Chapter 198: Escape

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Sky Azure Bull Python!

Looking at the soul beast body appearing in the lake, Zeng Yi's brain stopped working for a moment.

With a huge body, it is tens of meters tall, and the snake body is as big as a truck. The green scales shine brightly in the sunlight. On top of the huge head, there are two powerful bull horns, terrifyingly.

This is only a part of it appearing on the lake surface, and no one knows how long its body is underwater.

Even its nostrils can hold an adult's body.

Such a giant beast, not to mention the terrifying soul power it emits, just with its terrifying body, is enough to make people fear.

A 100,000 year soul beast! Zeng Yi didn't expect to encounter it, and it's a familiar soul beast.

Although this Sky Azure Bull Python doesn't know Zeng Yi, Zeng Yi knows it. Isn't this the king of the Star Dou Forest, Xiao Wu's good friend, and later Tang San's soul ring?

Zeng Yi couldn't help but tear up in his heart. He didn't expect these people to get lost even more than himself. The Star Dou Forest is so big, but they managed to come here.

Can a Titled Douluo at the ninety-first rank fight against a 100,000 year soul beast? How dare he wander around.

Zeng Yi glanced at the Titled Douluo, who was still in shock, with some resentment in his heart. And he also knew that there was another 100,000 year soul beast here, the Titan Giant Ape. These two soul beasts were good friends, so if the Sky Azure Bull Python was here, then the Titan Giant Ape must be nearby.

But listening to the way the Sky Azure Bull Python spoke, it seemed that it didn't intend to kill them, the intruders. It was quite easygoing. Zeng Yi was relieved.

He didn't have confidence in escaping from the hands of a 100,000 year soul beast.

"King of the Forest, I apologize for trespassing into your territory. We will leave now." The elderly man bowed his head and bowed slightly to the Sky Azure Bull Python, but in his eyes that were looking down, a flicker of extreme fear could be seen.

"Let's go, let's leave quickly." The elderly man turned around and hurriedly urged the others, but Zeng Yi sensed something wrong from his expression.

A Titled Douluo, even if he is not a match for the Sky Azure Bull Python, shouldn't be frightened like this.

"Wait!"

Just as everyone was preparing to leave, a thunderous voice stunned their minds.

The elderly man shouted, "Run! Don't look back! Liu Hun, protect His Highness!"

Although they didn't know what was happening, Zeng Yi didn't care about that. His soul ring lit up directly, and he initiated his first soul skill, Forward Steps Slash, and rushed out first, accompanied by a gust of wind.

"This aura, you are one of the group from back then, despicable humans! Offer your life!" The initially gentle Sky Azure Bull Python instantaneously became furious. Its green soul power rendered the sky, and a terrifying oppression pressed down as it attacked the elderly man.

A strong sense of crisis emerged in Zeng Yi's heart, and his mental alarm bells rang loudly. The elderly man suddenly erupted with the power of a Titled Douluo, with all nine soul rings appearing and releasing a terrifying aura.

"Spirit Avatar!"

The elderly man didn't hesitate and directly released his seventh soul skill, Spirit Avatar, bursting forth in his strongest state to block the attack from the Sky Azure Bull Python.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The attacks of man and beast intertwined, and the terrifying energy fluctuations swept the surroundings, instantly felling a large number of trees. The surrounding soul beasts were also frightened by this terrifying aura and fled in a panic.

The previously quiet interior of the forest instantly became turbulent.

Puff~

A powerful energy shock hit Zeng Yi's back ruthlessly. In an instant, he felt his internal organs were about to shift, and the intense pain contorted his face as a mouthful of blood involuntarily spurted out. Zeng Yi rolled on the ground fiercely for ten rounds before coming to a stop.

In a sorry state, Zeng Yi staggered to his feet. His clothes were tattered, his face pale, and a trace of red blood stained the corner of his mouth.

"The battle between a 100,000 year soul beast and a Titled Douluo Soul Master is truly terrifying. Just the aftermath has caused me such harm."

Feeling the terrifying energy fluctuations coming from the other side, Zeng Yi couldn't help but bitterly smile. If that meant that in those two or three seconds, he managed to escape a distance of three hundred meters at full speed, but he was still injured by the aftermath of the attack.

Roar!

A sudden roar echoed through the forest, and Zeng Yi felt a presence no less than that of the Sky Azure Bull Python.

"It's the Titan Giant Ape! Looks like that Titled Douluo is finished." Zeng Yi's heart trembled. Under the attack of the Sky Azure Bull Python, that old man, despite being a Titled Douluo, couldn't defeat it. He only wanted to run with all his might. But with the Titan Giant Ape joining the battle, with two 100,000 year soul beasts working together, it seemed he would not survive.

However, Zeng Yi didn't need to worry about that. He should think about how to escape from this place first.

In this forest, there were many ten thousand-year soul beasts, and even the weakest ten thousand-year soul beast posed an extremely tricky problem for Zeng Yi. Now that there was such a big commotion, there would definitely be many soul beasts eyeing this place.

Hurry and leave.

