"Heaven-grade Pill?"
Upon hearing this, Lingyuan Douluo couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, looking at Ye Tian with surprise.
They had just left another city.
Naturally, they had also heard the rumors about the Longevity Pavilion's current prominence...
Lingyuan Douluo was also aware that those pills were classified into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow. Heaven-grade Pills corresponded precisely to the level of Spirit Douluo and Titled Douluo. She couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness is truly willing to part with such treasures?"
"We're all on the same side, aren't we?"
Ye Tian smiled and spread his hands, appearing completely harmless.
"Is that so~"
Lingyuan Douluo's eyes held a scrutinizing gaze. Remembering someone's warning, a teasing expression appeared on her face.
"Dong'er said you're the most cunning person. If you deceive me, Your Highness, don't blame me for reporting you to the higher-ups~"
"Uh!"
Hearing Lingyuan Douluo mention Bibi Dong, Ye Tian instantly lost his enthusiasm for winning her over.
She still remembered her former master; winning her loyalty would be difficult.
Ye Tian helplessly pursed his lips.
"Anyway, I keep my promises. We'll talk about it another time..."
"Then this subordinate will await Your Highness's reward!"
Lingyuan Douluo smiled triumphantly, her eyes also holding a trace of anticipation and admiration.
At this moment, Lingyuan Douluo understood even more clearly Ye Tian's importance to the Spirit Hall. Having a Titled Douluo as his guard... was by no means a waste of talent!
Even she, as one of the rare Titled Douluo-level powerhouses in the world, sincerely marveled at Ye Tian's terrifyingly unreasonable abilities. When Ye Tian refined the All-Creation Spring Pill, she had accompanied him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
The life force contained within that single pill made her feel it was unbelievable.
"Alright, Sister Ling Yuan, just wait."
Ye Tian nodded calmly.
His pair of pitch-black eyes looked at the increasingly dense trees around them, then slowly closed.
Seeing Ye Tian so quiet, Lingyuan Douluo couldn't help but smile.
This brat really doesn't act his age at all!
No wonder she felt that the esteemed Pope might have an affair with her disciple.
Half an hour later.
The carriage driven by Lingyuan Douluo finally arrived near the Sunset Forest.
Since it was a Soul Beast forest, it naturally wasn't suitable for carriages. Lingyuan Douluo didn't even plan to ride the horses. She directly left the carriage near the entrance of the Sunset Forest. As for whether the horses would be taken by Soul Beasts, that wasn't something Lingyuan Douluo needed to consider.
"Your Highness,"
Before Lingyuan Douluo could finish her question, Ye Tian instructed, "Sister Ling Yuan, we'll head directly toward the center of the Sunset Forest. The Dugu Family and Ye Family are already waiting for us there."
"..."
Lingyuan Douluo was slightly stunned, then nodded.
The two of them, one in black and one in white, one male and one female, both wore masks. Standing together at similar heights, they looked like siblings.
Under Lingyuan Douluo's lead, Ye Tian still strolled leisurely...
Casually walking through the Sunset Forest.
Advancing deeper within...
During this time, under the imposing aura of Lingyuan Douluo, no Soul Beasts dared approach, nor did any Soul Masters venture near.
Until half an hour later.
Ye Tian and Lingyuan Douluo were about to pass through the vastest part of the outer region.
They stepped into the central jungle.
From the flank of the boundary area, however, sudden rumbling erupted.
Boom—!
Amid the explosive sounds, thick Soul Power was clearly discernible. The air not far away seemed to tremble, distort, and warp.
"Hmm?"
Ye Tian halted his brisk steps, turning his gaze toward the direction of the noise.
"Has a high-level Soul Beast come to the outer area?"
"Probably so."
Lingyuan Douluo nodded slightly, though she couldn't be certain.
Such commotion truly shouldn't occur in the outer reaches of the Sunset Forest.
But battles within Soul Beast forests aren't limited to those between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts—they also happen between Soul Beasts themselves, and even between Soul Masters!
Thus, without investigation, Lingyuan Douluo couldn't confirm what was happening in that area.
A beast's roar echoed, bringing a flicker of understanding to Ye Tian's eyes. He smiled and said, "It seems a high-level Soul Beast has indeed come to the outer area. I just wonder whether it's fighting another Soul Beast or a Soul Master."
As his words fell, Ye Tian extended his spiritual power, which surpassed that of a Soul Emperor, carefully sensing while also pricking up his ears to listen intently...
Lingyuan Douluo immediately began her own investigation.
"Roar—!"
"Run! Run fast—!"
"Stop looking back, damn it! Get out of this area now! That woman has gone berserk. If we don't leave her sight soon, she won't just be slaughtering Soul Beasts!"
