Chapter 60: Encountering Spirit Masters

Within his mental world, Zhou Heng looked at the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast opposite him, not regarding this Spirit Beast in his eyes at all.

His mental power connected with the three Spirit Beasts inside the Battle Instrument, causing his own mental power to more than double in a short period of time.

Carrying this mental power capable of shaking a Spirit Beast of over fifty thousand years, Zhou Heng crushed straight toward the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast opposite him.

The Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast was unwilling to be enslaved, mobilizing its own meager mental power to resist Zhou Heng's vast mental power, wanting to block the mental power Zhou Heng was attacking it with.

However, the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's mental power was simply too weak; its resistance against Zhou Heng exerted no effect at all, and it was defeated by Zhou Heng with a crushing momentum, like dry wood snapping.

Inside the Battle Instrument martial soul, a red space representing the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast appeared; this was the place where the Battle Instrument martial soul stored Spirit Beasts and allowed those subdued Spirit Beasts to live.

Above this red space, there were three other spaces, quietly arranged there.

Zhou Heng did not go to explore the situation of these few Spirit Beasts, directly letting his spirit return to his own body.

Outside, Dugu Bo watched as Zhou Heng sat cross-legged on the ground, golden specks of light radiating from his body and converging toward the blue-white rectangular small box in Zhou Heng's hands.

It was only a matter of a few minutes before the golden specks of light radiating from Zhou Heng's body stopped appearing.

Just after the last bit of golden light converged into the small box in Zhou Heng's hands, Zhou Heng's body began to move.

"Old man, I succeeded!" Beneath Zhou Heng's feet, four Soul Rings—purple, purple, purple, and black—appeared; the fourth black Soul Ring left Dugu Bo dumbfounded.

"How did you do it? To actually be able to subdue a Spirit Beast with over twenty thousand years of cultivation at the four-ring realm!"

Zhou Heng smiled, the Battle Instrument martial soul in his hand shining, and the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast was released; just as the five-meter-tall Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast was released, Dugu Bo flashed to stand before Zhou Heng, wanting to strike at the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast.

Zhou Heng hurriedly stopped Dugu Bo's movement, not letting Dugu Bo take action.

The Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast knelt its legs before Zhou Heng, indicating submission.

"This is subduing a Spirit Beast? Then how did you obtain the Soul Ring?" Dugu Bo looked at the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast subdued by Zhou Heng and asked, puzzled.

"This is the special ability of my Battle Instrument martial soul; it can 【subdue】 Spirit Beasts and synchronize the Spirit Beast's cultivation into a Soul Ring.

Furthermore, the Soul Ring is divided equally according to the age into two parts, forming two Soul Rings, which serve as the Soul Rings for my two martial souls.

At the same time, the Spirit Beasts I subdue can continue to grow, and the age of the nearby Soul Rings can also increase along with the growth of the Spirit Beast."

As soon as Zhou Heng's explanatory words were spoken, Dugu Bo looked at him with an expression of "Are you favored by the gods?", and Zhou Heng felt his whole body itching from Dugu Bo's gaze.

Unable to endure it any longer, Zhou Heng shouted at Dugu Bo: "What are you still looking at? Stop staring at me like that!"

Only then did Dugu Bo withdraw his eyes and say to Zhou Heng: "Are you really not a god reborn? The talent of this martial soul of yours is simply too heaven-defying."

Zhou Heng shook his head helplessly; he had already explained to many people that he was indeed not some god reincarnated.

Now, Zhou Heng really had no desire to explain anymore.

Seeing that Zhou Heng would not explain, Dugu Bo no longer asked about the ability of Zhou Heng's martial soul; after all, this was a Spirit Master's greatest secret, and it was better for him not to pry too much.

Zhou Heng looked up at the sky, which was already somewhat dim, and said: "It's almost night; shall we return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well now?

Or find a place to camp and wait until tomorrow morning to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

Dugu Bo thought for a moment and said: "The Sunset Forest is not safe; traveling at night has a high probability of being attacked by Spirit Masters camping in the Sunset Forest.

It is also possible to attract numerous Spirit Beasts to attack us, so it is better to find a place to camp."

Zhou Heng thought about it and agreed with this idea.

Dugu Bo took out a two-person tent from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch, and Dugu Bo and Zhou Heng worked together to set up the tent.

The two lay in the tent, eating the dry rations carried in the Storage Soul Guidance Device, chatting and bragging; outside the tent, Zhou Heng released the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo to stand guard against enemies for him.

Dugu Bo looked at the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo released by Zhou Heng and sighed at the convenience of the Battle Instrument martial soul.

In the past, when he was alone, he could only sleep lightly; once there was the slightest movement, he needed to get up immediately to check what the situation was.

While chatting, Dugu Bo also imparted the experience he had gained from roaming the continent to Zhou Heng, letting Zhou Heng know many secrets.

The two lay in the tent for a while, and feeling truly bored, they stopped resting and directly sat cross-legged on the ground, beginning to cultivate.

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

The next morning, after Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo washed up a little, Dugu Bo packed up the tent, and Zhou Heng retracted the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo, wearing that set of masked black clothes, and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Just as the two had walked half the distance, a sound rang out not far away; Dugu Bo acted first, a strand of soul power condensing into a thin line and shooting toward the direction the sound came from.

"Ugh~"

A cry of pain belonging to a human came over; Zhou Heng also heard this cry of pain and turned his head to look in the direction from which it came.

In that direction, a figure wearing armor tumbled out from the grass where they had been hiding their form.

On the shoulder of this armored figure, a thumb-thick wound completely pierced through the muscle on the shoulder, and bright red blood gushed out from the wound.

Zhou Heng looked at this armored figure, a flash of killing intent in his eyes; the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well must absolutely not be known by anyone.

Otherwise, it would certainly cause those great powers to send people to come and plunder the Immortal Herbs; these people must not be let go.

The moment Dugu Bo saw the figure, he also thought of this situation, and a trace of killing intent could not help but radiate from his body.

The surrounding temperature seemed to have dropped, becoming chilly.

After the armored figure came out, they knew that their idea of an ambush had failed.

"Everyone, attack immediately!"

The armored figure shouted, and beneath them, five Soul Rings were immediately released: white, yellow, yellow, purple, and black.

The moment the five Soul Rings appeared, several figures jumped out from behind huge rocks or dense grass in the surroundings.

Zhou Heng took a brief look; there were seven people in total, and according to the aura of these people, they were all four-ring and five-ring Spirit Masters.

Dugu Bo looked at these Spirit Masters and was about to take action to kill them.

Seeing this, Zhou Heng came before Dugu Bo and blocked his path.

"Old man, leave these people to me; it's just right for training my actual combat ability, you help me keep an eye on them."

Zhou Heng's words made Dugu Bo stop his movement to attack, and he looked at Zhou Heng and said: "If you are not their match, just retreat back; I am here."

After hearing Dugu Bo's words, Zhou Heng nodded, indicating he understood.