Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Emperor, Unifying the Continent!

"Found it!"

Xu Tianming looked at the energy orb in his hand that was shining brightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Hiss~ The power of light within me is surging. This level of excitement... this soul beast's light attribute energy must be very strong!"

The ultimate light attribute can sense the same light attribute; the stronger and purer the light attribute, the more it can resonate with him.

What he sensed at that moment was definitely a soul beast with a cultivation level of over ten thousand years and possessing the power of light.

Target found!

"Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao, we found it! It's in that direction!"

Xu Tianming sensed the resonance of the power of light and looked in a certain direction.

Zhang Lexuan followed Xu Tianming's gaze, her joy mixed with a hint of seriousness in her eyes.

"That direction... that's already the edge of the core area."

They are currently located at the boundary between the mixed zone and the core zone, but for safety reasons, they are not approaching the core zone.

However, the direction Xu Tianming was looking in was already close to the core area, and might even have already entered the core area!

With their lineup including a Soul Saint and a Soul Emperor, and Xu Tianming himself being no weaker than a late-stage Soul King, it's still a stretch to try and break into the core area...

It's quite difficult.

Under normal circumstances, the highest cultivation level of a soul beast in the mixed zone will not exceed 20,000 years.

In the core area, there are countless soul beasts with cultivation levels of 30,000 to 50,000 years, and even more soul beasts with cultivation levels of 100,000 years appear deep within the core area!

This is really dangerous for their lineup!

Soul beasts with the attribute of light are already hard to find, and now that we've found one, we can't give up on it easily.

"Let's go take a look. If it's a soul beast with a cultivation level below 30,000 years, we can give it a try. If it's higher, we'll give up!"

Zhang Lexuan made a rational judgment.

She can hold her own against soul beasts with less than 30,000 years of cultivation.

Exceeding this level of cultivation would be far too dangerous! It would be a losing proposition.

"good!"

Xu Tianming nodded in agreement.

That's what he thought too.

He wouldn't have any difficulty absorbing anything below 30,000 years of cultivation, but he himself couldn't even imagine absorbing anything above 30,000 years.

Soon, the three of them carefully arrived at the edge of the core area, following the perception of Xu Tianming's power of light.

Compared to the mixed zone, it is much quieter here. You can hardly hear any roars of soul beasts, and even the chirping of insects and birds is much less frequent.

The soul beasts that manage to occupy a place in the core area are all incredibly powerful beings. Under normal circumstances, they rarely fight each other to avoid being taken advantage of by other soul beasts.

This is a good thing for Soul Hunters, as other Soul Beasts are less likely to interfere in the territory of a Soul Beast.

However, the downside is that the less likely a territory is to be disturbed by spirit beasts, the stronger the owner of that territory is!

Correspondingly, the quieter the environment within a territory, the stronger the soul beasts within that territory are!

"I've been to the Star Dou Great Forest so many times, but this is my first time in the core area..."

Ma Xiaotao looked around warily, but couldn't help but sigh softly.

The Soul Rings needed by a Six-Ring Soul Emperor can be obtained in the Mixed Zone. Only when one reaches the Seventh Soul Ring does one need to approach the Core Zone to obtain the Soul Ring.

Zhang Lexuan's eyes turned serious, and she said in a deep voice, "Be careful. The core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest is extremely dangerous; a 100,000-year-old soul beast might suddenly appear out of nowhere!"

That's a bit of an exaggeration, but Zhang Lexuan was trying to maximize the vigilance of the other two.

She had been to the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest before, in order to obtain the seventh soul ring. At that time, an elder of the Sea God Pavilion personally led her here to hunt souls. Although this time she was not as deep as before, she knew the dangers here!

The three stopped after walking for a short while in the core area.

On the way here, we were surrounded by dense trees, with towering trees that almost completely blocked out the sunlight.

But when they got here, the three of them felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Trees are scarce here, but rocks are much more abundant, and these rocks even shimmer with a dazzling golden light!

This is extremely rare in the forest.

"There are places like this inside the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Ma Xiaotao looked curiously at the open space in front of her, where golden rocks were scattered about, but she didn't walk over directly.

As an inner court student, she knew what the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest meant, and with Zhang Lexuan constantly reminding her, even if she was curious, she wouldn't act rashly.

Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly as she looked at the scene before her.

"Golden rocks, a clearing in the forest...wait!"

Zhang Lexuan moved swiftly, jumping onto a tall tree that was tens of meters high, and looked into the depths.

Looking out from the vantage point, there weren't many trees around, so her view was quite expansive.

Upon seeing a certain area, her pupils contracted slightly, and she quickly looked down.

"Sister Lexuan, how are you...?"

"Go! Let's go now!"

Xu Tianming wanted to ask what was going on, but Zhang Lexuan said she was leaving without saying a word.

"what?"

Xu Tianming and Ma Xiaotao were both taken aback upon hearing this.

Nothing has happened yet, why is she leaving already? And judging from Zhang Lexuan's tone, she seems quite anxious!

Zhang Lexuan said in a deep voice, "This is the Golden Swamp area in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. What we see now is an open space, but behind this open space lies a Golden Swamp! And there lives one of the Star Dou Great Forest's top predators... the Golden Crocodile!"

Golden Crocodile!

As soon as the name was mentioned, Ma Xiaotao and Xu Tianming realized the seriousness of the situation.

In Shrek Academy's curriculum, special areas of the Star Dou Great Forest are given dedicated instruction.

The outer court will explain the outer area and the mixed area, while the inner court will focus on explaining the depths of the mixed area and certain places in the core area, so that students can obtain soul rings by hunting souls in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Golden Swamp is a key area that the Inner Court will focus on explaining.

The Golden Swamp is located on the edge of the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. It is home to at least a dozen Golden Crocodiles, including at least three Golden Crocodiles with ten thousand years of cultivation!

Most importantly, the golden crocodile's bloodline is extremely special!

Legend has it that the Golden Crocodile is a hybrid offspring of the Golden Dragon and the Emperor Crocodile. It not only inherited the terrifying power of the Golden Dragon but also the heavy armor defense of the Emperor Crocodile, making it extremely powerful!

The first-generation Golden Crocodile, with a cultivation of 30,000 to 50,000 years, was comparable to a 100,000-year-old soul beast!

Of course, that was the ability of the first-generation Golden Crocodile, but the current Golden Crocodile should not be underestimated.

With only ten thousand years of cultivation, its combat power is comparable to a thirty-thousand-year-old soul beast! A twenty-thousand-year-old golden crocodile can even fight a fifty-thousand-year-old soul beast head-on!