Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

"Earth attribute? A very safe choice. It seems you don't think much of it either, son. Wind attribute soul skills need to be chosen carefully to be most effective!"

Since we've chosen the earth element, let's temporarily target the Earth Dragon Bear. This type of spirit beast is quite powerful, so there are many of them, making them relatively easier to find.

Long You had no problem with the type of soul beast that his father, Long Lei, had chosen.

The Long family has a large collection of books, which Long You often reads, but he still doesn't know much about spirit beasts. For questions he's unsure about, Long You always chooses to listen to the explanations of professionals.

The experience of traveling by horse-drawn carriage was far from pleasant, a conclusion Long You reached after an hour's journey. In this era without paved roads, only dirt roads riddled with potholes, the lack of shock absorption in the carriage was enough to make passengers' stomachs churn.

To ease the discomfort in his backside, Long You started getting out of the carriage every now and then and running alongside it. Since the carriage wasn't moving fast, it was a good way to get some exercise.

After a three-day journey, Long You and his family of three finally entered the territory of the Star Dou Great Forest. This was a small town, the last human settlement before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.

After three days of continuous travel, even Soul Emperor and Soul King Long Lei and Zeng Xianjun felt exhausted, so everyone needed a good rest for a day. They also took the opportunity to discuss the waiting time and return trip with the rented carriage and driver.

The shade of the trees blocked out the sun, and as soon as they entered the Star Dou Great Forest, the surrounding heat immediately dissipated by more than half. Long Lei pointed to a warning sign by the roadside and said to Long You:

“Son, we’ve basically been coming from Xingluo City and entering the Xingdou Great Forest via this road. If you see this warning sign on this road, it means you need to be on guard.”

Although we're currently several kilometers away from the true outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul beasts are alive and could emerge at any moment.

"Huh? Speaking of soul beasts, here comes a soul beast. Xiao You, look at that tree trunk at your ten o'clock position, there's an assassin lurking there."

As the father, Long Lei was teaching Long You the basics of what it would be like to enter the Star Dou Great Forest; while as the mother, Zeng Xianjun temporarily took on the responsibility of clearing the way.

Because her martial soul is the plant-type Lone Bamboo, Zeng Xianjun has a heightened senses in forest environments. Sure enough, relying on her enhanced perception, Zeng Xianjun keenly sensed a soul beast hiding on a tree trunk.

Prompted by his mother, Long You immediately summoned his martial spirit. With the power of his Insight Glasses activated, Long You quickly pinpointed the target his mother had mentioned.

"It's a snake, but I don't recognize what kind of snake it is."

"This is a dead leaf viper, a small soul beast with extremely potent venom. However, this soul beast is not very aggressive. As long as you don't step on it, or even just walk in front of it, it generally won't attack."

Of course, not attacking normally doesn't mean it won't attack at all, so now that we've spotted it, we still need to circle around it a bit. Don't underestimate this dead leaf viper we see now; it's just a small snake at the ten-year level, but if it bites you, even a three-ring Soul Master won't be happy.

"That's right. Based on what your mother told you, I'd like to give you another reminder."

In this vast forest, there are many kinds of small but highly skilled assassin-level soul beasts. This is a significant reason why soul masters often get injured or even die after venturing deep into the soul beast forest.

Judging from the speed with which you found that dead leaf viper, your martial spirit is quite effective against this type of stealthy, killer spirit beast. Therefore, if you have enough spirit power, your martial spirit is always activated.

Bypassing the withered leaf viper at a distance, Long You followed his father's advice and did not completely withdraw his martial spirit, but instead left the Insight Glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Although the Book of Witness doesn't actually record any soul skills, even if they were summoned, they wouldn't consume much soul power. However, Long You, who had cell phone battery anxiety in his previous life, now has soul power anxiety in this one.

Being in a place like the Star Dou Great Forest, as long as his soul power wasn't full, Long You would feel a slight sense of anxiety. It wouldn't affect his movements, but these thoughts would constantly linger in his mind.

Therefore, to alleviate this anxiety, Long You simply used this new technique of summoning the twin martial souls separately. As long as there is no battle, the martial souls summoned in this state only require half of the full-body soul power to continue appearing.

As for what to do if a sudden battle occurs, Long You said he could only try to dodge it and then wait for his parents' results. After all, he doesn't have any soul skills right now, so even if he wanted to fight, he couldn't.

Crossing the vast forest region, Long You and his family of three entered the true outer area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. Here, the primeval tropical rainforest would deliver its first warning to any Soul Masters attempting to hunt Soul Beasts.

Dense vegetation covered the area, and although this was a route frequently used by Soul Masters, Long You and his companions still needed to clear a path to continue their journey.

The first day's search wasn't entirely fruitless, but the three didn't encounter the Earth Dragon Bear they had initially planned to find. Therefore, they didn't act rashly but instead decided to patiently continue their search.

The campsite was chosen by Long You's mother, Zeng Xianjun, but the task of setting up the campsite was done by his father, Long Lei. Thanks to the soul-guided device, the conditions for camping in the wild were considerably better. At the very least, setting up the campsite was much easier, and it also allowed them to heat food without starting a fire.

The Starry Sky Forest was bustling with activity at night, the roars of beasts rising and falling, enough to keep weak adventurers awake all night. However, Long You was clearly not one of those who needed to lose sleep. Although he himself was incredibly weak, he had powerful parents.

The search on the second day began at dawn and ended a little after nine o'clock in the morning. The reason, of course, was that Long You and his two companions had already found their predetermined target.

"Xiao You, are you sure? You want this one?"

“Let’s go with this one. My spirit won’t lie to me. The year 426 is very close to the theoretical absorption limit of the first spirit ring. It will be hard for us to find a more suitable target.”

"Alright, Xianjun, you stay here and protect Xiaoyou. I'll go and catch that big bear."

As Long Lei approached without any attempt to conceal his presence, the Earth Dragon Bear quickly discovered this tiny creature that dared to invade its territory and let out a threatening roar.

However, in front of a Soul Emperor, the Earth Dragon Bear, with a cultivation of just over four hundred years, was simply too weak, so its intimidating roar had no effect whatsoever.