Xu Jiujiu's chest heaved violently, her beautiful face twisting as she gritted her pearly teeth, enunciating each word:
"Young! Master! Please! Slay! The! Spirit! Beast! For! Me!"
"Very well."
Ling Bai watched as the young lady's fair earlobes gradually flushed red and decisively chose to stop while he was ahead.
This wasn't a twisted sense of humor but a deliberate effort to plant a seed in the other party's heart and leave an indelible memory.
Interpersonal relationships were an art. While it was important to foster a good relationship with Xu Jiujiu, one must know not to go overboard. Transforming into a lapdog and working for free would make her look down on him. Asking for a 10,000-year spirit bone as remuneration made it seem like a fair transaction between the two, with neither owing the other.
Having her say 'Young Master, please slay the spirit beast for me' was like losing a game among friends and being punished by reciting embarrassing lines. Xu Jiujiu would definitely remember it vividly and understand in her heart that she owed him a favor. In the future, he could be even bolder when making requests of her.
Having achieved his goal, Ling Bai dashed toward the Stellar Silver Wolf like a phantom. Xu Jiujiu stood rooted to the spot, the flush on her cheeks not yet faded. Her small fists hung by her sides, clenching and unclenching, blue veins appearing and disappearing.
The utterance of those words filled her with overwhelming shame!
'For the sake of my Martial Spirit... for the spirit ring... it's just one sentence... what's the big deal... A woman with an eagle's spirit knows when to stand tall and when to yield...'
Xu Jiujiu tried to convince herself but ultimately slammed a heavy fist against the tree trunk.
No, this was a grievance that even a woman with an eagle's spirit couldn't swallow!
She would get her revenge sooner or later!
Xu Jiujiu made a solemn vow in her heart. In the future, she would make Ling Bai willingly shout, 'Princess, please XX!'
Just as Xu Jiujiu was racking her brains to figure out how to implement her 'Princess Empowerment' plan, Ling Bai barged into her field of vision, dragging the half-dead 10,000-year Stellar Silver Wolf.
Ling Bai's expression was relaxed and cheerful, perfectly matching the anticipated outcome. The gap between the 10,000-year Stellar Silver Wolf and the 50,000-year Dark Emperor Demon Vine was like that between an elementary school student and a college student. The battle process was simple and crude, consisting of three steps: manifest the Death Abyss Spider Emperor, pummel the Stellar Silver Wolf with punches, and return gloriously after finishing.
"Here, the spirit beast."
He tossed the heavily injured and dying Stellar Silver Wolf to Xu Jiujiu. She took out a dagger and swiftly ended its life by stabbing through the eye into the brain. A black spirit ring floated gracefully into the air.
Gazing at this hard-earned 10,000-year spirit ring, Xu Jiujiu's eyes were exceptionally complex, seeming to hold a mix of joy, sadness, annoyance, relief, and various other emotions.
For this princess, the journey to obtain her fifth spirit ring had been full of twists and thrills. The Luminous Silver Wolf had set up a trap at the cost of its life; Guard She Chong had heroically self-detonated; she had narrowly escaped death multiple times; encountered an Evil Spirit Master who were sinister and vicious in her impression; battled the Death God's descendant and the Queen of Ten Thousand Snakes; successfully avenged She Chong; and, after surviving great peril, obtained the Stellar Silver Wolf spirit ring she had dreamed of.
After a brief moment of reminiscence, Xu Jiujiu sat cross-legged on the ground and immediately released her Star Crown Martial Spirit. Four spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—rose up, and a faint golden spirit power guided the 10,000-year spirit ring to merge into the fifth position of the Star Crown.
While guarding her, Ling Bai didn't forget to open the spirit beast 'blind box'. After concluding another gruesome case of spirit beast dissection, as expected, he was once again empty-handed.
'Alright, alright, alright!'
Ling Bai had nothing to say. He made up his mind to have someone else help him obtain a spirit bone next time!
Perhaps due to her suitable cultivation level and matching attributes, Xu Jiujiu's process of absorbing the Stellar Silver Wolf went smoothly, almost without any pain.
