Chapter 100: Swamp, Special Soul Beasts.
Two days later, southwest of Sunset Forest.
It was night, and the sky had already darkened.
However, the Shrek group had no intention of resting. Not far ahead of them lay a vast swamp.
Sunset Forest was nothing like the Star Dou Forest.
Even ordinary swamps were rare, let alone such a dreary, large swamp.
In the swamp before the Shrek group, a faint black mist loomed, slowly rising from the mud and puddles, swirling around the swamp.
Xuan Mo saw this mist. Although he didn't understand poison or pharmacology, he recognized it.
It was miasma. Whether in past lives or present, miasma or poison had always been the most taboo when navigating the jungle.
Xuan Mo quickly turned to Oscar and said, "Everyone, be careful! This is miasma. "Little Ao, hurry up and take the detoxification sausages and see if they work. Otherwise, you'll be affected by the miasma."
Upon hearing this, Oscar didn't hesitate. His second spirit ring lit up, and eleven detoxification sausages appeared in his hand. He then distributed one to everyone present.
"What the hell is this place?"
Xiao Wu grumbled, surveying her surroundings.
It was clear that everyone felt extremely uncomfortable in this swamp, and they didn't want to stay there at all.
"We can't stay here long. We have to leave." Just as Xuan Mo spoke, and everyone was about to leave, the sound of a whistling wind suddenly rang out clearly in their ears.
Their expressions changed, and they stared intently at the swamp.
Along with the whistling wind, dark shadows swayed relentlessly in the swamp.
Then, heads of spirit beasts, either spirit beasts or spirit masters' ghosts, emerged from the lifeless swamp.
Two tiger-like ghosts and two human-shaped ghosts appeared before the Shrek crowd.
Xuan Mo was utterly shocked, for not only had this kind of spirit beast never appeared in the original novel, but he himself had never heard of it in the nearly fourteen years since he arrived in this world.
Yet, this spirit beast bore a striking resemblance to the spirit of a Titled Douluo.
Xiao Wu frowned, as if remembering something. But she was more shocked than shocked.
Not only Xuan Mo and the others, but even Flender and the others were stunned.
Clearly, they had never heard of it either.
Flender then turned to the Grandmaster. "Xiaogang, have you ever seen this kind of soul beast before? Do you recognize it?"
The Grandmaster frowned and shook his head. "I've seen it in an ancient book before, but the record isn't comprehensive. It's said to be a special kind of soul beast with dark attributes. It's a shadow-like soul beast formed under extremely special circumstances by a deceased soul master, or a deceased soul beast whose soul rings haven't been absorbed. However, it's a physical entity."
The Grandmaster paused before continuing, "Also, these soul beasts possess an ability or soul skill from their deceased soul master, or from a deceased soul master, and are extremely powerful. However..."
At this point, the Grandmaster glanced at Zhu Zhuqing. "If there's a soul beast here of the right age, it could become Zhu Zhuqing's third soul ring." Flender nodded. "Xiaogang, do you know how to identify the age of this kind of soul beast?"
The Grandmaster pointed to the four ghostly soul beasts before him. "The way to identify them is by the color of their heart. In other words, the color of that heart is the color of the soul ring they produce."
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly looked toward the soul beasts gradually emerging from the swamp.
At this moment, Xuan Mo's eyes fixed.
He quickly noticed that the hearts of the three ghostly soul beasts were all purple, clearly millennia-old, though the depth varied.
The last ghostly soul beast, on the other hand, was yellow.
"Dean, Master, judging by the colors of these four ghostly soul beasts, the two humanoids are likely over two thousand and around nine hundred years old, respectively. And the two tiger-shaped ghosts are around two thousand and one thousand three hundred years old." Immediately, Xuan Mo reported everything he had seen to the Dean and Master, allowing them to make their own decisions.
Of course, facing a soul beast of this age, Xuan Mo didn't think the Dean and the other teachers would resort to action. Sure enough, it was just as Xuan Mo had expected.
Flanders smiled and said, "Oh, really? It seems these soul beasts' cultivation is on par with yours."
He then turned to the Master, "Xiaogang, what are your thoughts on this?"
Flanders's message was clear: they should handle the four soul beasts themselves.
The Master paused for a moment. "Dai Mubai will handle the two-thousand-year-old tiger ghost, while Xuan Mo will handle the human ghost over two thousand years old. Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun will handle the other two. Also, the tiger ghost with 1,300 years of cultivation is a perfect fit as Zhu Zhuqing's third soul ring."
As the Master finished his words, the two tiger ghost soul beasts emerged from the swamp.
The tiger ghost soul beast, with 1,300 years of cultivation, charged towards the group at breakneck speed.
Apparently, its special ability was speed.
Upon seeing this, everyone's martial spirits instantly possessed it.
In the Sunset Forest, facing such an unknown spirit beast, the only option was a swift and decisive battle.
But for some reason, Xuan Mo felt a tinge of unease about staying here.
At this moment, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rushed out first.
Powered by Ning Rongrong's full power, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's speed reached near-instantaneous speed, reaching the tiger shadow in the blink of an eye.
Seeing Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's combined strength, everyone didn't expect them to fail.
But what happened next surprised everyone.
At that moment, as the master had predicted, these shadowy spirit beasts were physical entities.
Xiao Wu had already wrapped her braid around the tiger shadow's neck, her long legs draped around its waist.
The next moment, her first spirit skill, "Waist Bow," activated! At the same moment, Zhu Zhuqing's "Hundred Claws of the Netherworld" struck the tiger shadow.
However, even with Xiao Wu's "Waist Bow" activated, the tiger shadow remained motionless.
Even Zhu Zhuqing's "Hundred Claws of the Netherworld" could only leave a few white marks on the shadowy form.
"Not good."
Xuan Mo, who had been about to attack the humanoid ghost, saw what was happening with Xiao Wu and the others, but his expression changed.
At that moment, the tiger shadow's shadow claws had already been raised, and the dark claws were about to fall towards Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu.
"Third Soul Skill, Means of Heavy Rock."
Xuan Mo instantly launched his attack, his third soul ring illuminating. The tiger shadow's shadow claws were immediately squeezed by gravity, followed by a sound.
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu retreated immediately after Xuan Mo's attack.
Meanwhile, Xuan Mo illuminated his first soul ring and smashed his fist down fiercely.
But then, Xuan Mo immediately sensed something was wrong.
His expression changed as he felt the tiger shadow's strength.
The tiger shadow's strength far exceeded that of a soul beast with 1,300 years of cultivation.
He estimated it to be at least 2,000 years old.
Seeing this, Xuan Mo immediately felt something was wrong.
Then he seized the opportunity, turned around suddenly, and looked at Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai.
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