Chapter 216: Nether Shadow Panther

After absorbing the spirit rings and bones, the group continued searching for other spirit beasts in the Star Dou Forest.

It must be said that entering the Star Dou Forest with Yang Tianyue was indeed a blessing. The Vast Sea Cosmic Barrier proved invaluable. At night, as long as the barrier was set up, they could rest assured without any worry of fatigue.

However, that night, as the six rested, it seemed there were spirit beasts moving quickly outside the Vast Sea Cosmic Barrier.

Despite Yang Podi observing multiple times, he didn't discover anything. He only sensed a fleeting shadow, as though something was darting past rapidly, merging seamlessly into the darkness.

Yang Podi specifically instructed Yang Tianyue to stay put for a few days to uncover this elusive spirit beast.

After three days of waiting, that night, a 20,000-year-old Golden Horn Horse passed by.

A shadow flickered, and the Golden Horn Horse suddenly bore multiple wounds. The horse neighed desperately, trying to identify its attacker, but the night revealed nothing.

Another flicker, and a massive wound appeared on the horse's neck, clearly fatal.

As the Golden Horn Horse collapsed, a massive panther emerged beside its corpse and began feeding on it.

This panther was over ten meters long, entirely pitch-black, even its eyes were black, making it almost invisible in the night as if it was naturally born to blend into darkness.

"A 95,000-year Nether Shadow Panther," Yang Podi said coldly.

Yang Tianyue remarked, "Brother, this Nether Shadow Panther is too fast. We can't keep up with it. Hunting it down will be challenging, and it hasn't even reached the 100,000-year mark yet."

Yang Podi pondered for a while before responding, "This Nether Shadow Panther clearly resides nearby. If we're patient, we'll definitely find an opportunity."

As Yang Podi suspected, the Nether Shadow Panther possessed extreme speed and was a rare dark-attribute spirit beast, making it highly desirable—one of the spirit beast types Yang Podi had been seeking.

However, hunting it was undoubtedly troublesome. In terms of speed, the Nether Shadow Panther was among the apex of all spirit beasts, especially at night, where it was unmatched. During the day, it would typically hide, only emerging at night to hunt, making it one of the most difficult spirit beasts to kill in the world of spirit masters.

Judging by its actions, the Nether Shadow Panther displayed high intelligence. Even against a 20,000-year Golden Horn Horse, it refrained from direct confrontation, leveraging its dark attribute and extreme speed to kill instantly without engaging in a head-on battle.

Over the following days, the six stayed within the Vast Sea Cosmic Barrier, continuously observing. After over ten days, they discovered the panther particularly favored horse-type spirit beasts and was incredibly cautious, avoiding more aggressive spirit beasts.

One day, the group quietly moved during the day and captured a Gale Horse, secretly lacing it with Soul Explosion Pills and an enhanced Blood Mary potion before releasing it at night.

As expected, the Nether Shadow Panther didn't attack immediately but carefully observed the Gale Horse for a while. Once it deemed the situation safe, it struck.

The moment the Gale Horse collapsed, the Nether Shadow Panther began feasting on its corpse. When it finished consuming the entire horse, its figure flickered again, vanishing into the night.

However, despite its caution, the panther still fell into their trap. The Soul Explosion Pills caused its spirit power to surge uncontrollably.

At the moment the Nether Shadow Panther broke through the 100,000-year barrier, Yang Tianyue immediately activated her skill, Vast Sea Soul Shield, temporarily restraining the panther. Yang Podi then shot forward from the barrier in a flash, piercing the panther with a massive wound.

Startled, the Nether Shadow Panther melded into the night once more, vanishing instantly—likely using its dark attribute to escape at high speed.

But Yang Podi activated his 100,000-year spirit skill, Spatial Displacement, instantly switching positions with the panther. The disoriented panther found itself under the blades of Yang Ping'an and Yang Tianyue.

With their coordinated attacks, they inflicted two more large wounds, leaving the panther severely injured.

Yang Podi then used his spirit bone skill, Spatial Shift, appearing beside the Nether Shadow Panther and delivering another heavy strike, further wounding it.

Even so, the highly vigilant panther managed to vanish into the darkness again, fleeing hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye.

But Yang Podi relentlessly used the spirit ring and bone skills of his Spatial Bone Dragon, repeatedly teleporting to attack the panther.

Within just a minute, the panther lay in a pool of its own blood, lifeless. This marked the first time Yang Podi had used his spirit ring and bone skills so frequently in such a short period, leaving him significantly drained. Without the Spatial Bone Dragon's skills, he might not have been able to kill the Nether Shadow Panther.

After defeating it, Yang Podi began absorbing its spirit ring.

The process was surprisingly swift, taking only a day.

When the absorption was complete, Yang Podi obtained an extremely rare left leg spirit bone from the panther—a speed-type leg bone he had always wanted.

The spirit bone absorption took another full day.

Once he finished absorbing both the spirit ring and spirit bone, Yang Podi's spirit power advanced again, reaching level 96—though just barely.

With this spirit bone, Yang Podi's speed improved tremendously, rivaling agility-type Titled Douluo, solidifying his position as nearly invincible.

The group continued wandering the Star Dou Forest for another half-month but seemed to be out of luck, as they didn't encounter any suitable spirit beasts.

This particularly disheartened Ye Lingling, who was nearing despair. High-year plant-type spirit beasts were far harder to find than animal-type ones, as their slower movement often made them prey for higher-year spirit beasts.

