Chapter 63: The Ninety-Thousand-Year Thorn Demon
The five went all out, and in an instant, a destructive torrent of energy completely submerged the Ghost Tiger!
"Roar—!!!"
The Ghost Tiger let out a painful, world-shaking roar. The dozen or so phantom souls around it emitted silent, shrill shrieks, frantically pouncing toward the incoming attacks in an attempt to shield their master.
Golden ropes bound its body, the Golden Crow Blazing Sun crashed down, the Phoenix's Wrathful Flame swept in, and high-pressure water lines silently pierced through...
The firelight of the explosions, the rising steam, the shattering golden light, and the rampaging electric snakes intertwined into one.
The earth cracked, vegetation turned to ash, and the terrifying shockwave of Soul Power snapped the surrounding trees once more!
When the light slightly faded and the dust partially settled, the once-mighty Ghost Tiger was seen covered in wounds.
Its magnificent fur was charred and broken in many places. There was a penetrating bloody hole in its abdomen, with dark red blood trickling out. Its movements were made incredibly difficult by the Binding of the Shaking Gold Rope, and its aura had withered by more than half, clearly having suffered a heavy blow.
However, the ferocity of a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast was completely triggered at this moment!
A glint of decisive madness flashed in its giant amber pupils. It suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a long howl. The dozen or so remaining phantom souls around it suddenly lit up with a blinding, ghastly white light, becoming extremely unstable and emitting a heart-palpitating aura of self-destruction!
"It's going to detonate its souls! Retreat!" Han Ruoruo warned sharply.
But the speed of the soul detonation was too fast, and the range was too wide!
At this critical moment.
"First Soul Skill: Shadow Stealth."
Lin Xuan's calm voice rang out.
Subsequently, the shadows beneath everyone's feet became like a boiling lake, instantly pulling them in and swallowing them within the shadows!
"Boom boom boom—!!!"
The dozen or so phantom souls detonated one after another. The ghastly white destructive energy bloomed like flowers of death, blasting huge deep craters into the ground where everyone had previously stood, as the violent Soul Power turbulence swept in all directions.
Within the range, rocks, soil, and broken wood were all reduced to powder!
A few seconds later, the aftermath of the explosion gradually subsided.
In the distance, the shadows on the ground surged like flowing water. Lin Xuan stepped out first, followed by Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, Chu Qingtian, and Ma Xiaotao, whose face was still a bit dazed, also appeared one after another.
Aside from some consumption of Soul Power, everyone was actually completely unharmed!
"That was close..." Chu Qingtian wiped away a cold sweat in fear.
At this moment, after detonating all its souls, the Ghost Tiger's aura had plummeted to rock bottom. Its eyes were vacant, its massive body was swaying, and even maintaining its footing seemed a struggle.
Its final frantic counterattack had not only failed to harm the enemies but had instead exhausted its last bit of strength and trump cards.
"Finish it!"
Han Ruoruo gave a cold shout. The golden light of the Shaking Gold Rope intensified, firmly imprisoning the Ghost Tiger's head and limbs, completely suppressing its final struggle.
Wu Ming did not hesitate. Gathering her remaining Soul Power, she sent another slightly smaller Golden Crow Fierce Sun crashing onto the Ghost Tiger's back, blasting open a charred patch.
Ma Xiaotao flapped her phoenix wings, and several Phoenix Fire Wires were accurately shot toward its eyes, mouth, and nose.
Finally, Lin Xuan's figure appeared in front of the Ghost Tiger like Gui Mei. At this moment, the giant beast was completely controlled, its huge mouth open from roaring.
He pressed his palms together again, his gaze locked onto the unprotected throat.
"Hundred Convergence: Blood Pierce."
"Pfft—!"
A water line, far more condensed and swift than before, accurately shot into the Ghost Tiger's wide-open mouth.
It pierced through the soft upper palate without any resistance, tore through the brain tissue, and then emerged from the back of its skull, carrying a spray of red and white mixture!
The Ghost Tiger's fierce and cruel giant pupils suddenly widened to the extreme, and then the light quickly dimmed and dissipated.
"Rumble..."
The massive tiger body lost all support and crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
A moment later, a deep ten-thousand-year Soul Ring slowly emerged from its corpse.
"So this is the infamous Ghost Tiger? Feels like its strength is just so-so," Chu Qingtian said dismissively, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Indeed," Wu Ming agreed.
"Perhaps it's because its combat power relies on the souls it enslaves. With so few souls this time, its strength should be much lower."
"No, the Ghost Tiger's ability to enslave souls is terrifying, but its own strength is also very formidable. Although it still couldn't beat us, it shouldn't have been resolved so quickly."
Han Ruoruo frowned slightly, but she carefully investigated the surroundings and did not sense anything unusual.
