On the surface, the Asura Palace didn't look any different from before. However, they were secretly recruiting their own elites. They even used pills and artifacts as a price to rope in some of the alliance's experts to join their side. They were gathering their forces and waiting for the right time to strike.
Meanwhile, Xing Jue and Old Cang took this opportunity to head to one of the four legendary forbidden areas, the Forest of Death.
The reason was that the Soul Devouring Clan had left behind the Soul Chamber in the Forest of Death. As long as he could absorb all of it, Xing Jue's strength would improve greatly. Although he wouldn't be able to break through to the Combat Emperor realm, he would at least be able to reach the peak of high-level Combat King realm, which would save him several years of cultivation.
Most importantly, as long as Xing Jue could obtain the Soul Puppet manual in the Soul Chamber, he would be able to help Old Cang reconstruct his fleshly body. As his fleshly body recovered, Old Cang's strength would be restored as well. Even if he couldn't return to his peak state, his strength shouldn't be underestimated.
At such a critical moment, he could become the Asura Palace's greatest help. In other words, if Old Cang could really recover his strength, the Asura Palace could definitely become the second alliance in the inner area.
The Forest of Death was located at the border between the inner area and the Towering Heaven Region, and there were no ancient teleportation arrays around it. Therefore, even with Xing Jue's speed, it took him nearly a month to reach the Forest of Death.
"As expected of one of the four forbidden areas. This Forest of Death is really strange."
Although there was still some distance between them and the enormous Forest of Death, Xing Jue could already hear the blood-curdling wails, roars, and even rumbling sounds coming from the forest. In short, everything before his eyes told Xing Jue that this Forest of Death was not a friendly place.
"Xing Jue, don't be careless. The demonic beasts in this Forest of Death have been modified by the Soul Devouring Clan, making them extraordinarily strong."
"Also, they can't leave the Forest of Death due to some special restriction. After hundreds of years of reproduction, there must be a lot of demonic beasts in this forest. So, when you enter the forest later, you must be very careful."
"This is the secret passage that my Soul Eater Race built under the Forest of Death. You can reach the Secret Soul Room by following this secret passage."
At that moment, the old man beside Xing Jue reminded Xing Jue solemnly. As he spoke, he handed a map to Xing Jue. It was a map that the old man had specially drawn based on his memories so that Xing Jue could easily find the entrance to the passageway.
"Yes, I will be careful." Xing Jue took the blueprint and revealed his signature bright smile.
"I believe you'll be fine."
"But remember to summon me when you reach the Secret Soul Room. Do not enter the Secret Soul Room alone." Looking at Xing Jue, the elderly man smiled in satisfaction. However, he cautiously reminded.
The Soul Eater Race researched the power of beasts' souls and souls in the Secret Soul Room. Furthermore, they conducted many cruel and even terrifying experiments for this, so many powerful demonic beasts were sealed in the Secret Soul Room.
Besides, it had been a hundred years since then, so the elderly man was afraid that something might happen. This was because the Soul Eater Race's experimental products were not controlled by the Soul Eater Race, so it would be very dangerous if they broke free from the seal.
"Got it. I'm not a three-year-old kid, so you don't have to remind me so many times." Upon seeing this, Xing Jue chuckled. This was because the elderly man had reminded him countless times along the way, so much so that even the patient Xing Jue could not take it anymore.
Looking at Xing Jue's reaction, the elderly man shook his head helplessly. Following that, Xing Jue kept it in his storage bracelet.
After keeping the elderly man in his storage bracelet, Xing Jue carefully studied the Forest of Death that was filled with a strange aura.
After taking a deep breath, he leaped forward and transformed into a light beam as he zoomed toward the Forest of Death.
The trees in the Forest of Death were rare species from ancient times. Some of them were as thick as 300 meters and as tall as 3 kilometers, which was simply like a mountain. Therefore, the Forest of Death's surface was definitely not smaller than a massive mountain range.
The dense branches and leaves blocked a large part of the sunlight, so it was extremely dark inside the Forest of Death. In addition to the terrifying howls of the demonic beasts, it gave off an eerie feeling.
Fortunately, the darkness did not affect Xing Jue at all. As for the terrifying howls of the demonic beasts, Xing Jue was even more excited because Xing Jue had always loved thrills.
At this moment, Xing Jue was going deeper into the Forest of Death according to the route marked on the map. Powerful demonic beasts were constantly moving around Xing Jue. However, since Xing Jue had completely concealed his soul power and aura, they could not find traces of him at all.
However, Xing Jue also noticed a strange phenomenon. Those king-rank demonic beasts were indeed very abnormal. Instead of saying that they were looking for food, it was more like they were running around crazily. It was because of this that some of the demonic beasts began to approach Xing Jue.
"Ah ~"
"Are they finally here?"
