Chapter 94: Three-Eyed Golden Ni: I Understand!

Awoo-ooo~~~

Ying-ying-ying!!!

The area beside the river had long been frozen by the Extreme Ice on Xu Nian'an's body; as luck would have it, Xiong Er had not followed Xu Nian'an out earlier.

Because it feared the blood wolves, it had been hiding in the river all along.

But upon seeing Xu Nian'an, it felt emboldened and, without a word, wanted to go back up; just halfway up, its hind legs were unfortunately frozen onto the river surface.

Xiong Er panicked instantly, because it sensed that not far away, pairs of blood-red eyes were staring fixedly at it.

This gaze—wasn't it exactly the same look it used when eyeing its own prey???

Oh no, oh no, I'm done for, quick, play some DJ... no, wait, quick, call for help.

Ying-ying-ying!!

Following a series of baby bear cries, it quickly attracted Zhang Lexuan's attention.

Unfortunately, another wolf emerged from the pack.

It was nearly two meters long, thin and gaunt, its limbs like bamboo poles with no fat on them; it held the clothes Zhang Lexuan had discarded in its mouth, its eyes lecherous, a smile on its muzzle.

It was clearly very happy to have picked up such a bargain.

"Hehehehehe~~"

It made strange sounds in its throat; based on the creature's build, fur color, and other behaviors, Xu Nian'an instantly determined its gender, status within the pack, and the age of its Soul Ring.

The one preparing to attack Xiong Er was a male wolf on the verge of breaking through to ten thousand years; in reality, the wolf pack was a matriarchal society, meaning the wolf king was female, and this skinny dog before them was at most a consort to the female wolf king.

Awo~

With a long howl, the male wolf lunged at Xiong Er instantly; not far away, Zhang Lexuan frowned at the sight, raised her right fist, and silver-white light began to gather, revealing the shape of a bone.

Although Zhang Lexuan's body was not in good shape right now, she still had a soul bone; summoning her martial soul was a stretch, but she could directly activate a Soul Bone Skill.

"Senior Sister, watch out!"

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan seemed about to activate a soul bone to defend against the male wolf's attack, the wolf king in the pack moved.

If the male wolf had its eyes on Xiong Er, then the wolf king had its eyes on Zhang Lexuan, who was protecting Xiong Er.

Having broken through ten thousand years, the blood wolf was extremely fast, appearing before Zhang Lexuan in the blink of an eye, its right front claw raised high as red light instantly condensed.

(Bloodthirsty Claw!)

Zhang Lexuan was currently in a severely injured state, having only just recovered enough to walk; if she took a claw from a ten-thousand-year blood wolf now, there was no need to think about it—she would basically be out for the season, game over.

Plus, over these past three days, she had already used up all the Healing Potion for herself and the others.

If Zhang Lexuan were to be hit by that now, she would probably... no, she couldn't let it succeed.

Xu Nian'an made up his mind and took a step, wanting to directly interrupt the blood wolf's attack.

But the four remaining blood wolves behind him suddenly pounced, biting his legs tightly, attempting to stop him from providing support.

Xu Nian'an grew anxious instantly.

Hum hum hum hum~

Soul power surged throughout his body, quickly suppressing the pain coming from his legs.

Boom~~!

The next second, a massive black Soul Ring descended.

With Xu Nian'an as the center, the air pressure within a seventy-meter radius increased instantly; the male wolf, still in mid-air pouncing toward Xiong Er and Zhang Lexuan, had its expression change instantly.

The next second, the powerful air pressure slammed it from mid-air onto the ground.

Even the female wolf king, who was attacking Zhang Lexuan, seemed to sense something and turned its head in shock.

The next second, in its slowly widening eyes, a massive black Soul Ring slowly appeared on Xu Nian'an.

"Third Soul Skill, Xuanwu Divine Power!"

Behind Xu Nian'an, the figure of a Black Tortoise flashed, and immediately after, his martial soul's height surged violently.

Xuanwu Divine Power was the third Soul Ring provided by the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and it had now been raised to his soul ring limit: seventy thousand years.

The soul skill it brought to Xu Nian'an, Xuanwu Divine Power, was incredibly monstrous.

It could increase Xu Nian's strength by nearly seven times in a short period; to be precise, it was an increase based on the soul ring's age, followed by an additional boost.