Ma Xiaotao looked at the corpse, where large chunks of flesh had been burned to charcoal, and her expression softened slightly as she guessed.
"Then it's possible it was already heavily injured by another ten-thousand-year Soul Beast in the Core Zone. After all, the Ghost Tiger, like the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, is quite disliked."
"That's possible." Han Ruoruo nodded, then immediately arranged,
"Minger, Xiaotao, the two of you consumed quite a bit of Soul Power just now. Quickly rest and adjust your state. Chu Qingtian and I will protect Lin Xuan. The commotion here was too big; it's better to leave as soon as possible."
"Put the matter of absorbing the Soul Ring aside for now. Come and look at this first." Lin Xuan squatted next to the Ghost Tiger's corpse, his tone solemn.
"Look at what?" Wu Ming asked in confusion. But when the several of them came to Lin Xuan's side and looked in the direction he was pointing, they all gasped in unison.
"Hiss—"
"What on earth is this?!"
At the abdomen of the Ghost Tiger's corpse, a bright red flower, as if carved from ruby, was actually growing there, extraordinarily beautiful.
What truly made the three of them's hair stand on end was that the flower's stem was actually deeply rooted in the flesh, as if it were using the Ghost Tiger's flesh as nutrients!
"It seems Xiaotao was right. This Ghost Tiger was indeed heavily injured once by another Soul Beast in the Core Zone. No wonder, despite its extremely cruel nature, it chose to bypass us and leave instead of attacking when it saw us," Wu Ming said.
"Now there's a new problem,"
Lin Xuan stood up and looked around. In his perception, the remaining Tu Tu were all intact, especially in the direction the Ghost Tiger had come from, but he still had an uneasy feeling.
"Since this Ghost Tiger fled here for its life, is the Soul Beast chasing it also following behind?"
Hearing this, Chu Qingtian couldn't help but shiver. How strong would a Soul Beast have to be to make this Ghost Tiger flee for its life so frantically?
It was truly terrifying to think about.
Should he send out another batch of Tu Tu to keep looking further out?
Lin Xuan couldn't help but think to himself, but at that moment, the uneasy premonition in his heart suddenly became extremely intense.
Almost as a subconscious reaction, his second spirit ring flashed, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
At the same time, a Tu Tu appeared there, but in the next moment, this Tu Tu was pierced by an emerald-green thorn that shot out from underground!
"Watch your feet!" Han Ruoruo shouted sharply, immediately taking action, using the Shaking Gold Rope to pull Ma Xiaotao, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian—who hadn't reacted yet—backwards at high speed!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Following that, a series of air-piercing sounds rang out. On this patch of land dozens of meters in diameter, countless thorns shot out from the ground like spears. Just the length above the surface was nearly a hundred meters long!
"This is bad..." Han Ruoruo's face darkened. This kind of power didn't seem like something an ordinary sixty or seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast could cause.
Hundreds of thorns shot out and quickly changed direction, swarming toward Lin Xuan's group of five with such speed that they created bursts of sonic booms!
"Minger! Xiaotao!" Han Ruoruo shouted.
Wu Ming and Ma Xiaotao understood. For this kind of plant-type Soul Beast, it was most appropriate for the two of them to take action.
Making a prompt decision, the Phoenix Flame and Golden Crow True Fire suddenly exploded, establishing a wall of fire on the left and right. But strangely, these thorns actually pierced through the fire wall by force, attacking again from all directions.
Although nearly half of the thorns were burned to charcoal, these thorns seemed endless, coming wave after wave. In just a few seconds, as far as the eye could see, even the sky was obscured by the dense thorns.
"Damn it! How are these thorns so hard?! What the hell is this Soul Beast?!" Wu Ming cursed as her arms trembled slightly after blocking several incoming thorns.
"Senior Ruoruo, have you recognized what Soul Beast this is?" Lin Xuan asked while blocking attacks.
Han Ruoruo's expression was solemn. After a moment, she spoke, "If I'm not mistaken, what's attacking us should be a Thorn Demon with an age approaching ninety thousand years."
"Ninety thousand years?! A Thorn Demon?!"
"Yes, the academy's library records that the Thorn Demon is a top-tier plant-system, blood-attribute Soul Beast. It can plant seeds and absorb the blood of the parasitized creature as nutrients for itself."
Han Ruoruo said, "However, this kind of Soul Beast is very smart. It never promotes itself by slaughtering low-level Soul Beasts on a large scale. Instead, it hunts Soul Beasts of the same level. Thus, even though its cultivation method is evil, it hasn't faced a collective attack from all Soul Beasts."
"Then Sister Ruoruo, do you know the weakness of this Soul Beast?" Ma Xiaotao asked anxiously.
She was already struggling to hold on. If they didn't make a change soon, everyone's fate would likely be to be sucked dry.
"There is one, but with our strength, I'm afraid this weakness won't be of much use."
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