Ever since Xu Mingxi was betrayed by his team leader, he began to wander alone in the Great Forest of Star Dou, wary of everyone around him.
Speaking of his past experiences, he directly took out a box from the storage soul guide ring and handed it to the grand elder.
The Great Elder took it and opened it. He was stunned for a moment. Inside was a soul bone. Judging from its appearance, it looked like a left leg bone that was about 30,000 years old.
"Mingxi, where did this come from?"
A 30,000-year-old soul bone was a rare item even in the Crown Star Sect. With Xu Mingxi's strength, it should be impossible for him to hunt and obtain it alone.
Xu Mingxi stared at the 30,000-year-old soul bone emitting light in the box and sank into his memories.
He only remembered that it was a clear day and he could enjoy the beautiful night sky and twinkling stars.
Originally, he sat cross-legged in the center of a thousand-year-old purple moon bear soul beast lair, meditating and practicing.
But a sudden loud noise interrupted his practice. Xu Mingxi walked out of the cave, stepped lightly, and jumped onto the treetops next to him.
As far as the eye could see, trees continued to fall. A soul beast shaped like an ape leapt up while roaring, and struck out with clenched fists.
There was a figure carrying a large hammer on the ground. He stomped his left foot hard, the ground shattered, the figure floated into the air, and the sledgehammer swung out. The two collided and there was a great roar.
"This giant ape is estimated to be around 30,000 years old, and that hammer should be the Bright Sky Hammer."
Xu Mingxi muttered as he quickly hid in a nearby forest. He saw that the giant ape had the upper hand in the collision with the man from the Bright Sky Sect, yet it didn't capitalize on the victory, instead fleeing for its life, heading in his direction.
Sure enough, Xu Mingxi, who was hiding behind some bushes, saw the black-robed man leap into the air and chase after the giant ape. Behind him, several figures could also be seen wielding Bright Sky Hammers.
The giant ape seemed to have been injured and was soon caught. The leader smashed it with the hammer and instantly stopped it. The sixth and final soul ring on his body lit up, and the Bright Sky Hammer emitted a faint black light.
He held the Bright Sky Hammer with both hands, raised it high, and slammed it down on the giant ape, forcing it to stop. He waited for the others to arrive. The giant ape fell into endless despair and turned into a black soul ring.
The Clear Sky leader sat cross-legged on the ground, drawing the soul ring. Just as he had just absorbed the soul ring, a roar sounded, and a giant ape fell from the sky. There was a huge scar on its chest, and its body was even larger than before.
"Eighty-thousand-year-old giant ape, run."
The Clear Sky Sect leader gave the order. The others hesitated for a moment, but decided to retreat. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Sharp-tailed Rapid Soul Master who had been flying in the sky and observing the surroundings exclaimed.
"There are soul bones in that giant ape's body, and we haven't had a chance to retrieve them yet."
The leader of Clear Sky Sect suddenly turned around, and the left leg of the 30,000-year-old giant ape on the ground could indeed faintly reveal the light of the soul bone.
His head hurts a little, and when absorbing the spirit ring, he will not touch the body of the spirit beast so as not to disturb the person absorbing the spirit ring.
Unexpectedly, an 80,000-year-old giant ape appeared at the last minute, and the 30,000-year-old ape actually revealed its soul bones.
There were now only two choices for Clear Sky Sect: fight the 80,000-year-old giant ape or lose this soul bone forever.
After much thought, the Clear Sky Sect leader decided to take action. The giant ape soul bone was definitely one of the most suitable soul bones for the Haotian Hammer soul master, and they only needed to temporarily delay the giant ape and let the white ibis take the soul bone.
Once the leader's order comes out, others in Clear Sky Sect will naturally not object. Regaining the soul bone would be a great achievement for Clear Sky Sect. Their status in the sect and the resources they could obtain would greatly increase.
The seventh soul ring that the team leader had just obtained lit up instantly, and he led all the soul masters forward.
The giant ape felt the breath of his son in the black soul ring opposite, and tears dripped from the corners of his eyes. His eyes were red, and blood spots appeared all over his body. He pounced directly towards the crowd.
Taking this opportunity, Bai Ibis's second and third soul rings lit up at the same time. She flew up and stepped on a swallow. Her figure passed under the giant ape's arm. Although he didn't react, he landed in front of the 30,000-year-old giant ape carcass and slashed at it with the sharp blade in his hand.
"Captain, wait a little longer, I can't cut it down."
The Thorn-tailed Swallow's martial spirit was extremely fast, but it lacked offensive capabilities. Although the weapon in White Ibis's hand was sharp, he still seemed a little helpless before the thick skin of the 30,000-year-old giant ape.
At the moment he dug out the soul bone, the Clar Sky Sect leader was beaten to the point of vomiting blood. Bai Ibis wanted to retreat with the soul bones. The 80,000-year-old giant ape wanted to stop him, but was stopped at the cost of his life by the fighting soul masters.
No one realized that there was someone hiding in the forest along the white ibis' retreat route.
Xu Mingxi, who was hiding in the bushes, knew nothing. As he saw the white ibis getting closer to him, he became ruthless and condensed starlight in his hands. Just as the white ibis thought it was safe and retreated and smiled, the bright starlight struck and instantly crushed its head.
"How brave you are, little thief."
"You're very brave."
The people of the Haotian Sect watched Xu Mingxi kill the white ibis and take its soul bones. They were about to give chase, but were unfortunately stopped by the crazy giant ape and could only watch him leave.
By the time they defeated the giant ape, Xu Mingxi had long disappeared, so they could only search everywhere. Finally, based on their rough memories, they drew a picture of Xu Mingxi's appearance back then and posted a wanted list on the continent.
"That's probably what happened. Don't look at me like that. It wasn't my intention to provoke the Clear Sky Sect. Who knew that the Sharp-tailed Rapid Spirit Master would fly right into my face."
Xu Mingxi felt the strange gazes of his three family members and gave a fake rebuttal.
So what if they're from Clear Sky Sect? I can kill them if I want, and snatch their soul bones if I want. How could they find me?
Xu Mingxi wasn't afraid at all. What's more, the Haotian Sect wouldn't make a big fuss over someone from an affiliated family. They were only after this soul bone. Would they dare to reveal the news of the soul bones?
The Blood River treasure was very tempting, yet it was still unknown to whom this soul bone would belong.
The Great Elder also told Xu Mingxi about some of the things that had happened in the sect in the past three years. The biggest change was that after Xu Mingxi's father absorbed the hundred thousand year soul bone, he was now a soul douluo at level 82.
And what he got in Jueyun Gorge that year, the soul guide, was given to some people in the sect who researched this aspect. After studying it for a long time, they found nothing and didn't dare to use it for fear of damaging the spirit of the sect's followers.
They could only destroy the soul guide by force and take out the soul bones inside. After being identified by the sect leader, it was most likely a left leg bone that was about 70,000 years old, and was spiritual in nature.
After a discussion between the sect master and the elders, Xu Mingguang was granted his fifth soul skill, Starry Soul-Bewitching, which was taken from the twelve thousand year old Soul-Bewitching Butterfly. This soul bone was just right for her.