Chapter 44 Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The three had barely gathered together when Wu Ming eagerly asked the question that had been on her mind: "Junior Brother Wu Xuan, is your first soul skill an amplification-type support soul skill?"
Wu Xuan smiled and didn't hide anything, explaining the two characteristics of his first soul skill. After all, he would be entering the inner academy in the future, and it wouldn't hurt to build good relationships with the senior students there beforehand.
"Water, Ice, Fire, Thunder, Wind—a 10% amplification of the five basic elemental attributes? And it can remove all negative mental states? Junior Brother Wu Xuan, is this really your first soul skill?" Wu Ming's pretty face was full of disbelief.
Chu Qingtian couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
Looking at Wu Ming's lively and carefree demeanor, Wu Xuan couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly. Had this senior learned face-changing techniques?
After hearing the introduction of Wu Xuan's first soul skill, Zhang Lexuan's eyes, like autumn water, looked at Wu Xuan with a gleam of admiration. "Junior Brother Wu, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure!" Wu Xuan replied, snapping back to reality.
Zhang Lexuan pondered, "Junior Brother Wu, I wonder if your first soul skill can remove the negative mental state brought by the martial soul?"
"This...this...I can't be sure, I'll have to try it." Wu Xuan scratched his head uncertainly.
"Well, let's talk about it when we get back to the academy." Zhang Lexuan smiled.
Time flew by as everyone chatted.
The Black Leopard lived up to its reputation as a top-tier soul beast; it took Chu Qingtian nearly four hours to absorb it completely.
When the six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—rose, all the soul power fluctuations on Chu Qingtian's body were also completely contained within him.
After Chu Qingtian happily introduced his soul skill, Zhang Lexuan began planning the next steps. "Alright! Junior Brother Chu has successfully broken through. Next, we should find suitable soul rings for Junior Brother Wu and Ming'er. Everyone, rest for a while, eat something, and then prepare to set off!"
"Yes!"
"..."
However, their luck didn't improve. For two or three days in a row, they didn't find any suitable soul beasts.
As night deepened, the four sat together and began to eat dinner.
Zhang Lexuan smiled slightly at Wu Xuan, who seemed somewhat distracted, and comforted him, "Junior Brother Wu, are you getting a little anxious because you haven't encountered a suitable soul beast yet?"
"Senior Sister saw right through me, haha!" Wu Xuan's expression tightened, and he feigned a silly grin. In fact, he had been leading everyone in circles for the past two days, his real purpose being to help Tianmeng find the whereabouts of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Moreover, just this afternoon at dusk, Tianmeng's Ice Silkworm had sent a message saying that they had successfully found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's trail. Now, Tianmeng and Bingdi were trying to lure it to its death.
"Hunting soul beasts is largely a matter of luck. Of course, I'm not saying this to discourage you. What you need to do now is conserve your energy, after all, you can't be careless on the edge of the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest," Zhang Lexuan warned.
Hearing this, Wu Xuan's tense expression immediately relaxed, but he still responded with a smile. "I understand, Senior Sister."
"Sister Lexuan, don't be so serious! Junior Brother Wu Xuan is only twelve years old, isn't it normal for him to have a bit of youthful impetuosity?" Wu Ming said with a smile.
"You! Really..." Zhang Lexuan smiled helplessly.
Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, a deafening tiger's roar rang out from afar, the sound like muffled thunder, violently fluctuating.
Zhang Lexuan and the other two's expressions changed simultaneously, and they became vigilant.
Wu Xuan's eyes were filled with anger mixed with excitement, and he gritted his teeth, thinking, "It's here! That damned beast."
"Little Wu Xuan! I lured that guy here, it really scared me to death." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said in Wu Xuan's spiritual sea, seemingly quite frightened.
"Thank you!" Wu Xuan clenched his fists, staring intently at the direction from which the roar came.
