to jump to level forty-three, two levels higher than normal.
Tang Ya was overjoyed. She knew that slow cultivation had always been her biggest worry, and yet, in the past half month, she had gained seven levels of soul power.
"Hehe, Yuhao, I've broken through to level forty-three." Tang Ya grinned foolishly, eager to share the good news with Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao was speechless, feeling that Tang Ya was like a country girl who had never seen the world, curious and shouting at everything as soon as she entered the city.
Come to think of it, Huo Yuhao also felt a little sad. Tang Ya had only absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, while he, who had absorbed Bingdi's nearly four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, had only gained two extra levels of soul power.
This was also a drawback of the Soul Forging Technique. While it purified and compressed soul power, making Huo Yuhao's soul power different from ordinary people, it also slowed down his soul power cultivation.
However, there were no perfect things in the world. With gains, there were also losses. While Huo Yuhao's cultivation efficiency was reduced, his total soul power was far beyond that of soul masters of the same level.
Moreover, without the Soul Forging Technique, Huo Yuhao wouldn't have been able to cultivate so quickly. What more could he possibly want? Thinking this way, Huo Yuhao instantly felt much better, and his frustration vanished completely.
"Alright, stop grinning like an idiot. Go check out the centipede's corpse; there's a surprise waiting for you." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes, seeing Tang Ya's continuous silly laughter.
"Surprise?" Hearing this, Tang Ya glanced at the centipede's corpse on the side and said nonchalantly, "It's all bloody, what could there be..."
However, Tang Ya stopped mid-sentence. She suddenly had a bold guess. The only things soul beasts could give to soul masters were undoubtedly Soul Rings and Soul Bones. However, the possibility of a Soul Bone was too small, which was why Tang Ya hadn't considered that.
But now that she had absorbed the Sawtooth Titan Centipede's Soul Ring, if there was still something else that could bring her joy, the only thing Tang Ya could think of was a Soul Bone.
Thinking of this, Tang Ya's heart pounded, and she felt the whole world was so beautiful.
She quickly stepped forward and started searching through the centipede's corpse. At this moment, she no longer minded the mess. Before long, Tang Ya held a large object in her hand.
It was the Ten Thousand Year Sawtooth Titan Centipede Torso Bone, a treasure that would be fought over by soul masters anywhere.
"Sister Ya, what do you mean?" Seeing Tang Ya handing over the Soul Bone to him, Huo Yuhao already had some idea of what was going on.
"Yuhao, you know, whether it's a fourth Soul Ring of ten thousand years or a Soul Bone of ten thousand years, these were so out of reach for me before. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them a luxury. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be a Tang Ya of today, so this Soul Bone should belong to you."
Huo Yuhao didn't immediately take action, his eyes staring directly at the person in front of him, his gaze profound, as if he could see through illusions and read minds.
Eyes are the windows to the soul. Tang Ya's personality was simple and she couldn't hide her thoughts. Huo Yuhao could see from her eyes that she was very reluctant, but he also saw the determination in her eyes, without a hint of pretense.
Huo Yuhao nodded secretly when he saw this. Tang Ya was a good person, not a thankless one, and could be befriended.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't intend to accept the Soul Bone. Firstly, it was just a Soul Bone barely over ten thousand years old, and he didn't care for it. Secondly, he and Tang Ya were only in a transaction, Tang Ya was grateful, but he wouldn't take advantage of her gratitude.
"Put it away. It's just a Soul Bone barely over ten thousand years old, what use would I have for it?"
Tang Ya: "…"
Huo Yuhao's words were infuriating, to say the least. What did he mean by "just over ten thousand years"? A ten-thousand-year Soul Bone was already incredibly precious! It could fetch millions at an auction.
But Huo Yuhao certainly had the right to say those words. He currently possessed a nearly fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's arm bone, and another torso bone from a Bingbi Scorpion that was a staggering three hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years old.
"But..." Tang Ya wanted to say something else.
Huo Yuhao waved his hand, interrupting her. "Alright, no need to say more. Do you think I would fuse a Soul Bone just over ten thousand years old, or that our Body Sect lacks a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone?"
"Hmph, don't you regret it." Tang Ya stopped arguing and snorted coldly. She knew Huo Yuhao meant well, offering his help without expecting anything in return. A warmth flowed through her heart, but listening to this guy talk was just so irritating. She knew he was rich, but did he have to flaunt it so much?
A flash of light emanated from his storage ring, and a large box appeared on the ground. Tang Ya carefully placed the Soul Bone inside, treating it like a treasure, which made Huo Yuhao secretly chuckle.
"The qualification rankings are about to be announced, starting with tenth place."
After a long time, the vast divine voice rang out once more.
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