"Buns, Old Li's brand hot buns, guaranteed to keep your soul power full every day!"
"Candied hawthorns~"
Lu Feng stopped outside a small town and paid the coachman the remaining fare.
The streets were lined with shops of all kinds, and their main business was all related to soul masters.
As the saying goes: live off the mountain if you live near a mountain, live off the water if you live near water. There were at least eighty, if not a hundred, Spirit Hunting Markets surrounding the Star Dou Great Forest.
However, most of these markets were built over a hundred kilometers away from the forest.
The Star Dou Great Forest was no paradise. The soul beasts here were not only fierce but also liked to attack humans. Some of the soul beasts from the outer perimeter would often wander out of the forest. If a town were too close to the Star Dou Great Forest, it would probably be in trouble.
"Welcome."
Lu Feng walked into a hotel, and the waitress at the door smiled and bowed ninety degrees to him.
Lu Feng glanced at the youthful and beautiful waitress and immediately turned his head away. In that brief moment, Lu Feng felt as if he were staring into an abyss.
Unfathomably deep!
No wonder the teachers all say that the soul master world is fraught with danger!
Lu Feng coughed lightly and walked into the lobby with a calm expression.
Hmph, in my previous life, I grew up under the red flag, full of righteousness and with clean hands.
My heart has only two colors.
The hotel was a two-story building. The first floor was the dining hall, and the second was for accommodation.
At this time, there were many guests in the hall, all talking amongst themselves.
"Sigh, things haven't been peaceful recently!"
"Yeah, I heard a fallen soul master has appeared on the outskirts of the forest. Wherever he goes, whether it's humans or soul beasts, they are all sucked dry into skeletons."
"Eh? How come I heard it was done by a Man-Faced Demon Spider?"
Lu Feng casually ordered a few signature dishes and listened with relish as the neighboring table boasted.
In the first Douluo book, although it was generally peaceful, there were quite a few fallen soul masters.
However, the standard for judging an evil soul master was not their martial soul attribute, but their actions.
Bibi Dong, Gu Rong, Gui Mei—if these people were in the second Douluo book, they would probably have been suppressed immediately just based on their martial souls.
After finishing lunch, Lu Feng got a room on the second floor. Of course, he politely declined the kind offer of the beautiful waitress.
After sitting in a carriage for several days in a row, even a donkey from a production team wouldn't be able to stand it.
The Star Dou Great Forest, one of the three most famous soul beast habitats in the Douluo Continent. It spanned across two great empires, and its area was almost equal to that of the Balak Kingdom.
"The air of freedom!"
Arriving in front of the forest, waves of fresh air blew towards him, refreshing his heart and mind. Lu Feng took a deep breath of the fresh air and felt all the pores in his body open up.
The types of soul beasts in the Spirit Hunting Forest were limited. To obtain a soul beast with a special attribute, one had to come to a wild forest.
Lu Feng already had a plan for his second soul ring.
Among the five elements, wood is warm, and fire is hidden within it. Rubbing wood generates fire, so wood generates fire.
Water is gentle and moist, and trees need it to grow, so water generates wood.
Whether he chose a fire attribute or a water attribute, it could be paired with the wood attribute of his first soul ring.
If he chose a fire attribute, he could then complement the strength attribute of the Green Wood Python by selecting a soul beast with strong defense and vitality.
If it was a water attribute, he would need to first take the path of the Agility Attack System or the Energy System.
He could hunt speed-type soul beasts like the Green Water Bird or the Sword Shadow Fish, or soul beasts that used energy attacks like Squirtle, Blastoise, or the Frost One-Eyed Fish.
As Lu Feng walked, he swung his wood-cutting knife to cut through the weeds in his path.
The terrain in the forest was very complex, and there were no roads at all. Some of the weeds even grew over his head.
Soon, Lu Feng found a colony of soul beasts.
It was a group of ten-year-old Soft Bone Rabbits, led by a hundred-year-old one. From time to time, it would raise its small head and look around vigilantly.
