Xue Di admonished Bing Di for a while.
The calm ground began to shake, the amplitude growing larger as time passed.
Even in the lush forest, one could see the increasingly close, mountain-like massive figure.
"Sigh, with such a huge build, his senses are still quite sharp." Xue Di patted her forehead. "Bing Di, you should really learn to restrain your aura properly. Who knows, maybe he's coming to ask us for the soul bones!"
She hadn't agreed to help Bi Ji and the others, but she hadn't rejected her either. She really didn't want to clash with this brute.
"Tch, mind your own business and stay out of it. Besides, this has nothing to do with us." As she spoke, she casually glanced toward the position of Ning Rongrong and the other two. "Look, the culprits are right there!"
"Ning Rongrong, aren't you leaving?" Xue Di advised. "Xiong Jun isn't as easygoing as Di Tian; you might have to fight him!"
"Rongrong?" Bone Douluo also sensed that terrifying aura that could almost suppress him.
Xiong Jun, whose true form was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
This creature was even more terrifying than the Titan Giant Ape, not to mention, according to the information Ning Rongrong had mentioned back then.
Xiong Jun's cultivation was over 400,000 years, equivalent to a 98th level Title Douluo, but in truth even stronger; Di Tian had once been injured by Xiong Jun.
"No need to worry; Kurumi and I were just wanting to test a move, but we were worried we couldn't find someone headstrong enough." Ning Rongrong gave Bone Douluo a reassuring look.
"Uh..."
Finding a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with far surpassing 100,000-year cultivation to test a move—only Ning Rongrong would dare say such a thing.
For a moment, Bone Douluo didn't even know how to roast it.
"Xue Di, Bing Di, did you get the soul bones from those two traitors?"
A resounding voice came from the distant horizon, followed by a leap; the massive figure, whose outline had barely been visible before, directly soared into the high air.
Then "boom," accompanied by a fierce quake of the ground, it smashed down directly not far from the group.
A body nearly twenty meters tall; the enormous frame's shadow, cast by the sunlight, almost completely obscured everyone's figures.
"Hmph, little bear, we're not your subordinates—don't use that tone to yell at us." Bing Di's voice carried a hint of coldness. "The soul bones you're looking for got snatched by someone. Look, it's those few humans up ahead."
"This little 390,000-year soul beast of mine can't beat them, oh! Xue Di says she doesn't like fighting much, and besides, this isn't her home turf."
"Humans?"
Following the direction Bing Di pointed, Xiong Jun looked down from above.
Three humans, but no matter how he looked, the three before him appeared to be humans.
"Just these few humans could stop you?" Xiong Jun sneered. "Xue Di, did you waste your 690,000 years of cultivation on a dog?"
Xue Di: "..."
Damn it, this Xiong Jun thing.
How did Di Tian tolerate this guy without killing him.
Xiong Jun was aggressive, no doubt, but compared to Di Tian, he wasn't worth mentioning.
To put it bluntly, if the Extreme North had such a thorn in the side, always scheming to usurp the throne, she, Xue Di, would have long beaten that kind of soul beast until half-paralyzed.
"The soul beasts of our Extreme North aren't skilled at combat, especially outside our exclusive territory. My strength right now might not match yours. The soul bones were taken by the humans before us; we're in the middle of negotiating."
"Negotiating?"
Xiong Jun sneered. "Stealing the soul bones of our two gatekeeper soul beasts, and you think negotiation is necessary? The Extreme North has truly degenerated, actually thinking of negotiating with humans."
Xiong Jun patted his right arm with his left hand, then clenched his fist.
"Xue Di, Bing Di, see this?"
"Bear paws that can be braised in brown sauce?" Before Xue Di could respond, Bing Di subconsciously spoke up.
"That's right, exactly braised..." As he said it, Xiong Jun reacted, his anger surging up like mad, a terrifying pressure bearing down on Bing Di.
"Braised, huh!" Xiong Jun's face turned purple with rage.
