The Azure Flame Golden Roc, perched high above, turned its head to look at the rugged canyons below. Once it spotted its own cave, it began to fold its wings and carefully control its descent. The process was swift yet cautious.

"Whoosh—"

A cool breeze rushed in from the cave entrance. Unaware that humans were lurking in the shadows, the Azure Flame Golden Roc's tense nerves relaxed slightly as it prepared to land.

However, in the instant it relaxed its mind, two golden lights shot out from the cave. The golden light of the soul skill suddenly appeared, and the sharp palm wind cleaved through the air, one on each side, slashing at the wings of the Azure Flame Golden Roc covered with a layer of light fire.

Unexpectedly, there was a human hiding in the nest. The Azure Flame Golden Roc's pupils shrank sharply. Its huge body flew up and retreated at an incredible speed. The palm strikes of the two Soul Saints missed at the same time. Only the leaked soul power scraped off a little tip of the Azure Flame Golden Roc's feather.

"唳——!"

After being ambushed, the Azure Flame Golden Roc took to the air and let out a sharp cry in fury. The faint flames on its body surged up instantly, crashing down like waves onto the two Soul Saints who continued to charge at it after their failed attack.

But this was all just a feint. The Azure Flame Golden Roc had been cultivating for eight hundred years. Even though its intelligence was not as good as that of a three-year-old child, the instinct of a wild beast to seek advantage and avoid harm and to fear the strong made it know that it was no match for the two human experts in front of it. Releasing a wave of intense heat was just a smokescreen. Its real purpose was to take advantage of this gap to speed up its escape.

A mere eight-hundred-year-old soul beast, not even a thousand years old, if two Soul Saint level experts could easily let it escape, then they wouldn't need to serve as Temple Knights.

Without hesitation, the two Soul Saints used their speed-type Soul Skills, transforming into golden streaks of light and fiercely chasing after the Azure Flame Golden Roc. In the blink of an eye, the two sides had already darted more than a hundred meters apart.

The dust inside the fire cave, stirred up by friction when entering, had not yet dissipated.

Qian Renxue raised her hand and fanned herself, then resignedly covered her mouth and nose, looking at Wei Ming who was walking through the dust without changing his expression, only raising his hand to fan himself symbolically twice, and asked, "Teacher, are we going down in a little while?"

Wei Ming shook his head. The golden soul power emanating from his body acted like a transparent cover, covering the dust flying in the air, and the air in the cave slowly returned to its pure state.

"No need. The temperature difference between day and night in the canyon area is extreme. Moreover, the night is much more dangerous than the day. After they bring back the soul beast, you can safely absorb your second soul ring in the Azure Flame Golden Roc's nest."

Qian Renxue: "Okay."

The teacher and student didn't wait long before two Soul Saints, one of whom was holding a tangled feathered Cangyan Golden Roc with one hand, many of its white-gold feathers stained red with blood, returned with one of its claws.

"I have successfully completed my mission."

The two men, who had just left the barely breathing Cangyan Jinpeng, bowed respectfully, placing their right hands over their left chests as they spoke.

Wei Ming nodded, signaling Qian Renxue to deliver the final blow: "Xiaoxue."

"Yes, teacher." Qian Renxue understood and stepped forward, drew her short dagger, and swiftly stabbed it at the disheveled head of the Azure Flame Golden Roc.

With her vital point attacked, the unconscious Cangyan Golden Roc twitched its body with an extremely strong will to survive. Qian Renxue, who was not yet able to use her soul power well, was almost thrown off by the violently struggling Cangyan Golden Roc with a head shake.

It was only thanks to the quick reflexes of two Soul Saints that the Azure Flame Golden Roc was able to hold it down. Its struggles gradually weakened, and it finally died motionless, its feathers losing their luster as its life force faded.

The golden light of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul bloomed from behind Qian Renxue. Sitting cross-legged against the corpse of the Azure Flame Golden Roc, Qian Renxue carefully controlled her soul power, pulling the slightly darker yellow soul ring that had condensed on the corpse of the Azure Flame Golden Roc like a small hook.

As it approached, Qian Renxue felt an even stronger pressure than the first spirit ring, the Golden Sparrow. Her bones cracked and popped due to the approaching spirit ring and the pressure.

Fortunately, Qian Renxue had been soaking in diluted medicinal liquids made from rare and precious herbs since childhood. As for her physical fitness, after being tempered by her first soul ring, she had reached the level of someone who was gradually advancing from a soul master to a great soul master, and even surpassed that level.

Seeing Qian Renxue enveloped in a yellow halo, Wei Ming gave the two Soul Saints a wink.

They nodded, then darted to the cave entrance to stand guard, leaving Wei Ming to protect Qian Renxue.

Scalding energy surged wildly, rampaging through every inch of the body's meridians.

It's so hot!

With her eyes tightly closed, Qian Renxue's brows were furrowed, and large beads of sweat gathered and slid down her forehead.

In an instant, as if engulfed in flames, a domineering and scorching power surged through his internal organs, almost melting his bones.

The unbearable pain was even greater than when she first soaked in the medicinal bath, as if someone were sticking a thousand silver needles into her body, making it even more painful to absorb the medicinal effects.

With each breath, she felt a scalding heat; Qian Renxue had no doubt that she could breathe fire at any moment.

"唳——!"

The resounding cry of the Azure Flame Golden Roc echoed in my ears.

Qian Renxue, whose consciousness was somewhat blurred by the burning, opened her eyes. The flickering golden flames and the enraged Azure Flame Golden Roc soul body came into view, charging towards her menacingly.

She instinctively reached for her dagger to fight, but forgot that this was her soul consciousness, not the real world.

He tried to touch the soul tool ring on his left hand, but there was no response. He couldn't pull out his weapon from it, as if the ring was just an ordinary ornament.

"Bah!"

A huge shadow enveloped Qian Renxue, and sharp claws aimed at her head and slashed down fiercely.

Qian Renxue rolled away to avoid it, but the parts of her body that touched the ground were scalded by the golden flames burning in her consciousness space, and the intense pain turned into sharp needles that constantly stimulated her nerves.

Despite the excruciating pain, Qian Renxue bit her lip hard, focused her attention, and activated her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. As the Azure Flame Golden Roc launched its second attack, its six pure white wings folded together, gently enveloping Qian Renxue and blocking the Azure Flame Golden Roc's attack.

"唳——!"

With bloodlust blazing in its eyes, the Azure Flame Golden Roc paid no heed to this divine martial soul and continued its frenzied attack on the protection of the six-winged angel.

Under the relentless onslaught of the Azure Flame Golden Roc, Qian Renxue, who was beginning to pant and clearly feeling her soul power and mental strength being continuously depleted, felt she could no longer sit idly by and wait for death.

She believes that offense is the best form of defense, rather than defense!

As if sensing Qian Renxue's determination, the six wings that enveloped Qian Renxue trembled and suddenly transformed into spiritual particles and scattered during the next attack of the Azure Flame Golden Roc, revealing Qian Renxue's cold expression.

"Condense!"

She spread her five fingers wide, and the white spiritual particles flowing around her were drawn to her hand, slowly condensing into a solid form.

Upon seeing this scene, the Azure Flame Golden Roc's eyes widened, and the golden flames burning in this space instantly surged up, like brightly colored cloth being rolled up in a vat by a dye stick and stirred, but the target was all Qian Renxue!

Qian Renxue's heart skipped a beat as the golden light in her hand had not yet fully solidified. She looked up abruptly and saw the terrifyingly hot wave of fire pouring down on her!

—A side note—

See you tomorrow 0v0