Bab 18: Chapter 18: Soul Beasts Fight
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I am still looking for my way home...
In the middle of the noon forest, a figure swiftly shuttled through it, sparkling at every landing point on the branches of trees. In the next moment, the figure appeared on another branch ten meters away, agile like a monkey.
This figure was Zeng Yi.
"Hmm?"
Stepping lightly on a branch, he stopped and furrowed his brows in confusion.
"There's a scent of blood." Zeng Yi muttered to himself. The scent of blood carried by the wind reached his nose, alerting him and halting his movements.
Silently standing on the tree, he closed his eyes and felt the flow of wind nearby, searching for the information he desired.
What the eyes see may not be true; one must learn to feel with their heart. The wind will guide oneself.
It's far away.
Currently, Zeng Yi could easily detect movements and sense breath within a radius of five hundred meters. However, this scent of blood came from a distant place. The smell of blood in the wind was easy to detect and could reach a far distance, allowing Zeng Yi to catch a whiff.
It's probably within two kilometers, Zeng Yi confirmed in his heart. If it's not danger coming for him, then it's someone or a soul beast fighting each other. He had to go and have a look.
Zeng Yi had encountered this kind of situation many times before. Whenever he smelled the scent of blood, he would run to the scene to check if someone was hunting soul beasts or if the soul beasts were chasing humans. If such a situation occurred, he would gladly help and have someone else lead him out of this Sunset Forest. However, every time he was disappointed because it was always soul beasts fighting each other.
Over there!
Confirming the direction from which the scent of blood came, Zeng Yi exerted force on his feet, launched himself into the air, and quickly dashed towards that direction.
I hope this time it won't disappoint me...
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Somewhere in the Sunset Forest.
"Boom~"
A tree with a width of thirty meters snapped in half and slowly fell to the ground, making a thunderous roar that echoed through the forest, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"Hiss~"
A low hissing sound sent chills down one's spine, like being targeted by a venomous snake, causing a shiver of coldness.
"Meow~"
In response to that sound, there was an angry and soaring roar. It seemed that two soul beasts were fighting each other.
"It seems like I ran for nothing again."
Zeng Yi landed nearby and looked at the chaotic clearing. Many trees were snapped in half and fell to the ground. The flowers, grass, and shrubs on the ground were in disarray. Moist soil was uncovered from under the grass, and there were broken branches and leaves scattered all over the ground, along with a lot of bloodstains emitting a strong bloody smell. It looked as if a tornado had devastated the area, bleak and tragic.
After hearing the two beast roars, Zeng Yi's expression became somewhat disappointed. He then concealed his presence, hid, and observed the battle between the two soul beasts.
As the dust settled, Zeng Yi could see the appearance of the two soul beasts clearly.
First, a snake-like soul beast measuring tens of meters long appeared. Perhaps it should be called a python. It had a huge body resembling a water barrel, portraying a powerful and muscular appearance. Its smooth scales shimmered under the scorching sun, exuding a brownish-yellow pattern with thin black lines outlining its texture, giving it a ferocious and terrifying look.
The thick python body moved on the ground, uncovering its prey under the grass. Its pitch-black eyes, larger than bull's eyes, were abyss-like and intimidating, fixed on the front. It opened its bloody mouth, revealing two sharp fangs. Its slender tongue split into two forks, sticking out from its mouth, making hissing sounds.
Confronting it was a large cat around one meter long and half a meter tall. Its body had a silver color with black stripes, resembling a tiger. Its four claws were on the ground, its sharp claws hooked into the ground, its fur bristled, and its momentum was fierce. Its pair of emerald green eyes, with black vertical pupils, looked beautiful and enchanting. The tiger stared fiercely at the python in front of it, its mouth opened, revealing long and sharp fangs, emitting low roars from its throat.
The two beasts faced each other, and it seemed that the python had the upper hand. The tiger appeared extremely small compared to the python with a length of tens of meters, as if the python could swallow the tiger in one bite.
However, that was not the case. The fur of the tiger was only in disorder, with a few bloodstains. On the other hand, the python was covered in wounds, with fresh blood flowing from it. From the numerous claw marks on its body, it seemed to be the work of the tiger. Apparently, the python was at a disadvantage. But it didn't retreat, locking onto the tiger's aura, searching for an opportunity to counterattack.
This outcome surprised Zeng Yi. He didn't expect that the seemingly weak tiger could give the python a hard time. It made him interested in the tiger.
Let me see what kind of soul beast this is. Check the information!
His gaze turned towards the tiger, and its information appeared on his pupils.
[Soul Beast: Silver Tiger Spirit Cat]
[Age: 1,400 years old]
[Abilities: Spiritual Attack]
[Habitat: Solitary]
[Remarks: Agile and swift with extreme speed, its paw can easily slash through fine steel. Among soul beasts, it is considered extremely dangerous due to its unique ability to launch spiritual attacks against enemies.]
Having learned the basic information about the tiger, Zeng Yi was surprised. He didn't expect that this cute-looking tiger turned out to be a thousand-year-old soul beast. What surprised him the most was its spiritual attack. This kind of skill is silent and unstoppable, making it a formidable technique.
Then he looked at the python.
[Soul Beast: Earth Python]
[Age: 1,560 years old]
[Remarks: A massive snake-like soul beast with iron-like scales. Its body possesses immense strength, capable of easily smashing rocks and breaking trees. Its strength is terrifying, and it excels at strangling prey with its powerful body. It has strong aggressiveness and will relentlessly pursue its prey once targeted.]
This soul beast was also a thousand-year-old soul beast, with a longer lifespan compared to the tiger, but it was still struggling against the tiger.
Zeng Yi thought to himself, it seems that the age of soul beasts doesn't necessarily reflect their strength.
The Earth Python stared at the tiny prey in front of it, waiting for an opportunity while seeking a flaw. It knew that although the Silver Tiger Spirit Cat was fast and its claws could easily cut through its scales, leaving it in a disheveled state, as long as it managed to touch the tiger once, its mighty strength would instantly crush the tiger's bones. At that moment, it would be able to swallow the tiger in one gulp.
Finally, the Earth Python made a move. It initiated an attack, its massive body charging forward. With its immense power, the air around it distorted, giving rise to a gust of wind and a muffled boom.
The Silver Tiger Spirit Cat didn't pay much attention to the speed of the Earth Python. It didn't even know how the python had the audacity to treat it as its prey.
Swiftly avoiding the attack, it moved onto the python, and once again used its claws to leave wounds on the python's body, causing fresh blood to splash. The Earth Python screamed in pain, writhing its body and throwing the Silver Tiger Spirit Cat off. The cat jumped to the side, and the python swung its tail, the force of which was enough to tear apart the airflow, creating a booming sound, as it whipped towards the cat.
The sudden attack caught the tiger off guard. It hurriedly jumped aside, rolling on the ground to dodge the strike. The python's tail struck the tree trunk behind the tiger, snapping it in half, and the tree fell to the ground, making a rumbling sound. This showed how strong the Earth Python's power was. If it had hit the tiger just now, it would probably have been done for.
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