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However, would Qin Xiao give it an opportunity?
The answer is negative.
All one could see was the Soul Rings lighting up on Qin Xiao's body, and he had disappeared from where he stood.
Teleporting!
The Azure Oxpython sensed a bad omen.
It couldn't see Qin Xiao, nor could it even feel his presence.
Whoosh.
The next second, the Azure Oxpython felt a blur before its eyes as the figure of Qin Xiao appeared atop its massive head.
Before it could react, a heavy left punch came thundering down.
Boom!
The Azure Oxpython felt as if thunder had exploded within its head.
Its brain seemed to shatter, leaving its mind blank and its body senseless.
The huge body fell straight into the Lake of Life.
"That's it?" Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
The combat power of the Azure Oxpython was far too weak.
Wasn't it said that the Azure Oxpython should be the strongest land soul beast in Soul Land?
However,
He had overlooked one thing.
It wasn't that the Azure Oxpython was too weak, but that he was too strong.
After all, strong as it may be, the Azure Oxpython's cultivation was only around 200,000 years.
But what about Qin Xiao?
He had slain Yu Yuanzhen and severely injured Tang Chen. By now, he could be counted among the very pinnacle of individuals in Soul Land.
With few adversaries.
"Then let it end."
With a flash in his eyes, Qin Xiao descended from the sky, plunging into the Lake of Life.
The water churned incessantly, as if it were boiling.
At the same time, the pitiful screams of the Azure Oxpython emanated from the lake.
In a short period of time, Qin Xiao's figure emerged from the water.
He was holding onto the Azure Oxpython's horn, hauling its massive head out of the lake surface.
Soon,
The Azure Oxpython's body, stretching over a dozen meters in length, was pulled out of the water.
"Plop."
Coming ashore, Qin Xiao flung the Azure Oxpython forcefully onto the ground.
Dust rose in all directions, but the Azure Oxpython remained motionless.
However, there was still a glint in its eyes, and its chest heaved with ragged breaths.
Clearly, it was not yet dead.
But it had sustained severe injuries.
"Just kill me," said the Azure Oxpython, its voice resolute.
"No," Qin Xiao shook his head slightly, "the person who wants your Soul Rings and soul bones is not me."
"Then who is it?" The Azure Oxpython first questioned in confusion, then was struck with horror.
It suddenly remembered the woman who had come with Qin Xiao, who was now nowhere to be seen.
"Xiaowu! What have you done to Xiaowu?"
It felt a sudden sinking in its heart.
"Xiaowu? She has just returned, hasn't she?"
As Qin Xiao spoke, he looked towards the distance.
The Azure Oxpython also struggled to look that way.
There, in the direction of his gaze, the woman had returned, and Xiaowu was being held in their hands.
"Isn't having me enough? Must you exterminate us completely to be satisfied?"
Anguish filled the Azure Oxpython's voice.
It had thought that by distracting Qin Xiao and the others, Xiaowu could leave safely. It had not expected Xiaowu to be recaptured.
Damn it!
"Snap."
Liu Erlong casually threw Xiaowu beside the Azure Oxpython.
"Da Ming, are you okay?" Xiaowu asked with concern.
The Azure Oxpython did not reply, but kept sighing continuously.
It realized that it was all over.
Everything was over.
The anniversary of its and Xiaowu's demise would, perhaps, fall on this day next year.
"Qin Xiao, why won't you let me go?" Xiaowu's gaze was filled with venom as she looked at Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao laughed: "I have only one question. If one day our roles were reversed, when Tang San and his son have the opportunity to bring about my death, what would your feelings be?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Xiaowu answered, "Of course, I'd feel tremendous exhilaration. I wish I could eat your flesh, drink your blood, and offer your head to Er Ming."
Xiaowu held nothing back, madly releasing her hatred.
Not a day had passed in that year when she hadn't wished for Qin Xiao's death.
"Very well," Qin Xiao nodded with satisfaction, "in that case, why should I spare you? Exterminating you completely, I feel no guilt in my heart.
And what right do you have to ask me to spare you?"
Ah, this!
Xiaowu was suddenly at a loss for words.
She did not know how to defend herself.
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk, why'd you stop talking?"
Qin Xiao asked with interest, "Have you realized that you're being hypocritical? You really do learn from the company you keep..."
"Enough, I don't want to hear another word from you. Kill or flay me, it's up to you, but Da Ming is innocent, I beg you to spare him!"
As she spoke, Xiaowu's attitude softened slightly.
Yet Qin Xiao shook his head slightly, "Is that how you ask for a favor?"
"Then what do you want?"
"You're asking me, what do you think?"
