radicalducati Chapter 29 Silver Moon Wolf King
Chapter 29 Silver Moon Wolf King
The arrow that was fired was significantly slower than the previous finger strike. Even though the Gold-Eating Rat King's cultivation was approaching ten thousand years, its fear of extreme fire due to its metal element still made it instinctively try to dodge. However, the poisonous effects of Dream Red Dust slowed its movements, preventing it from escaping the attack range in time—
"boom--!"
The moment the flames exploded, the entire dense forest was illuminated as if it were daytime. The raging golden-red fire wave swept outwards from the Gold-Eating Rat King as its center, and the hot wind rushed in. Even though they were far apart, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen subconsciously raised their hands to shield their faces.
The lingering poisonous mist from Meng Hongchen vanished instantly under the intense heat, and the flames coalesced into a towering pillar of fire before exploding into a small mushroom cloud.
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated. The rat horde had long since vanished without a trace, and the Gold-Eating Rat King, with its nearly ten thousand years of cultivation, was now nothing more than a charred remains, its ferocious posture still faintly discernible. A purple soul ring slowly rose above the remains.
"Holy crap..."
Xiao Hongchen rarely swore. He looked at the spirit ring, then at Ye Chenxing.
This power... has already surpassed that of a level 5 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell, right?
Seeing the other person's nonchalant expression, Xiao Hongchen swallowed hard.
When school starts, should we still fight him? Or should we switch to a more intellectual battle? Making soul tools is fine; fighting and killing is so boring.
Before he could even come to a conclusion, Meng Hongchen had already strode forward, dispelling the martial spirit possession. Her white hair had returned to its wine-red hue, and her eyes had faded back to icy blue. Her face was full of concern: "Chenxing, are you really alright? My poison—"
"It's nothing." Ye Chenxing waved his hand and said casually, "Don't worry, have you forgotten? I am the Ultimate Fire, which has extremely strong resistance to poison, let alone your ice and fire poison."
He paused, then suddenly curled the corners of his lips, looking at Hongchen and his sister, and made a rare joke: "So, it seems that you two have been completely restrained by me."
Ye Chenxing thought Meng Hongchen would be disappointed. But her reaction surprised him.
"That's wonderful!" Meng Hongchen's face lit up with genuine joy. "Then we can fight side by side! I've always been hesitant to spread the poisonous mist around my teammates, afraid of endangering them. Since you're not afraid of my poison, I don't have to worry about anything! We're definitely a perfect team!"
Suddenly, she released her martial spirit again. Her long hair had turned white, and her eyes had turned red. With hair and eye colors strikingly similar to Ye Chenxing's, she leaned close to him, tilted her head, and asked with a smile:
"How about it? Don't you look more like your sister than Ye Xue now?"
Ye Chenxing was both amused and exasperated, and lightly tapped her forehead. "Why are you always thinking about Ye Xue? What did she do to you?"
"It's all because..." Meng Hongchen covered her forehead, about to retort, but saw Ye Chenxing's expression suddenly change.
He stopped smiling, looked past her, and stared intently into the depths of the dense forest behind her.
"This is troublesome."
As soon as the words were spoken, a huge golden figure suddenly leaped out of the forest, its limbs as thick as pillars, its fangs bared, and its pair of scarlet wolf eyes fixed on the three of them.
Xiao Hongchen's pupils contracted. As a wolf, this golden wolf king was actually larger than the two thousand-year-old golden tigers he had encountered the day before.
It simply stood there, and the oppressive aura emanating from it made the surrounding air seem to stagnate. That tangible aura was heavy, violent, and possessed the sharpness unique to metal—without a doubt, this was a genuine ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
"It's the Ten Thousand Year Golden Wolf King!" Xiao Hongchen exclaimed in surprise.
No matter how arrogant he was, he dared not be the slightest bit presumptuous in the face of a genuine ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
Ten thousand years ago, anyone below the Soul King level would have almost no chance of winning against a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
But things are different now. With the enhancement of the soul tool, he is not incapable of fighting. Moreover, with his sister and Ye Chenxing by his side, the three of them working together might not be without a chance. He couldn't help but feel eager to try. He turned around to ask Ye Chenxing for her opinion, but saw that she didn't even look at the Golden Wolf King. Her gaze was still fixed on the depths of the dense forest behind them.
Immediately afterwards, a slender silver figure silently emerged from behind the Golden Wolf King.
Silver Moon Wolf King!
Both being ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, this was their first encounter with ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and two of them appeared at once.