What audacity—what he clearly meant was his fist, his invincible power, not bear paws!
Soul power erupted; Xiong Jun's entire bear form bristled slightly, terrifying soul power venting in all directions.
He glared at Bing Di, his voice turning cold: "I'd like to see just how many ounces of meat this little scorpion of yours has for braising."
"Xiong Jun, don't go too far."
In an instant, Xiong Jun's pressure dissipated; Xue Di, holding an ice sword, stood remotely opposite Xiong Jun.
"If you keep dawdling like this, those few humans are going to run."
"Hmph!"
Xiong Jun snorted coldly and chased toward the direction of Ning Rongrong and the other two, who were "quietly" moving away.
After Xiong Jun left, Bing Di shrank behind Xue Di, quietly poking her head out: "So scary, oh, Xue Di, I'm so scared—I almost thought I'd never see you again, wuwuwu, wuwuwu~"
The blade of the sword that Xue Di had formed from condensed ice gently tapped Bing Di's forehead; Bing Di stuck out her tongue:
"Xue Di, you hit me."
"Really now, if I'd known earlier, I would've agreed on your behalf to that Ice Silkworm and married you off."
"In your dreams—I don't like that waste Tianmeng." Bing Di pushed away the ice sword pressing on her forehead with her hand, rubbed her messed-up hair, and said helplessly, "That guy isn't even really liking me; that's just him lusting after my body."
"Besides, according to the book Ning Rongrong gave before, his behavior is called a simp, and I've already firmly rejected him."
"Forget it." Xue Di sighed. "I don't know what's going on in that head of yours. Read fewer human books; don't get yourself trapped like that little rabbit—that would be trouble."
"Please, I'm the Ice Empress of the Extreme North, humans?"
"Hmph, as if!"
"Be careful!" Xue Di dispersed the ice sword in her hand and said, "Also, don't provoke that Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for me anymore. If I'm not around, you're no match for him."
"I don't want to lose you one day."
"Eh eh eh?" Bing Di surprisedly hugged Xue Di with both arms. "As expected, Xue Di still cares about me so much!"
"I'll rub rub rub~"
Xue Di: "..."
Xue Di helplessly pushed away this Bing Di clinging to her like an octopus.
"We should go take a look; if Xiong Jun dies, it won't be easy to explain to Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King."
"Wu~ Wouldn't it be nice to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Xiong Jun bite each other like dogs? Anyway, even if Xiong Jun gets killed, it has nothing to do with us."
Bing Di straightened her clothes.
"Powerful soul beasts—when one dies, there's one less."
"For the future of soul beasts, we should do something too." Frost appeared under Xue Di and Bing Di's feet, then they slowly rose into the air, flying toward the position where the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was moving.
...
"Ninth soul skill—Bone Dragon Transformation"
Bone Douluo controlled the Bone Dragon Transformation, opening its bone claws to grab toward the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
"Boom!"
A fierce explosion roared out.
The surrounding rows of thickets were uprooted and blown over by the erupting energy.
Xiong Jun retreated seven or eight steps; a grave expression appeared on his originally dismissive face.
Compared to Xiong Jun, Bone Douluo's side seemed even worse off.
Standing on the bone dragon, Bone Douluo wiped the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth with his wrist.
"What a terrifying guy."
Bone Douluo took a deep breath.
No wonder Rongrong said Xiong Jun was comparable to a Limit Douluo.
How could he not be comparable?
His offense and defense were extremely strong, and his speed was fast too. Even with Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda amplification, it was barely a fifty-fifty fight.
His amplified self was definitely at the Limit Douluo level.
Even so, he hadn't gained the upper hand—this was unbelievable.
"Human, I take back what I said about you being trash." Xiong Jun said. "You're not comparable to those two guys from before, but compared to ordinary human soul masters, you're quite strong."
"But even so, you're still no match for me."
"Hand over those two 100,000-year soul bones, and I can consider letting you leave safely."
"Otherwise, death!"