Chapter 6: Encountering Danger, Beast Soul Mutates!

  The dense forest was filled with a foul odor, as the trees' branches and leaves were too lush, blocking out sunlight. The forest was very dimly lit, and the ground covered with fallen leaves was quite damp.

  "A roar." A furious beast roar echoed through the forest, and then a demonic beast with a lion-like head and countless reverse thorns on its body ran out from the depths of the woods.

  This is a first-class demon beast - Thorn Lion Beast, with the strength to rival the high-ranking Yin Soul Realm, but at this moment it looks somewhat disheveled, as if it has encountered an even stronger creature.

  "Want to run? Don't even think about it!" A teasing laughter echoed from behind, a young figure chased after the Cheetah Beast.

  His speed was extremely fast, with a white energy enveloping his toes, and every time he touched the ground, his speed would increase significantly. This person was none other than Yi Chen.

  The distance between Yi Chen and the beast was getting shorter, and with just a little more effort, he would be able to catch up to that Lion Beast.

  "Roar." The first-class magical beast also had some spiritual intelligence, it turned its head to look at Yi Chen who was getting closer and closer, then suddenly turned its head and let out a fierce roar, and ferociously pounced on Yi Chen. A desperate dog will jump over the wall, let alone a magical beast.

  "Right on time." Seeing the Stabbing Lion Beast counterattack, Yi Chen's face didn't show any panic, and he calmly turned around to move to the right, avoiding the Stabbing Lion Beast's flying pounce.

  "Three Product Soul Technique - Frenzied Wind Leg." Without stopping his movements, Yi Chen mobilized his soul power to wrap around his legs, and with a sudden twist of his waist, his right foot swept out with a sonic boom.

  Still as a mountain, moving like thunder and lightning, Yi Chen's kick perfectly interpreted the meaning of this sentence. The sound of breaking through the air was like a running thunder, with an overwhelming momentum.

  "Boom." The beast hadn't even reacted yet, but was suddenly kicked hard, its massive body sent flying by a domineering force, finally crashing into a large tree and losing all signs of life upon impact.

  Total annihilation, no doubt about it.

  The Thorn Lion Beast could contend with a high-ranking Yin Soul Realm, but Yi Chen possessed a powerful third-grade soul technique, so the Thorn Lion Beast died without injustice.

  "After refinement, the Windy Legs are indeed extraordinary, with a power several times stronger than before." After landing, Yi Chen withdrew his soul force and turned to look at the Thorny Lion Beast.

  It has been seven days since the discovery of the Tian Shu's secret. During these days, Yi Chen consolidated his explosive cultivation and spent the rest of the time practicing the Crazy Wind Leg technique.

  With the help of the little golden man from Tian Shu, Yi Chen understood it extremely quickly and only used seven days to remember the key points of exerting force, and then perfected the Crazy Wind Leg to its completion.

  His soul force had advanced to the high stage of the Yin Soul Realm, and with his possession of a third-grade soul technique, Yi Chen decided to come to the Auspicious Forest to see how strong his overall strength was, which led to the scene earlier.

  "A first-rate demonic beast is no longer a match for me." He walked up to the corpse of the Stabbing Lion Beast, and upon discovering that it had stopped breathing, he let out a soft chuckle.

  Arriving at the Western Peace Horse Ranch, it had been a long time since he last opened one up. Today, he came to see the Burnt Lion! Slowly crouching down, Yi Chen took out a sharp small knife from his bosom and made an incision on the hard skull of the Burnt Lion beast.

  After doing this, Yi Chen found a special bag used to hold beast souls and placed the hand holding the knife on the head of the Stabbing Lion Beast.

  "Hiss." A white soul force wrapped around his arm, generating a suction force. A white beast soul rose from the wound that Yi Chen had just opened and was finally sucked into a black bag by Yi Chen.

  That white thing is a beast soul. Although it's useless to Yi Chen, it still has its uses. Putting it up for auction at the auction house will still attract buyers.

  "It's getting late, let's hurry back." Yi Chen murmured, reaching out to grab the thick forelimb of the Stabbing Lion Beast, preparing to drag it away.

