Seeing the Soul Beasts in front of her, which were clearly not weak, Zhu Zhuqing's whole body tensed up, and the Netherworld Cat appeared behind her, entering a state of alert.
After a few more seconds, a wolf-type Soul Beast poked its head out from the jungle on the other side, also staring at the two with a fanatical expression.
Slowly, hundreds of Soul Beasts of different species emerged from the forest like bamboo shoots after a rain, appearing before the two.
Little Cat's heart turned cold. What was going on? She just wanted to find a Soul Beast that was barely ten thousand years old, but how did she stir up a hornet's nest?
Women subconsciously always crave protection. With danger at hand, Zhu Zhuqing's footsteps unconsciously moved closer to Ning Bei.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, let's run quickly, this..."
Ning Bei turned his head to look at the flustered Little Cat and gave her a reassuring look.
"I think that with your current physical strength, a Soul Beast of around 9,000 years is the most suitable. That Extreme Shadow Leopard is quite good."
Ning Bei pointed to the gray leopard-like Soul Beast in the middle of the Soul Beast pile, asking for Zhu Zhuqing's opinion.
After hearing this, Little Cat forgot her fear for a moment and looked at him anxiously.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, I need a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast."
"But..."
"I understand, but I can't be left too far behind by my partners!"
Before Ning Bei could dissuade her, Zhu Zhuqing interrupted him.
Ning Bei was stunned for a moment. What a little girl with a strong sense of pride. He then nodded to her. At worst, he could feed her a life-saving pill later. Besides, she also has an External Spirit Bone, so she might not necessarily fail.
"Okay, then let's go with that Ghost Tiger on the left. It should have just broken through to ten thousand years of cultivation."
Zhu Zhuqing looked in the direction Ning Bei pointed and found that there was indeed a Ghost Tiger, but she couldn't judge its age.
But since Ning Bei said so, she chose to believe him.
"Let's go with that one, Big Brother Ning Bei, but we..."
Just as Zhu Zhuqing was still worried about how the two of them would escape from the Soul Beast pile, Ning Bei directly summoned Er Ming and A Bao, and then put away the Pill Tower.
"Drive them all away!"
"Yes, Big Brother!"
"Understood, Brother Ning Bei!"
Da Ming and A Bao directly transformed into their true forms and roared at the beast horde. The Soul Beasts, which had already lost the target of the Pill Tower, immediately ran away in a panic.
Ning Bei had already set his sights on the Ghost Tiger. His figure disappeared from Zhu Zhuqing's side, and when he reappeared, he was already above the Ghost Tiger's head.
"Lightspeed Kick!"
Ning Bei's right leg bloomed with dazzling light, directly hitting the Ghost Tiger's waist with one kick.
The Ghost Tiger wailed and fainted on the ground.
He reduced the force of this kick, otherwise, this Spirit Ring might have been directly scrapped!
Carrying the seriously injured and unconscious Ghost Tiger, he quickly returned to Little Cat's side, only to find her still standing there in a daze, contemplating life.
"Don't space out, come over here quickly, any more dawdling and this Tiger will breathe its last!"
"Ah! Coming, coming!"
Coming back to her senses, the Little Cat cursed herself inwardly for being so ignorant, and hurriedly ran to Ning Bei's side.
The External Spirit Bone extended, a claw stabbing towards the Ghost Tiger's eyes.
Before long, a dark Spirit Ring slowly emerged from the corpse.
Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath, gratefully glancing at Ning Bei.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, I'm starting!"
The Little Cat greeted him, then took out the Meridian Protecting Pill that Ning Bei had prepared for her, intending to start absorbing the Spirit Ring.
"Wait a moment!"
"Hmm?"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Bei in confusion, thinking that he still intended to remind her of something.
Ning Bei didn't speak, and threw her another Soul Nourishing Pill.
"It has some effect against soul impact, eat it before you start!"
The Little Cat's beautiful eyes lit up, then she nodded and hurriedly swallowed the Soul Nourishing Pill.
Then she came to the Ghost Tiger's corpse and sat down cross-legged, beginning to absorb the Spirit Ring.
Ning Bei took Er Ming and A Bao back into the Pill Tower, and began to guard his surroundings.
As soon as the Spirit Ring was placed on her body, Zhu Zhuqing felt an unprecedented pressure, and her whole body tensed up.
Ning Bei, who was beside her, saw the Little Cat's painful expression and broke out in a cold sweat for her. Although with various pills, even if Zhu Zhuqing failed to absorb the Spirit Ring, her life would not be in danger.
But it would definitely cause irreversible damage to her Spirit.
The Little Cat's delicate face was no longer as soft as before, her entire features twisted into a ball, and she was constantly whimpering, showing how painful she was.
For several minutes, the skin exposed outside Zhu Zhuqing's clothes began to ooze a lot of blood, and her silver teeth gnashed "creak, creak".
Ning Bei's eyes narrowed slightly when he saw this, and he moved closer to the Little Cat, ready to interrupt her absorption of the Spirit Ring at any time.
However, this scene lasted for several hours without any further deterioration, and the Little Cat's expression slowly relaxed.
Only then did Ning Bei breathe a sigh of relief, his gaze towards the Little Cat filled with complexity.
"What a truly strong woman!"
After another two hours, Zhu Zhuqing finally woke up from her meditative state, her beautiful eyes filled with excitement and a hint of good fortune.
"Thank you, Big Brother Ning Bei, if it weren't for your Soul Nourishing Pill, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hold on!"
Ning Bei smiled and shook his head, praising:
"I only provided a little help, the most important thing is that you relied on yourself!"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Bei gratefully, wanting to say something more, but was interrupted by him.
"Alright, enough with the pleasantries, is the Soul Skill suitable?"
Little Cat slightly sensed her own Soul Power and looked at Ning Bei with surprise.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, I'm already level 43. My fourth Soul Skill is Netherworld Shadow Clone, which can create three physical clones for a period of time, and they can use my own Soul Skills."
Ning Bei nodded. It seemed that according to the original trajectory, Little Cat's fourth Soul Skill was also this, but the Spirit Ring's age had been raised to the ten-thousand-year level, so the effect should be much stronger.
"A good Soul Skill. With this, you are qualified to face your sister head-on. There are less than 2 years left, so work hard!"
"Yes, Big Brother Ning Bei!"
Zhu Zhuqing was in a good mood. It could be seen that after the big mountain in her heart was moved away, Little Cat had become a lot more lively.
She no longer looked like someone who should not be approached as before.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, are we going straight back to the Sect?"
Ning Bei amusingly pinched her nose and shook his head.
"I think it's best if we go to town to find a place to take a bath!"
"Ah!"
Ning Bei's action made Zhu Zhuqing stunned for a moment, and then she lowered her head to check her body, letting out an exclamation!
The skin exposed outside her clothes was covered with traces of dried blood, which had slowly begun to emit a fishy smell.
Little Cat's face turned red, and she glanced embarrassedly at the man in front of her.
"Big Brother Ning Bei, let's go quickly!"
"Not going back to the Sect? I thought cats liked this smell?"
Listening to Ning Bei's teasing, Little Cat stomped her feet in embarrassment, and then ignored him, heading directly out of the forest.
As if I like this stinky smell!
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