Its entire body was covered in soft, gradient fur, transitioning from cherry blossom pink at the ear tips to indigo blue at the tail end, with each hair tip adorned with stardust-like glimmers.
Its constantly shifting vertical pupils gave off a captivating and soul-stirring sensation.
When it stretched its body, its long tail also stretched, and the tip of its tail had a heart-shaped halo.
"It's a Bewitching Heart Fox," Hu Liena whispered.
Everyone also noticed the Bewitching Heart Fox at the very front.
"Why does it seem like it hasn't noticed us?" Shui Yue'er whispered.
"Uh… I forgot to mention, the Bewitching Heart Fox's eyes actually have very poor eyesight. This is due to its powerful mental force. Generally speaking, the Bewitching Heart Fox uses its mental force to detect objects and people around it.
And it's resting right now, so it might not have started using its mental force," Hu Liena explained.
"There's even a blind Spirit Beast, what a pity. It's so beautiful," Shui Yue'er said.
"Sister, it's not blind, its eyesight is just poor," Shui Bing'er added.
"Let's get ready to make our move," Dugu Yan said.
"You all attack. Leave the Bewitching Heart Fox's mental attack to me," Hu Liena patted her chest.
Colorful streams of light poured down from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, enveloping Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and the others.
Dugu Yan's first, second, and third spirit rings lit up in sequence. Red, purple, and blue poisonous mists intertwined and surged towards the Bewitching Heart Fox.
The Bewitching Heart Fox was elegantly preening its tail tip when it suddenly leaped up, sensing the danger.
As its paws left the ground, Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal had already descended, precisely freezing its limbs and temporarily immobilizing it in mid-air.
"Woo—" The Bewitching Heart Fox, caught off guard, inhaled a large amount of poisonous mist, and its splendid fur immediately dimmed by a third.
It painfully curled its body, and a brilliant light flickered in its eyes.
A mental shockwave swept over like a tsunami.
Hu Liena had already prepared herself; she was all too familiar with the Bewitching Heart Fox.
This Spirit Beast only had mental attacks, with no ordinary attacks, or rather, they were extremely weak, even inferior to other thousand-year-old Spirit Beasts.
Pink mist surged around Hu Liena, and the alluring light in her eyes collided with the Bewitching Heart Fox's pupil power in the air.
Invisible mental force exploded, and Shui Bing'er and the others retreated. Although the mental shock was invisible, they could all feel the threat of the mental force.
Two forces of pinkish-purple energy fiercely tore at each other, and even space itself began to slowly distort.
"Sister Nana's mental force is so strong," Ning Rongrong said.
This Bewitching Heart Fox was roughly over two thousand years old, but its mental force was incredibly powerful, capable of easily killing Spirit Beasts of three thousand years or even stronger.
But Hu Liena was actually able to hold her own against the Bewitching Heart Fox with her own mental force.
"That's normal. Hu Liena's Charming FoxSpirit is also mental force-oriented, and it's a top-tier Spirit, so her mental force is exceptionally strong," Xiao Ze said.
Hu Liena's mental force was much stronger than Xiao Ze's.
Although Xiao Ze had crops that enhanced mental force, his Spirit had no connection to mental force whatsoever.
So he couldn't compare to Hu Liena.
Blood seeped from Hu Liena's lips, and the pink mist began to fluctuate violently.
It was evident that, in the long run, there was still a certain gap between Hu Liena's mental force and that of the Bewitching Heart Fox.
The vortex in the Bewitching Heart Fox's pupils spun faster and faster, and the heart-shaped halo at the tip of its tail flickered frantically.
Just as Hu Liena was about to collapse, Zhu Zhuqing's figure split like a Gui Mei.
Several clones simultaneously pounced on the Bewitching Heart Fox from different angles.
Meng Yiran slammed her snake staff heavily onto the ground, and her fifth spirit ring suddenly activated.
The ground instantly transformed into a churning, dark green swamp, and countless energy poisonous snakes burst forth from the earth, coiling around the Bewitching Heart Fox's limbs and frantically biting it.
The sizzling sound of venom corroding fur was grating, and the Bewitching Heart Fox let out a painful shriek, forced to divert its attention to resist the invasion of toxins.
"Now!" Hu Liena's eyes glowed with pink light, and her mental shock completely overwhelmed the opponent.
The Bewitching Heart Fox reeled back as if struck by a heavy blow, and for the first time, panic appeared in its eyes.
From behind, Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er's attacks also appeared.
They successively sealed off the Bewitching Heart Fox's escape routes.
Shui Bing'er precisely controlled the Ice Seal, restricting the Bewitching Heart Fox's evasions.
The Bewitching Heart Fox continuously wailed. Its beautiful fur, which was originally on its body, was now completely dull, and some of it was even directly burned off by Huo Wu, leaving it bald.
The Bewitching Heart Fox wanted to leap out of this encirclement. Just then, Dugu Yan's fifth Spirit Ability, a materialized form, appeared.
A jade-green poisonous spear, condensed from venom, shot out at an extremely fast speed.
It instantly pierced through its chest and abdomen, nailing it firmly against the crystal wall.
The Heavenly Poison Dragon Emperor's potent venom continuously injected.
"Woo…" The Bewitching Heart Fox let out a mournful shriek, its tail continuously lashing against the crystal wall.
Spiderweb-like poison patterns rapidly spread from the pierced wound, and purple-black blood tears began to seep from its eyes.
Hu Liena gasped, wiping away the blood from the corner of her mouth, and finally dealt with the Bewitching Heart Fox.
A pitch-black spirit ring appeared above the Bewitching Heart Fox's corpse.
Ning Rongrong sighed softly when she saw the Bewitching Heart Fox die: "Such a beautiful Spirit Beast, just died like that.
I wonder when Spirit Masters will be able to obtain spirit rings without killing Spirit Beasts. Although most Spirit Beasts are bad, there are still a small number that are quite interesting and good."
Xiao Ze, hearing this, thought of the spirit soul.
However, he didn't have time to research the spirit soul right now. Before the spirit soul, he still hadn't researched the Spirit Core.
Besides, without the confidence to create an Equal Life Contract, it was better not to create spirit souls.
Otherwise, it would be like in the original work, where the number of Spirit Beasts would become fewer and fewer later on.
"There will be a chance," Xiao Ze said.
Ning Rongrong looked at him: "Do you have an idea?"
"Why do you ask that?" Xiao Ze said.
Ning Rongrong smiled: "I know you too well. Once you say something like that, you basically have an idea."
Xiao Ze nodded: "I do have an idea, but it will be much later, at least two or three years from now."
"You really have an idea. What is it?" Everyone gathered around.
Only Hu Liena was there, absorbing the spirit ring.
Xiao Ze briefly explained the matter of the spirit soul.
The girls, hearing this, all began to ponder.
After a long while, Ye Lingling said: "It sounds like there's a very high possibility. Spirit Beasts contract with Spirit Masters in soul form, providing a large number of spirit rings, and even increasing their age limit. I think many Spirit Masters would like that.
It's just… the matter of Spirit Bones…"
Xiao Ze naturally understood Ye Lingling's thoughts. Most people were greedy, and Spirit Bones were also very important to Spirit Masters, so some people would still kill Spirit Beasts.
"Sister Lingling, this is actually a good thing," Xiao Ze said.
"A good thing?" Everyone was stunned. Even with this, there would still be conflict between Spirit Beasts and humans, and yet it was a good thing?
(End of Chapter)
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