The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

Having acquired his fifth spirit ring meant he would have ample spirit power to support him in inscribing a more complex level six core array. Relying on his dynamic vision—his martial spirit instinct—and his powerful mental strength, he maintained his consistently high success rate in inscribing level six core arrays, making mistakes virtually impossible.

It can be said that his golden-eyed martial soul was practically born for soul tools.

In just half a month, he began to try and successfully inscribed an aggregate that fused five level-six core magic arrays, replacing the original core magic array in the short-bladed whale tooth.

In other words, this short-bladed whale tooth has become a genuine level six melee soul tool. It's just right for him to use at his current cultivation level.

Not long after, Tang Ya also ended her seclusion and finally broke through the bottleneck of level 40.

While Tang Ya was breaking through, Xu Zihuang was learning how to make soul tools from Fan Yu in the Soul Guidance Department. It wasn't until Ning Tian came to find him that evening that he learned about these things from Ning Tian.

With less than two weeks left until the end of the semester, Tang Ya still needs to take the outer academy's graduation exam, so time is tight. Therefore, the group decided to set off early the next morning to hunt spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain spirit rings for advancement.

Old Master Mu probably knew that Gu Lao was secretly following them, so he felt quite at ease letting Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei leave.

The next morning, Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei left Poseidon Island together and arrived at the agreed meeting point, outside the east gate of Shrek Academy.

Whether it was the excitement of her upcoming advancement or the urgency of facing the graduation exam from the Foreign Languages ​​Department, Tang Ya dragged Ning Tian here early.

The two held hands, appearing very affectionate.

Compared to a year and a half ago, Tang Ya has grown taller and her figure has become fuller. Dressed in a black outfit, her long black hair is tied into a neat ponytail.

Her beautiful face was adorned with dark, bright eyes. The composure she had gained with age vanished the moment she saw Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei walking towards her.

"Beibei, Tianhuang. Over here!" Tang Ya waved to the two of them, muttering a few words with a hint of reproach.

"Why are you so late? Ning Tian and I have been here for a while now."

Xu Zihuang responded with a smile.

"Senior Xiaoya, you didn't stay up all night because you were so excited about hunting soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow, did you?"

The sky is only just beginning to lighten, and it will probably be almost half an hour before sunrise.

Tang Ya, whose face had been exposed by Xu Zihuang, felt her face flush slightly and immediately denied it, saying one thing but meaning another.

"How is this possible?!"

Then she whispered something in Ning Tian's ear, and while speaking, she deliberately glared at Xu Zihuang with a fierce look.

Tang Ya, who is almost an adult, seems to still be the same innocent and kind girl she was back then, and has never changed.

Ning Tian was already used to the close relationship between the four of them, and his eyes met Xu Zihuang's with a smile in them.

Beibei walked up to the two women and shook her head helplessly.

"Alright, let's set off. Let's try to enter the Star Dou Great Forest before noon today."

As he spoke, he took out a small and delicate flying soul tool from his soul tool.

Xu Zihuang and the other two did the same. After a brief exchange, the four of them used their flying soul tools to take off and fly towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jokes aside, serious business can't be neglected.

Shrek City was indeed very close to the Star Dou Great Forest, and with the assistance of the flying soul tool, the group arrived smoothly an hour before noon.

After meditating cross-legged for a while, I restored myself to my best condition and prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beibei stood up and glanced at Xu Zihuang.

Xu Zihuang understood and said, "Senior Brother Bei, you lead the way, and I'll cover the rear. Senior Sister Xiaoya, you and Ning Tian stay in the middle and be ready to support us."

Although both Beibei and he are Soul King level experts, he is the most suitable person to cover the rear, both in terms of strength and the abilities they are good at.

Beibei nodded readily, and Ning Tian naturally had no objections.

However, Tang Ya suddenly realized something. Back when she and Bei Bei first met Yu Tianhuang in the Star Dou Great Forest, it was with Yu Tianhuang's help that she obtained her third spirit ring.

The four then entered the Star Dou Great Forest in this formation.

With Soul King Bei Bei leading the way, the four of them quickly ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest. Ning Tian and Tang Ya needed to hunt soul beasts around five thousand years old, so they certainly couldn't afford to take their chances in the outer areas.

Therefore, their initial destination was the mixed zone.

With Yu Tianhuang and Bei Bei in charge, soul beasts with a cultivation level of less than ten thousand years could not pose any threat to them.

Traveling through the outer area of ​​the Starry Sky Forest, the group naturally did not feel any pressure.

Two hours passed, and in the blink of an eye, they were about to enter the mixed zone.

While in the outer area, they actually encountered several thousand-year-old soul beasts with suitable attributes. However, they were all lacking in age, with cultivation levels around two thousand years, which was far from what everyone had expected.

