At the bottom of Star Radiance Valley, mist swirled.
Kong Deming walked at the forefront, each step silently rippling with spirit power, dispelling the surrounding mist.
After walking for a while, Kong Deming, who was in front, suddenly stopped.
He smiled faintly and pointed to a large rock not far away, directly illuminated by the sun: "Look there."
Kong Xuan and Kong Ling looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a fox, golden-red all over, lazily sprawled on the large rock.
Its fluffy fox tail unfurled like flames, every strand of fur gleaming with the luster of sunlight.
Its eyes were pure gold, and the core of the sun seemed to pulsate in the depths of its pupils.
"A thousand-year Sun-Shining Fox."
Kong Deming said in a low voice: "A top-grade Spirit Beast with both light and fire attributes, it's most suitable to be Ling'er's Second Ring!"
"Grandpa, I'll go!"
Kong Xuan stepped forward; he had already dealt with a two-thousand-year Silver Wolf, so a thousand-year-old Sun-Shining Fox was naturally no match for him.
Kong Deming nodded, indicating his agreement.
Kong Xuan lightly tapped his feet, and his whole body sprinted towards the Sun-Shining Fox's location.
Perceiving that the distance was sufficient, the sky-supporting spear shot out from Kong Xuan's hand, its target precisely the Sun-Shining Fox on the large rock.
As a thousand-year Spirit Beast, the Sun-Shining Fox sensed danger; its flame-like tail instantly stood erect, and its body shot up, dodging the sky-supporting spear's attack.
Its four claws gripping the large rock tightly, the Sun-Shining Fox bared its teeth in a fierce manner, its gaze scanning the surroundings, searching for traces of the enemy.
Although the sky-supporting spear did not hit the Sun-Shining Fox, with its sharpness, it was deeply embedded in the large rock.
Just as the Sun-Shining Fox discovered Kong Xuan's figure, his Second Ring instantly lit up.
With the sky-supporting spear as its center, the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear Formation created a fifty-meter area.
A gravity seemed to descend from the sky, and caught off guard, the Sun-Shining Fox was instantly pressed down onto the large rock.
"Woof woof!"
The Sun-Shining Fox let out two cries, standing up under the pressure.
Kong Xuan wouldn't give the other party time to react; at this moment, the eighteen sky-supporting spears around the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear Formation shone brightly.
Phantom spear strikes attacked the Sun-Shining Fox from all directions.
Compared to the Silver Wolf, the Sun-Shining Fox was much smaller in size, and seemed even more agile.
Although its speed was greatly reduced under the pressure of gravity, its constantly leaping form actually dodged the first few attacks.
Just as Kong Xuan thought the Sun-Shining Fox was about to be hit, a golden-red light rose, enveloping it, and at the same time blocking the phantom sky-supporting spears that were constantly stabbing at it from outside.
At this moment, the Sun-Shining Fox seemed to be trapped in a golden-red cage; with continuous attacks, the golden-red light on the cage was rapidly diminishing.
Seeing this scene, Kong Xuan knew that this should be the Blazing Sun Cage, the Second Spirit Ability his grandfather had planned for his younger sister.
To be able to withstand so many attacks within the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear Formation, its strength was somewhat beyond Kong Xuan's imagination.
However, when the last phantom sky-supporting spear pierced towards the Blazing Sun Cage, the cage finally broke, and the Sun-Shining Fox's front paw was pierced by the phantom sky-supporting spear.
"Roar!!!"
Just as Kong Xuan was about to step forward, a roar of a Spirit Beast suddenly came from not far away, and a terrifying aura emanated.
The cliff of the valley suddenly exploded, and a huge black shadow roared out!
This was a tiger-type Spirit Beast, completely black, with eerie blood-red patterns on its forehead, and suffocating shadow power entwined around its body.
Kong Xuan paused his steps, his gaze becoming a few shades more solemn.
This was—a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast!
"Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger?"
