Chapter 273: Xiong Jun Soul Spirit, God-Bestowed Soul Ring

Generally speaking, Spirit Beast abilities have tendencies, such as tendencies toward speed, attack, defense, and so on.

Yet the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear is a freak; its strengths are attack and defense, making it a complete contradiction. Its coat of dark gold fur possesses extremely strong defensive power, while its pair of terrifying giant claws possesses terrifying attack power.

Therefore, Xiong Jun can be completely described as peerless in both offense and defense.

But Zhu Zhuqing's Evil God Thorn is not weak either; the sharp spikes, combined with her martial arts abilities, fiercely stabbed into Xiong Jun's eyelid.

Roar!

Xiong Jun immediately let out an angry roar, and a layer of dark gold light erupted from its body. Zhu Zhuqing's face instantly turned pale, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and was directly knocked back.

Shi Quan leaped into the air, caught the knocked-back Zhu Zhuqing, and asked in a deep voice, "Is Xiong Jun still not satisfied?"

Xiong Jun's figure paused slightly, and he gave a cold snort, "Hmph, I'll consider her to have passed."

Although Zhu Zhuqing's strike did not pierce Xiong Jun's skin, it did cause him to feel pain.

Even though it did not cause any substantial damage, the mere fact that a Soul Emperor could make Xiong Jun feel pain was enough.

Shi Quan continued to summon the Blue Silver Light to help Zhu Zhuqing recover from the injuries in her body. Xiong Jun had still held back, so Zhu Zhuqing's injuries were not heavy; in just a moment's time, Zhu Zhuqing's injuries had all recovered.

"Many thanks to you, Senior, for showing mercy." Zhu Zhuqing saw that Xiong Jun was somewhat arrogant, and when it was time to flatter, one still had to flatter.

"I suppose you still have some discernment." Xiong Jun nodded, looked at Shi Quan, and bowed, "My Lord, I am ready."

Shi Quan nodded, summoned his martial soul, and began to transform Xiong Jun into a Soul Spirit.

The sharp aura of Extreme Gold seemed as if it were about to pierce the very horizon.

Soon, Xiong Jun transformed into a miniature version of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

Even though Zhu Zhuqing had gained Xiong Jun's approval, the fusion process was still extremely painful.

During this time, Shi Quan was not idle; he began searching within the Star Dou Great Forest, as he needed to prepare suitable Soul Spirits for some people.

His own parents, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, the Shi family brothers, and Yu Feng and the others; besides these, he also needed to prepare for the thousand Soul Spirits per year.

Of course, the main goal of the search was to find some dying Spirit Beasts that were about to reach the end of their lives. Unless he encountered extremely suitable ones, Shi Quan rarely hunted wantonly, instead relying on his special status to persuade them by appealing to their emotions and reasoning.

Several days later.

Seven shining Soul Rings flickered and swayed beneath Zhu Zhuqing.

After the extreme pain, Zhu Zhuqing finally successfully absorbed the Xiong Jun Soul Spirit, and her strength directly broke through from sixty-eight to seventy-one.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, red, black, scarlet gold.

At the same time, she gained a special External Spirit Bone—Dark Gold Dreadclaw.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw of Extreme Gold has the power to tear apart giant dragons and shake the heavens and earth.

It can be said that it directly maxed out Zhu Zhuqing's attack power.

Just when everyone thought Zhu Zhuqing's absorption had ended, suddenly, a circle of evil aura as dark as the night erupted from Zhu Zhuqing's body, and within that evil aura, there were countless blood-red lights and slaughter.

The next moment, the blood-red light and slaughter erupted like a bonfire ignited in an instant.

Amidst a loud boom.

The blood-colored flames rolled inward, the Evil God Thorn behind Zhu Zhuqing erupted with a powerful aura, and the phantom of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing.

"What is happening?" Dugu Yan was also awakened by this sudden evil aura.

"Dark Demon Evil God Tiger?" Sensing Zhu Zhuqing's anomaly, Shi Quan also rushed back at the first moment. Looking at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom behind Zhu Zhuqing, he frowned, "Hasn't the soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger already been completely destroyed by me? Why would such a change still occur?"

Just as Shi Quan was puzzled, a white light suddenly erupted from Zhu Zhuqing's body, and a cold killing intent replaced that evil aura.

Meow!

A loud cat cry came, and the phantom of the Dark Demon Spirit Cat martial soul appeared. The phantom of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed to sense some terrifying aura and actually began to tremble.

The next second, the Dark Demon Spirit Cat martial soul swiped a claw, directly splitting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom in two, and then swallowed it in two bites.

Zhu Zhuqing's figure trembled violently. As the blood-colored aura swirled around her, the surging white light around Zhu Zhuqing became even more intense and turbulent. The black ring originally ranked sixth beneath her began to undergo a strange change; amidst the rising blood-colored flames, the original Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Fifth Soul Ring began to ripple with a layer of red light from its original black, and the red slowly and firmly spread until it filled the entire Soul Ring.

When she was in Slaughter City, as she continued to slaughter, Zhu Zhuqing felt that a power seemed to be slowly accumulating in her body.

