Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo.

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened, and it took him a long time to realize that this was clearly a sneaky escape.

"You three old guys don't usually play Three Kingdoms Kill in the Education Committee office, do you?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but think to himself.

After descending the mountain and seeing the carriage that had been prepared in advance, Lu Mingfei became even more certain.

"Hurry, hurry, don't just stand there! We'll be at Sunset Forest before dawn." Bai Baoshan urged Lu Mingfei to get in the carriage quickly, then cracked his whip and spurred his horse into a gallop, his smile radiant.

As the carriage shook violently, Lu Mingfei suddenly had the illusion that he was actually a princess kidnapped by a three-headed dragon, and thought to himself, "Damn, why do I feel like I'm just a prop for the three of you to play with!"

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Sunset Forest is located more than a hundred miles east of Tiandou City. It is one of the major wild soul beast habitats in the Tiandou Empire. Although its area is not as vast as Star Dou Forest, the proportion of high-level soul beasts is, in some ways, even greater.

As dawn broke, they arrived at a town near Sunset Forest. Looking ahead, they could already see the dark outline of the Sunset Forest.

This was Lu Mingfei's first time visiting this place. He had heard from Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo had made his home here.

"Sunset Forest should be considered the most suitable place for low-level soul masters to hunt souls, apart from the three major gathering places of soul beasts." Bai Baoshan left the carriage at the post station and took Lu Mingfei to purchase supplies in the surrounding market town.

They are searching for rare thousand-year-old dragon-type soul beasts, which may take several months. They must ensure they have sufficient food, water, and other basic necessities.

Although no one has ever witnessed a 100,000-year-old soul beast in Sunset Forest, a Soul Douluo powerhouse should theoretically be able to roam freely there. However, it is always better to be cautious than to err; the primary principle of soul hunting is to be prudent.

"Speaking of Sunset Forest, it's located east of Tiandou City. Why is it called Sunset Forest instead of Sunrise Forest?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head.

“I asked the teacher this question before.” Bai Baoshan chuckled and patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder. “The origin of the name Sunset Forest is unknown. It may have been called that in the previous civilization or even tens of thousands of years ago.”

"The most widely circulated story is that a long time ago someone saw the sun setting in the forest, hence the name Sunset Forest."

"The sun? Could it be some kind of divine artifact?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head, thinking that according to the usual game settings, places with names like this would most likely drop some kind of fire-type divine artifact.

However, this is generally something that only the main character would discover, such as after surviving a near-death experience by jumping off a cliff.

Lu Mingfei didn't think he had that kind of luck. In such a vast forest, even if there were a divine artifact, finding it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. He didn't know the location or the trigger conditions, so starting this side quest was simply a pipe dream.

But speaking of which, if some kind of fire-type artifact really fell down here, shouldn't this place be called something like the Valley of Flames? How come it's a forest?

"Alright, everything is ready. Let's go in now. Sunset Forest is not like Soul Hunting Forest. There are many thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts here. You must stick close to me and do not make any rash moves, understand?"

Bai Baoshan packed his things and looked at Lu Mingfei with a solemn expression, instructing him that Soul Hunting has always been a very serious matter, and no Soul Master can be careless about it.

"Yes!" Lu Mingfei also put away his smile and nodded with a serious expression. This place really contained ancient monsters that were thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. He, a quasi-Soul Venerable, was not even enough for them to chew up in one bite.

"Very good, let's go." Bai Baoshan patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder with satisfaction.

As the first rays of morning sunlight fell, the two figures headed towards the Sunset Forest.

Meanwhile, in the teaching committee building of Tiandou Royal Academy, Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin, the two teaching committee members, were staring at each other in Bai Baoshan's dormitory.

Although there was a letter left on the desk, as old buddies who spent every day together, they knew what Bai Baoshan was up to without even opening it.

"You just wait, you surnamed Bai!"

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The dense primeval forest blocked out the sun, and the air was faintly filled with the fragrance of unknown flowers.