Chapter 237 Diamond Mammoth and the Fifth Soul Skill, Mental Storm

The Starry Sky Forest, located in the south-central part of the continent, remains lush and green even in winter.

At Beibei's suggestion, the group found an open area on the edge of the mixed zone and the outer zone, intending to rest for a while before entering the mixed zone.

With Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei's cultivation level and physical fitness, they certainly wouldn't feel tired yet, but they had to consider Tang Ya and Ning Tian.

Tang Ya's situation is slightly better. Although the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul provides almost no boost to her physical strength, she is, after all, a Battle Soul Master and often directly participates in battles with Soul Beasts and Soul Masters.

But Ning Tian's breathing became much more rapid, and his full chest rose and fell slightly.

Having eaten meals made with top-quality ingredients since childhood, she was only slightly shorter than Tang Ya, who was nearly seventeen years old.

Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei stood beside the two women, keeping watch over their surroundings. Tang Ya took out a silver-white blanket made of soul beast fur from her soul tool and pulled Ning Tian to sit down.

They showed absolute trust in Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei.

"Junior Sister Ning Tian, ​​although you are a support-type Soul Master, you still need to work on your physical fitness more. Otherwise, you might suffer a great loss in the future." Tang Ya said to Ning Tian with a smile in a low voice, but subconsciously looked at Xu Zihuang beside her as she spoke.

Yu Tianhuang followed behind them the whole way, and compared to Beibei, she could feel Yu Tianhuang's incredibly peaceful breathing more clearly.

However, her seemingly unintentional remark, combined with her gesture of looking up at Xu Zihuang, inevitably led people to speculate.

Hearing Tang Ya's words, Ning Tian was instantly stunned. Her light blue eyes were filled with shyness and disbelief. She never expected that Tang Ya, who was always so innocent, would say something so bold.

Tang Ya, who turned her head to look at Ning Tian, ​​also suddenly realized what was happening. Her face flushed red, and she reached out her delicate hand to pat her cheek.

"Oh my god, Tang Ya, what did you just say?!"

Being simple-minded doesn't mean she's ignorant. Besides, Soul Masters are exposed to far more things than ordinary people, so precociousness is quite common.

Beibei gently touched her forehead, her face full of exasperation.

Only Xu Zihuang remained calm, and with a gentle smile, he took the initiative to ease the awkwardness.

"By the way, Senior Xiaoya, I know all the types of spirit beasts Ning Tian needs to hunt for his fourth spirit ring. But I don't know your plans for hunting spirit beasts for your fourth spirit ring. I trained in this mixed area with my senior brother from the Spirit Guidance Department for a while before, and I know a lot about the main areas where certain spirit beasts are active. Maybe the types of spirit beasts I know are just right for you."

"Um...cough cough." Tang Ya coughed lightly, and seeing that Xu Zihuang seemed completely unaware of the ambiguity in her words, her expression softened slightly.

"My first three spirit rings came from a hundred-year-old Mandragora Snake, a hundred-year-old Ghost Vine, and a thousand-year-old Cave Demon Spider, respectively. Bei Bei and I discussed it, and considering my first three spirit skills and the enhancement of my Blue Silver Grass spirit, our primary target is a thousand-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider. However, I also know that the number of Human-Faced Demon Spider spirit beasts is very rare, so it still depends on luck."

Beibei chimed in, "Besides the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Cave Demon Spider is also a suitable fourth spirit ring for Xiaoya. Xiaoya's third spirit ring was a thousand-year-old Cave Demon Spider that you helped her hunt down, Tianhuang. If she were to fuse with a more powerful Cave Demon Spider spirit ring, it would not only strengthen Xiaoya's third spirit skill, Blue Silver Prison, but also provide her with another fourth spirit skill for self-defense. In terms of development prospects, it wouldn't be worse than fusing with a Human-Faced Demon Spider spirit ring. But as Xiaoya said, encountering either of these spirit beasts depends more on luck."

“If Senior Sister Xiaoya’s primary goal is these two types of soul beasts, there is a place we could try going to.” Xu Zihuang nodded seriously.

"When my senior brother and I were training in the mixed zone, we once observed from afar an area covered with spider webs of human-faced demon spiders. That should be a gathering place for human-faced demon spiders."

"Human-faced Demon Spider?!" Tang Ya's eyes widened in surprise, and she said sweetly, "Bei Bei, then I'll choose the Human-faced Demon Spider as my fourth spirit ring."

Given such a high-quality soul ring option, she certainly didn't want to miss it. As a top-tier spider-type soul beast, the Human-Faced Demon Spider would definitely grant her that extremely powerful control-type soul skill, Spider Web Binding.

These are conclusions drawn by every Soul Master with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul over the past ten thousand years in the Tang Sect.

Ning Tian's eyes flickered slightly, and Bei Bei also understood the meaning behind Xu Zihuang's words, and frowned.

