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After sensing the aura coming from ahead, Bai Chen clearly felt the soul bone in his right hand grow slightly warm.
This was a kind of feeling that occurred when encountering the same species. After thinking for a moment, Bai Chen understood—he had run into another Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
His luck really was…
He didn't know whether to call it good or bad.
"A Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear?"
When he heard this, Hua Tianyu paused for a moment before reacting.
"I see. In that case, we might be able to try for it."
He had judged earlier that the four soul beasts ahead were all over fifty thousand years old because their auras were extremely powerful. But if one of them was a Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear, then even a ten-thousand-year cultivation could release an aura of that level.
In other words, its age might still be within Bai Chen's acceptable range.
Absorbing a Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear as his second soul ring would absolutely be an excellent choice for Bai Chen.
This was not only because the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear itself had extremely high potential. More importantly, Bai Chen's first soul ring had come from a Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear as well. That thousand-year beast had even given him an extremely precious right palm bone.
In the world of soul masters, if two soul rings originate from the same species of soul beast, it is very possible to strengthen a soul skill. Not to mention the attached soul bone—the power of a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear would certainly give it an enormous boost.
Over the past two days, Hua Tianyu had fought with Bai Chen several times and already had a certain understanding of his junior brother's current state.
Bai Chen's greatest strength was his terrifying physical power. The troublesome thing was that he relied almost entirely on that physical strength. Such an extremely specialized soul master wasn't actually very popular in the soul master world.
But Bai Chen's performance was still terrifying. The key reason was that he possessed a Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear right-palm bone, which allowed him to fully unleash those outrageous physical stats.
It was like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm—although it possessed an excellent combat-type soul skill, its actual combat power was not high.
In terms of pure numerical stats, it could steadily rank among the top three in the world, even contend for first place. Yet without powerful talent skills, its combat power couldn't even enter the top hundred.
The Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's significance to Bai Chen was somewhat similar to the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's relationship with Huo Yuhao. From Hua Tianyu's perspective, strengthening that Dark-Gold Dreadclaw right-palm bone was extremely important.
Although fighting soul beasts of this level carried danger, in such situations risk and opportunity existed side by side. At least in Hua Tianyu's eyes, if Bai Chen's external soul bone could be strengthened, then even encountering some danger would be worth it.
"Let's move closer and take a look. Be careful—don't get discovered."
As Hua Tianyu spoke, he waved his hand in the air. Several colorless gemstones outlined a formation, enveloping them within it and perfectly concealing their aura.
"..."
Seeing this, Bai Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
This was what it meant to be a versatile soul master—besides attack, defense, and control, he even had stealth abilities.
Perhaps in terms of same-level combat strength Hua Tianyu might not be able to defeat those truly powerful soul masters, but he was absolutely a top-tier support in any situation.
In the Star Dou Forest, an environment prone to accidents, the value of such a versatile soul master was even higher than that of ordinary Super Douluo.
Relying on Hua Tianyu's gemstone formation to conceal their aura, the group slowly approached the location where the battle was taking place.
Just as Hua Tianyu had said, four soul beasts were fighting there. At the center of the battlefield stood the ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear that Bai Chen had mentioned.
Hua Tianyu observed for a while and nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad. Its age is around twenty thousand years. With your ability, you should be able to absorb it."
With the support of his domain and soul skills, Bai Chen's physical strength could even reach the Soul Saint level. A twenty-thousand-year soul ring wouldn't pose too much trouble for him.
If this Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear were over forty thousand years old, Hua Tianyu would immediately leave with Bai Chen. The difficulty of absorbing a forty-thousand-year ring was even higher than a fifty-thousand-year ring—Bai Chen simply couldn't handle it.
At that moment, on an open field within the Star Dou Forest, these ten-thousand-year soul beasts were engaged in a fierce clash.
Notably, the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear had actually fallen into a disadvantage.
Because, just as Hua Tianyu had said earlier, it was indeed extremely powerful—but its opponents were far from weak.
After getting closer, Hua Tianyu confirmed that among the four soul beasts, aside from the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear, the other three all had cultivations above seventy thousand years.
Their races were also not weak. Even in the core area of the Star Dou Forest, they would be considered powerful. With more time to cultivate, they might even qualify to enter the Great Ferocious Lands.
At this moment, the three powerful soul beasts were cooperating perfectly, joining forces against the ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
Although the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear was stronger than most ordinary hundred-thousand-year beasts, facing the siege of three such powerful soul beasts forced it to retreat step by step.
"Can we deal with them?"
Ning Jingchen asked Hua Tianyu quietly.
Hua Tianyu watched for a moment before speaking softly:
"We can—but it will be troublesome. I suggest we wait until their battle reaches its final stage."
The combat strength of these four soul beasts had all touched the threshold of Titled Douluo. Even for Hua Tianyu, they weren't opponents he could casually defeat.
Compared to protecting Bai Chen while fighting all four at once, it would be much easier to wait and reap the benefits after their battle.
"Alright."
Ning Jingchen trusted Hua Tianyu's judgment completely. After nodding lightly, he stopped speaking and focused on watching the battle.
The four soul beasts fighting fiercely hadn't noticed that powerful human soul masters had already set their sights on them. Under the combined assault of the three beasts, more and more wounds appeared on the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
It roared in fury again and again, but still struggled to resist.
Finally, as blade-like light flashed, a terrifying wound appeared on the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's body.
After fighting for so long, the injury that would decide the outcome had finally appeared.
"Roar—!"
The Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear let out a mad roar, raising its two massive claws high.
The moment it swung them down, the three surrounding soul beasts were forced to retreat. Its terrifying attack even left more than ten deep claw marks in the air itself.
The visual impact was unbelievably shocking.
This was the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear—renowned for its absolute attack power and defense. The power of this full-force strike even surpassed Hua Tianyu's own attacks. He admitted he could not unleash an attack of that level.
But anyone with sharp eyes could see that this was already its final frenzy. The injuries on its body had reached the point where it could no longer continue fighting.
The outcome had already been decided.