Two hours passed, and Xu Jiujiu gradually awoke. The Stellar Silver Wolf had already merged into the Star Crown, and her spirit power had broken through to Rank 51. Seeing the five bright and dazzling spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—pulsing continuously, the corners of her rosy lips unconsciously curved into a charming smile.
"Let's go," Xu Jiujiu retracted her spirit rings and said softly to Ling Bai.
"Mm," Ling Bai nodded.
Immediately afterward, the Spider Emperor Sense suddenly issued an unprecedented alarm, and at that same second, Electrolux roared in his spiritual sea:
"Kid, danger!"
The Death Abyss Spider Emperor instantly manifested. Eight spider lances pierced into the ground with a hiss. Ling Bai grabbed the utterly bewildered Xu Jiujiu. The spider lances bent sharply like springs, forming an exaggerated arc, and the two shot out like arrows leaving a bowstring!
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Xu Jiujiu asked blankly, desperately turning her head to look back at Ling Bai, who was holding onto the back of her collar. She wanted to know why he had suddenly gone crazy.
Ling Bai had no time to pay attention to her. He erupted his spirit power to the limit and fled for his life while using his Spider Emperor Sense to locate the source of danger!
The sky!
It was a colossal golden light pillar with a diameter exceeding one kilometer, filled with an incomparably rich aura of light. The origin of the light pillar seemed to be the core area of the Eternal Day region, the base camp of the Luminous Silver Wolf clan!
The cloud layers in the sky were forcibly dispersed wherever the light pillar passed. Half of the dark energy accumulated in the Eternal Night region over countless years was instantly purified by the light pillar. The darkness-attribute spirit beasts trembled in fear one by one. Those with lower cultivation levels directly fainted, losing control of their bowels and bladders. The Eternal Night region was filled with wails because, to them, light was another name for doomsday!
Ling Bai was certain that the light pillar was the work of one of the two emperors of the Luminous Mystic Forest—the ruler of the Eternal Day region, the Luminous Wolf Emperor, with at least 200,000 years of cultivation!
"That Stellar Silver Wolf is related to the Luminous Wolf Emperor? Don't tell me they are father and son..."
Ling Bai's tone carried a hint of melancholy and helplessness. The Luminous Wolf Emperor's true form was also the Stellar Silver Wolf, a mutated variant that appeared only once in ten thousand within the clan. His guess was probably not far off!
The spirit ring was the embodiment of a spirit beast's soul. Upon sensing the disappearance of his child's soul, the Luminous Wolf Emperor immediately launched a vengeful strike toward the place where the Stellar Silver Wolf had vanished!
Luminous Wolf Emperor's Innate Spirit Skill: Glorious Holy Light!
The massive light pillar of Glorious Holy Light behind them was getting closer and closer. The terrifying light and heat caused Ling Bai and Xu Jiujiu's hair to curl, and their clothes began showing signs of melting!
Just before the holy light descended, Ling Bai flipped his hand to pull out a thin white membrane and said gloomily, "This time I'm really taking a big loss..."
BOOM—
The Glorious Holy Light erupted with a thunderous explosion. The high-temperature shockwave crashed onto the ground and created a blazing golden radiant sphere. The power of light descended with righteous fury, sweeping across a ten-mile radius of the Eternal Night region!
Wave after wave of light cleansed the land. The Eternal Night region seemed to have surged forth an ocean of light, and a giant wolf stood proudly within it!
Luminous Wolf Emperor!
Cultivation of 290,000 years!
A super spirit beast second only to the Ten Great Beasts on land!
The Luminous Wolf Emperor's proportions were quite similar to the Stellar Silver Wolf, only several times larger. Its entire body was pure gold, just as its name implied, like a radiant sun pouring out brilliant light.
"Awoooo—"
The Luminous Wolf Emperor let out a desolate howl. The wolves in the distant Eternal Day region received the signal and howled toward the sky one after another. The howls of ten thousand wolves caused the Luminous Mystic Forest to tremble!
"Yao Guang?"
A hoarse and fierce voice suppressed the wolf howls. A figure appeared opposite the Luminous Wolf Emperor and said coldly, "Intruding into my territory, do you have a death wish?"
The ruler of the Eternal Night region!
The archenemy of the Luminous Wolf Emperor!
Mystic Shadow Wolf Emperor!