And at this very moment, these powers had completely erupted.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, she also absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Origin Pill Bead, which not only evolved Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul but also caused her Fifth Soul Ring to mutate into a special Soul Ring similar to an origin Soul Ring, which would increase in age along with Zhu Zhuqing's slaughter and devouring, just like the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, increasing strength through simultaneous slaughter and devouring.

As she broke through to Spirit Saint and possessed the Martial Soul True Body, the energy she had accumulated from her frantic slaughter in Slaughter City finally erupted at this moment.

With the complete awakening of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's power, the large-scale slaughter in a short period, coupled with the influence of the Rakshasa power, caused Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul to be affected by the Evil God's power, resulting in a degenerate, evil-like mutation. Fortunately, this power was finally directly devoured and absorbed by the Killing God Domain within her body, which not only prevented Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul from becoming evil but instead helped Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain evolve further.

The black wings that originally represented degeneration now also had a few streaks of blood-red.

Seeing this, Shi Quan's eyes lit up; the evolution of the Killing God Domain meant that Zhu Zhuqing had further gained the approval of Asura.

That it evolved just after obtaining the Killing God Domain showed that Zhu Zhuqing's current martial soul and the power of the Asura God were still very compatible.

This was good news for both Zhu Zhuqing and Shi Quan.

The blood flames gradually receded, and Zhu Zhuqing also looked at the Fifth Soul Ring on her body with amazement. Along with the evolution of the Soul Ring, her physical attributes had once again improved, along with the External Spirit Bone Evil God Hook.

She only felt that her state had reached an unprecedented level.

"What exactly is going on with the power in this Killing God Domain?" Xiong Jun's horrified voice came, and dark gold light appeared as Xiong Jun's slightly pale figure also appeared outside.

The Xiong Jun Soul Spirit and Zhu Zhuqing were one in origin, so his perception of everything that had just happened was the clearest. Even he had to avoid the edge of that evil power, but such evil power was directly swallowed by that Killing God Domain—or more accurately, it was directly killed by the Killing God Domain.

"That is the power of Asura." At the mention of Asura, a cold, grim chill could not help but emerge in Gu Yuena's eyes.

"You certainly chose a good Soul Ring for her; the help this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring brings her is no less than the help the Xiong Jun Soul Spirit brings her." Gu Yuena's gaze fell on Shi Quan, not understanding whether this was a coincidence or something else.

"Xiao Quan, then wouldn't this God-Bestowed Soul Ring of mine be useless?" Zhu Zhuqing took out the God-Bestowed Soul Ring obtained in the Dragon Tomb from her Soul Guidance Device.

"Useful, how could it be useless?" A smile rose on the corner of Shi Quan's mouth as he looked at Gu Yuena.

"Zhuqing, just crush it, and I will help you absorb it." Gu Yuena stepped forward and came to Zhu Zhuqing's side.

Zhu Zhuqing looked puzzled, because her current soul power was just seventy-one. Didn't the God-Bestowed Soul Ring grant a Soul Ring? She shouldn't be able to absorb a Soul Ring in her current state, right?

Although puzzled, she still sat down cross-legged.

Crack!

The God-Bestowed Soul Ring in her hand turned into nine-colored radiance and enveloped Zhu Zhuqing.

At the same time, a nine-colored radiance erupted from Gu Yuena's body; the two radiances intertwined, and the nine-colored radiance surrounding Zhu Zhuqing suddenly became dense, wrapping the two of them directly inside.

Seven brilliant Soul Rings emerged from beneath Zhu Zhuqing, and faintly, one could see the nine-colored radiance beginning to continuously compress around Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Rings.

Wave after wave of majestic aura continuously erupted from within Zhu Zhuqing's body.

That was the aura of a soul bone, and the next second, the Killing God Domain also unfolded along with it.

The nine-colored radiance was like a giant hammer, continuously pounding upon Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Rings; while being tempered a thousand times, the Soul Rings on Zhu Zhuqing's body were changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The original first two yellow Soul Rings gradually deepened in color, slowly turning purple, and the subsequent purple Soul Rings were the same, their colors deepening and gradually turning from deep purple toward black.

Time passed second by second.

Gradually, Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Rings transformed into purple, black, black, black, red, red, and crimson gold.

The nine-colored radiance gradually became introverted, and finally, it all submerged into Zhu Zhuqing's body.

"This is already the limit of her body," Gu Yuena said, standing up.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing also felt her entire body was swollen and bulging; this feeling was just like being overstuffed from eating.

"Many thanks, Master!" Xiong Jun's excited voice came; it seemed he had also gained no small benefit from the God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

"Assist Zhuqing well; the time she inherits the Asura God Position will also be the time of your advancement," Gu Yuena nodded slightly.

"Xiao Quan, what is this about the Asura God?" Zhu Zhuqing was still wearing a bewildered expression.

She had just come out and already obtained the Soul Spirit of the 500,000-year Beast Xiong Jun.

Then, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring had just evolved to 100,000 years, and as a result, the God-Bestowed Soul Ring seemed to have transformed into age and increased each of her Soul Rings respectively.

And what did the Asura God have to do with her?

This series of changes made her feel as if her head was spinning; she truly had too many questions right now...