Peerless Tang Sect's Splitting Claws Tearing the Sky

Outskirts of Star Dou Forest

The dense shade of trees gradually blocked the sun, and as the group went deeper, the surroundings became increasingly quiet.

Captain Jiang, who was walking ahead to explore the road, glanced at the map in his hand, and then told the members: "Everyone, be careful, we are entering the territory of the Thousand-Year Shadow Tiger, so be alert at all times!"

"Yes!"

The team members following behind also responded, and at the same time, they also cheered up and looked around vigilantly.

Having been in the mercenary world for many years, they naturally understand the danger of the Thousand-Year Soul Beast, especially when the entire mercenary group only has one soul leader. Once encountering the Thousand-Year Soul Beast, there is a high probability that the mercenary group will also be reduced in number. Of course, everyone doesn't want it to be them.

In this mercenary group, there are only two people who are relatively conspicuous, and that is Beibei and Tang Ya who are walking at the end. The reason is simply because they look too young. People of their age group are It can be said that it is quite rare in the mercenary world to add blood to the tip of the knife.

So even though Beibei had already demonstrated the tyrannical strength of the second ring, he was still arranged by Captain Jiang to be with Tang Ya at the end, which was a relatively safe place.

This arrangement is not because he looks down on Beibei's strength, but because Captain Jiang understands that students from Shrek Academy like this may be strong in frontal battlefields, but they are not vigilant enough and their experience is far inferior to those in the regiment. For some old mercenaries, this arrangement can also maximize their strength when encountering a sneak attack.

"Teacher Xiaoya, didn't you say this mission was easy? How did we end up in the territory of the Millennium Soul Beast?"

Beibei, who was walking at the end, suddenly approached Tang Ya quietly and asked in a low voice, with a hint of worry in his heart. He knew the strength of the thousand-year soul beast. With his current strength, it might be difficult for him to compete with it. Maybe even among his peers. Only that person could do it, Beibei thought of that strong figure.

Seeing Beibei suddenly approaching to talk to her, Tang Ya glanced at him and explained: "Uncle Jiang said that the mission location is at the edge of the territory of the thousand-year-old soul beast, and it is still daytime, and night is the end of the world. During the spirit beast's activity time, it would be difficult for us to encounter it unless something unexpected happens.

"Then what if something happens..."

Before Beibei finished speaking, Tang Ya rolled her eyes. She knew her words were a bit unlucky, so she immediately smiled to cover up her embarrassment.

Xiao Jiang, who was walking in front of the two of them, also heard the whispers of the two behind him, but he just covered his mouth and chuckled, and did not yell out loud, just pretending that Beibei was young and ignorant.

After all, every mercenary cherishes his life very much. If they had not made enough assurance before coming, they would not have accepted the mission. Just the map in his father's hand cost a lot of gold soul coins. The above The routes were explored by many mercenaries with their lives, so they could avoid encountering powerful soul beasts to the greatest extent.

As expected, apart from encountering several ten-year-old spirit beasts along the way, the mercenary group encountered no other accidents and arrived at their destination without any danger.

"That's it, let's get started!"

Captain Jiang led everyone to stop, and saw a small mound suddenly appearing in front of them. The mound was densely covered with fist-sized holes, and there seemed to be a purple light shining deep in the hole.

"Is this... an amethyst ant?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Beibei asked aloud

"Yes, our target this time is this amethyst ant. This is a very weak soul beast, but the purple crystal on its tail is a scarce forging material. Our mission this time is to collect this amethyst. Then give it to the task publisher, a piece of amethyst is worth ten gold soul coins."

The person who answered him was Xiao Jiang, who took out a bag of purple powder from his waist and handed it to Tang Ya while explaining: "The trace of the amethyst ant is hard to find. This place was also discovered during our last mission. .”

With that said, everyone and Xiao Jiang began to continue working, and after Tang Ya received the bag of purple powder, he walked to the front of the team, controlled the Blue Silver Grass vines, and threw the bag of powder to the top of the mound.

With a bang, the powder exploded and purple smoke filled the air, just enough to completely cover the entire mound.

