184 Tricking The Wolves

A wave of Spirit Power akin to a fine, thin net spread out from Sheng Feilong into all directions. They had been attacked by three wolf type Soul Beasts while Yuanen Yehui was still absorbing the remnant energy of the first Soul Beast they killed.

While Huang Jialong jumped into action to deal with them, Sheng Feilong retreated to Yuanen Yehui's side, making sure they don't miss any other Soul Beasts as something like this would become more dangerous with each attack.

After making sure that there were no other Soul Beasts in the area of a few kilometres around them, Sheng Feilong relaxed slightly and informed Huang Jialong of the situation. The latter was still calmly dealing with the three wolf type Soul Beasts, all of which were between 3.000- to 4.000-years-old.

"Brother Huang, keep them occupied for the time being. Once Yehui finishes absorbing the energy of her Soul Beast, kill the wolves; You can directly absorb their energy then." Sheng Feilong called out to Huang Jialong in a calm tone. The latter nodded his head without hesitation; Dealing with the wolves was easy for him and even keeping them occupied and not killing them was still considerably easy. To Huang Jialong, Soul Beasts of this level barely even qualified as sparring partners.

However, the Soul Beasts themselves weren't dumb. After a while, they recognized that they were heavily outclassed and that Huang Jialong was keeping them alive on purpose. When they tried to flee, Huang Jialong quickly glanced at Sheng Feilong, who had already began moving by the time.

Sheng Feilong's first Soul Ring lit up while his eyes flashed, causing the three wolf type Soul Beasts to freeze. Moments later, they began moving again, inspecting their surrounding thoroughly but much calmer than when they were about to flee. After a while, they quietly settled down at the side, one of them even laying down to sleep.

Huang Jialong retracted his Spirit Essence and Soul Power and looked at Sheng Feilong with an amused expression while walking over to him. "What are you showing them?" He already knew about Sheng Feilong's illusion abilities, but he never really saw them in action. Cracking a smile at the wolf Soul Beasts antics, Sheng Feilong replied with a calm tone. "I showed them an illusion of their den. They were confused at first, but after not finding anything strange, they settled down. It's fortunate that Soul Beasts of their level only posses low levels of intelligence."

"I see... can you keep the surveillance up?" Huang Jialong asked, seeing that Sheng Feilong's Soul Ring was continuously glowing, something that meant that it was also continuously drawing out his strength. Still, Sheng Feilong only calmly nodded his head. "I could, though I'd be thankful if you kept watch for now. Yehui shouldn't need too long to absorb a Soul Beast of that level."

After the short exchange, Huang Jialong walked to the other sideand settling down there to keep watch, while Sheng Feilong sat down on the ground and kept an eye on the wolf Soul Beasts. Luckily, they were quite calm as it would put more of a strain on him if they were to rampage around or split up and walk into different directions.

Half an hour passed by quietly before Yuanen Yehui finally opened her eyes. She took a deep breath before stretching her arms. "Oh, you're already done? That was fast." Huang Jialong said with a small smile while walking over to Sheng Feilong. Yuanen Yehui was surprised by the strange scene of Sheng Feilong sitting in the middle of three wolf Soul Beasts, one of which was now sleeping on his lap.

She carefully stood up and also walked over to their side, looking at Sheng Feilong with an amused expression after seeing his first Soul Ring lit up. "You found a few new friends?" Sheng Feilong turned around to look at her and shrugged while petting the wolf in his lap. "Brother Huang and I were so lonely without you, and those guys were nice enough to accompany us."

"Well, as long as you believe that at least. Though those wolves don't look that nice?" Yuanen Yehui said while laughing lightly, his eyes still vigilantly fixed on the three wolves. Although they were quite tame at the moment, the head of the one resting on Sheng Feilong's leg was already bigger than his torso, the whole wolf easily towering three metres high and six metres long, exuding ferociousness visible to the naked eye.

"I guess they'll have to go if you don't like them." Sheng Feilong once again shrugged while pushing the wolf head off his leg. He stood up, stretched his back and pulled a shortsword out of his Spacial Ring, then rammed it into the wolf's skull, killing the defenceless canine in an instant. At the same time, Huang Jialong attacked the other two wolves, also killing them instantly.

Sheng Feilong deactivated his Toad Prison Soul Skill afterwards, then grabbed the dead wolf by his feet and dragged it over to Huang Jialong, who was pulling another wolf towards the third. A comparitively large amount of energy was surrounding the wolf corpses and Huang Jialong sat down in between them, then started meditating to absorb their energy.

