"Alright, I'll believe you this once!"
Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes fixed on Xiao Tianyang as she explained, "But only this time! Don't misunderstand anything!"
"I know, I know," Xiao Tianyang replied, curling his lips slightly. "You go over there and absorb the soul ring. I'll distract that soul beast for you."
Without waiting for her response, he turned and left, heading straight for the Flame Magma Soul Beast!
"The Proud Dragon Repents!"
The Dragon suddenly materialized, and Xiao Tianyang's palm, brimming with surging soul power, struck directly at the beast's front!
Roar!
Seeing such a weak and harmless human dare to provoke him, the Flame Magma Beast roared in fury.
The flames on its body seemed to boil even more intensely, and the magma in its hands began to drip onto the ground.
The beast raised its massive palm, and a torrent of magma shot out, instantly transforming into a gigantic fist that smashed toward Xiao Tianyang!
Xiao Tianyang's pupils contracted as he saw the attack.
"Why does this guy's move look like Red Dog?!"
The shock he felt wasn't due to the power of the attack but rather the similarity in the way it was executed.
Boom!
The fist and palm collided, causing the ground to crack and dust to fill the air, completely obscuring the area.
"Who is this Red Dog?" Qian Renxue muttered from a distance, frowning as she heard Xiao Tianyang's words.
However, her expression soon shifted to one of concern.
"Woof!"
At that moment, Qian Renxue heard a dog's bark and couldn't help but tremble. She turned around, her pretty face filled with alarm, and spotted Bubu, who had gone unnoticed until now.
"Isn't this a soul beast?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Qian Renxue glanced at Xiao Tianyang again. "Could this dog be his?"
When the two of them had fallen earlier, she had heard a dog barking nearby. But how could an ordinary dog survive in the Star Dou Forest?
Moreover, the 70,000-year soul beast had just displayed its power. Even she, a Soul Emperor, felt the pressure double. Let alone a dog, no ordinary creature could withstand such a presence.
"This guy is really strange. There's mystery everywhere about him," Qian Renxue couldn't help but think to herself.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Bubu looked at the woman anxiously, stretching out a paw to point at the dying Golden Flame Tiger Bear in the distance. To make sure she understood, he stuck out his tongue and flopped to one side.
"My god, I can understand it!" Qian Renxue was shocked.
'What kind of dog is this? It's so intelligent!'
But soon, the constant explosions in the distance snapped her back to reality. A shiver ran through her heart.
"Now's not the time to think about these things. I need to absorb the soul ring as soon as possible and advance to the Soul Saint. Only then can I help him!"
With that resolve, Qian Renxue walked toward the Golden Flame Tiger Bear.
'But it is strange. I am a Soul Emperor, while Xiao Tianyang is only a Soul Elder. Why was he the one protecting me instead?'
"Could it be that his strength has already far surpassed mine?" As she walked, a shadow of doubt crossed her mind.
Seeing her finally get to work, Bubu stuck out his tongue, looking utterly speechless.
'This female primate is really strange. She looks so serious, so why doesn't she act seriously?'
Shaking his head in confusion, Bubu immediately blended into the environment and moved toward the area where Xiao Tianyang was fighting.
Boom!
Another violent collision erupted, and Xiao Tianyang felt his arms go numb instantly. Blood surged within his body.
"Is it still too much for me to go head-to-head with a 70,000-year soul beast?"
Staggering back, Xiao Tianyang raised a hand to his chest, breathing heavily.
Roar!
The Flame Magma Soul Beast roared again, taking heavy steps toward Xiao Tianyang.
"Keep howling! Sooner or later, you'll be my soul ring. Why are you so excited?" Xiao Tianyang couldn't help but smirk. "Besides, you don't even have a mouth. From where are you yelling so loudly?"
The 70,000-year soul beast was no fool. Its intelligence was far from low compared to low level soul beasts, especially for a creature which had lived for so long.
It immediately understood the taunt in Xiao Tianyang's words.
In an instant, the beast's rage was fully ignited. Although it had already gone berserk once before, that didn't stop it from doing so again!
Suddenly, the soles of the Flame Magma Soul Beast's feet seemed to ignite like rockets, and it launched itself into the air with a deafening bang!
Even Xiao Tianyang was shocked by the sheer force of its attack.
"Good grief, you've even learned Red Dog's moves! I'm starting to suspect you're possessed by him through some time-traveling nonsense!"
Xiao Tianyang muttered under his breath, immediately retreating with the Graceful Steps upon the Waves.
Not only that, he also activated the Nine Suns Divine Art, combining it with a new move he had adapted from the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
An octagonal crystal wall materialized in front of him, with a dragon coiling around it!
Boom!
The Flame Magma Soul Beast's magma-covered fist slammed into the crystal wall.
Magma sprayed everywhere, turning everything it touched into ashes. The ground beneath its feet was scorched and plowed into a wasteland!
But the clear sound of shattering and the visible cracks spreading across the crystal wall made Xiao Tianyang's heart skip a beat.
"It seems this guy is really mad now. But that's good—it'll make the success rate of my plan even higher."
Thinking this, Xiao Tianyang felt a surge of satisfaction.
He shifted his feet slightly, tilting the crystal wall at a 45-degree angle.
This move caused the Flame Magma Soul Beast, which had been locked in a stalemate, to lose its balance and crash headfirst into the ground.
"Red Dog, come at me if you dare! I'll wring your head off and use it as a chamber pot!"
With that, Xiao Tianyang turned and sprinted away at full speed!
He knew those words would enrage the Flame Magma Soul Beast completely.
If they had merely been adversaries before, Xiao Tianyang's taunt had now turned them into sworn enemies!
The reason was simple: the Flame Magma Soul Beast had an extremely violent temperament. It seemed to despise everything, making it exceptionally easy to provoke.
Especially with actions like Xiao Tianyang's—even a Titled Douluo wouldn't want to provoke a 70,000-year Flame Magma Soul Beast without any valid reason.
After all, a 70,000-year Flame Magma Soul Beast was terrifyingly powerful, almost on par with a 100,000-year soul beast!
This was why this species rarely lived beyond 10,000 years.
To put it into perspective, a 70,000-year Flame Magma Soul Beast was comparable to a 100,000-year soul beast—something even the Titan Great Ape couldn't achieve.
This alone spoke volumes about the sheer strength of its bloodline and its devastating power.
Sure enough, shortly after Xiao Tianyang fled, a deafening roar erupted from behind, like a volcanic explosion!
The ground began to tremble, and the temperature behind him rose rapidly.
Within two to three minutes, Xiao Tianyang felt as though he were trapped in an oven, the heat becoming unbearable.
"It seems I've overdone it..." Xiao Tianyang didn't even dare to look back now.
A 70,000-year soul beast was indeed terrifying!
'But from another perspective, the stronger the soul beast, the greater the rewards after turning it into a soul ring, right?'
Of course, the prerequisite was surviving this ordeal.
And now, Xiao Tianyang was experiencing that hardship firsthand.
As the scorching heat behind him grew closer and more intense, his nerves tightened.
But now was the time to stay calm—this was the key to his plan!
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