Liu Erlong happily went to Xu Xin as soon as he returned to Lanba Academy. If not for Xu Xin's help, he might still be unable to extricate himself from the shadow of Yu Xiaogang.

However, Liu Erlong ran to Xu Xin's residence and found that Xu Xin was not there. He then searched around Lanba Academy but could not find Xu Xin.

Then Liu Erlong sensed something was wrong and immediately went to find Tailong who lived with Xu Xin.

She learned from Tai Long that Xu Xin took Zhu Zhuqing to the Sunset Forest to obtain the third soul ring for Zhu Zhuqing.

"What! Does he want to die? Take Zhuqing alone to Sunset Forest." Liu Erlong's roar made Tailong tremble with fear.

Afterwards, Liu Erlong hurried to Sunset Forest to look for Xu Xin and Zhu Zhuqing.

However, entering the Star Forest, it was precisely because of the existence of this crisis that the cooperation between the two gradually became tacit. Zhu Zhuqing was responsible for investigating within a certain distance. Xu Xin was responsible for protecting Zhu Zhuqing's safety.

As long as it's not a soul beast that's over a thousand years old, it won't pose much of a threat to the two of them.

Tacit understanding requires constant cooperation in fighting. It is obviously the best way to practice in this dangerous environment. Zhu Zhuqing successfully turned pressure into motivation. Otherwise, he would not have escaped from Zhu Zhuyun's hands like the last time in the Star Dou Forest.

Coupled with Xu Xin's guidance from the side, the speed of Zhu Zhuqing's soul power improvement has not changed much. However, his actual combat experience and comprehensive strength have continued to increase in a subtle way.

As night falls, it's time to rest again. You can't light a fire in the Sunset Forest. Although most soul beasts are afraid of flames, there are a small number of soul beasts who like flames very much, and among this small number of soul beasts, most of them are...

Deadly existence.

Xu Xin and Zhu Zhuqing set up a tent.

The tent is not big enough for the two of them to lie down and sleep, but there is no problem for both of them to sit and practice. For them, maintaining the best fighting condition at all times is much more important than sleeping.

The work of keeping vigil was naturally done by Xu Xin.

After a quick dinner, Xu Xin called Zhu Zhuqing to him.

"Mistress, are you anxious?" Xu Xin looked at the girl in front of him with a smile.

Xu Xin shook his head and said: "Looking for soul beasts is just luck. There is no point in being anxious. Xu Xin, don't worry, I am patient."

Xu Xin sighed softly and said: "Now the Sunset Forest has actually become depressed. Many years ago, I still remember how bustling the place was. At that time, even in the outer reaches of the forest, thousands of level soul beasts could be seen everywhere.

.But now there are much fewer soul beasts. I don’t know if they all go to live inside the forest, or for other reasons.”

Zhu Zhuqing was not surprised after hearing this. This is because human soul masters will hunt soul beasts due to their level, and while hunting soul beasts, there are still many lawless elements who kill innocent people indiscriminately, causing the number of soul beasts to drop sharply.

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Just when the two were about to go back to rest, something suddenly came from the grass behind them, and the two immediately realized the danger.

Ouch, ho ho ho ho ho ho ho

This kind of sound made Xu Xin's scalp numb when he heard it, because he learned in the library of Lanba College that this kind of sound is usually the cry of tiger-like soul beasts when they are hungry.

Xu Xin used his psychic eye to release his third soul skill and look around.

Sure enough, a black tiger was found in the grass to the left of Zhu Zhuqing. Xu Xin recognized it as the Shadow Devil Tiger.

It belongs to the same category as Zhu Zhuqing, the fourth soul ring of the ghost tiger obtained in the original work. They both forage at night. Like the ghost tiger, he has an innate skill, shadow clone. However, the ability of the shadow clone of the night devil tiger is better than that of the ghost tiger.

Much more powerful.

A low roar and a faint fishy smell hit my nostrils, and the woods on the left swayed as if there was a strong wind.

"Yun Conglong, Feng Conghu. They should be tiger-like soul beasts. Zhuqing, be careful." Xu Xin made a calm judgment.

As soon as he finished speaking, a colorful tiger jumped out of the woods.

It was a completely black tiger with only a white king pattern on its forehead. It was more than three meters long and about one and a half meters high at the shoulders. Although its body was huge, it was extremely strong.

Before the two of them could see its appearance clearly, in a series of afterimages, it had already rushed over, and its target was Zhu Zhuqing.

"Zhuqing, be careful." Xu Xin shouted, not sparing his soul power, raising his sword and slashing at the Night Demon Tiger towards Zhu Zhuqing's side.

Puff.

Xu Xin's sword struck the Shadow Devil Tiger's left front paw. The Shadow Devil Tiger's left front paw was bleeding profusely. The Shadow Devil Tiger stepped back and looked at Xu Xin and Zhu Zhuqing, looking at Xu Xin like an enemy.

"Zhuqing, this soul beast is called the Shadow Demon Tiger, and its age is just right to be your third soul ring." Xu Xin made a battle mode against the Night Demon Tiger and said to Zhu Zhuqing next to him.

Judging from the appearance of the soul beast's cultivation level, generally, the higher the cultivation level of a soul beast that is less than 10,000 years old, the larger it will be. After more than 10,000 years, it will gradually become smaller.

Of course, there are some exceptions. For example, some particularly powerful or weak soul beasts do not comply with this special behavior. The black tiger in front of you can tell at a glance that its cultivation level is around 1500 years, so it is suitable for the purpose.

The Shadow Tiger is known for its terrifying speed and attack power. It is one of the powerful soul beasts and is extremely ferocious. It will fight to the death against any opponent who dares to invade its territory.

Because of its extremely terrifying speed, most soul beasts are unwilling to fight with it even if their cultivation level is similar to it.

Xu Xin raised his knife and charged at the Shadow Devil Tiger, but what was strange at this time was that the Shadow Devil Tiger suddenly disappeared and dispersed into three identical Shadow Devil Tigers.

Shadow Devil Tiger's innate ability is Shadow Clone. Shadow's ability is more powerful than Ghost Tiger's Shadow Clone ability.

However, because Xu Xin cut off its left front paw, the real one was easy to identify.

"Zhuqing, be careful, I'll deal with that one." After Xu Xin said that, he rushed towards the injured Shadow Tiger.

Therefore, Xu Xin no longer hesitated and rushed towards the real Shadow Tiger with huge momentum.

The moment Xu Xin stopped hiding his aura, the Shadow Devil Tiger had already noticed his presence. Since he was injured and had activated his own innate skills, the Shadow Devil Tiger was now very weak.

Generally, the innate skills of soul beasts will not only consume a lot of soul power, but also cause great damage to themselves, unless they feel that their lives are threatened. Otherwise, they will not release this ability easily, just like in the original work.

In the middle of Tang San's awakening of the Blue Silver Queen, the Man-Faced Demon Spider he hunted was possessed by the same Spider King.

The muscles of the Shadow Tiger's whole body are tense, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.

But unfortunately, Xu Xin is not one of those frightened soul masters!

"Little kitten, be obedient. My brother will be very gentle and won't hurt you." Xu Xin said.

"Anyway, you killed someone, so it doesn't count as unjust. You can go with peace of mind!"
Chapter completed!