Kong Deming also frowned slightly: "A ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast! How could it appear here?!"
The Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger's scarlet pupils stared intently at Kong Xuan; this was not like looking at its prey, but rather like it was filled with hatred.
It seemed that Kong Xuan's recent attack on the Sun-Shining Fox had ruined its good intentions.
"Don't mind it, just safely hunt for the spirit ring!"
Kong Deming's voice reached Kong Xuan's ears, which put Kong Xuan at ease, and his gaze shifted from the Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger to the Sun-Shining Fox in the Heaven-Supporting Divine Spear Formation.
Lightly tapping his feet, each step covered a great distance, and in a blink of an eye, Kong Xuan rushed to the Sun-Shining Fox's side.
"Roar!!!"
The Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger let out another roar of anger; Kong Xuan's disregard for it made its heart burn with fury.
The Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger, like a black streak tearing through the night, pounced towards Kong Xuan with sharp claws carrying bone-chilling coldness, the shadow energy swirling around its body actually devoured all the surrounding light.
But at this moment, Kong Xuan's eyes only held the Sun-Shining Fox; the sky-supporting spear stuck in the ground had already returned to his hand, its tip aimed at the whimpering Sun-Shining Fox on the ground.
He also hadn't expected that at the very end, the Sun-Shining Fox's gaze towards him was not filled with hatred, but rather a pitiful look of pleading.
Kong Xuan's hand, holding the spear, couldn't help but pause, a hint of unbearable feeling rising in his heart.
Coming from another World, the education he received from a young age always made him feel compassionate, so much so that many times he felt out of place in this World.
However, after so many years of adaptation, he had integrated into the survival rules of this World, and when it was time to strike, he would not be soft-hearted.
With a forward thrust of the sky-supporting spear, Kong Xuan expressionlessly pinned the Charming Fox to the ground.
And at this moment, the Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger was already about to rush in front of Kong Xuan.
Facing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, Kong Xuan currently had no strength to deal with it!
At this critical moment, Kong Deming, not far away, didn't even move, but slowly raised his right hand, his index finger pointing to the void.
In an instant, a solid-silver stream of light burst from his fingertip, moving so fast that only a brilliant afterimage remained, and with a "puff", it pierced through the Dark Demon Devouring Shadow Tiger's head.
The fierce Spirit Beast didn't even have time to let out a roar before its massive body fell from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the black ground of the valley.
Only the stream of light at Kong Deming's fingertip had not completely dissipated, flickering with a cold residual power in the thin mist.
This was the first time Kong Deming had made a move in this spirit hunting activity.
With one move, he resolved a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
Kong Deming slowly retracted his raised right hand, his expression calm, as if he had only done something insignificant.
He turned his head to look at Kong Ling beside him: "Ling'er, hurry and absorb the spirit ring."
Just having watched the enormous ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast fail to withstand even a single move from her grandfather, Kong Ling's small face also showed a shocked expression.
"Oh!"
After a moment of stunned, she responded after hearing her grandfather's voice, and trotted to her brother's side.
Easily ending the Sun-Shining Fox's life with a spirit tool, and seeing the purple spirit ring rising from its body, Kong Ling's heart was filled with anticipation and excitement.
Soon, she would be a Second Ring Spirit Grandmaster!
And her second spirit ring was a purple thousand-year one!
Kong Ling sat cross-legged in front of the Sun-Shining Fox, preparing to begin absorbing the spirit ring.
Kong Deming waved his sleeve, and four silver-white metal pillars shot out from his Void Ring, their tips piercing into the hard rock ground like a hot knife through butter.
Intricate spirit tool patterns appeared on the surface of the pillars, and with a soft "hum", a light blue energy barrier extended from the tops of the four pillars, intertwining into a translucent dome above Kong Xuan and Kong Ling's heads.
This was a Level 9 defensive spirit tool specially prepared by Kong Deming, solely to ensure that Kong Ling's process of absorbing the spirit ring would not be disturbed by the outside World.