Chapter 9: The Great Star Forest, the Soul-Eating Scarlet Snake

There was no conversation that night.

The next morning, as soon as a streak of white appeared on the horizon, the three of them got up at the same time.

At this time, they rushed to the Xingdou Great Forest. If they were lucky, they would not have to spend the night in the forest and could obtain the spirit ring on the same day.

After leaving the town, they were already very close to the Xingdou Great Forest, and the three of them began to speed up. Yu Luomian and Ah Zhu rode the horses they bought from the town, while Yu Tianming spread his wings and flew low over their heads.

If they flew too high, they would be attacked by high-level flying spirit beasts and Yu Luomian would not be able to rescue them in time.

Yu Tianming could see a green ocean from a high altitude, and the endless green looked so shocking.

Finally, they came to the Xingdou Great Forest. The tall trees here were at least more than 20 meters, and this was only the outermost part. There was no path in the dense forest, and the shadows of the trees were so heavy that the real scene could not be seen.

No one can tell how many years the Xingdou Great Forest has existed in Douluo Continent, but after entering the forest, the dense forest that covers the sky and the sun is enough to tell people how long it has existed.

Yu Tianming landed on the ground, and Ah Zhu and Yu Luomian also drove away their horses. They could only walk into the forest.

Horses can only be ridden when entering the forest. If they are tied to the edge of the forest, they will be preyed on by ferocious soul beasts before they can finish hunting soul rings.

The air here becomes more comfortable and the temperature drops a few degrees. This reminds Yu Tianming of the heat island effect he learned in college in his previous life.

When they arrived in front of the forest, the always kind Yu Luomian said to the two of them seriously: "Here you may face attacks from soul beasts of thousands or even tens of thousands of years at any time. You must walk within ten meters of me. Do you understand?"

"Understood." ×2

Yu Luomian took the lead, and the two followed closely. Yu Tianming even used his second soul skill to survey the surrounding conditions and find a soul beast suitable for Ah Zhu.

The terrain in the Xingdou Great Forest is very complex, with thorns everywhere and no roads to rely on.

But deep blue arcs appeared from time to time around Yu Luomian, who was at the front. Although the arcs were not bright, they could instantly burn the surrounding thorns and weeds into ashes, allowing the speed of the two people behind to not slow down at all.

Yu Tianming asked in confusion, "Why did Second Grandpa release his soul skills without disturbing the surrounding soul beasts? Is there any way to control his breath?"

Hearing this, Yu Luomian turned around and smiled, "I don't have any way to control my soul power breath, but because the effect of my sixth soul skill is to release silent and dark thunder, it is hard to guard against."

He explained, "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect only has fixed soul skills for the first few soul rings, and as for the soul rings behind, they choose whichever dragon soul beast they can find, so the Blue Lightning Tyrant Rex soul master usually only has the same first four soul skills."

Yu Tianming nodded in understanding. Dragon soul beasts are rare and hard to find, and the sect will not keep high-level soul beasts in captivity. At a high level, it is naturally good to meet a suitable dragon soul beast, so there is no fixed soul skill combination.

The group walked forward for two hours, but still did not meet a suitable soul beast, and Yu Tianming's second soul ring did not sense a soul beast that satisfied him.

At this time, through the heavy green leaves, you can see that the sun is already high above your head. Yu Luomian released an arc to clear the weeds within a few feet, and said to the two: "Everyone take a break for an hour, and continue to search in the afternoon."

Hearing this, everyone sat on the ground and took out water and dry food to eat. Although this place is still outside the Xingdou Great Forest, there are many soul beasts around that are nearly a thousand years old, which just corresponds to the seven hundred to eight hundred years of soul rings that Ah Zhu needs. In the afternoon, as long as you wander around the outer area of ​​the Xingdou Great Forest, you will soon find a suitable soul beast.

After eating, Yu Tianming just opened his second soul skill to explore, and found that there was a small snake with a horn crawling forward at the edge of the southern perception range.

So he hurriedly said to Yu Luomian: "Second Grandpa, hurry to the south. I sensed a soul beast suitable for Ah Zhu, and it will soon go out of my sensing range."

Hearing this, Yu Luomian turned on the arcs around his body and ran to the south. The two people behind him also jogged all the way, fearing that they would lose the soul beast.

In just a moment, everyone came to the soul beast dozens of meters away. They saw that the little snake was red as blood, with a small horn on its head, about 80 centimeters long, and it was a soul-eating red snake.

According to the records of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, this kind of snake can spit out flames that can erode people's souls and continuously hurt people's souls.

Moreover, this kind of snake is 10 centimeters when it is born, and it grows one centimeter every ten years of cultivation. This more than 80 centimeters corresponds to the soul ring of more than 700 years, and the horn on its head is the proof of its dragon bloodline.

It is simply tailor-made for Ah Zhu.

Seeing this, Yu Luomian stretched out his right hand and released the first soul skill inherited from his ancestors, Thunder Dragon Claw, at the alert Soul-Eroding Red Snake from a distance. After a flash of lightning, the little snake, which had been hovering with its head erect, instantly straightened up under the attack of this Soul Saint, and was obviously in a paralyzed state.

Yu Tianming pushed Ah Zhu, signaling her to kill the snake quickly. Ah Zhu did not hesitate, took out a dagger, and stabbed it in the eye.

A circle of yellow soul rings slowly emerged, and Ah Zhu's martial spirit possessed her. Like a lonely wild goose, her legs were combined and turned into a snake tail. She curled up around her body and began to absorb the soul ring.

Just as Ah Zhu absorbed the soul ring, Yu Luomian walked to her side and picked up the Soul-Eating Red Snake.

He used the blue soul power to shake, and the flesh and blood on the snake fell to the side like raindrops, leaving only a spine emitting a bright red light.

He threw the spine to Yu Tianming and said, "You are lucky. An incomplete torso bone of 700 years old exploded. I will give you this soul bone to deal with, but don't absorb it. There will be better soul bones waiting for you in the future."

"I plan to leave this soul bone to Ah Zhu. The soul bone of the Soul-Eating Red Snake is better with the soul ring." Yu Tianming naturally looked down on this soul bone, but Ah Zhu's talent was not high and she needed this soul bone very much.

Yu Luomian nodded and said, "This girl has been working hard. With this soul bone, she will have the hope of becoming a soul emperor in the future."

With Ah Zhu's innate soul power of level 4, she could only cultivate to level 50 soul king. Now with this soul bone, if she practices diligently, she can indeed see the threshold of level 60 in her lifetime.

Two hours later, Ah Zhu opened her eyes. The sun was already setting, tinging the sky with a bit of rosy clouds.

Yu Tianming threw the soul bone into Ah Zhu's arms and said, "This is the soul bone dropped by the Soul-Eating Red Snake. Now, before it's night, let's get out of the Star Dou Great Forest first."

Ah Zhu, who was originally cheerful, lowered her head and murmured, "Thank you, young master."

Following the straight road opened in the morning, the three of them walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest in less than an hour.

Arriving outside the Xingdou Great Forest, Yu Tianming said to Yu Luomian: "Second Grandpa, why don't I take Ah Zhu and fly, and you use the power of Soul Saint to run, so that we can return to the town early and have dinner."

Yu Luomian smiled and joked: "Then don't let Ah Zhu fall."

Yu Tianming didn't say much, picked up Ah Zhu and flew towards the town.

Under the setting sun, Ah Zhu's face was also stained with a touch of rosy clouds.