"Waah!"
Lu Feng appeared in front of them with a teleport and let out a loud shout.
The group of little rabbits was foraging. When they suddenly saw a soul master appear in front of them, they were all so scared that their ears stood up, and they scattered in all directions.
The leading little rabbit accidentally ran into a tree stump and fainted.
[Picked up a white attribute point [Speed] fragment *1 (1/10)]
"Huh, this little rabbit seems to have heatstroke. Let me save it." Lu Feng picked up the rabbit and let out a triumphant laugh.
A plume of cooking smoke rose, breaking the tranquility of the forest.
Lu Feng skillfully turned the rabbit meat. It was golden and tempting, and the aroma was overflowing. Lu Feng couldn't help but take a bite. The freshness of the rabbit meat instantly filled his mouth, and he chewed with satisfaction.
"Thank you for the gift of nature!"
Starting a fire in the forest was not a wise choice. Many soul beasts instinctively feared open flames, but there were also some powerful beings that were not afraid of fire and might even be attracted by the light.
Roasting meat so blatantly like Lu Feng would attract a large group of unexpected guests.
"Luo, luo!"
Luo Wupao ran over from a distance and tugged on Lu Feng's pant leg.
"They're here? Let's go!"
With a flash, Lu Feng's figure teleported to a large tree nearby.
Searching for a suitable soul beast in the forest was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Thus, Lu Feng came up with a plan to use the aroma of roasted meat to attract soul beasts and wait for them to come to him.
If he could cause a few soul beasts to fight, he could then sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and then reap the benefits!
In any case, the outer perimeter of the forest was mostly low-level soul beasts. Even if he attracted a thousand-year-level one, Lu Feng was confident he could deal with it.
Before long, a huge Sabertooth Tiger appeared nearby.
This soul beast was over three meters long, with a tall and sturdy body, firm muscles, and black and yellow stripes all over. Its limbs were thick and strong, and the tips of its claws protruded from its toes. A pair of huge saber teeth were like two sharp swords, fierce and terrifying.
It raised its head, sniffed the meaty aroma in the air, and stared in Lu Feng's direction with a ferocious glint in its eyes.
"About eight hundred years old. Hmm? I've been discovered?" As Lu Feng sized up the Sabertooth Tiger, he took out his Zhuge Godly Crossbow.
He had no intention of making a move yet.
"Swoosh!" A black shadow flashed past Lu Feng.
"So fast!"
Lu Feng's soul power surged, and a faint purple light covered his eyes. Under the Purple Demon Eye, he finally caught the shadow of a gray leopard.
"Gray fur all over, body length over three meters, four white stripes on its tail. A Nether Shadow Leopard, four hundred years old!"
Lu Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the gray leopard lurking in the distant treetop.
Little brother, are you up to this?
"Swoosh!"
Just then, the Nether Shadow Leopard launched its attack.
Its position was excellent, right behind the Sabertooth Tiger.
"Roar!"
The Sabertooth Tiger suddenly turned around and let out a low growl.
Caught off guard, the Nether Shadow Leopard's body suddenly trembled violently. Its pupils became dim and lifeless, and it fell directly from the air.
"Roar!"
The Sabertooth Tiger dragged the gray leopard to the ground and bit through its throat with one bite.
"A spiritual attribute!"
Lu Feng looked at the blood oozing from the leopard's eyes, lost in thought.
The most common attack methods of the spiritual attribute were deterrence and mesmerism. Once these two moves were used, especially when bullying weaker opponents, it was simply a crushing victory.
However, cultivating spiritual power was not easy, whether for soul beasts or humans.
Under normal circumstances, the attributes of a Sabertooth Tiger were either gold or wind. However, it was incredible that this Sabertooth Tiger could evolve a second attribute.
Gold generates Water, and Water generates Wood.
If I were to hunt this soul beast...
"Oink!" Just as the Sabertooth Tiger was about to enjoy its meal, an uninvited guest appeared.