On a low, forested slope, Lin Xuan walked across the grass, with a green-leafed sword grass and Xu Xiaoyan hanging from it behind him.
"Something's not right! Given Xu Xiaoyan's aura, there shouldn't have been any soul beasts for so long."
Lin Xuan frowned, pondering.
This kite-flying… no, since he launched Xu Xiaoyan, soul beasts had been arriving one after another in just a few hours.
In this short time, he'd gained almost two hundred years' worth of spiritual power; he was only a few decades away from ascending to the next level.
But at this crucial moment, the nearby soul beasts seemed to have vanished, not a single trace was seen.
"Xu Xiaoyan! Have you seen any soul beasts up there?"
Lin Xuan called out, but Xu Xiaoyan didn't respond. He looked up and couldn't help but frown.
Xu Xiaoyan was lying supine in mid-air, her arms hanging down, her eyes closed—she had actually fallen asleep.
Lin Xuan: …
You're really oblivious!
"Xu Xiaoyan! Wake up."
Lin Xuan called out again, annoyed, then manipulated a green-leafed sword grass to rise and poked her bottom.
"Ouch!"
Xu Xiaoyan immediately opened her eyes, cried out in pain, and rubbed her bottom.
"Is it nice sleeping up there?"
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes at Xu Xiaoyan.
"Hehe! It's alright, it's just that your martial spirit is pressing against my waist, it's a bit uncomfortable."
"By the way, what did you just ask?"
Xu Xiaoyan chuckled, then asked Lin Xuan again.
"I mean, did you see anything new up there?"
Lin Xuan said wearily, thinking, "You're really giving me your opinion."
"Oh, oh! Let me see!"
Xu Xiaoyan nodded her little head, looked up into the distance, and after looking around, she said to Lin Xuan below.
"There's one on the hillside ahead, it looks like it's a thousand years old, but there are people over there."
Over the past few hours, Xu Xiaoyan had figured it out; Lin Xuan was completely using her as a soul beast trap. But she didn't care; she just wanted to get through the rest of the time.
"A thousand years! Let's go, let's go."
Lin Xuan's expression brightened upon hearing this; this one was enough to make up for the remaining years.
He first put Xu Xiaoyan down, and then, amidst her exclamation, he carried her and quickly sped forward.
A thousand-year-old soul beast was not something he could easily manipulate like a hundred-year-old soul beast. Better safe than sorry, and it would also prevent alerting the enemy.
"Xie Xie! Go around to his back and distract him!"
Tang Wulin shouted loudly, then turned to look at Gu Yue behind him, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes.
Gu Yue was about four or five meters away from him at this moment, almost out of the line of fire. Normally, Gu Yue would not be this far away from him.
"Gu Yue, give me wind element acceleration."
Tang Wulin quickly adjusted his mindset and said to Gu Yue. The most urgent task was to capture this thousand-year-old Flame Demon Lion, then his soul spirit ascension would be a certainty.
Gu Yue did not answer Tang Wulin, but with a wave of her hands, a gentle breeze arose, and specks of green wind element swirled around Tang Wulin's feet.
"Thank you!"
Tang Wulin said, then stomped his foot and charged towards the distant Flame Lion.
"Roar!"
The Flame Lion slammed a claw into a nearby tree, sending the trunk flying and countless leaves swirling in the air.
This flea-like human was so annoying.
"Light Dragon Blade!"
Xie Xie coldly uttered, his figure reappearing to the Flame Lion's left, his Light Dragon Dagger slashing diagonally.
The sharp blade cut a long, bloody gash in the Flame Lion's hide, but that was all; the remaining powerful muscles held the Light Dragon Dagger firmly in place.
"Roar!"
The Flame Lion roared in pain and raised its paw to strike Xie Xie.
Suddenly, an ice shield appeared in front of Xie Xie, and the paw struck it, shattering the shield. Xie Xie used this opening to retreat calmly.
The Flame Lion's beastly eyes glared at Gu Yue in the distance, burning with rage. This woman was the most annoying. It opened its mouth and let out a long howl, a piercing sound wave reverberating outwards.
The three on the field paused, and taking advantage of this moment, the Flame Lion spat out several balls of flame towards Gu Yue.
"Not good! Be careful!"
Tang Wulin, who had just rushed over, shouted, turning back to look at Gu Yue. Gu Yue was too far away to react in time.
Gu Yue had also recovered from the shock, her feet surrounded by wind element as she tried to escape, but the balls of flame relentlessly pursued her.
She could only retreat while releasing ice to try and block them, but one ball of flame still managed to pass through her defenses and crash down on her head.
Gu Yue lowered her spell, her face calm in the firelight. She couldn't stop him at this distance.
"Why give up? When you attacked me, you were like a cannon."
A soft laugh rang out, followed by a hand suddenly appearing, encircling Gu Yue's waist and gently pulling her backward, dodging the ball of flame.
Smelling the familiar scent, Gu Yue instinctively leaned into Lin Xuan's arms, resting her head on his shoulder, but immediately reacted, jerking away.
Lin Xuan glanced at Gu Yue with a smile; that was a move Na'er loved to do.
Damn muscle memory!
A blush crept onto Gu Yue's face, feeling embarrassed and annoyed. Just as she was about to say something, a small figure ran towards them.
"Wow! What a big cat! Lin Xuan, can we really beat it?"
Xu Xiaoyan walked over, tugged at Lin Xuan's hand, and exclaimed, pointing at the distant Flame Lion.
"Hmph!"
Gu Yue's face turned cold. She stomped her foot on Lin Xuan and walked towards the battlefield without looking back.
"Hiss~"
Lin Xuan gasped. How could this guy repay kindness with enmity?
"It should be fine. However, this soul beast belongs to them."
Lin Xuan shrugged but didn't make a move. The three of them found it first, so Lin Xuan couldn't very well take it.
"Oh!"
Xu Xiaoyan winked at the three people in the distance. These people seemed quite strong too.
Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Xuan appear.
"Golden Dragon Claw!"
Tang Wulin turned around and saw the Flame Demon Lion's giant claw coming at him. His face showed no fear, and he met the attack head-on with his right Golden Dragon Claw.
"Bang!"
The Flame Demon Lion's massive body flew out and crashed into a large tree behind it.
The situation seemed to be coming to an end.
At this moment, in the monitoring room outside the Spirit Pagoda, Wu Changkong looked at everyone's performance without any joy, but instead coldly snorted.
"Not a shred of vigilance."
"Teacher Wu, these kids are already quite good. Even experienced old Soul Masters would probably find it hard to imagine that these Flame Lions would set a trap here." The
Spirit Pagoda staff member next to them said with a smile. In his opinion, Teacher Wu was still too strict.
At this moment, the monitoring screen showed that in the forest surrounding Lin Xuan and the others, Flame Lions were gathering towards the center, one of which, a golden lion, was larger than the surrounding Flame Lions.
This was the Flame Lion King!
This area was the habitat of the Flame Lion clan.
This was also why Lin Xuan hadn't found any other Soul Beasts around. Other Soul Beasts dared not come, and the Flame Lions had all hidden themselves, so naturally, there was no beast in sight.
If Xu Xiaoyan hadn't been put down by him, he might have noticed something amiss. This time, Lin Xuan was being overly cautious.
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