With six soul beasts of two to three thousand years old, Cheng Xiao was already quite confident and had no fear of breaking into the Xingdou Great Forest alone.
Although the strength of these six soul beasts was weakened after they turned into shadows, no matter how much they were weakened, they were still in the two thousand year level.
Under Cheng Xiao's command, the six soul beast shadows cooperated with each other. They were immortal and could be resurrected infinitely with Cheng Xiao's small amount of soul power. They could easily kill a soul beast of nearly three thousand years old.
Therefore, Cheng Xiao's shadow army killed three three thousand year soul beasts in just one day.
With nine soul beasts, Cheng Xiao's confidence expanded again. At this rate, it would not take long for Cheng Xiao to gather fifteen soul beast shadows and form a shadow soul beast group.
The more soul beasts killed, the larger Cheng Xiao's shadow army would be, and the faster and easier it would be to kill other soul beasts. The snowball effect is so terrifying!
Because the speed was far beyond expectations, Cheng Xiao was unwilling to give up and hunted several soul beasts over three thousand years old again, but without exception, he failed to summon their shadows.
After many experiments, Cheng Xiao determined one thing, that there is a limit to the summoning of shadows!
He could not use all the power of the shadow, which meant that his "king" authority was not enough. In the case of insufficient strength, the soul beasts' undead might resist his orders. The powerful undead would not submit to a weak person.
And the limit of the shadow summoning is likely to be related to his soul ring absorption years!
He carefully calculated that before the martial soul was liberated, his absorption years were about a thousand years. Because of the three complete thousand-year whale glue, it was increased to about two thousand five hundred years.
The upper limit of soul ring absorption is determined by the quality of the martial soul, physique, and mental strength. After the martial soul was liberated, he finally became a true twin martial soul, which is a kind of martial soul evolution to a certain extent, which will inevitably increase the upper limit of soul ring absorption to a certain extent.
As for how much it is increased, it is hard to say. Without trying again, Cheng Xiao did not dare to increase it rashly.
But now that he found out that there is also an upper limit to shadow summoning, Cheng Xiao intuitively thought that it should not exceed the upper limit of shadow summoning.
"Hey, this is simple. Before absorbing soul rings in the future, summon the shadow first. If you can't summon it, don't absorb it."
Cheng Xiao suddenly found that he didn't have to rack his brains to calculate the upper limit of his soul ring absorption. If it works, he will know after trying it.
"Is this considered a bug?" Under the red light of the campfire, Cheng Xiao's face was a little strange.
Shaking his head and getting rid of distracting thoughts, Cheng Xiao expanded the shadow field and then released thirteen soul beast shadows.
Thirteen soul beasts of different sizes surrounded Cheng Xiao and slowly lowered their bodies to show respect.
"Help me be alert!"
The thirteen soul beasts looked at each other and whispered in a low voice.
Anyway, Cheng Xiao couldn't understand what they were saying. Maybe soul beasts also have their own language...
After becoming shadows, their strength decreased, but their IQ was raised a lot. It's a pity that they still couldn't speak human language.
After a "dispute", eight soul beasts were squeezed out and dived into the shadows in eight directions, while the remaining five took a nap around the tent and the campfire. Seeing this operation, Cheng Xiao's mouth twitched.
Cheng Xiao got into the simple tent and prepared to take a nap. After hunting the remaining two soul beasts tomorrow, he would return to Notting City.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Cheng Xiao raised his eyebrows and noticed a slight movement.
In his perception, a shadow quietly sneaked into his domain and wandered around the edge of the domain. And that shadow was not a strange soul beast, but one of the seven people who had helped him hunt soul beasts before!
"Interesting, I'll give you a big gift tomorrow!" Cheng Xiao grinned, revealing a playful smile.
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The next day, deep in the Xingdou Great Forest.
Dai Chong and six others followed the mark left by the third brother and finally caught up.
"Third brother, how is it?" Dai Chong asked.
"I followed him and didn't lose him. That kid is really weird!" The third brother looked a little excited: "I followed him all the way, and that kid was able to deal with three thousand year soul beasts by himself, and killed quite a few! With this ability, why does he need to hire us?"
"I said! That kid must have a secret method!" The sixth brother was overjoyed.
"But, with his strength, can we take him down?" Someone raised concerns.
"He has been hunting soul beasts for three thousand years, but it seems that he can only hunt for three thousand years, which means that his strength is not as strong as imagined!" Lao Liu explained: "And the seven of us are soul masters, and he is just one person, still a child! As long as we set a trap, he is definitely not our opponent!"
There is no accident. Unless that kid is a soul emperor!
But then again, a soul emperor is enough to rival a soul beast of ten thousand years, but an eleven-year-old soul emperor? He has not been practicing so fast since he was in his mother's womb.
Dai Chong pondered for a while, nodded, and said: "In this case, let's discuss how to set up a trap..."
"Hey! Everyone, are you chatting?"
Suddenly, a childish voice sounded abruptly, as if a cool air invaded the whole body of several people from behind. The seven people felt that their hairs were all standing up in fear. They turned their heads suddenly and saw a young boy standing on a giant tree, looking at them with a joking look.
The person was so scary that he was scared to death. Lao Liu immediately broke out in a cold sweat. The other people were also like this. When they were thinking about something, they were suddenly caught by the person involved. This kind of psychological stimulation almost made them roll their eyes.
Only Dai Chong was slightly calm, showing a slightly embarrassed smile: "Ha, ha ha, it turned out to be little brother, what a coincidence, why did you come to Xingdou Great Forest alone? It's so dangerous."
"Yes, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be ambushed and killed." Cheng Xiao said faintly: "By the way, tell me about the trap you just mentioned."
"What, what trap? Little brother, did you hear it wrong?" Dai Chong's voice trembled slightly.
But then he thought, that's not right, the other side is just a child, and there are seven soul masters on our side. Even if we don't set traps, we can't take him down at the cost of getting injured?
What are we afraid of?
With his thoughts clear, Dai Chong calmed down again, and his expression gradually turned fierce. He hid his hands behind his back and gestured to the other six people. The six people understood, and began to move their steps expressionlessly, trying to form a siege and take down Cheng Xiao directly.
"Oh, maybe!"
Cheng Xiao seemed not to see their actions, and said with a smile: "I haven't been able to thank you before, and this meeting is just right, so I prepared a big gift for you."
"Big gift?" Dai Chong's face froze, and he was a little confused.
"Yes!" Cheng Xiao grinned, revealing his sharp white teeth: "Life and death gift package! Life and death are all up to fate!"
"Roar!"
Suddenly, three terrifying soul beasts roared into the sky, and the earth shook. Three huge monsters knocked down trees, and under the provocation of several shadow soul beasts, they furiously broke into the position where several people were!
The seven people's faces changed drastically, it turned out to be a five thousand year soul beast!
"Enjoy it everyone! You're welcome!"