  "Hiss." Suddenly, Yi Chen, who was about to leave, felt a chill run down his spine as if something was staring at him from behind. A cold sensation rose from the soles of his feet to his heart.

  "Could it be that a powerful demon has arrived at the outer position?" Yi Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he felt an ominous premonition as he slowly turned his head to look back.

  A pair of icy, emotionless beastly eyes stared at Yi Chen as if targeting prey, and a massive figure appeared on the trunk of a large tree in front of him.

  "Isn't this bad luck? It's actually a second-level high-end demon beast - the Wind Leopard." Those cold eyes made Yi Chen feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar, and when he saw the appearance of the demon beast clearly, Yi Chen's face turned very unsightly.

  A second-level demon beast can rival a Yang Soul Realm cultivator. Yi Chen's cultivation in the Yin Soul Realm is not enough to be looked at, and if the Wind Leopard launches an attack, Yi Chen, who is isolated and helpless, will only have one dead end.

  It was probably the commotion from the battle just now that attracted this Wind Leopard, which made Yi Chen secretly regret. Just now he was careless, if he had known earlier, he should have ended the fight quickly.

  Although the situation was extremely dangerous, Yi Chen did not panic. He held his breath and stood still, staring at the Wind Leopard. If he ran, there would be only one dead end, but if he confronted it, he might have a chance to escape.

  The Gale Cheetah didn't take the initiative to attack, and through careful observation, Yi Chen discovered that the Gale Cheetah's gaze was actually fixed on the dead Thorn Lion Beast.

  "It turned out that he wanted to rob me of my prey." With this discovery, Yi Chen's heart slightly rejoiced.

  The Cishi Beast was the first magical beast that Yi Chen had killed, and it held a special significance. Originally, he wanted to bring it back to roast the whole lion, but now, for the sake of his life, he could only give up on the prey.

  "What bad luck." He cursed silently in his heart, and Yi Chen loosened his grip on the front paws of the Stabbing Lion Beast. His eyes remained locked with those of the Gale Cheetah, but his body began to slowly move backwards, eventually retreating twenty meters away from the corpse of the Stabbing Lion Beast.

  As soon as Yi Chen made a move, the swift leopard jumped down from the tree and came to the side of the corpse of the thorny lion. Under Yi Chen's vigilant gaze, it stretched out its nose and sniffed at the corpse of the thorny lion, then let out a dull roar towards Yi Chen, as if to drive him away.

  "We'll see about that." The prey they had obtained was taken over like this, and Yi Chen was extremely unhappy. But fists were the hard truth, and after giving Dicewind Leopard a resentful glance, Yi Chen turned his head to leave.

  "Whoosh." Just as he turned his head, a sonic boom sounded from behind Yi Chen, and a fierce afterimage pounced towards him.

  "Bad, I've been deceived." Without thinking, Yi Chen's face turned extremely ugly, and he quickly circulated his spiritual power to wrap around his arms, twisting his waist and turning around to strike backwards.

  "Boom."

  A sturdy beast claw and Yi Chen's double fists collided, a dull thud echoed from the impact, and then Yi Chen was directly shaken out of several tens of steps by a shockwave.

  His two arms felt numb and senseless, Yi Chen's mouth was torn apart, and a thread of fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He raised his head to look forward, only to find that it was the Swift Leopard who had launched the attack, and his eyes turned cold and gloomy at once.

  The second-level demon's spiritual intelligence was higher, and the failed ambush of the swift leopard did not give up on killing Yi Chen. Its massive body transformed into a residual shadow that flew towards Yi Chen.

  "You think I'm afraid of you?!" The Storm Leopard's target wasn't just the corpse of the Stabbing Lion Beast, it also wanted to take down Yi Chen, causing his face to turn extremely ugly as he cursed in a low voice.

  "If you want me dead, be prepared to lose a layer of skin yourself."

  Utter a fierce word, Yi Chen's legs were instantly wrapped in soul power. His left foot exerted force and suddenly jumped up, his body flying into the air, while his right foot simultaneously hooked out a perfect arc of stored energy.

