Chapter 63: A Three Way Standoff?

Chapter 63: A Three Way Standoff?

"So, friend, are you saying that we should settle this the way soul masters do?" Zhao Wuji narrowed his eyes, his tone turning completely cold.

What was the way of the soul master world?

Simple fight for it. Whoever won, owned the prize. Brutal and straightforward.

Just as tensions escalated and the two sides prepared to clash, yet another unexpected party arrived on the scene!

A hoarse voice suddenly rang out

"Stop right there!"

Immediately after, two figures rushed out from the trees, appearing before everyone.

One was elderly, the other young both were women.

The elderly woman looked around sixty or seventy years old, holding a three meter long staff with a snakehead carving at the top. Her body hadn't changed, but the six soul rings surrounding her proved that she had already activated her martial soul. It was obvious the staff itself was her martial soul.

The young girl beside her was a striking beauty, around sixteen or seventeen years old, with short, ear length hair. She wore a tight fitting battle outfit that highlighted her well developed figure, and her deep brown eyes were locked onto the Phoenix Tailed Crest Serpent lying on the ground. She also wielded a snakehead staff, though it was shorter, only about two meters long, and she only had two hundred year soul rings.

The sudden arrival of these two shocked everyone except for Ye Cheng.

But when they saw the old woman's six soul rings, they relaxed.

A Soul Emperor? That wasn't too big of a threat. As long as she wasn't a Soul Saint, she wouldn't be able to compete for the serpent's soul ring.

However, the old woman herself was having a different reaction.

The moment she saw Zhao Wuji's seven soul rings, her face darkened.

She and her granddaughter had been tracking this Phoenix Tailed Crest Serpent for days only to lose its trail partway through.

They had spent a long time following the traces, only to finally find it again only to sense powerful soul energy fluctuations.

That meant one thing someone had already subdued it.

"Absolutely not!"

After chasing it for so long, how could she just let someone else take it?

Naturally, she wasn't willing to give up. That's why she rushed out with her granddaughter, hoping to reclaim their prey.

But when she saw Zhao Wuji's seven rings, her heart sank.

She had assumed that the outer regions of Star Dou Forest wouldn't have high level soul masters. After all, stronger soul masters always went deeper inside to hunt for higher level soul beasts.

She thought that, as a Soul Emperor, she could easily dominate any low level soul masters in the outer zone.

But her luck had been terrible.

Not only was there a Soul Saint here, but he was also competing for her target.

"This is bad…"

The old woman immediately realized how troublesome the situation had become.

One Soul Saint was already a problem.

But if there were two Soul Saints…

How are we supposed to win against that?!

Still no matter what, she had to try.

So, she softened her expression, let out a polite cough, and addressed both Zhao Wuji and Ye Cheng.

"Honorable Soul Saints, would you be willing to give this Phoenix Tailed Crest Serpent to this child?"

Ye Cheng remained silent, his eyes calm and unreadable.

Zhao Wuji, however, narrowed his gaze.

"Why?"

The old woman saw that their attitudes weren't outright hostile, so she pushed forward.

"Because we were the first to discover this serpent and began hunting it first. Otherwise, why else would we have tracked it all the way here?"

Zhao Wuji didn't respond immediately.

Instead, he suddenly asked, "Senior, may I ask for your name?"

The old woman smiled faintly.

"My name is Zhao Tianxiang, but most soul masters call me Serpent Grandmother. My husband, Meng Shu, is known as Dragon Duke.

"We came to Star Dou Forest to find a suitable third soul ring for our granddaughter. From what I see, none of the children beside you are at level 30 yet, am I right?

"Even though Phoenix Tailed Crest Serpents have relatively gentle soul rings, they still aren't suitable for anyone below level 30."

In Zhao Tianxiang's mind, she was completely confident in her granddaughter's progress.

She never even considered the possibility that any of these kids had reached level 30 before her granddaughter.

Upon hearing her introduction, Zhao Wuji's expression changed slightly.

"I knew it!"

He had long heard of the infamous Dragon and Serpent Duo a husband and wife pair of powerful soul masters.

Meng Shu, the Dragon Duke, was already a Soul Saint the last time Zhao Wuji had heard of him. If he had reached Soul Douluo level by now, it wouldn't be surprising.

His martial soul was a dragon headed staff, which complemented Serpent Grandmother's snake headed staff perfectly.

Together, they had an extremely powerful martial soul fusion technique one that even a Title Douluo would struggle to resist.

And since Serpent Grandmother was here, that meant Dragon Duke was nearby.

Zhao Wuji quickly ran through his options.

Killing the granddaughter would be easy.

But killing Serpent Grandmother? That would be much harder.

Even though he had one more soul ring than her, if she focused entirely on escaping, he wouldn't be able to stop her.

After all Zhao Wuji was a power focused soul master his speed wasn't great.

And worst of all?

Ye Cheng.

Zhao Wuji glanced over at the silent young man.

"That Soul Saint is still watching."

He had no idea whether Ye Cheng would stay out of this or if he would get involved.

But if Zhao Wuji failed to kill Serpent Grandmother, and she escaped

Then he would face the endless pursuit of the Dragon and Serpent Duo.

And that?

That was a nightmare waiting to happen.

(End of chapter.)

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