It turns out that the group of gold-eating rats hadn't come on their own initiative; they had been driven out of their territory by the two wolf kings.
Xiao Hongchen's expression instantly changed. One ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was worth a try. Two, however, were a different story. But he was unwilling to show weakness, much less appear cowardly in front of these two, so he steeled himself and asked, "Chenxing, what do we do now?"
In his view, Ye Chenxing, who was always rational, would definitely choose to retreat or directly ask Jing Hongchen for help.
"That's it."
"what?"
"My second spirit ring."
Ye Chenxing did not choose to retreat as Xiao Hongchen had imagined.
The Silver Moon Wolf King has a cultivation level of just over ten thousand years.
If it were the same lineup Huo Yuhao encountered in the original novel—a Silver Moon Wolf King, three Golden Wolf Kings as guards, and a group of henchmen—he would definitely call for Jing Hongchen without hesitation. But judging from the current situation, the two of them are clearly a couple, bound by wolf virtues and monogamy.
He felt that this lineup was worth a try.
Xiao Hongchen's expression completely changed: "Are you crazy?! Those are two ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts! Not a thousand-year-old ones! Meng, tell me about them—"
He turned to try and persuade his sister, but saw that Meng Hongchen had already released her martial spirit; her wine-red hair had turned snow-white, her eyes had turned crimson, and she had entered battle mode. Xiao Hongchen's remaining words were stuck in her throat.
He gritted his teeth, pulled out his weapon, and cursed under his breath.
It's done!
Anyway, Grandpa is here.
Xiao Hongchen retreated first, releasing his martial spirit, and a three-legged golden toad shadow appeared behind him. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately created distance.
He knew that with his current strength, it would be difficult to inflict any effective damage on these two ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts under normal circumstances. Therefore, he immediately chose to create distance, preparing to unleash an attack that could determine the outcome of the battle, while observing Ye Chenxing's movements.
Without any unnecessary words, the three displayed astonishing chemistry in their first real-world teamwork.
Meng Hongchen's first two soul rings shone simultaneously, and a bluish-white venomous aura rapidly spread in all directions.
Meanwhile, Ye Chenxing didn't choose to gather his strength like he did when he killed the Gold-Eating Rat King. Instead, he stomped his foot and charged directly at the ten-thousand-year-old Silver Moon Wolf King!
He actually wanted to get close to a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast!
This is simply the act of a madman. You must know that although Ye Chenxing's physique is abnormal and comparable to that of a Soul King, even a normal Soul King would only choose to keep his distance and slowly maneuver when facing a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
The physical strength of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is far superior to that of a thousand-year-old soul beast.
A hint of human surprise flashed in the Golden Wolf King's scarlet wolf eyes. These three weak humans didn't turn and run away when they saw him.
The mist emanating from the white-haired woman made him uneasy, but what angered him was that the weakest of them dared to charge at its mate.
As a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, its intelligence was already quite high. In an instant, it made a judgment: the Silver Moon Wolf King could handle that weak human. What it needed to do was to tear those two annoying guys behind it to shreds first.
A colossal golden shadow soared into the air, hurtling straight towards Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen behind them. At the same time, Meng Hongchen's third spirit ring lit up. A mirror-like ice disc, about five meters in diameter, silently condensed beneath her feet, smooth as a mirror, clearly reflecting her image.
The Golden Wolf King pounced in an instant, its sharp claws bringing down a foul stench. If that claw landed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But in that instant, a bizarre scene unfolded—two Meng Hongchen appeared simultaneously on the ice plate. A flash of white light, and the "Meng Hongchen" in front was pierced by sharp claws, only to vanish like smoke. The real Meng Hongchen had already appeared in another location behind the Golden Wolf King.
Ice Refraction. This is Meng Hongchen's third soul skill, which allows him to change position at will on his mirror-like ice plate through the refraction of light and shadow.
Although the Golden Wolf King was quite intelligent, even an experienced Soul King might not be able to see through this move immediately, let alone a Soul Beast. Its attack missed, and it immediately turned to pounce again, only to strike the illusory image once more.
Unable to exert its power, the Golden Wolf King let out a frustrated growl.
On the other side, Ye Chenxing had already approached the Silver Moon Wolf King and summoned his "Sun Martial Soul".
The Silver Moon Wolf King was more slender than its mate, its silver fur shimmering like moonlight in the sunlight. Its icy blue eyes were fixed on the sun behind the charging young human. The overwhelming power of the extreme fire made it wary, and the fear stemming from the elemental advantage it possessed, originating from the depths of its bloodline, made it immediately want to unleash its most proficient elemental control for a long-range bombardment.
