Chapter 11: Desperate Struggle, Third Level!

  He crouched on the ground, not daring to move, and stared at the four-star soul spirit with scorching eyes. If Yichen hadn't remembered incorrectly, Yin Wei needed a four-star soul spirit stone to break through the seal.

  Although Yin Wei was just a cheap teacher, he had saved Yi Chen's life, and he wasn't someone who didn't know how to repay kindness. In order to help Yin Wei break through the seal, he didn't mind taking a risk.

  A fourth-level demon could easily kill Yi Chen in an instant. The best solution was to steal that soul stone, and if it were to be disturbed, there would only be a dead end.

  "No, it's not a fourth-level magical beast." His gaze swept over the Red Lion Beast, and Yi Chen discovered that it was just a young Red Lion Beast!

  All demons have a juvenile and adult phase. Although the Crimson Lion Beast is a fourth-level demon, newborn Crimson Lion Beasts are only level one, and their level will gradually increase as they grow up.

  The young Red Lion in front of him had not yet reached adulthood, giving Yi Chen a glimmer of hope for success. Originally wanting to retreat, his eyes now sparkled with a eager and ambitious spirit.

  Calming down his emotions, Yi Chen watched his surroundings with vigilant eyes. Since there was a young Crimson Lion Beast, there must be a mother beast, which would definitely be a pure-blooded fourth-grade magical beast.

  There was no sign of the mother beast around, it should have gone out to forage, what a great opportunity! Yi Chen didn't want to miss it, holding his breath as he approached the young red lion beast.

  The young red lion beast slept very sweetly, unaware of Yichen's arrival, which gave Yichen an excellent opportunity, and he came to the side of the young red lion beast very smoothly.

  Although it was still a young and immature Crimson Lion, its body was already enormous, giving Yi Chen an extremely strong sense of pressure, with the sound of his heartbeat like a drumbeat.

  His mental quality was still quite good, and on the surface, Yi Chen was still calm. He carefully squatted down, stretched out his hand to grab the soul spirit stone under the young Lion Beast's body.

  The Soul Stone was in hand, and a chill ran through it. Yi Chen's heart was overjoyed, and his hands grasped the Soul Spirit Stone tightly, but he couldn't budge it at all.

  He furrowed his brow and exerted himself once more, but the young Crimson Lion Beast firmly pressed down on the Soul Spirit Stone, rendering all of Yi Chen's efforts futile.

  "If we continue like this, we'll only wake up the little lion cub. When that happens, it will make too much noise and will definitely attract the mother beast back." Yi Chen was not the kind of person who would force things if they couldn't succeed, so he could only give up.

  Just as Yi Chen was about to give up, the young crimson lion beast suddenly opened its copper bell-like big eyes and saw Yi Chen.

  Four eyes met, and a cold sweat broke out on Yi Chen's forehead. He hadn't expected the young Crimson Lion Beast to wake up suddenly.

  "Run!" With a silent shout in his heart, Yi Chen suddenly exerted force with both hands and snatched the Four-Star Soul Spirit Stone. He then turned around and fled forward without looking back.

  "Roar."

  A loud roar echoed from behind, followed by a flash of shadow, and the massive body of the young Crimson Lion Beast appeared in front of Yi Chen, blocking his path.

  "What a fast speed." The opponent was a third-level magic beast, and the speed made Yi Chen's heart skip a beat. However, he shouldn't have tried to force his way through, and instead turned around and ran in another direction.

  "Hiss." The young red lion beast flashed again and blocked Yi Chen once more, at the same time opening its big mouth to pounce and bite towards Yi Chen.

  A pungent wind rushed towards him, and Yi Chen's heart skipped a beat. He quickly moved to the right, dodging the young Crimson Lion Beast's attack. After that, he rotated his soul power to gather in his right leg, then swiftly swept forward with a twist of his waist.

  "Hum." A powerful kick struck the young Crimson Lion's head, but it didn't budge an inch. Instead, Yi Chen himself was knocked back by the rebound.

  "The physical defense of the third-level beast is too strong." Stabilizing his body, Yi Chen felt his right leg go numb and completely lost its sensation, while the juvenile Red Lion Beast flew over again.

  "Peng." Its speed was too fast, and it raised its right paw to slap Yichen's body, the fierce force sending Yichen flying out.

  Enduring the pain, Yi Chen twisted his waist and spun twice in mid-air before landing, a thread of fresh blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

  "Even if I can't take your life, I'll at least strip you of a layer of skin." With that chilling remark, Yi Chen's toes tapped the ground as he charged forward.

  "Fourth-grade lower-tier soul technique - Boa Constrictor Fist!" Yi Chen let out a furious roar, his arms wrapped in a black soul force, leaving behind an afterimage as he charged towards the young Crimson Lion Beast.

  As soon as he saw Yi Chen's movement, the young red lion beast raised its thick forelimbs and slapped them towards Yi Chen's arms, a large one and a small one, contrasting sharply with his hands.

  "Boom." A piercing sound rang out, the young Crimson Lion Beast let out a mournful howl as it was knocked back by an enormous force, its four limbs scraping against the ground and leaving behind a shocking trench.

  Yi Chen was blown away by that distance, he felt his arm was about to break off, the intense pain constantly stimulating his nerves.

  "Peng." Yi Chen crashed into a large tree, only then was he able to steady himself, at the same time his throat felt sweet and he spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.

  Without time to check his injuries, Yi Chen gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, only to find that his soul power was almost depleted when he looked inward at the beast's soul. The previous movements had exhausted all of his soul power.

  If a Soul Repairer loses their soul power, it's like a tiger having its teeth pulled out. At this moment, Yi Chen's face turned pale.