All of a sudden, Xing Jue stopped moving forward and slowly kept the map in his arms. Then, he looked fiercely at the depths of the forest on his right. Looking at the swaying trees, Xing Jue could not help but slowly clench his right fist.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble ~"
"Roar ~"
"Rumble, rumble, rumble ~"
"Roar ~"
At this moment, a series of rumbling sounds came from the depths of the forest, as well as the frantic howls of ferocious beasts. Moreover, the sounds were getting closer and closer to Xing Jue. As the sounds got closer, the ground beneath Xing Jue's feet also began to tremble.
"Roar ~"
Suddenly, a huge black shadow appeared in the forest. At the same time, two dark-red rays of light shot out from the black shadow.
It was actually a high-rank king-rank wolf-type demonic beast. This demonic beast was almost 300 meters long, and its brown body was constantly emitting a dark-purple aura as if flames were rising from its body.
Moreover, Xing Jue could not feel a trace of emotion from this demonic beast. He could not even sense any intelligence from it. It was unimaginable that a high-rank king-rank demonic beast, which was supposed to be as powerful as the little dragon and the Thunder Leopard King, would actually become like this. How powerful must it be to be able to do that?
"Roar ~"
At this moment, the wolf-type demonic beast had already opened its bloody mouth and was charging towards Xing Jue. It did not use any energy attacks, but actually used its body to attack Xing Jue. This was simply the most primitive form of attack.
However, this demonic beast was a high-rank king-rank demonic beast after all. Not only was its physical strength extremely powerful, even its attack speed was extremely fast. In just an instant, it had already arrived in front of Xing Jue. Moreover, its enormous body even gave rise to a violent gale that pressed towards Xing Jue.
The violent gale constantly blew on Xing Jue's body, causing his black robe and black hair to flutter. However, Xing Jue's eyes were still locked onto the demonic beast that was growing larger in his eyes. Moreover, there was not the slightest trace of fear on his face. On the contrary, there was a trace of anticipation.
"Bang ~"
Just when the demonic beast's bloody mouth was about to devour Xing Jue, Xing Jue suddenly punched out. At the same time, a powerful Battle Aura burst out from his mouth like a steel awl.
This punch from Xing Jue was not a small matter. Even an ordinary mountain would be instantly shattered into pieces. Moreover, the powerful force directly pierced through the demonic beast's body. Accompanied by a rain of blood, the demonic beast fell powerlessly in front of Xing Jue.
"Swish ~"
After killing the demonic king-rank demonic beast with a single strike, Xing Jue's palm made a grabbing motion towards the demonic beast's body. A beast spirit that was flickering with a faint light shot out from the demonic beast's body and landed in Xing Jue's hand.
"Puchi ~"
After the beast spirit entered his hand, a ball of flame-like dark Soul Energy surged out from Xing Jue's palm and devoured the beast spirit. When the ball of Soul Energy disappeared, even the beast spirit disappeared.
"Hmm, the beast spirit of a high-grade king-rank demonic beast is not bad."
At this moment, a satisfied smile appeared on Xing Jue's face. This was because the beast spirit of the demonic beast had already been refined by Xing Jue.
In fact, Xing Jue's Soul Energy was already extremely powerful, even terrifying. Moreover, as he cultivated for a long time, Xing Jue had also cultivated the Soul Control Method recorded in the Soul Devouring Technique to the point of perfection. Therefore, it only took an instant for Xing Jue to refine a beast spirit of this level.
However, even though the beast spirit of a high-grade king-rank demonic beast was extremely powerful, it was still a far cry from Xing Jue's Soul Energy. Although it could replenish his Soul Energy, the effect wasn't obvious. However, the beast spirit of this demonic beast seemed to be stronger than ordinary demonic beasts.
After that, Xing Jue didn't stop. He continued walking towards the depths of the Forest of Death. Along the way, Xing Jue also encountered a few demonic beasts that charged around recklessly. However, all of them were easily killed by Xing Jue. That was because Xing Jue was already invincible among Battle-Kings.
However, as he continued to go deeper, Xing Jue also started to be more careful. That was because Xing Jue could already sense some terrifying existences, and those were the king-rank demonic beasts.
Although Xing Jue could kill the king-rank demonic beasts as easily as killing a chick, the king-rank demonic beasts weren't existences that Xing Jue could defeat. In other words, if Xing Jue were to encounter a king-rank demonic beast, he would only have one choice, and that was to run away.
However, later on, Xing Jue discovered that the king-rank demonic beasts seemed to be confined to the depths of the Forest of Death by some sort of strange energy. Therefore, they were unable to reach the periphery. After discovering this, Xing Jue began to quickly advance without any worries.
"I've finally found you."
After nearly two hours, Xing Jue finally arrived in front of a huge ancient tree. However, the mark on the map in Xing Jue's hand wasn't as simple as it seemed.
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