Lu Mingfei finally realized the vast difference between the Soul Beast Forest and the Soul Hunting Forest, not just in their size, but more importantly in the diversity of soul beast species.

Here, you might just step on something and unleash an unknown insect or plant spirit beast.

Lu Mingfei felt like he had fallen into Jurassic World. Unfortunately, there were no dinosaurs here, only a bunch of demons and monsters. They wandered around the middle circle where the thousand-year-old soul beasts were active for three days and didn't even see a piece of dragon dung.

They didn't stop to rest until it got dark.

However, Lu Mingfei had long been mentally prepared for a protracted battle. As the saying goes, the darkest hour is before dawn. With a Contra-brand detector, what more could he want?

Although the Hunter's Code generally forbids lighting fires, Bai Baoshan still lit a campfire tonight to cook some hot soup for Lu Mingfei to warm up.

The moment Contra's aura was released, no small spirit beast dared to approach.

Lu Mingfei finally got to eat a bowl of hot meat soup to soothe his stomach.

Just as the second bowl was being served, a dark shadow appeared silently in the night, clearly intending to capture everyone, pot and all.

The vertical pupils that faintly glowed in the darkness instantly delighted Bai Baoshan.

Lu Mingfei also keenly sensed the faint dragon's might permeating the night sky, and dared not make any move, for fear of alerting the enemy.

"It's a Windwing Wyvern, Mingfei. The soul ring just came to me."

While the two were talking, the Windwing Wyvern had already circled above the campfire, waiting for its chance to strike, the aroma of the meat soup stimulating its taste buds.

As the overlord among the thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Sunset Forest, the dragon-type soul beast's arrogance led it to launch an attack without hesitation, while Bai Baoshan was also poised to strike.

Just as the Windwing Winged Dragon swooped down vertically, Bai Baoshan's Soul Douluo-level soul power suddenly erupted, and the Heavenly Star Furnace in his hand transformed into a stream of light. In an instant, it pierced through one of the Windwing Winged Dragon's wings.

Taking advantage of the Wind Feathered Wyvern losing its balance, Bai Baoshan appeared above it and stomped down, his powerful soul force pressing the massive winged dragon to the ground.

Chapter 72 God’s Fall

For a Soul Douluo to deal with a thousand-year-old Soul Beast is not just a piece of cake, it's an instant kill.

In just a few seconds, the Windwing Wyvern's body was already immobilized under the suppression of Bai Baoshan's Heavenly Star Furnace.

Lu Mingfei had already retreated the moment the battle broke out. Although he felt that he could have dealt with Bai Baoshan with a single Junyan attack, he still wanted to give Bai Baoshan a chance to show his skills.

However, as the Windwing Dragon landed and was suppressed, the huge shockwave still overturned the campfire and hot soup. Lu Mingfei quickly tidied up the fire before taking a look at the soul beast that had delivered itself to his doorstep.

“Mingfei, you’re really lucky. This Windwing Dragon is wind-attribute and not very powerful. It should still be in its youth and less than two thousand years old. With your strength, absorbing it shouldn’t be a problem.” Bai Baoshan said, sensing the soul power fluctuations of the Windwing Dragon.

Although dragon-type soul beasts are often described as being comparable to those that have existed for ten thousand years despite only having existed for a thousand, that only refers to one aspect of their combat strength. The difference in soul power is ultimately very difficult to overcome. Based on his own experience, Bai Baoshan could make a rough judgment.

Lu Mingfei was slightly shocked as he looked at the enormous thing in front of him.

The membranous wings on both sides of the Windwing Dragon are covered with layers of gray feathers, and its wingspan is almost the size of a fighter jet.

Rather than calling it a pterosaur, it's more accurate to call it a dragon bird, especially with that long beak. If it weren't for the rows of sharp teeth inside, Lu Mingfei would have thought it was some kind of enlarged woodpecker.

Shocked as he was, Lu Mingfei remembered his business and said no more. He ignited his golden eyes, and an iron cone appeared in his hand. He condensed his soul power and pierced the Windwing Dragon's brain through its eye socket, ending its life.

