On the following morning, under a clear sky that stretched to the ends of the earth,
at the precipice bestowed with Icefire Polarized Eyes, Luo Yu was bidding farewell to his grandchild Dugu Yan.
"Brother Yu, are you really in such a hurry to leave?"
Compared to the day before, Dugu Yan had her hair, which fell like that of a young wife, tied up neatly, adding a mature charm to her youthful aura, radiating an entirely different allure.
At the moment, her beautiful eyes were filled with reluctance and longing, and she couldn't help feeling a bit anxious.
Was Brother Yu so eager to leave because he found her inadequate, displeased with her service?
Sensing the young girl's hidden worries, Luo Yu smiled slightly and shook his head.
He lifted his large hand to caress her fine hair, delivering a comforting head pat.
"Don't let your mind wander. I've reached the level of a Soul King now, but my first Martial Soul only has two Soul Rings. It does look somewhat embarrassing, and it's time for me to go out and complete the remaining three rings."
"Is that so, hehe, I thought you were getting tired of me."
With her heart at ease, Dugu Yan playfully stuck out her tongue.
"Brother Yu, Sunset Forest has many high-level soul beasts; it would be perfect for Grandpa to accompany you on a hunt for suitable ones."
Luo Yu laughed, "No need for that, his elderly self still has to focus on completely ridding his body of toxins, how could he possibly have the time?"
"It's no trouble, he has the time," Dugu Yan insisted resolutely.
Poison Douluo stood by, puffing his beard and glaring, his heart struck, deeply pained.
The old saying did not deceive me.
Indeed, a granddaughter married off is like water poured away.
Wait, she isn't even married off yet, and she's already siding with outsiders.
Sigh—
Poison Douluo sighed deeply in his heart.
Dugu Yan approached swiftly, grabbing Poison Douluo's arm and shaking it, "Grandpa, you just happen to have the day off today, you're not busy at all, right~"
Heart struck×2
Poison Douluo's mouth twitched.
The young girl withdrew her hands, her beautiful eyes stern as she pouted her small face and willfully said, "Say you're free! Otherwise, no Eight Treasure Chicken for you later."
Heart stricken×3
Poison Douluo's heart ached; this was a real dilemma.
But heartache aside, he was truly fond of Luo Yu.
The more he saw, the more he liked him, and he was willing to offer his help.
Poison Douluo said with a kind smile, "Young friend Luo Yu, my detoxification is not urgent. If you really need it, I can accompany you on a trip at any time."
Luo Yu politely declined.
"I appreciate the kind offer, but Sunset Forest doesn't have the soul beasts I'm looking for. I'll have to take a trip to Star Dou Forest later."
Poison Douluo was about to say something about the young man's big talk.
Sunset Forest has countless soul beasts over ten thousand years old; none of them are good enough for you, kid?
But then he remembered Luo Yu's abnormal Soul Rings that all started at a hundred thousand years, and he wisely kept silent.
...
Watching Luo Yu's receding figure as he left the valley,
Dugu Yan crossed her slender hands in front of her skirt, her moist lips slightly pursed, her eyes full of reluctance as they shimmered with autumn waves.
Poison Douluo patted her shoulder.
"Why the distress? It's as if you'll never see him again. Once you get rid of the toxins in your body and stabilize your evolving Martial Soul, won't you be able to go find him?"
Dugu Yan muttered, "Grandpa, I really want to run after him and go with him."
Poison Douluo said, "What's the use of chasing after him now, to be a useless vase?
"Relying on looks can only keep a man for a moment. Do you think a man like him will lack pretty women throwing themselves at him? What you need to do now is to raise your strength."
"That way, the world will respect you, and your man will respect you too."
Dugu Yan's eyes were resolute, "I understand, Grandpa. I will work hard."
Poison Douluo stroked his beard, his face full of satisfaction.
Little did he know that Dugu Yan's actual plan was to first train her legs, then her hips.
Without sufficient strength, she wouldn't be able to withstand Luo Yu's attack speed and critical hits, and it was far too easy to fall out of favor.
A mature woman must never let her man go hungry and seek food elsewhere.
...
"Boom!"
Sixty miles north of Sunset Forest,
Shrubs collapsed, rocks flew, and the ground trembled unceasingly.
A stunningly beautiful woman with picturesque features and a stunning figure was being besieged by three massive, fierce soul beasts.
"Boom!"
The beautiful elder sister displayed her Soul Sage cultivation with seven Soul Rings, and her Fire Dragon Martial Soul manifested.
Every move was filled with overwhelming violence as flames shot towards the sky.