After hearing Qin Xiao's words, a mix of emotions flickered across Xiaowu's face.
Instinctively, she glanced at the Azure Oxpython beside her.
It was too tragic.
To think that Da Ming used to be the undisputed dominator of the Aquipeia Forest, an imposing presence.
But now?
It was too tragic.
The Azure Oxpython's scales were falling off in large patches, blood constantly seeping from its nostrils and mouth, even one of its horns was broken off.
It lay on the ground, powerless, its eyes devoid of their former spirit.
It was hard to imagine the pain Da Ming had suffered.
Xiaowu felt like her heart was bleeding.
"Thud."
Suddenly, Xiaowu knelt down before Qin Xiao, lowering her proud head, "Qin Xiao, I'm begging you, as long as you let Da Ming live, I'll do anything you want."
"Really anything?" Qin Xiao asked, somewhat amused.
"Xiaowu, don't."
"I'm not worth it," the Azure Oxpython said with a sigh, "We, the Soul Beast Clan, have our own dignity, we'd rather die standing than live on our knees."
However, Xiaowu paid no attention to what the Azure Oxpython said, lifting her head, her gaze steady as she nodded to Qin Xiao, "Yes, as long as you can spare Da Ming, I'm willing to do anything. Even if..."
Some words were too shameful for her to voice.
But those who understood, understood.
"Haha, alright," Qin Xiao laughed.
"Then I'll give you an opportunity," Qin Xiao said, pointing to Liu Erlong at his side, "Then sacrifice yourself to her."
"What!"
Xiaowu was stunned.
She hadn't expected Qin Xiao to make such a request.
Qin Xiao spoke with a smile that was not quite a smile, "What's wrong, you don't want to? Or do you have some inappropriate thoughts about me?"
"I, I don't..."
Xiaowu shook her head in slight panic.
"Xiaowu, don't sacrifice yourself to her..."
The Azure Oxpython desperately objected.
"Da Ming, we have no other choice," Xiaowu said dejectedly, "Maybe death is better, it would be a release for me. Otherwise, I'll keep living in the guilt of Er Ming dying because of me, and in endless hatred...
At the same time, within this endless hatred, I feel extremely powerless, I have no ability to take revenge, I'm useless.
Life like this is torture for me every day. I've really had enough..."
Xiaowu said and was already in tears.
Teardrops glistened in the giant eyes of the Azure Oxpython.
All of Xiaowu's actions were clear to it.
It was just as Xiaowu had said, she was in despair, her cultivation level hadn't improved at all during the past year.
"I've already had to watch Er Ming die before my eyes, I can't bear to see you die too."
"So please, don't stop me anymore, okay?"
Xiaowu's voice was filled with pleading.
"Sigh."
With a deep sigh that conveyed more than words ever could, the Azure Oxpython said nothing and simply closed its eyes in despair.
It had to abide by Xiaowu's decision.
"Er Long, can you accept it?"
At this moment, Qin Xiao quietly asked Liu Erlong.
Liu Erlong nodded silently to Qin Xiao.
There was nothing she couldn't accept.
Xiaowu, although transformed from a soul beast, was essentially still a soul beast.
Besides...
She had heard the entire conversation clearly.
Xiaowu's hatred for Qin Xiao was etched deep in her heart.
Their mutual enmity had reached an irreconcilable depth.
So Xiaowu was her enemy as well, Liu Erlong. Even if Qin Xiao, harbouring kind thoughts, wanted to give Xiaowu a chance to live, she would not agree.
She knew that showing mercy to an enemy was cruelty to oneself.
Seeing this, Qin Xiao had no more doubts in his mind.
He said to Xiaowu, "You may begin..."
In fact, Qin Xiao had a purpose in doing this.
Soul beast sacrifice could fully absorb the benefits brought by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and was without any danger.
Furthermore, after Xiaowu's sacrifice, she would turn into a small rabbit, which could be quite a show-off...
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Xiaowu...
The Azure Oxpython looked at Xiaowu with eyes full of sorrow.
At this moment, Xiaowu's body also began to erupt with Soul Power, almost igniting her.
Her entire being became ethereal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Da Ming, don't grieve for me, this way I can also be liberated. I've thought more than once, how good it would have been had I not transformed into a human..."
"You, me, Er Ming, the three of us could have lived peacefully deep in the forest..."
"I'm leaving, don't miss me anymore. Live well..."
After Xiaowu finished speaking, she turned into a streak of red light and landed on Liu Erlong.
In contrast, considerable changes appeared on Liu Erlong's body.
The golden phantom of the Holy Radiant Dragon emerged behind her.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black. Eight soul rings appeared one by one beneath her feet.
