Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, Ning Fengzhi looked at Lin Gong's report with a baffled expression.
"Uncle Gu, isn't Yang Xiong's first soul ring from absorbing the soul ring of the Xuanming Turtle? He wanted to follow the path of defense, so why is he now trying to absorb the soul ring of the Golden Spirit Cypress?"
Bone Douluo's face darkened. "I originally thought Yang Xiong was smart. Not only did he have a very good opportunity for his first soul ring, but his training methods at home were quite good. I thought he was going to follow the defensive path, so why did he suddenly choose this Golden Spirit Cypress? You have to know, this Golden Spirit Cypress has a lifespan of nine hundred and eighty years. Otherwise, how could this kid have gotten it?"
"I really thought he was serious about his body refinement and had potential. I didn't expect him to be so reckless."
Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment before speaking. "That doesn't add up. All of us advanced soul masters know that absorbing a soul ring isn't just about the age of the soul ring. What matters more is how powerful the soul beast itself is. Although the Golden Spirit Cypress is less than a thousand years old, the difficulty of absorbing its soul ring definitely exceeds that of ordinary thousand-year soul beasts."
"Yang Xiong has read so many books. He can't possibly not understand this, right? Could it be that the whale glue has improved his body to this extent?"
Yang Xiong was one of the few students receiving focused attention in Class One. Especially since he discovered the secret of the whale glue and reported it to the sect, which allowed him to freely select such an excellent soul beast.
Bone Douluo sneered. "That kid is sly. Ever since he entered the library, he hasn't just studied my 'Path of Defense.' He's also been practicing divided focus control. I have no idea what he's really planning. At first, his body refinement looked promising for someone on the defensive path, but now he chooses a plant-type soul ring. It's really disappointing."
Ning Fengzhi was speechless upon hearing this. Bone Douluo's words clearly carried some resentment. After all, it's rare to find a good candidate dedicated to the defensive path, which is especially painful to cultivate.
"Uncle Gu, why don't you go take a look? Maybe you can save him when it really counts. I quite like Yang Xiong."
When everyone finally entered the soul beast forest, Yang Xiong felt the environment change drastically. The forest was lush and green. Except for a narrow path, everywhere else was covered with blue-silver grass and other weeds.
Each tree was several tens of meters tall, and many of them were soul beasts. The whole soul beast forest was brimming with life.
After entering, Yang Xiong felt as if he had stepped into a paradise. This life energy made him very happy.
Occasionally, small soul beasts would dart out. Although they weren't very old, it showed how many soul beasts inhabited the forest.
It should be noted that this was only the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's captive soul beast forest, which likely covered less than one-tenth of the Sunset Forest, let alone the terrifying Star Dou Great Forest.
Because they had teachers and badges, the group was led by professional soul beast forest managers and soul hunters as they walked through the forest.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect was strict about managing this soul beast forest. It contained many soul beasts caught outside as well as some bred inside. They even engaged in soul beast trade.
The managers knew everything about the types, numbers, and distribution of soul beasts, and could find any soul beast immediately.
After walking for more than half an hour, they finally reached the forest's core area.
Before them stood a massive cypress tree, nearly fifty meters tall, with a trunk three meters thick. The entire tree was golden , even the leaves. Around it, within a hundred meters, there was no other plant life. This was the Golden Spirit Cypress.
Lin Gong looked at the Golden Spirit Cypress in awe. "The Golden Spirit Cypress is said to be the top-tier plant-type soul beast in the soul beast world. Its vitality is extremely strong. The trunk is as hard as refined iron, and even the leaves are very tough. It absorbs all nutrients from the soil within nearly a hundred meters, making it impossible for anything to grow nearby. When attacked, its branches and leaves shoot out like sharp swords, and some can even wrap around enemies with great strength. Even thousand-year-old soul beasts have difficulty stopping it."
"Especially its terrifying survival ability , even if cut in half, it can quickly regrow. Its roots spread dozens of meters underground, making it very hard to kill."
Yang Xiong looked at the Golden Spirit Cypress with great excitement. This was a rare power-type plant soul beast he had searched many books to find.
Plant-type soul beasts are generally harder to kill than animal types, especially since Yang Xiong had to personally deliver the final strike, increasing the difficulty.
Both the soul hunting team and Yang Xiong's father, Yang Lin, along with Lin Gong, launched a coordinated attack on the Golden Spirit Cypress, using their powerful abilities from different angles.
Yang Lin wielded an iron sword and had six soul rings. After taking whale glue and years of hard training, he had broken through to the Soul Emperor realm and his soul power had reached level 62.
Lin Gong summoned countless purple bamboo stalks, quickly wrapping around the Golden Spirit Cypress, immobilizing all its branches.
Within just a few minutes, all the branches were severed, and even a large section of the trunk was cut by Yang Lin. Yet, the Golden Spirit Cypress's vitality did not seem to decrease much. Its trunk emitted a powerful energy, and the ground around it started to dry up, clearly trying to absorb energy to restore itself.
Yang Xiong couldn't care about that anymore and swung his iron sword with all his strength. When the sword struck the trunk, it made a metallic clang, and only some golden liquid oozed out.
Gritting his teeth, Yang Xiong activated his original soul weapon and summoned a yellow soul ring, pushing his strength to the limit.
Sure enough, with that strike, a large section of the Golden Spirit Cypress's trunk broke off, but it showed no sign of dying.
Lin Gong shouted, "This way, Yang Xiong won't be able to kill the Golden Spirit Cypress. We have to force it into a desperate situation."
Lin Gong's soul ring flashed, and countless purple bamboo shoots sprouted from the ground, splitting the earth open. The massive Golden Spirit Cypress was lifted from the soil by the bamboo shoots.
The Cypress's golden roots, more than ten meters long, looked terrifying, like huge tentacles, waving in the air.
Yang Xiong put away his sword and grabbed a massive axe, not caring anymore as he swung fiercely at those roots.
After countless chops, nearly all the roots were severed. The trunk was even split, and golden liquid flowed over the ground.
At this moment, a yellow soul ring appeared , deeper in color than the usual hundred-year soul rings. Yang Xiong finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing his second soul ring was safe.
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