The Windwing Wyvern lost all consciousness in the golden light, and the purple soul light gradually solidified above its corpse, transforming into a purple halo.

Compared to other offspring like the Dragonscale Horse and the Fiery Dragon Lizard, the Windwing Wyvern can be considered one of the closest direct relatives of the true dragon.

Even though it has passed away, one can still feel a faint sense of majesty from those purple lights.

Bai Baoshan then withdrew his soul power and jumped off the Wind Winged Dragon: "Quickly adjust your breathing, there's only one hour left."

Lu Mingfei nodded. Having learned from his previous experience, he adjusted his aura slightly and began absorbing the spirit ring.

To this day, he still doesn't know whether he has absorbed the maximum amount of soul rings.

After all, his spirit rings were all provided by Lu Mingze, that devil from hell. Lu Mingfei felt that even if he absorbed a 100,000-year spirit ring, Lu Mingze would probably accept it all.

"Damn it, why does it have to be this every time?" Lu Mingfei stood on a scenic cliff, staring at the sun about to sink into the earth, and sighed helplessly.

"Lu Mingze, has your Hellish copyright agency started charging fees yet? Why are you still using the same old tricks today?"

"That's slander, brother! How dare you question the devil's ideas?" Lu Mingze leaped down from the mountaintop and landed right in front of Lu Mingfei. "It's your own fault for not seeing things clearly, brother!"

"Really?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head, looked around uncertainly, and upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered the problem.

Logically, the sun should have already set, so why is the sky still so bright?

He looked up again and saw that the sun was still hanging in the sky, shining brightly. How could he explain the sun in front of him?

"What the hell? Is this version of Hou Yi shooting down the suns?" Lu Mingfei immediately gasped. Had Hell invaded the underworld? They dared to misuse the copyright of such a great author?

“Brother, I feel like you’re thinking something very rude?” Lu Mingze narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No, I was just thinking, could we do something different next time? Like the Moulin Rouge in Paris, with some long-legged girls dancing, so we can chat a bit more," Lu Mingfei stammered. He'd forgotten that this guy could read minds.

“I can’t read minds,” Lu Mingze shook his head.

"You still say you can't?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

“It’s because you’re too easy to understand, brother.” Lu Mingze shrugged: “You’re full of rotten words, so rotten that I can see right through them.”

"It shouldn't be... that bad, right?" Lu Mingfei subconsciously glanced at his chest. It couldn't be worse than that apple core that was bitten by a bug two Christmases ago, could it?

"You still say it's not bad? You've led me astray, and I've forgotten the important thing." Lu Mingze sighed: "Let's make this clear first, there's no Hou Yi shooting down the sun here, this version is called Ragnarok."

“But I remember the title of this story. Didn’t you broadcast it the time before last?” Lu Mingfei retorted.

"Old stories, new versions, that's just keeping up with the times. How many versions of Jin Yong's trilogy have been made?" Lu Mingze suddenly pulled out two cups of cola from behind his back and sat on the ground: "Classics never go out of style!"

"Damn! Why didn't you bring this good stuff out sooner?" Lu Mingfei's eyes were red. He snatched the cola and felt a long-lost sense of happiness well up on his tongue as the familiar syrup mixed with boiling bubbles swirled on his tongue.

Good heavens! Heaven knows what kind of miserable life he's been living in this world!

"How can you watch a movie without cola and popcorn?" Lu Mingze smiled and handed over a large cup of popcorn, then snapped his fingers.

Lu Mingfei couldn't care less about that so-called classic right now. As expected of the devil's product, the cola was automatically and infinitely refillable. Even if he were to die from overeating here today, he would be willing to do it.

"Brother, you're still the same as before. Don't you want the divine artifact anymore?" Lu Mingze nudged Lu Mingfei's arm.

"A divine artifact? What divine artifact?" Lu Mingfei asked blankly.

"Sunset Forest, it was clearly my brother who thought of it first."

"Are you kidding me? If this thing fell, wouldn't it have been the end of the world already?" Lu Mingfei pointed at the huge fireball in front of him. Even if it couldn't compare to the asteroid that wiped out the Cretaceous period, it would at least have turned this place into a volcano, right?

