On a sparsely wooded meadow, Qingmu and Ivysaur are having lunch.
Although Qing Mu had been in the Qingling Forest for a long time, his lunch with the frog was quite substantial because he had stored a lot of things in his storage soul tool.
Half an hour later, Qingmu and Venusaur had rested enough. Just as Qingmu got up to spar with another spirit beast, a commotion alerted them.
In an instant, Qingmu's eyes emitted a faint green light, and when she saw who it was, she couldn't help but smile.
"It's actually a 30,000-year-old Crimson Blood War Boar King. Looks like I'll have an opponent this afternoon."
Indeed, the commotion that alerted Qingmu and Venusaur was from a 30,000-year-old soul beast, and its target was Qingmu and Venusaur.
Neither Qingmu nor Ivysaur were surprised by this, because the spirit beasts in the core area of the Azure Spirit Forest knew of their existence due to their actions. Some chose to flee to the mixed zone, while others chose to take the initiative.
However, Qing Mu's smile only lasted for a moment before freezing, because he realized that there seemed to be more than one commotion heading their way.
A moment later, four spirit beasts of different shapes appeared in the east, west, south, and north directions of Qing Mu and Ivysaur, surrounding them.
These four demonic beasts are all powerful soul beasts with a lifespan of 30,000 years. They are the Crimson Blood Battle Pig King, the Gale Demon Wolf King, the Green Wood Vine Python King, and the Mighty Earth Bear King.
"This is troublesome."
Qing Mu's expression turned serious as he looked at the four suddenly appearing soul beasts.
If it were just any one of these four spirit beasts, Qing Mu wouldn't be afraid at all, given Venusaur's current strength.
But now that all four have appeared at the same time, and it's clear they've all come specifically for them, the situation is different.
This means that he and Venusaur will be facing an attack from these four spirit beasts at the same time, and the pressure they will face is on a completely different level.
This can be seen from the performance of human soul masters after they form a team.
Generally speaking, Soul Masters cannot challenge opponents of higher levels, but the situation is completely different if they team up.
For example, a mature Soul Master team, even if these Soul Masters are all in the early stages, can easily defeat a Soul King who is isolated and helpless.
The level gap between characters in Douluo Continent is not as large as in other fantasy novels.
While the bottlenecks for Soul Saints and Title Douluos are greater, they are not as wide as the dozens or hundreds of times difference between realms in other novels.
Even for a titled Douluo, the increase in power after level 95 is only double.
"roar!!"
After a brief standoff, the Crimson Blood Battle Pig King, the most hot-tempered of the four 30,000-year-old soul beasts, couldn't hold back any longer and charged towards Venusaur.
A behemoth five or six meters tall, its running naturally makes quite a commotion.
As soon as the Crimson Blood War Pig King took a step, the earth shook violently, and the few large trees in its path were smashed to pieces.
Seeing the Crimson Blood War Boar King take action, the other three 30,000-year-old soul beasts seized the opportunity and launched an attack on Qing Mu and Venusaur.
Ursaring then slammed the earth to the ground, instantly transforming the soil into a massive boulder several tens of feet long, which hurtled towards Venusaur.
The Gale Wolf King spat out several enormous wind blades, each ten feet long.
With a sudden leap, Aokiji arrived in front of Venusaur before Venusaur could react, seemingly intending to wrap its massive body around Venusaur.
Faced with attacks from all directions, Qingmu immediately activated telepathy, instantly transmitting her commands.
"Venusaur, use Crazy Plant to entangle AoE, use Poison Jet to lash out at Smothered Boar, use Razor Leaf to neutralize Wind Blade, and use Petal Barrier to protect and block that boulder."
After saying that, Qing Mu's right foot emitted an earthy yellow light. With a slight exertion, a special wave exploded under the feet of the Crimson Blood War Pig King, which had attacked first, lifting it off the ground.
"Da na!!"
After receiving Qingmu's order, Venusaur immediately began to act.
He swiftly extended several vine whips, which rapidly merged in mid-air into a giant vine radiating green light, entangling the nearest Green Vine Python King and preventing it from advancing an inch.
Then, several purple vines extended from beneath the flower buds, striking the Crimson Blood War Pig King heavily in the air. Combined with the earth power used by Qing Mu, they knocked the opponent back dozens of meters.
At the same time, more than a dozen huge flying leaves shot out from his back, neutralizing the Gale Wolf King's wind blades.
Faced with the massive boulder that was within arm's reach of the Earth Bear King, a large number of pink petals flew out from the bud of Venusaur, forming a barrier around itself and grinding the boulder, which was dozens of feet long, into powder.
While Venusaur was dealing with a barrage of attacks, Qingmu was not idle either.
The first and third lights on his body lit up instantly, and a white ball of light flew into the sky and exploded, instantly clearing up the surrounding weather.
A faint blue aura emanated from his body, and within a second, the grass within a hundred meters radius began to grow wildly.
After doing all this, Qingmu immediately reminded Venusaur, "Venusaur, use Growth!"
"Da na~"
Venusaur was quite cooperative, or rather, under Qingmu's training, his thinking was almost identical to Qingmu's.
The moment the mission was completed, it began to grow. Under the sunshine, Venusaur's body began to grow at an extremely fast speed, and its aura also rose steadily.
"Hiss~"
Seeing that it was bound and unable to break free, the Azure Vine Python King suddenly spat out a cloud of blue poisonous mist from its large mouth, intending to use it to attack Qingmu and Venusaur.
However, its plan was doomed to fail, because both Qingmu and Venusaur were immune to all poisons and had extremely strong resistance to toxins, making it impossible for them to be poisoned.
"Da na~"
However, out of caution, Venusaur quickly extended its vine whip and forcefully flung Scyther away.
"Bang!"
Just then, the Crimson Blood War Boar King regained its footing and charged forward, and the Green Wood Vine Python King slammed heavily into the charging Crimson Blood War Boar King.
The two collided and were thrown back more than a hundred meters, the soil was overturned, and their bodies plowed a deep groove in the ground.
Upon seeing this, the remaining Gale Wolf King and Mighty Earth Bear King immediately showed deep vigilance in their eyes and dared not step forward.
Seeing the increasingly powerful aura emanating from Venusaur, the powerful beings in the Azure Forest knew they couldn't let Venusaur continue to strengthen itself so casually.
Otherwise, even if the four beasts join forces, it will eventually become very troublesome, and one or two of them may perish.
Then, both of them began to emit light, and their auras began to rise.