Yuanen Yehui and Sheng Feilong backed up, sitting down on a few nearby rocks. Once again, Sheng Feilong spread his Spirit Power out to scout the surrounding area, which was still empty of any other Soul Beasts. "Hmm, seems like we'll have to search for a while once Brother Huang is done."

"There's not other Soul Beasts around?" Yuanen Yehui asked, her eyebrows raising slightly. Sheng Feilong shook his head lightly. "No, at least not anywhere in a few kilometres radius." Yuanen Yehui nodded, then frowned lightly looking at the three Soul Beasts surrounding Huang Jialong. "I thought we'd find a few more since we encountered multiple so early."

"We were lucky." Sheng Feilong said with a small smile. "Master's Spirit Ascension Platform is similar to the middle ranges of the Spirit Pagoda's Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Starting from here, Soul Beasts usually live in small groups or alone and they have rather large territories. I wouldn't be surprised if we had to wander a few dozen kilometres to encounter a new Soul Beast."

"You're right... I would be too easy if there were always that many Soul Beasts around." Yuanen Yehui agreed with his opinion, then remained silent for a moment, while Sheng Feilong smiled. "That reminds me; How was it? Master said we would be ale to absorb more energy, so how much is it exactly."

"I didn't expect too much of it, but I was surprised. Usually, you'd be lucky to absorb around ten percent of a Soul Beasts remnant strength, but I managed to absorb over 300 years of cultivation for my Spirit Soul." A flash of excitement crossed Yuanen Yehui's eyes as she spoke about this.

Sheng Feilong also looked surprised. "That much? It was only a 2.000-years-old Soul Beast and it didn't even match your Spirit Essence's attribute, yet you managed to absorb 15 percent of its strength?" Yuanen Yehui nodded with a excited smile. "Yeah, but that's not all. I wasn't used to growing my Spirit Soul so fast; If I was, I could've easily absorbed 20 percent of its strength."

"20 percent..." Sheng Feilong muttered under his breath, a sharp, determined glint flashing past his eyes. "If it's that much, reaching the goals Master gave us is definitely possible. Even more so if we were to encounter a 10.000-years-old Soul Beast in the future."

Yuanen Yehui chimed in at that point with a expression as if she just remembered something important. "That reminds me, what goal did Senior Song give you, anyways?" Sheng Feilong hesitated for a moment, then told her about the goal with a wry smile. Yuaen Yehui looked at him with a sluggish expression. "He wants you to increase their strengths by over 10.000 and over 15.000 years? That's ridiculous."

Sheng Feilong chuckled lightly, still with a wry smile. "It's... challenging to say the least. Though since Master made the calculations, I think it'll be possible. And with us being able to absorb 20% of the Soul Beasts strength, t shouldn't be too much of a hassle. Moreover, we still don't know how much more we can absorb from Soul beasts matching our Spirit Essences attributes and characteristics."

Yuanen Yehui once again agreed by nodding her head lightly. "Yeah... just thinking about finding something like a real Diamond Baboon and absorbing its power... Just how powerful would my Spirit Soul grow?" She looked at Sheng Feilong, but just as the latter was about to answer, his head whipped around to stare into the distance, causing Yuanen Yehui frown. "What's wrong?"

"Something's coming." Sheng Feilong said plainly. He focused his Spirit Power to lock on to the intruder, scanning it up and down, frowning more deeply the longer he did so. "A powerful Soul Beast?" Yuanen Yehui asked while standing up, staring into the same direction as Sheng Feilong. "Yeah... quad-pedal, a massive body with lots of physical strength. It's Spirit power is also extremely high; It already locked on to us the moment it felt my Spirit Power net."

"Do you know what it is?" Yuanen Yehui was growing slightly anxious at this point; Huang Jialong was still absorbing the power of the three wolves, so they couldn't leave him alone, nor fight a powerful Soul Beast next to him. Moreover, if that Soul Beast's Spirit power was as strong as Sheng Feilong said, they could be in serious trouble.

Sheng Feilong still stared at the Soul Beast, but was unable to make out any details about it. "...It's using its own Spirit Power to stop me from finding out. It's intelligent and extremely powerful. At the very least, it's a 10.000-years-old Soul Beast. But why would it be here, outside of its territory... Don't tell me its a Guardian and noticed us killing Soul Beasts here?"