Her aura kept climbing.
In an instant, she had reached the level 90 limit.
"It's starting!" Qin Xiao's gaze was tightly fixed on Liu Erlong.
Gradually.
A red soul ring slowly formed over Liu Erlong's head.
And its color became increasingly deep.
A moment later.
The soul ring slowly descended and settled upon Liu Erlong.
Shining brightly along with her other eight soul rings.
"Nine rings achieved!"
The corners of Qin Xiao's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.
Sacrifice is like this, much faster than forcibly absorbing a soul ring and without danger.
More importantly, it allows the advantages brought by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast to be maximized.
Just like Liu Erlong's aura didn't stop after the breakthrough to level 91, it still had a climbing trend.
In a blink, she broke through to level 92.
Only after breaking through to level 93 did Liu Erlong's Soul Power stop growing.
"Good, that's how it shouldn't be a waste of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a top-grade hundred-thousand-year soul bone."
Qin Xiao felt that Xiaowu's value had been fully exploited.
By this time, the red halo on Liu Erlong's body had gradually disappeared.
She reappeared in front of Qin Xiao.
And in her arms was a small white rabbit.
Qin Xiao smiled, "Congratulations."
"It's all thanks to you."
Liu Erlong's eyes were full of gratitude.
Qin Xiao shook his head slightly, "Tell me, what abilities did you gain?"
"The hundred-thousand-year soul ring gave me two skills, nothingness and Berserk Eight-Stage Throw."
"Under the state of nothingness, I will be immune to all physical attacks, and soul power attacks can also be immune by fifty percent, making it an extremely powerful defensive skill.
Berserk Eight-Stage Throw is the release of the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit's soul to attack enemies and also inflicts mental attacks on them."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly, this was indeed as recorded in the original tome, the hundred-thousand-year soul ring skills were indeed valuable.
Then he heard Liu Erlong continue, "The hundred-thousand-year soul bone also brought me two soul skills, but these two abilities aren't reflected in their offensive power."
However, seeing Liu Erlong's spirited appearance, Qin Xiao knew that even if it wasn't reflected in attack, it fit Liu Erlong's heart perfectly.
"One soul skill is called Invincible Golden Body, just as the name implies, using it will put me in an invincible state for three seconds. Under Invincible Golden Body, I can be immune to any attacks below God Rank and can use it three times a day."
"The other soul skill is teleporting, within a 100-meter range without any buffer time required, it can be used continuously, the cost is consuming 1% of Soul Power with each use."
Qin Xiao noticed that Liu Erlong's eyes had begun to glow brightly as she spoke these words.
But it was understandable.
After all, Liu Erlong was an Assault-type Soul Master, her attacks were ferocious and fierce, not many could confront her head-on.
But there was a premise; you had to connect with your attacks to leverage your strength!
But now things were different, she could launch a teleport to surprise her enemies. She could even activate Invincible Golden Body, withstand the enemy's counterattacks, and launch a ferocious onslaught.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Qin Xiao shook his head inwardly.
Just imagining that scenario, he found it brutal.
But, he liked it.
"Let's go."
Qin Xiao, while speaking, glanced at the Azure Oxpython nonchalantly.
Upon hearing Qin Xiao's words, Liu Erlong frowned.
"Is there anything else?"
"Are we just going to let him go like this?"
"Merely a soul beast of about two hundred thousand years, I don't even consider it a threat. Whether we spare its life or not, what does it matter?"
Qin Xiao replied nonchalantly.
"Understood." Liu Erlong nodded.
But her heart was puzzled; based on Qin Xiao's usual way of doing things, he shouldn't leave such a danger behind.
Did he have other plans?
"Wait a moment."
"You can't go!"
Suddenly a muffled voice stopped them both.
Qin Xiao glanced sideways slightly, "You have something to say?"
"If you want to leave, you can leave Xiaowu behind!" The Azure Oxpython stared at the little white rabbit in Liu Erlong's arms and spoke.
Liu Erlong's brows furrowed, instinctively hugging the small rabbit tighter in her arms.
After all, this was the result left after the sacrifice of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, who could say what value it might possess? She naturally could not leave it behind.
Qin Xiao smiled lightly, "That's, of course, impossible. You've said it yourself, this is Xiaowu, so all the more reason I should take her with me."
"You, you've already received Xiaowu's sacrifice, aren't you willing to let her go?"
The Azure Oxpython's heart was filled with rage and sorrow.
"I don't engage in releasing the tiger back into the mountain. Even if she poses no threat to me now." Qin Xiao's expression turned cold.
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