After entering the Sunset Forest, Yang Xiong became extremely cautious.
The Sunset Forest is known as one of the three great Soul Beast Forests, containing abundant soul beast resources. While there may not necessarily be hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, there are certainly many high-level ones.
Especially since the Sunset Forest covers an extremely vast area, although not as immense as the Star Dou Great Forest, it still has a diameter of several hundred kilometers. Its depths are even more mysterious and unpredictable, with several soul beasts that are seventy to eighty thousand years old.
It's important to know that an eighty-thousand-year-old soul beast is roughly equivalent to the strength of a peak Soul Douluo, and can even serve as an excellent ninth soul ring for a Soul Master. Their strength is truly formidable.
Recently, Yang Xiong had carefully studied the map of the Sunset Forest and gained a general understanding of the entire area.
But it was only after he truly entered the Sunset Forest that he truly understood the terror of a Soul Beast Forest.
The ground seemed covered in all sorts of weeds, with only some faint, hidden paths.
Various trees were everywhere, tall and short, all looking full of vitality. While not necessarily soul beasts, they were all very old.
However, the Sunset Forest was also exceptionally dangerous. From time to time, a soul beast would dart out from among the weeds. If Yang Xiong's perception ability hadn't been quite good, he would likely have been easily ambushed.
Given the terrifying environment of the Sunset Forest, a normal person's walking speed is very slow, especially for a Soul Greatmaster like Yang Xiong. It's estimated that he might not even be able to walk ten kilometers in a day.
Every time Yang Xiong saw a soul beast, he quickly dodged away. Fighting soul beasts in the forest and getting injured was a major taboo.
In just half a day, Yang Xiong encountered seven or eight thousand-year soul beasts, and even more hundred-year soul beasts. The variety of these soul beasts was much greater than in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but this also meant more danger.
In particular, Yang Xiong encountered a thousand-year Iron Bone Snake. This Iron Bone Snake hid in the grass, its aura completely concealed. It didn't even have any soul power or temperature fluctuations, acting completely like a hunter.
When Yang Xiong passed by, it suddenly attacked from a distance of only five meters. Yang Xiong himself was startled.
At such close range, a thousand-year soul beast's attack was impossible for an ordinary Soul Greatmaster to dodge, and could even easily kill a Soul Ancestor.
Yang Xiong felt a violent impact on his body, spitting out a mouthful of blood. It felt as if his bones were about to fall apart, and it even seemed like several bones were broken.
At the critical moment, Yang Xiong's figure flickered, and he instantly teleported dozens of meters away.
But this Iron Bone Snake reacted extremely quickly, actually chasing after Yang Xiong rapidly. Especially when it was swimming with all its might, its speed even surpassed that of a newly advanced Soul Ancestor. It seemed this was an Iron Bone Snake over two thousand years old.
Yang Xiong gritted his teeth. Soul power fluctuated on his back and ribs, and a tortoise shell with a diameter of two meters immediately extended. Yang Xiong himself was completely inside the tortoise shell. This was precisely Yang Xiong's External Soul Bone, the Dark Tortoise Armor.
The Dark Tortoise Armor had two uses. It could transform into a massive tortoise shell protecting the entire body, with the entire body wrapped layer by layer by the tortoise shell, looking like a giant tortoise shell.
Originally, the Dark Tortoise Armor was only over five hundred years old, but after so many years of cultivation, it had reached the thousand-year level.
This Iron Bone Snake was less than ten meters long, with a diameter of only forty centimeters. Facing the giant tortoise shell with a diameter of two meters, it had nowhere to start.
With the formidable defense of the Dark Tortoise Armor, let alone a mere thousand-year Iron Bone Snake, even a thousand-year Titan Giant Ape might not be able to break it.
Moreover, with the massive size of the Dark Tortoise Armor, it was impossible for the Iron Bone Snake to swallow it, let alone digest it.
According to Yang Xiong's estimation, soul beasts below ten thousand years should not be able to do anything to the Dark Tortoise Armor, unless they were some top-tier, high-quality soul beasts.
It's important to know that with the defense of the Dark Tortoise, even being one major realm higher might not be enough to kill it. Yang Xiong's Dark Tortoise Armor basically replicated the formidable defense of the Dark Tortoise, and tortoise-type soul beasts are the epitome of defense. The tortoise shell can cover the entire body, leaving virtually no weak points, and can even withstand forces dozens or hundreds of times its weight. The Dark Tortoise is the pinnacle of tortoise-type soul beasts.
Especially when used, the Dark Tortoise Armor has two states and also has defensive soul skills. If it weren't for the fact that fighting with a tortoise shell on your back is rather unsightly, it would definitely be the most ideal defensive soul bone. Moreover, once it reaches the ten-thousand-year level, it would likely be able to walk sideways throughout the entire Sunset Forest.
The Iron Bone Snake looked at the giant tortoise shell in front of it and didn't want to give up the food that was within reach. Its sharp fangs bit down on the Dark Tortoise Armor, but the entire Dark Tortoise Armor remained completely still.
The Iron Bone Snake even wrapped its entire body around the Dark Tortoise Armor, seemingly trying to use all its strength to crush it, but unfortunately, the Dark Tortoise Armor remained motionless.
The Iron Bone Snake was busy for a full half hour, but facing this giant tortoise shell, it was helpless and finally had to leave.
Yang Xiong, hidden inside the Dark Tortoise Armor, was initially extremely worried, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he felt that the Iron Bone Snake couldn't do anything to him.
Only after confirming that the Iron Bone Snake had completely left did Yang Xiong retract the Dark Tortoise Armor and quickly leave the area.
This was the first time Yang Xiong had encountered a fatal danger in the Sunset Forest. Fortunately, he had a means of survival. If it were an ordinary Soul Ancestor, they would probably have died long ago.
If the dangers during the day were visible to the naked eye, then at night, the entire Sunset Forest was like a terrifying giant beast, as if it wanted to swallow all the humans who trespassed into it.
Visibility at night was extremely poor, and many dark-attributed soul beasts could conceal their soul power fluctuations. It could be said that the Soul Beast Forest truly transformed into a hunting ground at night.
Yang Xiong, on the other hand, directly dug a hole in the ground. The area around the hole was filled with the feces of high-level soul beasts, which could deter some weaker soul beasts.
Yang Xiong was a bit on edge the entire night. Forget about sleeping, he couldn't even focus on meditating wholeheartedly. After all, the soul beasts in the forest were strange and varied. If he really encountered a soul beast attack, he needed to deal with it immediately, especially since there were some soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest that could launch mental attacks. Even a slight lapse in concentration could lead to fatal danger.
The first day was the most tense and the most frightening for Yang Xiong. This was the first time since he was a child that Yang Xiong had lived in such a dangerous environment. Fortunately, Yang Xiong's mind was not just that of an eleven-year-old boy, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to withstand this mental strain.
Moreover, one of Yang Xiong's purposes for coming to the Soul Beast Forest was to train in this dangerous environment. One must know that Soul Masters can only truly grow in danger.
In the following days, Yang Xiong gradually adapted to the environment of the Sunset Forest. At this moment, Yang Xiong was very glad that he had cultivated Distraction Control in advance, so that he could simultaneously pay attention to the external environment while cultivating.
The tortoise shell wouldn't be used too many times, and the back armor would also evolve. By then, it would be truly perfect.
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