The seven people made their way to Sunset Forest in an orderly and swift manner.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei followed behind the seven at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
Five years have passed, and in the third year, they each consumed the top-grade immortal herbs that Yuelong selected for them. Their current soul power cultivation is even higher than at this point in the original story.
Xu Yu, originally level 46 in the storyline, is now a level 51 support-type Soul King.
Zhang Ping, originally level 47 in the storyline, is now a level 52 agility-based War Soul King.
Sun Chuantao, originally level 48 in the storyline, is now a level 50 offensive-type Battle Soul King.
Xie Yue, originally level 52 in the storyline, is now a level 57 offensive-type battle spirit king.
Yan, originally level 52 in the story, is now a level 56 offensive-type battle spirit king.
Hu Liena, originally level 51 in the storyline, is now a level 57 control-type battle spirit king.
As the team leader, Qian Yuelong has devoted herself to cultivation for more than four years, except for the initial three months. Her soul power cultivation is now close to the Soul Saint Realm, and she is a level 68 control-type battle soul emperor.
She lived up to her terrifying talent; even though she was a few steps behind at the start, she still managed to overtake the people in front of her.
Five years later, after her Heavenly Evolution Technique broke through to the second level, "Spiritual Light," she encountered a stagnation.
First Realm: Life of All Things. Her blood is immune to all poisons, and her self-healing speed is incredible; at the very least, like wild grass after a fire, as long as a tiny root remains, she can survive. A must-have for any battle maniac.
Second Realm: Spiritual Light. One obtains a Holy Spirit Body, and their spiritual power enters the Nascent Soul stage. If we use the grading system of A, B, C, D, and E, this means leaping directly from level E to the lower level C.
The third realm: Spirit Breaking. The Holy Spirit Body evolves into the Supreme Dao Body, the spiritual power leaps to Grade B, and the spiritual vision possesses the ability to break through all domains.
She could sense that she had reached the threshold of the third level, but she just couldn't reliably touch the object.
Each level of the Heavenly Evolution Technique has extremely demanding requirements. Even she, when she ascended in her previous life, only cultivated to the fourth level, the "Taiwei" realm.
Fourth Realm: Taiwei. One's affinity with the Great Dao increases, and one's spiritual power reaches the highest level, Armor, allowing one to harness the power of heaven and earth for one's own use.
The fourth realm is a boon for those undergoing tribulation, as they will no longer fear being struck dead by heavenly lightning.
In less than half a day, the seven of them arrived at Sunset Forest.
As for why not go to another large Soul Beast Forest...
It's no secret in the soul master world that the Star Dou Great Forest is inhabited by soul beasts that are 100,000 years old.
Although the spirit beasts living in Sunset Forest are very strong, I have never heard of any unlucky spirit master encountering a spirit beast of the 100,000-year level in Sunset Forest.
Even with two Title Douluo leading the team, the Spirit Hall was not confident that it could protect all the students from the attack of a 100,000-year-old spirit beast.
The natural choice for the Soul Hunting destination is the Sunset Forest, which has relatively low danger.
The last time Zhang Ping was here was four months ago, when she broke through to the Soul King realm and hunted for her fifth Soul Ring.
Although Xu Yu broke through two months ago, his fifth spirit ring was a spirit beast that was about 23,000 years old, which the Spirit Hall specially dispatched its guardian knights to find.
He never left the Spirit Hall Academy.
"rustle,"
Zhang Ping landed lightly from the treetop, a few lush green leaves fluttering down as she spoke in a relaxed tone:
"We haven't found any trace of soul beasts around here, so I think we can set up camp here."
It was almost four o'clock when they left the college.
Upon arriving at Sunset Forest, it was completely dark.
Although their uniform white school uniforms didn't glow, they still stood out like walking human signboards in the dark forest.
Qian Yuelong nodded: "Okay, like before, let's take turns keeping watch in pairs."
The others naturally had no objections.
Too lazy to set up camp, Yue Guan and Gui Mei concealed their auras and sat cross-legged on the treetop, passing the long night through meditation.
On a peaceful night, no foolish soul beast dared to come knocking.
This time, Qian Yuelong and her companions were quite lucky. Early the next morning, they encountered a Star Jade Rhinoceros drinking water not far from where they had gone.
The Star Jade Rhinoceros is entirely blue-black, but its ivory-white horn, in contrast to its dark color, is as beautiful as jade. Its attack power is proportional to its appearance, and it is also very beautiful.
“The horn is almost half a meter long. This Star Jade Rhinoceros must have been cultivated for 25,000 years. Chuan Tao, do you think you can handle it?” Xie Yue, who had concealed his aura behind the lush greenery, said in a low voice.
Sun Chuantao, standing to the side, hesitated for a moment, then habitually looked at their leader—Qian Yuelong.
Sensing the gaze, Qian Yuelong turned around and nodded silently to him.
Since even the captain thinks he's capable...
"This is the Starry Jade Rhinoceros."
Sun Chuantao nodded affirmatively.
About ten meters away from the seven people, on a treetop, the ghostly figure silently perched on a branch twitched its lips and said in a forced tone, "This soul beast is more than capable of being a sixth soul ring. Is it really alright as a fifth soul ring?"
Yue Guan remained completely calm: "If Yue Long says it's possible, then it shouldn't be wrong."
Ghostly Appearance: "..."
OK.
Asking him is pointless.
The lush vegetation provided the best cover for Qian Yuelong and his companions.
Qian Yuelong made two hand gestures to her companions, and Xie Yue and the others nodded in understanding. They gathered their energy, moved lightly, and quietly changed positions, preparing to gang up on the Star Jade Rhinoceros.
The babbling of the stream and the chirping of birds lowered Xingxiang Yuxi's guard.
Just as Qian Yuelong was counting down, the ears of the Star Jade Rhinoceros, whose head was lowered, twitched. It suddenly raised its head and looked at the position where Zhang Ping was lying in ambush.
Zhang Ping was startled. Just when she thought she had been discovered, she saw the Starry Jade Rhinoceros, which was tilting its head back, begin to twitch its nose, as if something in the air had attracted it.
Something's not right.
Xie Yue frowned and gave Qian Yuelong a hand gesture.
Qian Yuelong also returned a gesture to pause the operation.
Then, their eyes lit up as they watched the starry jade rhinoceros, and they suddenly turned around and rushed towards the location where Yan was lying in ambush next to Zhang Ping. With heavy steps, they started running wildly.
Yan made a swift dodge, narrowly missing the fleeing Star Jade Rhinoceros, without getting close.
"What happened? Why did it suddenly run away?"
Yan was baffled.
Xie Yue and the others, emerging from behind the hidden vegetation, exchanged bewildered glances.
"I don't know. Judging from the appearance of the Starry Jade Rhinoceros, something may have suddenly attracted it. Should we chase after it and take a look, or launch an attack directly?"
Hu Liena gave the choice to Qian Yuelong.
Qian Yuelong's peripheral vision swept over the location of Yueguan and the ghost.
The two titled Douluo stood with their hands behind their backs, showing no intention of interrupting, clearly leaving the choice to Qian Yuelong.
Qian Yuelong thought for a moment and said, "Let's follow them and see. To be honest, I'm also a little curious about anything that can interest a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast."
"Alright, let's chase after it together and see what it is!" Yan readily agreed.
The seven-person team concealed their presence and followed the trail left by the Star Jade Rhinoceros.
—A side note—
Good news: I no longer lose my drafts after switching to a different writing software.
Bad news: This writing software doesn't have a timer, so without a sense of urgency, Mo Li's already slow writing speed has become even slower. I'll definitely add more chapters tomorrow.
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