Chapter 129: A 100,000-year fourth soul ring!

Deep in the Extreme North.

The Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger's den!

Blood fell like a light rain, but before it could touch the snow, it was frozen by the cold of the Extreme North, turning into snowflakes.

Bang!

Rip~

The slaughter continued. A giant tiger, over ten meters in length, covered in blood and possessing snow-white fur with a white pattern on its forehead, suddenly raised its claws high.

Splat~

Human remains scattered everywhere.

"Ghost... Second Master Ghost, hurry, hurry and strike! We can't hold on!"

Above the Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger's den, an old man slowly opened his eyes, but he had no intention of intervening to save them.

More than a dozen Soul Saints surrounded the heavily wounded 100,000-year soul beast. Seeing that the beast was about to collapse, no one dared to step forward again.

Because those who had watched the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger get injured and stepped forward thinking it was about to collapse had already gone to meet the King of Hell; no one dared to gamble anymore.

"Damn it, how is this 100,000-year soul beast's vitality so strong? If I could drink this blood, I could level up at least three times."

"What's strong isn't its physique, but its unyielding soul. We agreed beforehand: I don't want the soul ring or the soul bone, but I have reserved this soul!"

Seeing that the group of Soul Saints refused to step forward, the scene reached a stalemate.

Second Master Ghost was getting restless.

If this were any other place, he wouldn't have any objections, but this was deep in the Extreme North.

There was no telling how many 100,000-year soul beasts were here, and the Extreme North Three Heavenly Kings existed as well.

If they discovered he was hunting a 100,000-year soul beast, not a single person would escape.

"Eighth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul!"

As a giant black soul ring fell from the sky, massive black skulls flew down rapidly.

Awoo! Woo!

The sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling was incessant.

Bang! Roar!!!

With a series of shrill roars, the black skulls continuously entered the mind of the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger.

The Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger's eyes turned blood-red in an instant, and the white pattern on its forehead gradually turned black.

"Roar! Die, die, you damned humans, you all must die!!!"

Bang!

As a blood-red circle expanded, the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger suddenly split into three heads, and countless blood-red claw marks formed instantly.

Splat! Splat~

The sound of watermelons bursting was incessant...

Bang!

As the scene gradually calmed, the wind and snow covered everything.

Dozens of Soul Saints fell on the spot.

The 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger, exhausted, slowly collapsed to the ground. Blood flowed slowly, and in its mind, which was constantly being interfered with by the evil soul, a bloodline power it was intimately familiar with ignited.

The child wasn't dead; it just hadn't been found.

Now, sensing its aura, it dragged its heavily wounded body out to search, only to be ambushed by the hateful humans...

Sensing the bloodline power drawing closer, the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger suddenly raised its head and let out a roar!

"Roar! (Leave, it's dangerous!)"

"Hehehe!!!"

"After waiting so long, I've finally waited for you—a 100,000-year soul ring and a 100,000-year soul bone."

"With you, in this world, let's see who dares to boss me around!"

In the sky, Second Master Ghost curled his lips into a smile.

"Finally willing to come out? I've been waiting for you for a long time too."

Following a cold voice, Second Master Ghost's body trembled, and he turned his head abruptly.

Nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—flashed.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Flame Dragon Turtle True Body, Flame Dragon Roar!"

As flames engulfed Second Master Ghost, a black light flew rapidly toward the depths of the north.

"Want to run? You beasts, how could you escape my grasp!"

Xu Jianyang glanced at the dying 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger on the ground and, without a moment's hesitation, turned and chased after Second Master Ghost.

He could take the 100,000-year soul bone later, but if he didn't kill this evil soul master now, he might never get the chance.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

The heavy snow howled. Two and a half minutes after Xu Jianyang left, two hazy figures appeared in the snow.

Sensing the bloodline power drawing closer, the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger raised its head.

"Awooooo!!!"

Following a series of calls, a giant snow-white canine creature, two and a half meters tall, appeared.

The moment their eyes met, time seemed to stand still. Er Gou stopped in his tracks, looking at his mother covered in blood, and tears fell uncontrollably.

"Child, come here."

"Before I die, I want to give you one last gift."

Tap, tap, tap~~~~

Woo, woo, woo, woo~

Er Gou arrived in front of the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger, and their two foreheads—one large, one small—touched.

Hum~

Boom!

A white pillar of light shot straight into the sky.

Er Gou's size surged, breaking through three meters. His body underwent significant changes, with many black-red patterns appearing, and his black-red heterochromatic eyes became even more prominent and bright.

A pattern appeared on his forehead, just like the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger's, though his was black and red.

"Although I really don't want to disturb your mother-child reunion, but... your time is running out."

Xu Nian'an walked out slowly.

Seeing the human appear, the 100,000-year Ice Crystal Sword-Toothed Tiger flew into a rage, baring its fangs, which were several meters long, and bracing its body to protect Er Gou.

"Human, get lost! Since you know my time is running out, aren't you afraid I'll drag you down with me by detonating the soul power in my body?"

Seeming to understand Hu Ma's words, Er Gou became anxious, rubbing against his mother's hind legs. Seeing it didn't work, he hurriedly ran in front of Xu Nian'an.

"Roar, come back, it's dangerous!"

The scene Hu Ma imagined didn't happen; Er Gou didn't attack Xu Nian'an, and Xu Nian'an didn't attack Er Gou.

Er Gou lay on the ground, exposing his belly, trying to please Xu Nian'an in hopes that he would save his mother.

"You are..."

Seeing that their relationship wasn't simple, Hu Ma was surprised.

"A nanny, or more accurately, a master. I picked him up in the Extreme North over half a year ago..."

"The Titled Douluo who chased that evil soul master away earlier is my fourth uncle."

Hearing Xu Nian'an's words, Hu Ma raised its head.

"Good, good, good!!!"

Although it didn't know what an evil soul master was, it knew who was stronger. Hu Ma also recognized the person who chased after the other.

If it weren't for that person, it probably would have died at the hands of that group last time.

Now its child had been saved by him, and it had been saved by his relative before... and now, in its heavily wounded state, it couldn't survive anyway.

Might as well...

"Little one, you saved my child and allowed him to survive. Now that I am about to die, how about I give you a great gift as a token of gratitude for saving my child?"

"After this, you must return my child to the Extreme North and let him grow up on his own."

Xu Nian'an shook his head.

Although he often beat and scolded Er Gou, he had raised him, and he couldn't just abandon him in the Extreme North.

"He can choose for himself. Also, perhaps you don't have to die."

Xu Nian'an waved his hand, summoning the bewildered Xiong Ma and the Ice Crystal Turtle.

"These are my second and third soul rings. I can preserve their soul wills. As long as you are willing, you can also stay by Er Gou's... no, Hu Niu's side forever."

"Really?"

Hu Ma was overjoyed.

It knew Xu Nian'an had no reason to lie to it, because it had originally intended to sacrifice itself to Xu Nian'an anyway.

After sacrificing itself to Xu Nian'an, if Xu Nian'an didn't want to let its child go, it wouldn't be able to do anything about it anyway.

"Really."

"Since that's the case, I'm willing!"

It had no other choice; it would have had to sacrifice itself to Xu Nian'an in the end anyway.

Hearing this, Xu Nian'an nodded; this was the best outcome.

"Teacher, I'll leave the rest to you."

The moment Xu Nian'an's voice fell, a golden light shot straight into the sky, and an array formed instantly, isolating the wind and snow.

The blood-red 100,000-year soul ring appeared!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 130 =====