Enduring the pain in his body, Zeng Yi took out some pills to replenish his qi and blood and circulated his soul power to continue fleeing without looking back.

In the dense and dim forest, a figure was swiftly shuttling through. Every time the figure flickered, it would appear fifty meters away.

After more than ten minutes of fleeing, continuously using soul techniques to move, Zeng Yi was already in a state of exhaustion both in terms of soul power and physical strength.

Carefully sensing the surroundings, feeling no danger, Zeng Yi stopped his footsteps and leaned against a tree to rest and replenish his soul power.

"After running blindly for so long, I don't know where I am now." Zeng Yi gasped for breath and drank from a jug of water.

"But I've been running in the opposite direction of that lake. Apparently, that lake is the central area of the Star Dou Forest. As long as I continue along this road, I should be able to leave the Star Dou Forest." Zeng Yi pondered while stroking his chin, feeling that his route should be correct.

He didn't want to stay in this haunted place for a few years, playing hide-and-seek with various soul beasts.

After about half an hour of recovery, Zeng Yi, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, felt that something was wrong.

The ground was trembling slightly! There was a soul beast approaching.

Zeng Yi immediately stopped recovering his soul power, stood up, and felt the breath in the wind, but he didn't sense the aura of a soul beast from the wind.

This made Zeng Yi feel somewhat strange.

However, the trembling underfoot became stronger and the sense of danger in his heart grew stronger.

Not good! It's underground!

Realizing this, Zeng Yi quickly jumped away from the original spot and leaped onto a tree branch.

Boom!

In the next moment, the ground instantly collapsed, dust rose, and the sight shocked Zeng Yi.

At this moment, he felt the aura of that soul beast, and his heart sank.

A ten thousand-year-level soul beast.

As the dust settled, the soul beast was exposed in Zeng Yi's field of vision.

It was a giant spider, with a black appearance all over its body. Its six scarlet eyes flickered with a sinister light, staring at Zeng Yi with a ferocious look that was even chilling.

23,000 years, Abyssal Spider.

Zeng Yi's face became grim. Even in his peak state, he wasn't a match for a 23,000 year level Abyssal Spider, not to mention his current state after fleeing and consuming a lot of soul power.

The gloomy screech reverberated in Zeng Yi's ears. Apparently, the Abyssal Spider saw him as its prey.

Swish!

The sound of breaking air resounded, and Zeng Yi watched as a white spider silk shot towards him. He quickly jumped away, and the spider silk hit a tree, instantly spreading across the entire tree. Seeing this, Zeng Yi felt a chill run down his spine.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Zeng Yi felt that something was wrong. In a quick response, he used Forward Steps Slash and moved away from the spot, but at that moment, the ground collapsed and formed a deep pit.

When did this guy dig a hole?

Standing on the tree trunk, looking at the deep pit on the ground, Zeng Yi's face turned ugly.

Could the ground be full of traps?

Zeng Yi didn't dare to stay on the ground anymore; it was safer to be on the tree.

Indeed, it was an Abyssal Spider, very skilled at digging holes.

Zeng Yi knew very well that the Abyssal Spider's attacks were not strong. It was only good at using positional warfare to hunt. It was a control-type soul beast, and its speed wasn't fast.

Zeng Yi wasn't foolish enough to stand and fight with this 23,000 year Abyssal Spider. He didn't need this soul beast as a soul ring, so why waste time standing here?

Run!

This thought flashed through his mind, and his body moved with his heart. He used Forward Steps Slash to move quickly on the tree branches.

However, even as Zeng Yi fled, he could still sense the soul beast's presence closely behind him.

Moreover, its speed was extremely fast, and the distance between man and beast was rapidly closing.

Zeng Yi couldn't help but shed tears in his heart.

I was wrong. Big brother, your speed is not slow. Please stop chasing!

Come to think of it, spiders have eight legs. Thinking of this, their speed shouldn't be slow.

Can't escape, should I fight?

But I can't win!

Zeng Yi was in a dilemma, unable to escape or fight. He felt that dying in battle would be more dignified.

Having made up his mind, Zeng Yi stopped his footsteps, grabbed the hilt of the Ronin Sword tightly with his right hand, and looked at the advancing Abyssal Spider. Numerous soul rings on its body flashed successively, and its air suddenly became imposing.

Sword of Selflessness, activate!

Sword Domain, activate!

The Abyssal Spider's attacks weren't powerful, perhaps he could defeat it.

Under this state, Zeng Yi's heart was filled with immense confidence.

A 23,000 year soul beast can still be fought!

But in the next moment, the sharp-witted Zeng Yi sensed a terrifying energy fluctuation rushing towards him, and moreover, this aura was very familiar.

~Sacred Arrow!~

A more than three-meter-long giant golden energy arrow, as fast as lightning, flashed a beautiful light in the space, exuding an indescribable and beautiful holy aura as it accurately struck the Abyssal Spider's body, piercing through it and pinning it to the ground.

Zeng Yi looked up at the sky, silver eyes reflecting that beautiful figure. Three pairs of golden wings flapped, and golden streamers surrounded that graceful body. It was sacred and beautiful.