Our goal is to stall for time. Every minute we buy is another chance at survival. Do not gamble your lives."
"Yes!"
The response was unified.
Ruoling spread her palm. A small, emerald-colored bird flew out.
After whispering a few instructions to it, she sent it streaking into the distance.
A scout.
Soul tools could detect danger and roughly determine direction and speed
...but Ruoling's soul skill could assess the enemy far more precisely.
"Pff—!"
Less than thirty seconds later, Ruoling spat out a mouthful of blood.
"It's a hundred-thousand-year Corrosive Blood Devil Tiger!"
Her voice trembled with fear.
"It's too fast. The spirit bird didn't last even a second—it was swatted out of the sky instantly.
If it hadn't paused for a split second when killing it, I wouldn't have even seen its true form!"
"A Devil Tiger…"
Zhang Yi gritted his teeth.
"It's called a tiger, but its body is closer to a leopard. It's famous for speed. No wonder it's this fast.
A hundred-thousand-year Corrosive Blood Devil Tiger—there isn't a second one like it in the entire Star Dou Great Forest. Damn it, what rotten luck."
"Everyone, consume your pills. Adjust yourselves to peak condition."
Zhang Lexuan's tone remained calm.
"We have no choice but to fight."
"ROAR—!"
A deep, oppressive tiger's roar exploded through the forest.
The silent night seemed to awaken in terror. Countless birds and beasts fled madly into the distance.
In just moments, Su Wen felt the surrounding area empty out unnaturally.
From the dense branches of the ancient trees, birds, snakes, insects, and beasts poured out in panic.
It was as though the region had been forcibly hollowed out.
Then came the suffocating pressure.
Su Wen's hair stood on end.
The Shrek elites dared not even breathe loudly. All eyes locked onto the direction of the roar.
The silence was eerie.
"ROAR—!"
Another thunderous roar.
A massive crimson figure emerged step by step, its claws crunching through dead leaves.
Su Wen met its gaze—
Those blood-red eyes were filled with mockery and cruelty, the leisurely calm of a hunter who had already chosen its prey.
It had been watching them all along.
This was the first time Su Wen had ever seen a true hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
The pressure was beyond terrifying.
If he were truly a normal six-year-old child, he would have already wet himself.
The entire team's faces had gone pale.
Zhang Lexuan did not strike first.
Their strategy was delay.
But the Corrosive Blood Devil Tiger clearly sensed something wrong. These humans were stalling for time.
A sense of danger flared.
With a low growl, it transformed into a streak of blood-red light and charged straight at them.
"Move!"
Zhang Lexuan raised her hand.
The team sprang into action.
Thick, powerful vines burst from the ground, whipping toward the Devil Tiger from all directions.
Swish—slash!
The beast casually flicked its claws.
The seemingly sturdy vines were sliced apart instantly, scattering like broken ropes.
Dodging Zhang Yi's control, the Devil Tiger lunged straight toward Zhang Lexuan.
In its eyes, killing the strongest human first would cause the rest to collapse instantly.
"Silver Moon True Body!"
Zhang Lexuan's eyes were calm as she shouted.
Seven soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—rose beneath her feet.
Her graceful figure transformed, as if becoming the silver moon itself, silver radiance bathing the battlefield.
Against a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, holding back was suicide.
She opened with her martial soul true body.
"Sixth Soul Skill — Lunar Eclipse!"
Her sixth black soul ring surged upward, merging into the silver moon.
In an instant, the brilliant moon darkened—becoming a black moon.
At the moment the Devil Tiger faltered—
The black moon condensed into a beam and slammed into its body.
BOOM—!
A terrifying explosion tore through the forest.
"Zhang Yi!"
Zhang Lexuan's face went pale from the immense consumption, but she didn't hesitate for a second.
"Yes!"
Zhang Yi's expression was grim.
His feet merged into the earth, roots spreading deep underground.
"Demonic Vine True Body!"
Drawing power from the soil, his body transformed into something like a humanoid tree.
"Sixth Soul Skill — Spirit Bind!"
"Fifth Soul Skill — Forest Sea!"
Countless demonic vines erupted from the ground. Even the dormant ancient trees around them came alive, roots and branches intertwining into a massive web.
From above, it looked like a giant cocoon sealing the explosion site completely.
"Can… can it hold?"
Ruoling asked weakly.
Zhang Yi's mouth twitched.
His eyes were locked on the vine cocoon.
The air froze.
Every heartbeat felt deafening.
If it could hold even for a minute or two—
That would be incredible.
Elder Xuan was already on his way.
But less than two seconds later—
BOOM—!
The cocoon shattered.
Wood splinters exploded outward.
A blood-red shadow lunged out!
"Damn it! Not even a second!"
Zhang Yi's face changed drastically.
His hands formed seals rap
idly. Vines lashed out continuously, barely slowing the shadow.
"Ruoling!"
Zhang Yi shouted.
A crescent of emerald light shot toward the Devil Tiger.
But in the next instant—
Smack!
It was swatted away like a fly.
Blood sprayed through the air.
Ruoling's body flew like a torn sack, smashing through several ancient trees before hanging limply in the branches.
"Ruoling!"
The team's pupils shrank violently.
This…
This is the true power of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast?!
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