  "Three Product Soul Technique - Frenzied Wind Leg." With a cold shout, Yi Chen's right leg swept towards the Speedy Leopard like a frenzied wind, its power extremely strong, producing a sonic boom.

  "Boom."

  The right leg and Dì Fēng Bào's massive body collided, time seeming to stop in that moment, both remaining still in that pose.

  "Hmph."

  A moment later, Yi Chen flew backward in mid-air, spitting out a mouthful of scarlet blood, while the Wind Leopard was also repelled several meters by a massive force.

  "Peng."

  Yi Chen fell under a big tree, at this time he felt that his internal organs were all shocked, especially his right leg, as if it had been cut off and had no sensation.

  "The second-level demon beast is too strong, it's not something a Yin Soul Realm cultivator can handle."

  Yi Chen felt his whole body weak and tired, every move was difficult, while the swift leopard was unscathed, after stabilizing its body, it slowly walked towards Yi Chen.

  Without any power to resist, Yi Chen could only watch as the Wind Leopard approached. When the Wind Leopard arrived in front of him, he was able to smell a strong stench of blood. The God of Death was beckoning to him.

  "It's not easy to come into this world, is it going to die under the claws of this beast today?"

  A glimmer of unwillingness flashed in his eyes. Yi Chen didn't want to die like this, he still had time to prove himself to others. At that moment, a strong desire to survive arose in his heart.

  No matter what Yicheng thought in his heart, the swift leopard wouldn't care about that much. Because of Yicheng's attack earlier, it felt pain and decided to kill this little guy in front of him, then tear open his body and swallow everything into its belly.

  "Roar." A fierce beast howl burst out, the wind leopard opened its bloody big mouth and pounced towards Yi Chen's head.

  "No." A pungent wind blew in his face, and Yi Chen's eyes turned bloodshot. The resistance let out a terrified scream.

  "Hiss." It was unclear whether it was Yi Chen's will to survive or the effect of his angry roar, but the Heavenly Book that had been quietly lying in his arms suddenly shot out and pierced into the brain of the Wind Leopard.

  The attack came to an abrupt halt, the cheetah's bloody jaws just three centimeters from Yichens face. If it had moved forward another inch, his skull would have been crushed.

  Fresh blood gushed out from the head of the fierce wind leopard, and the originally vigorous and ferocious fierce wind leopard was struck by Tian Shu's move, its pupils losing color and beginning to disperse.

  The sudden situation made Yi Chen slightly stunned. He didn't expect the Tian Shu to automatically attack and kill the powerful storm leopard in front of him.

  "Hiss." The Heavenly Tome inserted into the Swift Wind Leopard's forehead released a dazzling golden light and began to tremble slightly.

  "Hum." At that moment, Yi Chen felt the beast soul in his dantian also start to tremble, as if it had received some unknown summons.

  "Hiss." Under Yi Chen's gaze, his own beast soul strangely flew out of his dantian and floated above the head of the Wind Leopard. The white beast soul began to stir, forming a whirlpool that released an intense suction force.

  At the same time, the Heavenly Book retracted its golden light and flew back into Yi Chen's arms. A transparent beast soul slowly rose from the wound caused by the Heavenly Book earlier, and was sucked in by the whirlpool formed by Yi Chen's beast soul.

  "Is this devouring?" This scene was not unfamiliar to Yi Chen, as he had experienced it once before in the Realm of Inheritance. At that time, the Eighth-Order Beast Soul he had just received was devoured in the same way.

  The entire absorption process was extremely fast, and after the beast soul of the Gale Leopard was completely absorbed, the whirlpool also gradually shrunk, finally transforming back into a white beast soul. However, Yi Chen surprisingly discovered that his own beast soul had grown much larger.

  "Hiss." The last beast soul lightly trembled and quickly rushed towards Yi Chen, returning to his dantian.

  At that moment, Yi Chen felt a wave of fatigue and severe pain wash over him. He didn't have time to leave the dangerous forest before his neck twisted and he fainted.