The next morning, accompanied by soul power fluctuations of varying strength, several girls walked out of their rooms looking refreshed and full of energy.
The one who came out the slowest was naturally Shen Liuyu, who had been working on breaking through to the Soul Emperor realm. She was delayed by a little more than two hours compared to the others, but fortunately, she broke through successfully without any accidents and was now a level 60 quasi-Soul Emperor.
Shui Bing'er's breakthrough also went extremely smoothly, though her room suffered for it; the soul power she accidentally released during the breakthrough had directly frozen the entire space into an "ice and snow world". Restoring it to its original state in the short term was probably not realistic.
Some of the other girls had broken through a major realm and needed to hunt and absorb soul rings, while others had only increased their soul power by two levels and had not yet reached the point where they needed to absorb a soul ring.
Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress had already been waiting for a long time. Shen Hanyu sighed, pinched Shen Liuyu's cheek, and said somewhat helplessly:
"I really don't know what you're thinking. What, just because you have a big brother, you think you don't need to work hard anymore? If one day I stop taking care of you, let's see what you'll do…"
Shen Liuyu stuck out her tongue and said playfully:
"Do you think you can stop taking care of me?"
Shen Hanyu was momentarily speechless. To be honest, he still retained quite a bit of his sister-complex tendencies. He had always regarded this only blood-related little sister of his as extremely important.
Shen Liuyu smiled smugly in victory, then stepped forward and hooked her arm around the Snow Empress's, continuing to act spoiled. Over these two years, she had become much bolder, partly because of the increasingly gentle attitude the Snow Empress had shown toward her.
Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er stepped forward and greeted Shen Hanyu with smiles. After two years, the two little girls from before had grown into dazzlingly beautiful young women, like blooming flowers in full splendor. The other girls were all top-class beauties as well, each with her own charm: steady and gentle, heroic and valiant.
After some light-hearted chatting and laughter, Shen Hanyu spoke softly:
"Originally, I planned to let you girls go hunting for soul rings on your own this time, but something unexpected happened midway. I've already roughly decided on suitable targets for you. If you went alone now, you'd basically just be delivering yourselves as food to others. So this time, your brother and your sister-in-law will step in to help. There are countless dangers in the Star Dou Great Forest; you all must be careful yourselves…"
Everyone nodded seriously.
Then Shen Hanyu removed the soul power barrier on this floor. After leaving several tens of thousands of gold soul coins as compensation for Manager Ao, the group quickly left the Great Soul Arena.
Only after the group had walked far away did Manager Ao finally let out a long breath of relief. The middle-aged man beside him asked curiously:
"Manager, who was that leading man and woman just now? We've never seen them before…"
Manager Ao immediately covered the man's mouth and said fiercely:
"Shut up! Didn't you hear that genius surnamed Shen call him big brother? That person is very likely a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse. You've really opened your eyes today because of me, kid…"
A flash of shock passed through the middle-aged man's eyes. Then he looked in the direction the group had left with disbelief…
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The Star Dou Great Forest, as the foremost of the three major soul beast habitats on the continent today, possessed the most complete and rarest variety of soul beast attributes and species.
As a primeval great forest that accommodated all kinds of terrain and landforms, it also served as the last cradle preserving the continuation of many ultra-rare soul beasts on the verge of extinction.
Beneath the sky-blocking giant tree crowns, Shen Hanyu's group appeared in this place.
From their perspective, everywhere the eye could see was filled with towering ancient trees. The extending branches between the trees intertwined and spread, and thin rays of sunlight filtered through the gaps, bringing a trace of warmth to the forest floor.
The group stepped on decaying leaves and dead wood as they walked deeper in. All the girls curiously looked around at everything.
Suddenly, there was movement in the tree crowns above, accompanied by several loud ape cries. The entire forest seemed to suddenly come alive from its previous silence. Countless different beast roars came from the distance, and among them, one particularly sharp sound even carried a trace of mental fluctuation. The weaker ten-year and hundred-year soul beasts were directly shocked into fainting on the spot.
Shen Hanyu slightly narrowed his eyes and said with some surprise:
"At least a three-thousand-year Illusory Sound Bat… and it actually appeared in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest. What a pity, this type of soul beast isn't suitable for you. Otherwise, with its evil attribute combined with rare spiritual attributes, the soul skills granted by the soul ring it produces would be extremely powerful."
Everyone nodded thoughtfully and then continued forward.
This time, the four people who needed to obtain soul rings were Shui Bing'er, Shen Liuyu, Xue Wu, and Yu Hai Rou.
Among them, Shen Hanyu had already made plans for Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu beforehand. But Xue Wu and Yu Hai Rou still needed to be carefully considered.
In terms of actual age, Xue Wu should be the oldest among the seven girls, one to two years older than Shen Liuyu. Now, with their help, breaking through to Soul Elder at this age was perfectly reasonable.
Her martial soul was an auxiliary-type tool martial soul called Fine Snow Silk Dance Ribbon, whose function was to control the weather. Thanks to the special ability of her martial soul, it had also reached the level of a top-tier tool martial soul.
Yu Hai Rou's martial soul was the Coral Shuttle Fish, a strong attack-type martial soul that combined attack power and speed with penetrating capabilities. Like Xue Wu, his martial soul did not have many special requirements for soul rings; As long as they matched the characteristics of his martial soul, it was fine.
As they ventured deeper, the number of soul beasts around them increased dramatically. The lush vegetation provided excellent cover for soul beasts that were already highly skilled at concealment. The air was filled with the rotten smell characteristic of a forest, and the sound of trickling water in the distance indicated that a stream was flowing nearby.
Soul beasts tended to live near water, so the number of soul beasts in this area was extremely dense. Even the air carried the distinctive stench that predatory soul beasts gave off.
With a casual wave of her hand, the Snow Empress sent an ice crystal straight into an ancient tree ahead. Immediately afterward, a painful wail rang out.
A soul beast about three meters long fell from high up. Its entire body was covered in cyan scales, its face was ferocious, its neck took up nearly half its body length, and its scarlet tongue resembled that of a snake.
Shen Hanyu glanced at it and said:
"Cloud Life Beast, suspected to be the hybrid offspring of lizard-type and snake-type soul beasts. Its attack power isn't strong, but its special ability allows it to create clouds and mist that weaken the opponent while strengthening itself. It is also extremely skilled at concealment. Judging from the color of its scales, this Cloud Life Beast should be around six thousand years old."
Xue Wu's eyes lit up, and she immediately said:
"Its characteristics are very suitable for my martial soul. I'll choose it."
Shen Hanyu nodded without refusing, only saying softly:
"We came too hastily and forgot to have you take the whale gel. A-Yu, you should still have quite a bit in stock. Later, share some with Xue Wu and Hai Rou. I'll go look nearby to see if any other soul beasts fit their needs…"
Shen Hanyu turned his gaze toward the Snow Empress and said quietly again:
"Xue'er, before that, please first restrain this one. There aren't any particularly powerful soul beasts nearby, but it's still better to be a little cautious…"
With another casual wave, the Snow Empress sent a surge of cold air that completely froze the still-struggling Cloud Life Beast, leaving only the faintest trace of life aura. She then gently nodded, signaling to Shen Hanyu that he could rest assured…
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