"You're 50."
"Shh—"
Yu Xiaowei hurriedly motioned for Chen Xin to be quiet. "Grandpa Jian, don't make a fuss. The fewer people who know about this, the better."
Chen Xin immediately asked in a low voice.
"You're not 15 yet, are you?"
"No."
"Damn it"
After hearing Yu Xiaowei's affirmative answer, Chen Xin felt like all his years of cultivation had gone to waste.
After feeling depressed, he immediately became excited again.
Such a genius was his granddaughter's husband, which made him feel very comfortable.
"Let's go save Feng Zhi and your uncle first, then I'll take you to hunt for soul rings."
To his surprise, Yu Xiaowei shook his head.
"There's no need to go. Those two soul beasts are too powerful. Even if that old man Jin E can defeat them, it'll probably be a mutually destructive outcome, and they'll have enough time to escape."
"Besides, I just let Qian Renshu go. As long as she arrives there, even if that old man discovers my uncle and father-in-law, he definitely won't dare to harm them."
Chen Xin nodded thoughtfully, then exclaimed excitedly.
"Then I'll take you to hunt the soul ring right now!"
"Tianqing Niu Mang."
Yu Xiaowei blurted out this sentence suddenly, leaving Chen Xin completely baffled.
However, he quickly reacted and shouted in shock.
"That's a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast!!! Are you crazy!!!"
The Blue Dominion students sitting around healing their injuries turned their heads in alarm, thinking that the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast had returned.
Seeing the expressions on the trainees' faces, Chen Xin gave a sheepish smile, signaling that nothing had happened, then looked at Yu Xiaowei with concern and whispered.
"You're only a Soul King. If this thing absorbs you, you'll explode!"
"Didn't my father-in-law tell you?
I've been preparing for this for a long time; I just didn't expect level 50 to come this quickly."
"Hiss——"
Chen Xin took a sharp breath. There is usually a barrier for soul masters to advance to higher levels, but how could it sound so easy coming from Yu Xiaowei? Yet, Yu Xiaowei wasn't talking nonsense—he was truly surprised.
Originally, according to his calculations, he was supposed to return to Heaven Dou City to advance. Unexpectedly, the breakthrough came so suddenly.
He attributed it all to the Blue Silver Emperor's leg bone. Although it didn't increase his soul power, it helped him break through the barrier in advance.
After thinking carefully, it seemed that when Tang San absorbed this soul bone in the original work, he also overcame the barrier.
It appeared to be true.
Two hours later.
The battle between Golden Crocodile Douluo and the two soul beasts paused.
Both sides suffered serious injuries.
Golden Crocodile's injuries were clearly more severe. After all, before fighting the soul beasts, he had battled Yu Yuanzhen and consumed a lot of soul power.
However, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Blue Bull Python weren't in good condition either.
Golden Crocodile used a head-on and close-combat fighting style. His soul rings and skills were all focused on strength and defense—his attacks were hard to endure.
At this moment, Er Ming's arm was twisted in one direction, and his chest was sunken in.
Da Ming's injuries were a little less severe, but judging by the many bald spots on his scales, it wasn't much better.
However, for powerhouses of their level, these injuries were nothing and wouldn't stop them from continuing the fight.
In the distance, Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi, lying in the grass, clenched their fists and muttered repeatedly:
"Hit, hit, don't stop—quick, kill one of them."
Just as the man and the two beasts were about to resume fighting, Qian Renxue let out a long roar, descended from the sky, and landed in front of Golden Crocodile.
Seeing the tear stains and slap marks on her face, Golden Crocodile Douluo was shocked and roared with killing intent:
"Miss, who hit you? I'll kill their entire family!"
"Grandpa Crocodile, stop talking—we need to go find my grandfather."
Qian Renxue's face was very ugly. She grabbed Golden Crocodile's arm, flapped her wings, and took off into the sky.
The two soul beasts were stunned and still wanted to continue fighting—they needed to question Golden Crocodile Douluo about Xiao Wu's whereabouts.
How could he just run away!
Realizing this, they immediately gave chase.
However, due to their serious injuries, their speed was greatly reduced. They couldn't catch up with Qian Renxue, who was still in good condition.
In this way, the two soul beasts returned to the Great Star Dou Forest with frustrated expressions.
They didn't dare leave the Great Star Dou Forest.
They knew there were many powerful humans in the outside world.
Er Ming's father was twice as strong as he was now, but he was still killed by humans.
And this human just now had fought them two-on-one and still managed to injure them this badly. If it had been one-on-one, they might not have been a match at all.
The outside world was too terrifying—it was better to stay in the mountains.
Tears welled up in Er Ming's eyes, and his voice was bitter.
"Brother... Xiao Wu."
Da Ming sighed and said grimly:
"We have no way to save Xiao Wu. From now on, if any human enters the Great Star Dou Forest, we will kill them."
"We will take revenge for Xiao Wu this way!"
After swearing to kill humans, the two soul beasts dragged their weary bodies and rushed back to their old lair—Xinghu.
Because of this earth-shaking battle, the way back was unusually quiet.
The two soul beasts were silent, not saying a word. Even the severe pain from their wounds felt lighter than the pain of losing Xiao Wu forever.
Just as they were approaching Xinghu, a loud voice echoed in the sky above the lake:
"Xiao Wu, why are you here?"
Da Ming and Er Ming's attention was immediately drawn.
At that moment, a massive sword shadow filled with killing intent suddenly emerged from thin air and stabbed toward Da Ming's vital point.
Chen Xin, who had been hiding in the darkness all along, launched a full-power surprise attack.
Da Ming and Er Ming never imagined that someone would dare to ambush them in their own lair.
Moreover, they had just returned from a brutal fight and were mentally and physically exhausted.
Now that they were back home, it was the time they were most relaxed.
Even more shocking, Yu Xiaowei's earlier shout had truly drawn their attention.
This allowed Chen Xin's attack to succeed.
A shout echoed over Xinghu Lake.
Chen Xin's full-strength sword stabbed directly into Da Ming's heart.
If not for the tenacious vitality of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, this strike would have been fatal.
"No——!"
Er Ming's eyes turned blood-red, and he punched at Chen Xin with all his strength.
Chen Xin activated the true form of his Seven Kill Sword and received the blow.
However, the Titan Giant Ape's full-force attack, driven by hatred, was no joke. In just a moment, Chen Xin was beaten bloody.
"I'll kill you!!!"
Er Ming, eyes crimson, launched a frenzied assault on Chen Xin. For a while, Chen Xin was forced back by the rampaging ape.
He kept retreating away from Xinghu Lake.
However, Er Ming, already in a berserk state, noticed none of this. He had completely lost his sanity and only wanted to tear apart the one who killed Da Ming.
Seeing them move farther and farther away, the half-dragon Yu Xiaowei approached quietly.
When the dying Da Ming saw him, his eyes widened.
Just as he was about to speak, Yu Xiaowei suddenly ran up to him.
Yu Xiaowei extended his hands, grabbed the upper and lower jaws, and forcibly opened Da Ming's mouth.
Then, a bright blue light shot out of Yu Xiaowei's mouth and blasted straight into Da Ming's.
The smell of roasted meat quickly spread throughout Xinghu Lake.
Da Ming, too weak to resist, had his eyes dim in an instant.
Soon, a dark red soul ring floated out from above his head.
Without hesitation, Yu Xiaowei immediately sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the soul ring.