“Tianhuang, since this is a gathering place for human-faced demon spiders, there must be quite a few human-faced demon spiders living there. To be able to occupy a region in this mixed zone, the leading female spider must be quite powerful.”

This is a habit of the spider with the human face. Pregnant female spiders will find a safe place to give birth to their offspring alone.

Unlike other top-tier soul beasts, the Human-Faced Demon Spider possesses an extremely high reproductive capacity, often giving birth to hundreds of spiderlings at once. The reason for its rarity lies entirely in the fact that the spiderlings will fight amongst themselves, with only a few strong individuals surviving. After devouring the corpses of their siblings, the surviving spiderlings will quickly pass through their infancy period, gaining a certain level of strength to live independently.

Xu Zihuang smiled calmly.

“I carefully observed the coverage of the largest spider web in that area before, which is the web sprayed by the mother spider. The diameter is no more than 25 meters. If we convert that, the mother spider’s cultivation level is probably between four thousand and five thousand years, which is just right as Senior Sister Xiaoya’s fourth soul ring. We should give it a try, Senior Brother Bei. With our strength, we can handle it.”

"Less than five thousand years of cultivation?" Bei Bei's heart stirred slightly.

His biggest worry was that the female spider's cultivation level was too high, perhaps even approaching ten thousand years. A human-faced demon spider of that level, especially in this vast Star Dou Great Forest, would require considerable effort to deal with and even kill.

Furthermore, Tang Ya was unable to absorb the mother spider's soul ring. This seemed like a net loss.

However, Yu Tianhuang has now basically confirmed that the mother spider's cultivation level is no more than five thousand years, which is indeed feasible.

Suddenly, Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei, who had been talking, looked sharply to their left front.

A sound like scales scraping against flowers, trees, and dry leaves suddenly rang out.

Ning Tian and Tang Ya also reacted. Ning Tian was pulled behind Xu Zihuang to protect him, while Tang Ya went to Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei's side and activated her Purple Demon Eye.

Two yellow and one purple spirit rings rose from beneath Tang Ya's feet, pulsating rhythmically. Simultaneously, dark blue vines sprouted wildly from Tang Ya's delicate body.

Since fusing with the soul ring of that thousand-year-old cave spider, the color of her Blue Silver Grass has changed from its original dark blue to blue-black.

A glint of purple flashed in Tang Ya's eyes as she spoke with delight.

"Tianhuang, Beibei, is a large, peach-colored snake with a protrusion on its forehead. It should be a thousand-year-old Mandragora Snake. If its cultivation level is suitable, it would be a good choice as my fourth soul ring."

“It is indeed a Mandragora Serpent, but judging from its color and length, its cultivation level is only around 3,200 years.” Xu Zihuang, who had released his Golden Eye Martial Soul, gave an extremely accurate assessment.

How could Tang Sect's Purple Demon Eye possibly compare to the martial soul instinct of his Golden Eye Martial Soul?

With a strange cry, the thousand-year-old Datura serpent transformed into a pink afterimage and pounced towards the group. The air was filled with a sweet-smelling poisonous mist.

While the Mandragora Serpent may not be as formidable as the Human-Faced Demon Spider, it is still a powerful poisonous spirit beast. It possesses potent neurotoxins, a body as hard as iron, impervious to swords and blades, and incredible speed. However, its most terrifying aspect is its aggression. It will almost always attack any human it encounters.

Xu Zihuang and Bei Bei remained calm; a thousand-year-old soul beast posed no threat to them. Ning Tian was also well aware of this and did not release the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to assist the group.

Tang Ya snorted coldly and made her move before the two of them.

As the purple third spirit ring shone, sixteen jet-black Blue Silver Grasses surged forth from the ground beneath the pink afterimage without warning, instantly converging above it to form a single cage.

This is Tang Ya's third soul skill, Blue Silver Cage. Because it's only a thousand-year soul ring skill, although Blue Silver Cage is instantaneous, it can only be cast on a single target.

A Mandala Serpent with three thousand years of cultivation is not so easy to deal with. The serpent's pink light shone brightly, its speed increased again, and it slipped out of the blue-silver cage just as it closed.

And in the next instant, it was enveloped by a piece of sharply defined dark red crystal. The mandala's body remained in a diving posture, frozen in the dark red crystal that refracted a magnificent halo, like a piece of amber left over from ancient times.

Without a doubt, it was Xu Zihuang who made the move. This alone is enough to show the power of his second soul skill. Compared with Tang Ya's Blue Silver Cage, it is not only instantaneous, but can also be locked onto with mental power.

With his current level of spiritual power, which is tangible but intangible, he is able to lock onto a range of two kilometers.

In other words, once you enter a distance of one kilometer radius centered on his body, there is no way to avoid his second soul skill, Mirror Annihilation; you can only take it head-on.