Urgent, fear-laden voices reached them. Through his golden-glowing eyes, Ye Tian saw three figures fleeing at breakneck speed, darting between trees with swift yet panicked movements.
The frantic urging had come from the burliest of the three, a middle-aged man.
Even after leaving that area, the three Soul Masters' eyes were filled with lingering fear.
"What rotten luck, truly rotten luck! My fourth Soul Ring is gone just like that. Had I known, I never would've hired that woman!"
At the rear of the trio, a diminutive dwarf fumed with indignation.
"Enough, Erdan! The priority now is to get away from here. Learn your lesson for the future... cheap things are never good, and that goes for hiring Soul Masters too. No wonder that Soul Emperor's price was so low—she's fucking insane!"
The bald Soul Master in the middle spoke with a mix of bitterness and helplessness.
They had long heard that the woman was a killing star, and that she had a few screws loose. But constrained by their budget, they had no other choice. Otherwise, even if she was beautiful and repeatedly promised not to cause trouble, they wouldn't have agreed!
Now, after killing only a few Soul Beasts, the woman had gone into a rampage, slaughtering indiscriminately.
Who would dare stay there any longer?
Sooner or later, even more powerful Soul Beasts would be drawn by her.
The advance payment in Gold Soul Coins was as good as wasted.
Like meat buns thrown to a dog—gone without return!
"We'd better run farther away. With all that commotion and the blood she's left behind, that woman might really attract higher-level Soul Beasts from the depths of the Sunset Forest. A beast tide isn't out of the question either!"
"Please, no!"
Hearing the burly middle-aged man's words, a sly glint flashed across the dwarf's face.
"I was thinking of going back to loot the corpse and have a good time while we're at it. After all, we spent the money, we should get something warm out of it, right? Besides, that woman isn't just pretty-faced, her figure is extremely hot too, and she's a Soul Emperor far beyond our cultivation level. Playing with her would definitely be more thrilling than those cheap whores in the brothels."
"Damn! Erdan, that's a dangerous thought... but if there's a chance, it's not impossible to try.
Haha..."
The bald Soul Master laughed lewdly, tugging at his pants as he darted between the trees.
"Alright! Then we'll play it by ear!"
The burly middle-aged man leading the group pondered briefly before nodding in agreement.
As the three discussed their disgusting topic, their fleeing footsteps never ceased for a moment, their Soul Power pushed to the limit.
"Hmph! Scum among Soul Masters!"
Lingyuan Douluo snorted coldly, her eyes blazing with icy intensity.
The golden light in Ye Tian's eyes faded.
Through his perception, Ye Tian could roughly distinguish the cultivation levels of the three men.
The burly leader was a quasi-Soul King, while the other two were quasi-Soul Grandmasters. All three were just one Soul Ring away from breaking through to the next realm.
From their cultivation levels and conversation, it wasn't hard to deduce.
They had hired a pretty-faced, hot-figured female Soul Emperor to help them hunt for Soul Rings. Of course, her face and figure weren't the main point.
The key was that something seemed to have happened to the female Soul Emperor, causing her to lose herself in slaughter. At the border between the outer and central regions of the Sunset Forest, she was indiscriminately killing both humans and beasts.
Lingyuan Douluo was, after all, a Titled Douluo powerhouse. The range of her perception far exceeded Ye Tian's, and naturally, she could detect much more information.
"Your Highness, about two kilometers to our flank, a fire-attribute Soul Emperor is engaged in fierce combat with a Soul Beast around thirty thousand years in cultivation. That Soul Emperor's cultivation is roughly around level sixty-five. It feels... like the female Soul Emperor is already showing signs of decline."
"Sister Ling Yuan, you can tell all that?"
Ye Tian looked at Lingyuan Douluo in surprise, who glanced at him as if he were an idiot.
"Among Soul Masters of the same attribute, we have our specialties~"
"Tsk~ Right!"
Ye Tian came to his senses and nodded.
"Your Highness, should we go take a look?"
Lingyuan Douluo inquired.
"Hmm~"
Ye Tian pinched his chin, pondered for two breaths, and finally nodded.
"Alright, I happen to be short on people to use."
After speaking, Ye Tian looked at Lingyuan Douluo with some hesitation.
"It's just, Sister Ling Yuan, if we run over like this, won't it be a bit slow?"
"Then we won't run."
Lingyuan Douluo smiled, raised her arm, and wrapped it around Ye Tian's waist.
"We'll fly!"
The crisp voice of Lingyuan Douluo sounded in his ear.
Ye Tian twitched the corner of his mouth, already so accustomed to it that he didn't even think of resisting.
Whoosh!
In Ling Yuan's embrace, Ye Tian was swept away as she flew off...