"That's why I said you didn't look carefully. Look, there's something else coming down behind you, isn't there?" Lu Mingze looked up.

Following Lu Mingze's gaze to the upper right, Lu Mingfei saw a dazzling meteorite, as bright as a diamond, falling from the sky at an even faster speed.

"Oh my god, one of these would be enough to kill me, and there's still one left?"

Lu Mingfei wanted to complain about just how unlucky this world was.

Ice and fire collided in mid-air, bursting forth with an extremely dazzling light, accompanied by a tremor that shook the earth, annihilating everything in sight.

"Damn, I admit this is a big production, but don't you devils' cinemas provide sunglasses? My eyes are almost blinded!" Lu Mingfei complained, covering his eyes.

Chapter 73 The Golden Fleece and the Poison Dragon of Colchis

“Look, this is Ragnarok.” Lu Mingze’s voice drifted out from behind the white light. “Brother, do you know what whale fall is?”

"I do not know."

Lu Mingfei pretended to be stupid, but in fact he had read the novel illustrations before.

“When the enormous whale dies, it sinks to the bottom of the sea. Its carcass will naturally attract countless predators to fight over it. In the end, only the bones and rotting flesh will sink to the bottom of the sea, and then continue to support a cycle system mainly composed of decomposers. This process takes hundreds of years. The fall of the two gods has nourished this forest for hundreds of thousands of years,” Lu Mingze said softly.

"Oh, it's so long." Lu Mingfei gave the most direct and concise review.

"Brother, you've been playing the clown for too long, you're getting too into character." Lu Mingze chuckled and shook his head softly.

"What clown? Who are you calling a clown?"

Lu Mingfei slapped his thigh and made a big fuss, but for the sake of the cola and popcorn, he ultimately didn't stand up.

“How could I possibly curse you? You’re my brother.” The little devil smiled. “You know perfectly well what I’m going to say, but you always try to cover it up with nonsense.”

"Bullshit, we're not even acquainted!" Lu Mingfei scoffed and lowered his head.

He didn't dare look at Lu Mingze. This little devil had given him cola and popcorn today, and even put together such a fully immersive, three-dimensional blockbuster. He was clearly trying to make him a treasure hunter.

But he's not Schwarzenegger, and he doesn't have two machine guns on his shoulders. Where is he going to rob anything good?

Look at the epic scene just now, it was a true clash of heaven and earth, the kind where whoever went there would die. He's only a minor Soul Venerable right now, he could easily die just walking around in this forest, let alone searching for treasure here.

"Don't worry, I'm not some kind of devil. You're my brother, I would never hurt you," Lu Mingze continued.

"Tch, all talk and no action." Lu Mingfei's eyes darted around, sensing from Lu Mingze's words that there was some kind of easy money to be had.

These are divine artifacts, and there are two of them! Which fine young man hasn't dreamed of wielding the Heaven-Slaying Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber, cutting his way from the beginner village to the Heavenly Palace?

And if he really gets the artifact, his speed of clearing the game will definitely increase by a lot, right?

"Whether what I said is true or not, you'll find out later, brother." Lu Mingze smiled and snapped his fingers.

Suddenly, the world turned upside down, and the world before them was submerged in a primeval green. Even the stands where they were standing were covered with countless vines and wild grasses. At the same time, a mist rushed towards Lu Mingfei.

Every time Lu Mingze pulled this trick, Lu Mingfei felt a little envious. Although he knew it was an illusion, he had to admit that it was quite a cool move.

"But before that, let's go through the routine procedures first."

"What process? Oh, right, I just absorbed a soul ring. Look at its quality, what kind of spirit word can I exchange for this time?" Lu Mingfei said, then quickly looked at Lu Mingze. Once is unfamiliar, twice is familiar, and this is the third time, so Lu Mingfei is no longer beating around the bush.

Although the little devil is not a good person at heart, the two of them are now in the same boat, and he has actually begun to lower his guard against the other.