  That massive young Spinosaurus finally stabilized its body shape. The previous move didn't give it much advantage, and it also suffered some injuries.

  "Roar." But the beast's strength lay in its physical body, and those injuries didn't amount to much for the young Lion Beast. It let out a furious roar, and once again charged at Yi Chen.

  The third-level monster was too strong, strong enough to make people feel desperate. But standing and waiting for death wasn't Yi Chen's style, with a flash of his right hand, a dagger appeared in his palm.

  "Roar." The young red lion beast arrived in front of him, raised its forelimbs and pounced towards Yi Chen.

  "What's the use of having a strong body if your eyes are just as hard?"

  Quietly waiting for the young crimson lion to arrive, when it came to Yì Chén's front and attacked, only to see Yì Chén angrily shouting, his body leaping like a spirit monkey, the dagger in his hand stabbing towards the young crimson lion's eyes.

  "Hmph." A low and muffled voice sounded, and the young Crimson Lion Beast's eyes were pierced by Yi Chen's swift strike before it could even react.

  "Roar." The intense pain caused the young Red Lion beast to let out a miserable howl, while it raised its paws and slapped them towards Yi Chen.

  "Good things come in pairs." Without caring about the young lion's attack, Yi Chen drew out his dagger and stabbed at its other eye.

  "Hmm." "Peng."

  Two different sounds rang out at the same time, and the other eye of the young lion beast was stabbed by a dagger, while Yi Chen was hit by the young lion beast. The severe pain spread throughout his body, and Yi Chen almost fainted from the pain.

  "Roar." The young red lion's two eyes were completely blinded, and it opened its throat to let out a mournful roar. The earth-shaking sound echoed through the forest. With its eyes blinded, it charged wildly in the forest, knocking down several large trees, going mad to the extreme.

  "We can't let it keep crying, or else it'll attract the mother beast back." His face pale from pain, Yi Chen gritted his teeth and rushed towards the crazed infant Red Lion Beast.

  He leapt onto the young Red Lion's neck, and Yi Chen drew out his dagger before crazily stabbing at the young Red Lion's head.

  "Pffft." To survive, Yi Chen unleashed his infinite potential, his eyes turned blood red, one knife after another stabbed into the young Spiky Lion's head, finally piercing through its brain.

  "Peng." The wound continued to bleed profusely, and the young red lion beast finally fell to the ground, making a dull thud.

  "Is it dead?" Yi Chen's head was a bit dizzy, and a strong sense of fatigue came over him. When he saw that the young Red Lion Beast wasn't moving, he said so now.

  "Hmm."

  At this moment, the Tian Shu in Yi Chen's arms released a dazzling golden light, and the beast soul in Yi Chen's body transformed into a vortex, releasing a powerful suction force.

  "Hiss." A transparent beast soul flew out of the wound on the young Red Lion Beast's head and was finally absorbed by the beast soul.

  "Hum." After absorbing the three-level beast soul of the young Crimson Lion, Yi Chen's beast soul began to tremble slightly after transforming back into its original form, with the soul power inside churning constantly.

  The beast soul became more solid during the slight tremble, no longer just a mass of fog, and its capacity to hold soul power doubled!

  After the beast soul underwent this change, Yi Chen felt his head gradually clearing up, and the pain on his body eased a lot.

  "The beast soul has advanced!" Yi Chen's inner vision of his dantian, his face suddenly revealed a look of surprise. Because his beast soul's grade had finally been upgraded to third-grade!

  Yi Chen suppressed his excitement and climbed out of the young beast's body, but they were not yet out of danger, everything would have to wait until they left this place.

  After identifying the direction, Yi Chen carefully headed east. However, when he walked past the Red Lion Beast's nest again, Yi Chen stopped because his gaze was attracted by a bead.

  That bead was only the size of a walnut and looked ordinary, but it gave Yi Chen an extremely strange feeling.

  It's not suitable to stay here for long. Yi Chen picked up that black bead and prepared to go back and study it carefully later.

  Walking along the east side, although there were some thrills along the way, fortunately Yi Chen's luck was not bad, and he walked out of the Ausi Forest smoothly.

  "It's good that the mother beast didn't appear, otherwise this life would probably have been lost there." Wiping away the sweat on his forehead, Yi Chen lightly let out a breath.

  This time entering the Aus forest was indeed dangerous, but fortunately, the harvest was quite rich, and Yi Chen felt very satisfied, walking towards the horse farm without looking back.

  "Teacher, aren't you in closed-door meditation?" As soon as he returned to the Xiping Horse Ranch, Yi Chen saw Yin Wei standing in front of his room door and quickly walked over.

  "Did you just enter the Auspicious Forest?" Turning his head towards Yi Chen, Yin Wei's originally smiling old face turned solemn.

  "Uh-huh, and I got this too." Yi Chen took out that four-star Soul Spirit Stone, smiling as he spoke.

  "Four-star Soul Spirit Stone? Did you get it from Red Lion Beast?" Ying Wei asked with a hint of anxiety.

  When he saw Yin Wei's appearance, Yi Chen was puzzled, but he didn't hide it and told him about the fight with the young red lion beast just now.

  "As expected." Yin Wei's face turned very ugly, saying: "You were too careless. The young beast has the aura of a mother beast on its body, which is meant to prevent other magical beasts from approaching, and you just got stained with the mother beast's aura during the fight."

  "What do you mean?" Yi Chen vaguely guessed what Yin Wei wanted to say and his face changed at once.

  "Roar." Just as Yi Chen's voice had barely fallen, a shocking and earth-shaking roar erupted from the direction of the Auspicious Forest, filled with anger and sorrow.