However, the three soul beasts opposite were not easy opponents: the 50,000-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear, the 30,000-year Blazing Demon Lion King, and the Single-Horned Demon Rhino, each over five meters in size.
The three soul beasts clearly had intelligence and didn't blindly rush into battle; instead, they were using their innate abilities to siege her in an attempt to slowly wear down this human woman.
"Principal Liu, don't worry about us anymore, please run away!"
On the side of the battlefield, three young people in uniform were being besieged by a group of Fiery Monkeys.
The leading Fiery Monkey King stood over two meters tall. Its cultivation had just reached ten thousand years, which was more than a few three-ring youths could handle, and they were already covered in wounds.
The leading youth showed a look of despair.
He realized that the monkey group wasn't killing them but encircling them without dealing fatal blows, trying to divert the teacher's attention and hasten her defeat, which was why he wanted the teacher to escape.
Hearing the student's cry, the beautiful elder sister smashed away the Single-Horned Demon Rhino's headbutt with a punch and turned her head to roar.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Even if I, Liu Erlong, die in battle here, I will never abandon my students and escape alone! You all hold on for me, and don't you dare die!"
"Boom!"
A fiery dragon soared across the sky as Liu Erlong executed her seventh soul skill, the Martial Soul True Body, and, bathed in flames, she was like a War Goddess.
She first sent the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's giant paw flying with a whip kick.
Then, she dashed into the air, dodging dozens of scorching fireballs released by the Blazing Demon Lion King and headed toward the three students to rescue them.
Midway through the kill, her beautiful eyes slightly changed as she twisted her fiery body just in time to dodge the icy, shining giant black horn of the charging demon rhino to the side.
She landed, panting, her ample chest heaving up and down.
"You three beasts!"
Liu Erlong gritted her teeth with hatred. She wasn't afraid of fighting them one-on-one, but these three soul beasts were cunning in their joint attack, making her feel helpless and even causing a significant consumption of her Soul Power.
She now had the chance to escape, but then, these three students would die here.
In her urgency, there was one thing she couldn't figure out.
What exactly was going on.
Why did their group suddenly encounter a minor beast tide?
What exactly had happened inside the Sunset Forest that disturbed these soul beasts and made them flee towards the perimeter all at once?
She was out finding Soul Rings for her students when she stumbled upon this mess.
"Roar!"
The three great thousand-year soul beasts weren't planning to give Liu Erlong any time to breathe, charging together at her vital points.
The group of Fiery Monkeys, led by the big Monkey King, also moved into action, howling constantly, and slowly closing in the encirclement, torturing the three young students' psyches with their cruelty.
The three students were already battered and trembling yet resolved themselves for the end.
"Principal, run away, don't mind us!"
"We'll seek revenge for us another day."
"Shut up, all of you!"
Liu Erlong let out a muffled groan; distracted for a moment, her abdomen took a hit from the Blazing Demon Lion King's swiping tail, her armor burst open to reveal her fair waist, and bruises appeared instantly.
As Liu Erlong faltered, the Fiery Monkey King's beast pupils gleamed, quickly coordinating an attack on this side, leaping up with a claw wreathed in fire, tearing towards the young man who had been shouting.
"Xiao Yuan!"
Liu Erlong cried out, her eyes showing panic.
As the three soul beasts seized the opportunity to attack again, Liu Erlong was once more on the backfoot, becoming distressed.
"You beasts."
The young Huang Yuan watched the approaching fierce fire claw with despair in his eyes.
As lead students from the Blue Tyrant Academy, they had talent, but they were no match for a ten-thousand-year Monkey King; the gap was just too vast.
At the brink of life and death, Huang Yuan had already resigned himself to fate.
Suddenly, a nine-colored radiance burst forth from the woods, and a thundering dragon's roar echoed through the area.
All the soul beasts in the vicinity trembled for a moment, even Liu Erlong's fiery dragon spirit vibrated.
An icy voice sounded, and a young figure dashed into the scene as fast as lightning.
"First soul skill: Dragon God Sky-Splitting Claw!"
The young man's arm transformed into a dragon's, with nine-colored dragon scales wrapped around it, carrying an aura that could shatter gold and break iron.
Passing over the group of monkeys, he struck the two-meter tall Fiery Monkey King with a claw.
"Boom!"
The body of the ten-thousand-year Fiery Monkey King shattered instantly at the hit.
Flesh and bone fragments scattered and flew in all directions.
Splashing onto the faces of Huang Yuan and the others, it also made the beautiful elder sister Liu Erlong's beautiful eyes go blank...
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A 2500-character major chapter, I got home too late, tomorrow five updates!!