"Bang!"
Under the attack of numerous tree vines, a giant spider-like spirit beast fell, and Qingmu and Venusaur defeated another opponent.
However, Qingmu frowned as he looked at the Venusaur beside him, which was panting heavily.
After these days of practice, Qingmu discovered that the power of the Crazy Plants technique was far greater than he had imagined.
Even without using the growing Venusaur, the Mad Plant can easily defeat a 30,000-year-old soul beast, and its power far surpasses Venusaur's other special moves.
However, every gain has its loss; the side effects of great power are also enormous.
That is because this move requires too much soul power, almost draining Qing Mu's soul power. Moreover, controlling dozens or even hundreds of vines at the same time also puts a considerable burden on his mind.
Every time Qing Mu uses the Crazy Plant, it is a huge test of his soul power and spirit.
It's fair to say that if it weren't for the ability to root and restore their soul power, they would have essentially lost their combat capabilities after Venusaur used Crazy Plant.
Thinking about this, Qingmu couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder Crazy Plants has a one-turn pause in the game; the cost is indeed too high."
Qingmu had a feeling that Crazy Plants wasn't a move they should be using at their current level. It was just that Venusaur had become too proficient in Vine Moves under Qingmu's training and had learned it ahead of time thanks to that battle.
After all, Solar Beam is much easier for Venusaur to learn than Crazy Plant; some individuals can even use Solar Beam at the Ivysaur stage.
"I wonder when Venusaur will learn Solar Beam," Qingmu thought to himself, looking at the Venusaur beside him.
Compared to Crazy Plants, Sunfire is the main attack move in his planned combat system.
With the blessing of a sunny day, the Sunshine Blaze can be cast instantly, and its consumption is much lower than that of Crazy Plant, so it won't exhaust its soul power like it does now, with one big move.
After a brief respite, Qingmu and Venusaur resumed their training journey, constantly challenging different types of spirit beasts to hone their combat skills.
Thus, all the high-level soul beasts in the entire Azure Spirit Forest faced a powerful enemy.
This enemy is not only powerful, but also has a variety of fighting styles, making him difficult to subdue no matter what kind of opponent he faces.
After the news of the man and the frog spread, many spirit beasts in the Azure Spirit Forest realized they were no match for Qing Mu and Venusaur, so they moved away from their original territories and from the core area to the mixed area.
In an instant, the teams that came to hunt souls suffered. The appearance of a large number of powerful soul beasts greatly increased the danger of their soul hunts, and many teams began to retreat to the outer areas.
Those powerful teams, while choosing to remain in the mixed zone to hunt souls, have seen a significant increase in the difficulty of their soul hunts.
"Damn it, why are we encountering so many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts lately? What exactly happened in the core area?"
Somewhere in the Azure Forest, a beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties was cursing and swearing. Behind her were two middle-aged men and four or five students in green uniforms.
This group was the team from the Plant Academy who came to hunt souls, and the beautiful woman who had just been cursing was Mu Xue, the vice dean of the Plant Academy, a level 72 control-type Soul Saint.
Hearing Mu Xue's complaints, the Soul Emperor teacher beside her helplessly advised, "Dean Mu, calm down. We're just here to hunt for Soul Rings. Let's not cause any unnecessary trouble."
"Yeah yeah!"
Another teacher echoed this sentiment.
After being annoyed for a while, Mu Xue sighed, rubbed her forehead, and said, "The situation in the Azure Spirit Forest is clearly not right. How about this, you all take the students who have already obtained their spirit rings back first. I will help Yun Teng obtain her spirit ring by myself."
Upon hearing this, the two teachers exchanged a glance, then both nodded slightly, agreeing with Mu Xue's suggestion.
The Azure Spirit Forest is getting increasingly strange. If the students stay here, something might happen to them at any time. It would be better to go back as soon as possible.
As for Mu Xue, she is powerful, but there shouldn't be any unexpected problems in helping her daughter obtain a fourth spirit ring.
Immediately afterwards, the two teachers from the Botany Academy left with a group of students, leaving only Mu Xue and a young girl in green.
After everyone left, Mu Xue looked at the girl beside her and said, "Come on, Yun Teng, I'll help you get a soul ring."
"Um."
Mu Yunteng responded.
Without the burden of others, Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng moved much faster. Just a few days later, they found a gathering place of green vines, selected a green vine that was nearly four thousand years old, and killed and refined it.
After achieving her goal, Mu Xue originally planned to leave with Mu Yun Teng, but she was extremely unlucky and encountered several powerful ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, causing her to deviate from her course several times.
In the end, even Mu Xue, a Soul Master who frequently visited the Azure Spirit Forest, didn't know where she was.
Beside a small river, Mu Yunteng looked at her mother, Mu Xue, with a resentful expression and said, "Mom, are you sure you know the way?"
"Of course I recognize it! Your mother's been to the Azure Spirit Forest dozens of times, how could I possibly get lost!"
Although Mu Xue was still being stubborn, her tone clearly carried a hint of insecurity.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yunteng's eyes grew even more resentful, and she said slowly and deliberately:
"You said that five days ago."
Seeing that Mu Yunteng was quite resentful, Mu Xue immediately laughed it off.
"Really? Maybe I remembered wrong. But Yun Teng, you don't need to worry. With your mother's strength, she's more than capable of protecting you."
"But you can't even defeat a 15,000-year-old Demon Thorn Vine. There are plenty of soul beasts in this Azure Spirit Forest that are 30,000 or 40,000 years old."
Mu Yunteng pouted.
Upon hearing this, Mu Xue's face immediately flushed red, and she retorted, "Nonsense! Was it because I couldn't beat it? I was just conserving my strength. If I used my Martial Soul True Body, that Demonic Thorn Vine would definitely not be a match for me!"
Mu Yunteng, however, was unwilling to argue. As a Soul Saint of level seventy-two, it seemed that it was not something to boast about that he needed to activate his Martial Soul True Body to fight a 10,000-year-old and 5,000-year-old Demon Thorn Vine.
"Boom!"
Just then, a violent tremor came from afar, immediately alerting the two men.
"Could this commotion be...?"
As a Soul Master, Mu Xue immediately realized something, quickly picked up Mu Yun Teng, and in a few flashes arrived at the top of the towering tree, looking towards the source of the commotion.
However, when Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng saw the source of the commotion, their eyes widened in disbelief.