Douluo: Join Tang San, and I will accept Xiao Wu!

Chapter 86, Pet the Cat

Not long after, Ning Rongrong successfully absorbed the soul ring and obtained a defense-enhancing soul skill.

Meng Bei's mission was also completed at this moment, and the age of his third soul ring was increased by one thousand years.

Adding the tasks Xiao Wu had completed before, the ages of his third and fourth soul rings had reached more than 3,500 years and more than 15,000 years respectively.

His spirit ring and spirit power both gained a certain boost as a result, but because his current strength was too strong, this boost only increased his spirit power by about half a level, while his strength did not increase much.

The next step was to find a soul beast suitable for Zhu Zhuqing. During the night when everyone was resting, Meng Bei took Xiao Wu out quietly.

Then he made up an excuse, saying that he had encountered a suitable soul beast, and he took Xiao Wu to hunt it, but he didn't inform everyone because he didn't want to disturb everyone's rest. This explained the problem of Xiao Wu's fourth soul ring.

The crowd continued searching.

Soon, Zhu Zhuqing's third soul ring was found.

Liu Erlong accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old ghost-headed duck while scouting in the sky.

This is a medium-sized bird soul beast, only about half the size of an eagle soul beast of the same level. Its advantage is that it is extremely fast and looks like a ghost.

The reason why this soul beast is called the Ghost-Headed Duck actually has nothing to do with its speed. It is mainly because this soul beast often sneak attacks others in the air. When it descends to attack, the Ghost-Headed Duck will pin its most vulnerable head up and hide it in a depression behind its wings. From a distance, it looks like a headless ghost bird, hence its name.

When Liu Erlong discovered this soul beast, it was already hanging far behind Meng Bei's team, seemingly considering whether to attack Meng Bei's team.

When Liu Erlong saw this, she immediately spat out a breath of dragon flame. The ghost-headed duck tried to dodge but was still slightly touched by it. Its wings were ignited and it fell down crookedly.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing immediately rushed towards the direction where the ghost-headed duck fell.

After all, this was a soul beast hunted for her, so as the person involved, she naturally had to pay more attention to it.

However, what she didn't expect was that after the ghost-headed duck landed, it rolled on the ground repeatedly and accidentally ignited the surrounding trees, causing a fire. Then the ghost-headed duck staggered away in the thick smoke.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly chased after it while the flame was still small.

Meng Bei was following Zhu Zhuqing at this time. When he arrived, the flame had already begun to spread, but it was not too big, just medium.

Meng Bei ignored the flames and chased in the direction of Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai and others who followed were a minute or two late. By the time they arrived, the fire had spread completely. Flames shot up into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, blocking everyone from moving forward.

This flame originated from Liu Erlong's ultimate fire, and its temperature was far beyond that of ordinary flames. Now, except for Liu Erlong herself, no one else dared to force their way in.

"What should I do?"

Dai Mubai looked at the direction where Meng Bei and Zhu Zhuqing left with great concern.

Zhu Zhuqing is not very strong, and if she gets trapped in the fire, it will be extremely dangerous.

Ning Rongrong and the others looked at the raging fire at this time, and for a moment they also looked worried.

Fortunately, Liu Erlong fell from the sky at this time and comforted everyone:

"Don't worry, I saw from the air that Zhuqing and Xiaobei have left the area where the fire spread. Don't worry about them. With Xiaobei's strength, he will protect Zhuqing and keep her safe. I think they will come back after the fire is out."

When everyone heard Liu Erlong's words, they were temporarily relieved.

Since Meng Bei and Zhu Zhuqing have left the fire, at least they don't have to worry about being trapped by flames.

At this time, the flames became more and more intense, and many soul beasts scrambled to escape from the flames.

Liu Erlong looked at this scene, frowned slightly, and hurriedly said to everyone:
"Children, we don't know how long this fire will last. Let's all step back first to avoid being affected by the spirit beasts fleeing in the fire."

After hearing this, everyone thought it made sense, so they quickly retreated several miles and waited for the fire to be extinguished.

Although Dai Mubai was still very worried about Zhu Zhuqing's safety at this time, he felt much more at ease when he thought of Meng Bei's strength, so he retreated with everyone.

On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing chased the ghost-headed duck all the way. The ghost-headed duck rolled and tumbled all the way, leaping for more than ten miles, but it was stained with Liu Erlong's ultimate fire, and no matter how it rolled, the flame would not go out.

In the end, when the Guitouwu was forced to stop, it was already dying. Half of its body was burnt by the flames, the new flesh on its body was cracked by the flames, and the bones were burned into charcoal. It looked extremely miserable.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing quickly killed the ghost-headed duck. After all, the torture it suffered was so inhumane that even she felt sorry for it.

Meng Bei, who was behind, also caught up at this time.

Looking at the miserable state of Guitouwu, he shook his head repeatedly.

"Sister Zhuqing, I will protect you, you can start absorbing the spirit ring!"

Meng Bei said.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded upon hearing this, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the soul ring.

Meng Bei silently guarded Zhu Zhuqing.

During this period, he didn't know why, but he involuntarily moved his eyes from the surroundings to Zhu Zhuqing.

From top to bottom, it has a gourd-shaped body.

I have to say that compared with Xiao Wu and the others, Zhu Zhuqing does have her own strengths.

At this time, Meng Bei was focusing on studying the tail of Zhu Zhuqing after being possessed by her martial spirit.

This tail grows out from the back. I wonder what it feels like to touch it. Is it virtual or does it have a real touch?
Meng Bei wanted to touch it, not out of any other reason, but out of pure curiosity.

Of course, he also knew that this was the critical moment for Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the spirit ring, and he could not interrupt her casually.

At this time, Zhu Zhuqing had successfully pulled the soul ring onto her body, and now she was concentrating on absorbing the soul power contained in the soul ring.

Since this ghost-headed duck had gone through extremely inhuman torture when it died, there was a lot of resentment contained in its soul power. Zhu Zhuqing had never taken magic herbs, so it was still a bit difficult for her to absorb it.

Meng Bei estimated that it would not end in a short time.

He looked at Zhu Zhuqing for a while. Zhu Zhuqing really had a great figure. After being possessed by her martial spirit, she had cat ears as a backdrop, which made her even more adorable. It would be nice if he could touch the cat ears. He wondered if they were as soft as Xiao Wu's.

Meng Bei was thinking about it, his eyes accidentally swept across the ghost-headed duck on the ground, and he suddenly perked up!
I saw a faint light flashing between the burnt wings of the ghost-headed duck.

That is!

Meng Bei thought of something, hurried forward, and pulled off the wings of the ghost-headed duck.

He peeled off the burnt flesh on the wings of the ghost duck, and saw a piece of crystal-like purple bone exposed among the layers of bones.

It was a pair of wings connected together, dark purple in color, emitting powerful soul fluctuations and bursts of faint light.

"External soul bone!"

Meng Bei looked back at Zhu Zhuqing, who was closing her eyes and concentrating on absorbing the soul ring. He fell into deep thought.

At this moment, the system voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding, trigger the side quest! ]

[Side Quest: Return the Soul Bone. You accidentally intercepted the external soul bone of Zhu Zhuqing, a member of the Shrek team. For the harmony of the team, please return the soul bone! ]

[Task Difficulty: Normal]

[Task Reward: External Soul Bone of the Same Type]

(End of this chapter)