One day, the six passed through a vast area of barren stone mountains. Yang Podi felt something was off. Normally, the Star Dou Forest was rich in spiritual energy, teeming with life, making such barren stone terrains rare.

After observing for a while, Yang Podi found nothing unusual and decided to throw a century-old Soft Bone Rabbit into the center of the stone mountains.

The rabbit appeared terrified, trembling all over. The moment it touched the stone mountain, it darted away as though trying to escape.

But before it could run ten meters, a branch suddenly shot out from the crevices of the stone mountain, ensnaring the rabbit and pulling it back into the stone mountain. The rabbit didn't even have time to scream before its life force vanished.

Witnessing this, everyone swallowed nervously. Yang Podi gazed solemnly at the stone mountain before finally speaking, "There's likely a high-year Ghost Vine hidden within this stone mountain. Even if it hasn't reached 100,000 years, it must be close. This Ghost Vine appears to be mutated, capable of absorbing the life force and spirit power of spirit beasts."

Yang Ping'an asked, "Brother, could this be a Bloodthirsty Vine?"

Yang Podi shook his head. "The color and appearance are too different. Moreover, Ghost Vines prefer hiding within stone mountains, whereas Bloodthirsty Vines typically grow in large clusters."

After further probing by luring in various spirit beasts, they confirmed it was a mutated 100,000-year Ghost Vine.

This Ghost Vine was deeply concealed, with extraordinarily long branches and impressive attack range.

Yang Podi deliberated for a moment before retrieving over a thousand Fire Stones from his storage soul tool. He ignited them and scattered them evenly across the stone mountain.

Plant-type spirit beasts generally feared fire, and Fire Stones were particularly effective against them. They had used a large quantity of Fire Stones to threaten the 85,000-year Blue Silver King in the past.

As countless Fire Stones ignited, the entire stone mountain became engulfed in flames, and the temperature rose sharply.

At this moment, countless vines emerged from the cracks in the rocky mountain. These vines resisted the intense heat and started flinging the red firestones outward, displaying the high intelligence of this Ghost Vine.

Seeing the numerous vines appear, Yang Podi immediately swung his Breaking Soul Spear and unleashed his eighth soul skill: Golden Behemoth Slash. With a powerful swing, a golden light burst forth from the spear's blade, splitting the rocky mountain in two.

As the mountain was cleaved apart, a terrifying sight was revealed within. The interior of the rocky mountain was hollow, and countless Ghost Vine tendrils swayed violently. Some had already been severed.

Suddenly, a deep voice emanated from the Ghost Vine: "Humans, you have gone too far!"

Yang Podi ignored the voice and led his five companions in a charge toward the Ghost Vine.

All six summoned their martial souls and soul rings, launching a rapid assault on the Ghost Vine.

However, the Ghost Vine proved to be incredibly cunning. Its numerous tendrils lashed out, attempting to ensnare the group, while emanating a strong, bloody aura and a forceful suction.

Realizing the danger, Niu Meng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling quickly retreated, as this Ghost Vine clearly had an advantage over both beast and plant-type martial souls.

Yang Podi, Yang Tianyue, and Yang Ping'an pressed forward. The three wielded their Breaking Soul Spears with precision, slashing and piercing through the Ghost Vine's tendrils.

Yang Podi swung his spear with unmatched ferocity, cutting through numerous tendrils. However, these tendrils were incredibly resilient and possessed immense strength, enough to withstand attacks that would normally defeat an average Soul Saint.

He once again unleashed his eighth soul skill: Golden Behemoth Slash, sending a golden beam slicing through the Ghost Vine, cleaving it in two.

Despite this, the Ghost Vine's life force was astonishingly strong. Even when split in half, it continued to attack, its assaults growing even more ferocious.

Yang Podi hurled more red firestones while relentlessly attacking with his spear.

Yang Ping'an, using his lightning abilities, transformed into a streak of thunder, burning and charring the Ghost Vine's tendrils. Meanwhile, Yang Tianyue wielded the massive Sea God Trident, severing countless tendrils with every swing.

As time passed, the Ghost Vine's tendrils dwindled, and its aura weakened significantly.

Yang Podi turned to Ye Lingling and shouted, "Lingling, act quickly! The Ghost Vine is on its last legs!"

Ye Lingling nodded and activated her leg soul bone ability, quickly reaching the center of the battlefield. She then used her right arm soul bone ability, summoning a colossal phantom of the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King, which lunged at the Ghost Vine as if to tear it apart.

In the end, the Ghost Vine fell to Ye Lingling, leaving behind a massive red soul ring.

The group finally breathed a sigh of relief. No one had expected this 100,000-year plant-type soul beast to be so formidable, especially with its incredibly tenacious life force, almost giving off an aura of immortality.

Ye Lingling sat down and began absorbing the soul ring while Yang Tianyue deployed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shield to guard her.

Perhaps due to the Ghost Vine's immense life force, it took Ye Lingling five full days to fully absorb the soul ring. Fortunately, her efforts were rewarded with a trunk soul bone, a rare find that even made Yang Podi envious.

After absorbing both the soul ring and the soul bone, Ye Lingling's soul power rose to Rank 92.

Over the course of their time in the Star Dou Forest, Yang Podi had absorbed two 100,000-year soul rings and soul bones. Meanwhile, Ye Lingling and Yang Ping'an had each obtained one soul ring and soul bone. The group's gains had been significant.

Yang Ping'an had finally achieved his long-awaited martial soul evolution, while Ye Lingling had become one of the rarest healing-type Title Douluos in history.

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