Soon, a black figure appeared before everyone's eyes. It was a giant black tiger, its entire body pure black without a single blemish. Its red eyes were filled with a sinister aura. It was over six meters long, its muscles bulging, and it probably weighed over two thousand kilograms. The "king" character on its forehead was also black, but unlike the black of its fur, it was a somber, misty black.
Most peculiar was its tail. Compared to ordinary tiger-type spirit beasts, its tail was much longer and stood upright, composed of countless joints, with a huge barb at the very tip, gleaming with a chilling light.
Legend has it that an evil god descended upon a white tiger, causing it to mutate, turning its original light attribute into a dark attribute, giving it black wings representing corruption, and that scorpion-tail-like evil god's hook.
Upon seeing this spirit beast, all three except Wu Xuan felt their hair stand on end. A Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with over ten thousand years of cultivation, this spirit beast's strength was definitely no less than that of an ordinary one-hundred-thousand-year spirit beast.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possesses an extremely domineering nature. Its growth doesn't come from its own cultivation; cultivation is incredibly difficult for it. Only by devouring the flesh and soul power of other soul beasts or human soul masters can its strength rapidly increase. Therefore, once a human encounters a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, it's destined to be a fight to the death.
"This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger has at least 30,000 years of cultivation. Ming'er! Cover my retreat. Qingtian, you must protect Junior Brother Wu." Zhang Lexuan's voice was slightly low, and after she finished speaking, a crescent moon shone from behind her. The crescent moon seemed to hang on the treetops. Its appearance instantly illuminated everything around it.
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
The next moment, two yellow, two purple, three black, and one red soul rings rapidly rose slowly from beneath Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan's feet. When the dazzling red 100,000-year soul ring appeared on her body, an invisible aura swept over the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Sensing the aura unique to Soul Douluo and the 100,000-year soul ring emanating from Zhang Lexuan, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was not afraid at all; instead, it became even more invigorated. A surge of powerful killing intent almost negated the aura emanating from Zhang Lexuan.
The instant Zhang Lexuan's first soul ring lit up, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger moved. Completely contrary to its previous slow and steady movements, its movement sent a gust of bloody wind rushing towards everyone, violently shaking the surrounding air and creating a fierce gale.
"First Soul Skill, Moonlight!"
The crescent moon shone brightly in the sky, and a beam of moonlight fell upon Zhang Lexuan, enveloping her in light.
"Third Soul Skill, Moon Radiance!"
Immediately afterward, Zhang Lexuan's third soul ring also lit up instantly.
Another beam of moonlight shone down, precisely striking the charging Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
With a violent roar, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's massive body staggered, nearly falling over.
The Moon Martial Soul inherently possesses some light attribute, and coupled with Zhang Lexuan's third soul skill's lock-on attack, it perfectly countered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's prized speed. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger roared in pain, its ferocious pounce abruptly halting mid-air, its massive body landing instantly, defying the laws of gravity.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Moonbeam!"
Zhang Lexuan's eyes turned icy cold, her hands clasped together in front of her chest, her fourth soul ring already lit. A crescent moon suddenly fell from the sky, appearing behind Zhang Lexuan, its light blazing, beams of moonlight continuously showering down upon the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger accelerated again, braving the onslaught of Moonbeam as it lunged at Zhang Lexuan, its two claws already raised—a movement of breathtaking speed.
"First Soul Skill, Mental Lock!"
A long spear, entirely gleaming silver, appeared in Wu Xuan's hand. The first soul ring, as black as ink, lit up around the spear, and a beam of ethereal light shot out from the rhomboid crystal, locking onto the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
"First Soul Skill, Soul Explosion!"
The Soul-Breaking Spear hummed, carrying the moonlight as it slammed into the lunging Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The tiger froze, then plummeted straight to the ground.
"This...this is another martial soul...Junior Brother Wu Xuan has twin martial souls!" Chu Qingtian, who had been on high alert after releasing his martial soul, stared in astonishment at the gleaming silver spear in Wu
Xuan's hand.
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