"This is specially prepared animal luring powder. It is only effective against amethyst ants. When they come out later, you can learn from the people next to you."

As he said this, Xiaojiang took out a dagger and handed it to Beibei, and he also took out one and walked forward, staring expectantly at the hole with purple light that kept flickering along with everyone else.

"coming."

As soon as Captain Jiang finished speaking, Beibei only felt a slight vibration from the ground, and then saw densely packed fist-sized ants emerging from the entrance of the cave. The second half of the ant's body was like a purple gem, and the purple light from the previous entrance was also the source. Here it is.

"Let's do it. It looks like there are more amethyst ants than we expected."

Following Captain Jiang's order, everyone in the team immediately took action. Some were on guard, some were arresting, and some were removing rocks. The division of labor was very clear.

Since Beibei also got a dagger and saw that Tang Ya had already started working, he naturally joined the team of collecting stones. Because the amethyst ants are very weak, there are very few who can reach ten years of cultivation, and there is no danger. Therefore, the speed of everyone was also very fast, and soon the amethyst stones behind everyone were piled up like a hill...

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Night gradually fell, not far from the crowd, I saw two figures, one large and one small, slowly coming to a cave. Since both of them were wearing black robes and had masks on their faces, it was difficult to determine their specific identities. .

"Child, do you really want to sacrifice this thousand-year-old soul beast?"

It was the tall figure who asked, but his voice sounded extremely old.

The small figure on the other side did not speak, but just looked up at the old man. Through the mask, the old man could see that his eyes were extremely firm, even with a hint of madness. The old man was silent for a while, still unwilling to persuade.

"You have to understand that once you absorb the soul of this thousand-year-old soul beast, you will never be able to stop it. It won't be long before your other martial soul will be swallowed up sooner or later. At that time, you will really become what everyone calls Beat up the evil soul master!"

"I know, Grandpa, I'm ready."

The boy finally spoke, but his voice was obviously hoarse.

"Then you can't continue to go to school in Shrek. Wasn't that the place you longed for most in the past?"

The old man was still hesitant. He had been called an evil soul master for most of his life, and after so many years of being beaten up by everyone, he deeply understood how difficult the life of an evil soul master was, especially for a soft-hearted evil soul master. He really didn't want his adopted grandson to embark on this cruel path, so he was trying to persuade him many times now.

"I will eventually embark on this path. Hasn't my identity as an evil soul master been nailed down from the moment my martial soul awakened?"

The boy lowered his head and asked in a hoarse voice. At the same time, a figure flashed in his eyes. Why could that person stand in the spotlight? His talent was obviously not inferior to anyone else. Why did he have to be laughed at every day? After that, he now hated the number one college in mainland China that he had longed for so much.

When he was thinking like this, wisps of blood-red black energy came out of the boy's body. Seeing this, a flash of worry flashed in the eyes of the old man next to him. He didn't understand why his grandson was acting like this after attending school in Shrek for a year. A big change, could it be that his martial spirit was too overbearing? It seems that the long-term suppression has made the martial soul's backlash more fierce, and I am afraid that my seal will not last long.

Sighing, the old man finally compromised and said, "Okay, I promise you, but you need to stabilize your mind first. The martial spirit has already begun to affect you."

Seeing that the old man finally gave in, the boy's eyes flashed with excitement, and then he quickly followed the old man's instructions and sat cross-legged to calm his mind. Seeing that the black energy on the boy's body gradually dissipated, the old man nodded slowly.

"Grandpa, let's start."

A quarter of an hour later, the boy stood up and looked expectantly at the entrance of the cave not far away.

"Okay, then you're optimistic?"

The old man had already made a decision in his heart, and even his old voice sounded energetic at this time.

I saw a strong soul power fluctuation suddenly coming from his body. After the fluctuation, a jet black treasure box suddenly appeared in his hand. The moment the lid of the box was opened, with the box as the center, the breath of death continued to rush to the surroundings, covering it all the time. It just stopped at the entrance of the cave not far away. From the outside, it looked like a field. Outside the field, there was a lot of life, but inside the field, the vegetation began to wither and turn yellow, and it was a dead and desolate place...