But this... was still not enough.

Because the ten-thousand-year blood wolf only swayed slightly under Xu Nian'an's air pressure, suffering no damage at all, and its attack did not stop in the slightest.

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan was about to be harmed by the ten-thousand-year blood wolf king, Xu Nian'an grew anxious instantly.

Zhang Lexuan, the Shrek Inner Court Senior Sister, had given him so many benefits; she was his key target for attention and an experience baby—she couldn't just game over here.

If she died here, not only would he lose a wife, but he would also lose an experience baby; what a loss!

Hum hum hum~~~

Xu Nian'an stretched out his hands and crossed them; instantly, the air in front of him began to tremble, and bursts of piercing metallic clashing sounds slowly rang out.

"Heaven-Splitting Claw!!!"

Golden light flashed on Xu Nian'an's hands, and a strong sense of mortal crisis enveloped the ten-thousand-year blood wolf king's heart.

When it saw six claw marks pressing down upon it, covering the sky, its fur stood on end; it wanted to dodge, it wanted to run, it felt regret, but in the end, the thought only existed for a fleeting moment before it was instantly sliced into several pieces.

Puchi!

"Awoo~!"

Following a shrill, miserable scream, birds and beasts in the surrounding forest were startled into flight.

Seeing this, Xu Nian'an instantly expanded his mental scan to survey the surroundings.

Awo... awoo~

Seeing its wife, to whom it had to pay tribute every night, sliced into pieces, the male wolf's legs went soft and it collapsed to the ground instantly; before long, a strong smell of urine emanated from between its legs.

"Die!"

Xu Nian'an said nothing; a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and as golden light flickered between his hands, streaks of golden claw marks flew out.

The four blood wolves around his feet instantly shattered into minced meat; the sharp Dark-Gold Terrorclaw easily tore through their skin, sliced through their flesh, and severed their bones.

This was the terrifying aspect of Xu Nian'an's Third Soul Ring, the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw empowered by Xuanwu Divine Power; to kill a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xu Nian'an only needed a single thought, or to lift his arm, and he could easily accomplish it.

Xu Nian'an walked slowly toward Zhang Lexuan, passing by the male wolf along the way, and casually dealt it a claw strike.

Puchi~

After its deep purple, slightly blackened Soul Ring appeared, Soul Rings slowly drifted out from the corpses of the blood wolves Xu Nian'an had previously killed.

The most conspicuous one was the black Soul Ring that appeared in front of Zhang Lexuan; amidst the pile of minced meat, Zhang Lexuan lowered her body in surprise.

"This... this is a soul bone!"

After Zhang Lexuan took out a Right Arm Bone from the position of the ten-thousand-year blood wolf's right front paw, she looked up in pleasant surprise and came before Xu Nian'an, holding up the soul bone.

"Junior Brother, look, look quickly, a soul bone, this time we really hit the jackp..."

The hand in front of him was swatted away by Xu Nian'an, who frowned and looked at Zhang Lexuan seriously.

"Do you know, do you have any idea how dangerous you were just now!"

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan was stunned; in her eyes, Xu Nian'an had always been an obedient Junior Brother who respected his Senior Sister.

Aside from the fact that he usually looked at her with strange eyes, had developed too quickly, and had shown various odd behaviors after entering puberty.

Getting angry at her... such a thing was absolutely impossible to happen.

A sense of grievance welled up in her heart, and Zhang Lexuan felt ashamed; she... she was actually feeling aggrieved.

At the same time, Zhang Lexuan's heart felt warm, for no other reason than that she could genuinely feel that Xu Nian's was concerned about her.

【Ding, congratulations to the host... Goddess Zhang Lexuan's favorability toward you has increased by...】

"Damn it, how could this be!"

Above the Waterfall, the Auspicious Beast looked at all of this in confusion.

"How could humans still rescue a Soul Beast cub? This is impossible..."

"Right, right, they must be coveting the soul bone and bloodline power of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan; yes, yes, it must be that."

"Heh, humans, watch how this Auspicious Beast exposes you!"

In the forest, countless powerful Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beasts quietly opened their eyes; they... they seemed to have received some kind of guidance and all looked toward an inconspicuous small river in the Core Area, hidden by the massive trees of the forest!

(End of chapter)