A layer of light containing seven colors—blue, red, yellow, cyan, gold, black, and purple—suddenly burst forth from its head, and seven different elemental attacks locked onto Ye Chenxing.
But Ye Chenxing was faster than it expected; that was the soul skill Qian Renxue had given him: Angel Assault.
Even without summoning his wings, Ye Chenxing instantly traversed the distance, directly rushing to the Silver Moon Wolf King's front. The extreme heat distorted the surrounding air violently, slowing the Silver Moon Wolf King's already elementally disadvantaged reaction by half a beat. But that half beat was enough.
Ye Chenxing's first spirit ring lit up for the first time.
Deprivation of Fate, activate!
An indescribable power descended upon the Silver Moon Wolf King. It was neither a mental attack nor a physical attack; it was the power of the rules, stripping it of all its defenses. A look of terror at the unknown appeared on the Silver Moon Wolf King's face.
It could only sense that something incomprehensible was happening to itself, but its animal instincts told it that it was about to die.
Instinct drove it to make a choice; it abandoned its attack and transformed all the elemental power it had just gathered into a barrier. Layers of silver light shone before it, and the seven elements intertwined to form a seemingly indestructible barrier.
Ye Chenxing's lips curled slightly upward. This move by the other party was exactly what he wanted. He formed his left hand into a claw, and dark golden light suddenly burst forth from between his five fingers. An aura more violent and primal than the Sun Martial Soul emanated from his body—it was the aura of the left palm bone of the 100,000-year-old Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
The Silver Moon Wolf King instinctively sensed something was wrong, but it was too late to make any adjustments. Taking advantage of the momentum from the Angelic Assault, Ye Chenxing swung out his left claw, and five dark golden claw beams tore through the air, slamming fiercely into the layers of elemental defenses.
The power of the 100,000-year-old soul bone made the defense hastily constructed by the Silver Moon Wolf King as fragile as layers of paper in front of the Dark Gold Terror Claw.
Ye Chenxing felt his Dark Gold Terror Claws pause seven times in a row, and only after seven booming sounds did he finally manage to strike the Silver Moon Wolf King with all his might.
During these seven roars, the light barrier underwent seven transformations: rippling water, soaring flames, a resilient barrier, a rapid whirlwind, a light barrier, a dark obstruction, and a lightning grid. These seven different elements actually managed to consume more than 90% of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw's terrifying attack power.
So although Ye Chenxing's attack landed on the Silver Moon Wolf King's side, tearing open a deep wound that exposed bone, and blood splattered, staining its silver fur red, it failed to kill it outright.
If it hadn't used its seven elemental defenses in a moment of desperation, it would likely have died on the spot from the combination of Fate's Deprivation and Dark Gold Terror Claw. Now, it's only severely injured.
The Silver Moon Wolf King let out a painful howl, a cry that echoed throughout the dense forest. The Golden Wolf King, who was being toyed with by Meng Hongchen, suddenly turned around and saw its mate covered in blood. Its crimson eyes instantly turned frenzied. Without hesitation, it abandoned its prey, turned, and pounced on Ye Chenxing like a golden cannonball.
Ye Chenxing was not in good condition at the moment. First, he killed the Gold-Eating Rat King with the Ultimate Rocket, and then he used Angel Assault, Deprivation of Fate and 100,000-Year Dark Gold Terror Claw in a short period of time. His soul power was greatly consumed and his physical strength was almost exhausted.
Turning to dodge was too late, and taking the hit head-on would be suicidal. Surprisingly, however, he showed no fear of being in such a desperate situation, remaining calm and shouting:
"Close your eyes!"
This was naturally not something that could be shouted to the Golden Wolf King. Without a moment's hesitation, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen closed their eyes simultaneously.
They hadn't known Ye Chenxing for long, but the strength and combat intelligence he displayed in the past two days of fighting side by side had already earned their complete trust in him.
Ye Chenxing quickly raised his arms upwards, bringing his hands to the sides of his forehead with his fingers fully spread, as if he had opened two fans on either side of his face.
"To be honest, I've wanted to try this trick since I was a kid."
As the Golden Wolf King gradually approached, the Sun Martial Soul slowly rose behind Ye Chenxing's head. However, unlike before, this time it no longer gave the impression of scorching heat representing destruction, but rather sacred light.
"Tai-Yang-Fist!!!"