Chapter 144 Soul-Eating Beetle
Chapter 144 Soul-Eating Beetle
In fact, Ning Bei could directly take out the Danta or Youxiang Qiluo immortal products to attract soul beasts. With his cultivation as a Titled Douluo, he could easily help the little ones obtain suitable soul rings.
But in order to train everyone's ability to work together, he did not intend to do so.
The group headed towards the interior of the Sunset Forest. On the way, they encountered many soul beasts of inappropriate age. They did not kill too many soul beasts and bypassed these soul beasts and continued on their way.
Zhu Zhuqing's physical fitness had been greatly enhanced due to taking whale glue for more than a month. After coming to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, she took the fairy grass given by Ning Bei, which further improved her physical fitness.
With the blessing of the Vein Protecting Pill, she planned to hunt for a soul ring that was nearly 4000 years old, which was close to her current limit. However, the little kitten, who was in a bad situation, planned to give it a try. Otherwise, even with the blessing of the fairy grass, it would be difficult for her to compete with her sister who was 6 years older than her.
Maybe it was bad luck, but the group walked for several hours and didn’t encounter a soul beast suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.
"This soul beast is too hard to find! We have been here for several hours."
Ning Rongrong, whose first three spirit rings were easily obtained with the help of two Titled Douluo grandfathers, pouted and complained.
Ah Dai also understood the special nature of this person, and smiled and comforted him:
"Miss, this is still considered good. My third soul ring took me three days to find a suitable soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Three days?"
Ning Rongrong widened her eyes in surprise, totally unable to understand why it was so difficult to obtain a spirit ring.
Xiao Wu patted her little sister's head in amusement.
"Rongrong, you should be happy that you have two grandfathers with Titled Douluo cultivation. How many people have even lost their lives in order to obtain spirit rings."
Ning Rongrong was so choked that she couldn't utter a word. She had to follow the team and continue moving forward.
Just as everyone was talking about their experiences of obtaining spirit rings, Ye Yinzhu, who was always on guard, suddenly shouted to Ah Dai and Long Nianbing in front of him.
"A-Dai, Nian Bing, be careful!!!"
After receiving the reminder, Ah Dai and Long Nianbing quickly jumped back and came in front of Ye Yinzhu and Ning Rongrong.
I saw a black shadow passing by where the two of them were standing before. When the black shadow saw that its attack missed, it quickly burrowed into the ground and hid.
"Did a big black rat just pass by?"
Ning Rongrong looked at Ye Yinzhu beside her in a daze.
Ye Yinzhu stared at the direction where the shadow had just disappeared with a serious face and explained:
"If I'm not mistaken, the black shadow just now was a soul-devouring beetle. It's not very big and specializes in drilling into the bodies of soul masters or soul beasts to absorb their soul power!"
"Ah? That's disgusting!"
When Ning Rongrong heard that it was an insect that could drill into the body, she immediately started to shiver with cold all over. This is a woman's natural fear of insects!
Just when everyone was on alert, the black shadow shot out from the ground again and attacked Ah Dai in the front row.
Long Nianbing, who had been on guard beside him, snorted coldly.
"Humph, you still want to launch a sneak attack?"
"Morning dew knife, ice and snow sigh."
Countless kitchen knives shining with cold light turned into an ice magic circle that trapped the black shadow inside the knife formation, and everyone could see its appearance clearly.
A jet-black beetle similar to a rhinoceros beetle, nearly 10 cm long.
"A-Dai, this is a ten-thousand-year-old soul-eating beetle. Its attributes are suitable for you, but its age is a bit too much for you."
After hearing Ye Yinzhu's words, everyone turned their eyes to Ah Dai in front of them, wondering what choice he would make.
Just as Ah Dai was hesitating, Long Nianbing's anxious voice came.
"Oh no, this guy is about to break through my sword formation"
It turned out that while the few people were communicating, the beetle had already started to crash around in the knife formation, and the knife formation was about to collapse.
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong hurriedly summoned the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower to buff Long Nianbing.
"Jiubao is famous, and he keeps working!"
With his strength, speed, and soul power increased by 40%, Long Nianbing stabilized the sword formation again, came back to his senses and gave Ning Rongrong an appreciative look.
Ah Dai, who reacted, also made up his mind.
"I want this beetle as my soul ring!" Ye Yinzhu and Long Nianbing looked at him worriedly.
"A-Dai, have you thought it through?"
Ah Dai nodded affirmatively.
"I'm the one with the worst talent. If I don't try my best now, won't I be left behind by you forever?"
Understanding their friend's determination, Ye Yinzhu and the others stopped trying to persuade him and gave him an encouraging look.
Now that we have decided to hunt this beetle, the next step will be easy.
Ning Rongrong added buffs to all team members upon seeing this. She had practiced the Seven Apertures Heart skill very hard.
"Jiubao is famous, keep working non-stop!"
Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing no longer hesitated and hurried to stand beside the sword formation. As long as Long Nianbing let go, they would immediately launch an attack.
"Nian Bing, wait until I use my soul skills to control it, and then you release the formation!"
Long Nianbing did not answer, but nodded seriously.
An ancient zither appeared in Ye Yinzhu's hands, and he hurriedly sat cross-legged on the ground.
Three soul rings, yellow, purple and violet, appeared on the guqin, and then the third soul ring began to shine.
"Soul-stealing!"
A strange piano sound resounded through the forest, but it did not make the companions around him feel uncomfortable.
It was different for the Soul-Eating Beetle that was trapped in the sword array and struggling desperately. It hit the sword array violently and slowly stopped, flying in the air unconsciously.
"Now is the time, seize the opportunity!"
Hearing Ye Yinzhu's words, Long Nianbing hurriedly opened the knife formation, and then a fiery red kitchen knife condensed in his hand.
"Zhengyang Sword, roaring flames!"
The kitchen knife, carrying the force of fire, shot towards the soul-eating beetle, directly tearing the beetle's shell apart, revealing burn marks left by the fire.
Xiao Wu was not to be outdone. She took advantage of the beetle's daze and used the Eight-Piece Throwdown Technique to smash the beetle to the ground. Zhu Zhuqing saw this and hurriedly followed up with the Netherworld Hundred Claws to scratch the beetle's wounds.
The beetle, which suffered continuous heavy blows, fainted on the ground, and Ah Dai's eyes suddenly lit up.
"A-Dai, hurry up and finish it off, it's almost dead!"
"Okay, thank you everyone!"
After saying that, Ah Dai released his martial soul. The first yellow soul ring flashed, and he swept a huge sickle at the wound of the Soul-Eating Beetle. The beetle's body trembled slightly for a while, and then it completely lost its life.
A circle of dark soul ring rose from the corpse!
Ah Dai thanked his friends, then took out the meridian-protecting pill he had prepared in advance and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged next to the beetle.
After a while, the black ten thousand year soul ring was slowly put on Ah Dai's sickle, indicating that the absorption of the soul ring had begun.
Seeing this, the children immediately became alert.
Ye Yinzhu and Ning Rongrong stayed beside Ah Dai.
Xiao Wu, Nian Bing, and Zhu Zhuqing formed a triangle to protect the three people in the center.
Ning Bei in the sky saw everyone working together to kill the ten thousand year old soul beast and nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad, I thought I was going to have to take action!"
Dugu Yan watched the entire process of soul hunting and exclaimed in admiration.
(End of this chapter)