Watching the trees recede and sink below, Ye Tian finally stopped agonizing over his upcoming fourth Soul Skill.
Some Soul Skill effects become less cost-effective the later they are acquired.
Hum—!
Just then, as the two of them had just risen above the treetops.
Ye Tian sensed the air around him grow scorching hot. A crimson flame, resembling a kite-bird, plummeted toward the bald trio still darting through the forest!
When a Titled Douluo makes a move, even without using a Soul Skill, it is not something a mere quasi-Soul King, or even a quasi-Soul Grandmaster, can withstand.
"Boom—!"
Following the explosive sound came several agonized screams.
"Ah—!"
Lingyuan Douluo didn't even spare a glance at these scum. Holding Ye Tian, she headed straight for the direction of the female Soul Emperor.
Ye Tian curiously looked back, tsk tsk...
It could only be described as a gruesome sight. Even if they survived, they would be crippled.
And they wouldn't be able to walk out of the forest alive anyway.
They probably thought it was that female Soul Emperor who had caught up with them, right?
Ye Tian simply smiled at the thought.
The Spirit Master World had always been this cruel. They could hunt down that female Soul Emperor to vent their bestial desires, and Lingyuan Douluo could just as casually strike, sending them to their deaths.
There was no reasoning to be had.
In this world, only strength mattered, only results were seen!
A distance of less than two thousand meters was mostly covered in just a few breaths under Lingyuan Douluo's swift movement.
Along the way were the charred corpses of Soul Beasts roasted by flames, along with bloody chunks of flesh and organs.
The dead Soul Beasts could indeed be considered victims of torture. Their deaths were horrific—some with their heads blown apart, others torn to shreds, or pierced through the body with hearts and lungs ripped out.
By comparison, the Soul Beasts directly charred to a crisp could be considered somewhat fortunate.
Dried leaves on the ground, green leaves on tree trunks, grass, and shrubs.
Everywhere was splattered with fresh blood. A warm breeze carried the thick scent of blood straight to the nostrils.
Judging from these traces, Lingyuan Douluo's assessment was spot on.
That female Soul Emperor was indeed a fire-attribute Soul Master.
Judging by the destructive power, the level of that fire attribute was definitely not low.
This also indirectly indicated that the female Soul Emperor's talent must be exceptionally good.
Before Ye Tian could ponder further, his feet had already landed on a tree branch.
"Your Highness, we're here..."
Lingyuan Douluo held Ye Tian, her crimson lips whispering a soft reminder by his ear.
"Mhm."
Ye Tian nodded in response, his attention already captured by the battle below.
In his view was a woman dressed in a black skirt, who didn't seem too old. Covered in blood and grime, her clothes were torn in many places, revealing deep, gaping wounds that oozed dark red blood. Her figure was indeed voluptuous.
Her long, straight black hair was disheveled, and her pale face was smeared with blood and mud. Yet, one could still make out her picturesque brows and delicate features—her appearance was indeed quite beautiful.
Those crimson-red eyes confirmed Ye Tian's speculation.
She was deeply lost in slaughter.
But what truly caught Ye Tian's attention and surprised him wasn't the female Soul Emperor's figure or appearance—it was the Martial Soul of this madwoman before him!
It was a crimson fire dragon, with six Soul Rings coiling around its body.
It was locked in a fierce struggle with an Earth-Shaking Savage Bear.
No, it shouldn't be called a struggle—it was more like a brutal clash between two reckless brutes.
Almost every blow was exchanged directly, flesh against flesh.
"It can't be this much of a coincidence, can it?"
Ye Tian was stunned.
"Your Highness, do you know this Soul Emperor?"
Lingyuan Douluo leaned closer to ask, holding this living sachet somewhat unwilling to let go.
Ye Tian shook his head, his eyes filled with doubt and uncertainty.
He was carefully recalling those memories buried deep within his soul.
It seemed... it really might be her...
In Ye Tian's memory, that woman had indeed engaged in similar behavior before.
He slaughtered an entire Soul Beast forest.
Even more than one.
All the information about that woman flashed through Ye Tian's mind.
One of the Golden Iron Triangle, the Angle of Slaughter...
Liu Erlong!
The illegitimate daughter of Yu Luomian, the deputy sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and a woman of the night. She grew up relying solely on her mother, and her resentment toward her father for abandoning his wife and daughter led her to take her mother's surname.
At the age of six, she awakened a Fire Dragon Martial Soul, a variation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Though not top-tier, it was only a step below the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. From then on, her life was almost entirely spent in relentless cultivation without rest. To become stronger and to seek justice for her mother, she lived a childhood devoid of joy from a young age.
If nothing unexpected happened, with her talent, she had every chance to reach the Titled Douluo realm.
Unfortunately...
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