Chapter 16

As Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao took turns speaking and listening, time passed unnoticed, nearly an hour had already gone by.

The main road had disappeared, and the surroundings were now filled with dense forests. The air had become even fresher, but there was a faint, heavy atmosphere emanating from deep within the forest.

"The general cultivation method is like this. You will have to try it out yourself and gradually figure out the specifics. If you have any questions, come and ask me," Bei Bei said to Huo Yuhao.

"Thank you, Senior Brother," Huo Yuhao's admiration for Bei Bei continued to grow as he listened, making him even more respectful.

At this moment, Xiao Ya, who was walking ahead, suddenly let out a cold snort. Her footsteps became ethereal, and her body instantly darted to the left, pouncing on a large tree. Huo Yuhao only vaguely saw a few flashes of cold light, and a wind baboon that had almost killed him earlier fell from the treetops.

Xiao Ya said irritably, "These wind baboons are the most annoying. They not only attack but also ambush."

Huo Yuhao, who had not used his Spirit Eyes, couldn't see how Xiao Ya had acted, "Teacher Xiao Ya, did you use a soul skill just now?"

Xiao Ya said with a hint of pride, "It wasn't a soul skill. It was the combination of our Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Step and hidden weapons. Impressive, right? Practice hard, and you'll be able to do it too."

"Xiao Ya, be careful," Bei Bei's expression suddenly changed, and he raised his right hand, making a grabbing motion towards Tang Ya. They clearly worked together often. Tang Ya lightly tapped the ground with her toes, and her body floated up as if weightless, being pulled by the suction force from Bei Bei's hand.

A pitch-black shadow landed instantly with a soft "pu" sound. Immediately, a dense, sweet fragrance rushed towards them.

Huo Yuhao felt a dizziness in his head, but a cold current instantly surged from within his body, sealing his mouth and nose. A puff of ice mist slightly exhaled from his mouth and nose, dispersing the sweet fragrance he had inhaled into the air.

Ice attribute, my second soul power? Huo Yuhao immediately thought of the source of the cold current. However, the control of this cold current was clearly not his own.

Just as he was pleasantly surprised by the effect of his second soul power, Tang Ya was also pulled close by the suction force from Bei Bei's hand. She pressed her right hand on Bei Bei's shoulder, curled her body, and did a backflip to land behind Bei Bei.

Two halos rose simultaneously from Tang Ya's feet, the bright yellow ones pulsating up and down. Both of her soul rings were at the century level.

Blue vines also rapidly extended from Tang Ya's body at this moment, one of which wrapped around Huo Yuhao's waist, while more vines spread out quickly in all directions.

Compared to Tang Ya, Bei Bei, who stood in front, was even more astonishing to Huo Yuhao.

In his mind, this Senior Brother had always been gentle and refined, always wearing a gentle smile when with Tang Ya, making it easy for people to feel close to him. But now, he had completely transformed.

As Xiao Ya leaped over his head, a dazzling blue light shone from Bei Bei's forehead, then instantly spread, descending from his forehead to his entire body. Blue and purple lightning bolts, like small snakes, burst out and circled around his body. On the surface, Bei Bei's transformation wasn't significant, except for the addition of a blue lightning mark on his forehead and a change in his body due to his soul power.

However, this single change gave Huo Yuhao a new understanding of soul masters.

The change occurred in his right arm. The right sleeve had burst into ashes due to the arm's expansion, which had grown by more than half a foot. The entire arm was extremely thick, covered with blue and purple scales. His hand had turned into a claw, also covered with the same scales, and each joint had become extremely large. The blue and purple snake lightning that circled around his body continuously condensed or darted on his arm. The two yellow and one purple soul rings did not spiral around his body like those of a normal soul master but spiraled around this special, mutated arm.

Three rings, a Soul Respected, a Senior Brother who was only four or five years older than himself was already a soul master of over thirty levels. Moreover, his soul rings were the highest configuration of two century rings and one millennium ring.

In soul rings, white represents ten years, yellow represents a century, purple represents a millennium, and black represents ten thousand years. If the powerful ten-thousand-year soul beast that once persecuted the Heavenly Dream Ice Silk Worm were to become a soul ring, it would be red.

Huo Yuhao had already asked earlier, and both Bei Bei and Tang Ya were fifteen years old, with Bei Bei being slightly older by a few months. To reach the level of a Soul Respected at such a young age and possess three soul rings of this level, describing Bei Bei as a prodigy was most fitting. In terms of cultivation, he was clearly far superior to Tang Ya, who was a teacher but only a soul master of over twenty levels.

"Kwa kwa—" With a strange cry, the shadow on the ground instantly sprang up, rushing straight towards Bei Bei.

Bei Bei let out a cold snort, a layer of purple light shining in his eyes. His thick right arm swung horizontally, instantly creating a dense web of electricity in the air, blocking the shadow's path.

"Crack—" Amidst the thunderous roar, the shadow was repelled, and Bei Bei staggered back three or four steps, his expression changing slightly. Clearly, the strength of the opponent had exceeded his expectations.

"It's a Mandala Snake. Wow, a millennium level, that's great. Bei Bei, I want this one," Tang Ya, instead of being alarmed, was delighted and called out joyfully.

Huo Yuhao also clearly saw the shadow that had attacked them. It was a three-meter-long, peach-colored snake with a small, flower-like protrusion on its forehead.

Bei Bei, clearly not as excited as Tang Ya, had a serious expression. Although he was already a Soul Respected, facing a millennium soul beast was still a challenge, even with his powerful soul power. For an ordinary Soul Respected, seeing a millennium soul beast would likely result in them turning and running.

"Xiao Ya, protect Yuhao," Bei Bei said in a low voice. The first soul ring on his right arm flashed, and under the intense soul power, a blue and purple lightning dragon claw, about a foot in diameter, shot out, aiming at the Mandala Snake.

The Lightning Dragon Claw, Bei Bei's first soul skill.

The Mandala Snake was very cunning. It had been coiled on the ground, but as soon as Bei Bei launched his attack, it suddenly sprang up, leaping into the air. Its long tail whipped through the air, instantly turning into a pinkish light, rushing towards Bei Bei.

Bei Bei did not retreat but advanced, his body instantly crouching and his feet moving in the Ghost Shadow Step. The lightning dragon claw he had launched earlier suddenly changed direction in mid-air, chasing after the Mandala Snake from behind. At the same time, the second soul ring on his right arm also lit up, and countless snake lightning bolts expanded, turning into lightning arrows that flashed in the air, forming a dense web of lightning that enveloped the Mandala Snake.

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