"You...you're not a Grand Soul Master!"
Blood spurted from the corner of Bu Le's mouth as he stared at Qing Mu in terror. Only then did he realize that Qing Mu hadn't even revealed his spirit rings.
Qing Mu sneered, "You know too much!"
Immediately, three spirit rings appeared around Qing Mu. When the second spirit ring lit up, several green beams shot out from Ivysaur's body, beginning to extract energy from Bu Le's body.
However, upon seeing this scene, Bu Le's expression became even more terrified, because the person in front of him was actually just a Soul Venerable.
He, a dignified Soul King, was instantly killed by a child who wasn't even a Soul Master!
However, no matter how unhappy or unwilling he was, he was powerless to resist at the moment and could only let his will gradually fade away.
In fact, with Bu Le's strength, he could easily crush most Soul Masters, but Qing Mu is no ordinary person.
Even before he obtained his third spirit ring, Qing Mu had defeated his father, Qing Tianfeng, a level 44 spirit master with decent stats.
Now, Qingmu has reached level 39 and has mastered moves such as Poison Strike, Photosynthesis, Little Crazy Plant, and Deadly Poison. Her strength is now on a completely different level than before.
If facing a normal Soul King with two yellow, two purple, and one black Soul King, Qing Mu and Ivysaur might need to take it seriously. But they can't deal with this trash Soul King. Ivysaur doesn't even need to grow; it only needs to evolve once and stack the Grassy Terrain buff to instantly kill it.
"Bang!"
Moments later, Bu Le's body was tossed aside, completely lifeless.
"Garbage! What a waste of my time!"
Qing Mu coldly stared at Bu Le's corpse. He never showed mercy to those who took the initiative to attack him.
But then, Qing Mu paused slightly, and said with a faint smile, "No, it doesn't seem like a waste."
The next moment, a surge of soul power emanated from Qing Mu's body, and the already limited barrier was instantly broken through, allowing Qing Mu to successfully break through to level forty.
Next, Qing Mu only needs to obtain the fourth soul ring to become a true Soul Master.
At this moment, Qingmu glanced at the surrounding corpses and casually said to Ivysaur, "Ivysaur, see if they have anything valuable on them, and then destroy their bodies."
"Da na!"
Ivysaur nodded, and then a dozen or so vines, like tentacles, extended from beneath its flower bud, quickly sweeping across the group of corpses.
When Ivysaur retracted its vine whip, a pile of various items appeared in front of Qingmu like a small mountain.
Qing Mu didn't even look at them. He directly put them into his storage soul tool, took Bu Le's storage soul tool, destroyed the evidence, and quickly left.
Not long after Qing Mu left, a luxurious carriage passed by and stopped immediately after sensing the faint lingering smell of blood in the air.
A young man who looked to be in his early twenties with a handsome appearance stepped out of the carriage and raised an eyebrow as he looked at the figure in front of him.
"Your Highness, this was an attack launched by at least a Soul King level expert. A Soul King level expert must have fought here not long ago, but they have already left and are no longer in danger."
The captain of the knights, clad in silver armor, approached the young man and reported.
Xue Qinghe nodded upon hearing this. "Since there's no danger, let's continue. But later, investigate what happened here."
The carriage procession then continued on its way, moving forward along the official road.
Qing Mu was unaware of what was happening here; at this moment, he was staring at the contents of Bu Le's storage soul tool with a dark expression.
"I shouldn't have had any expectations for this place. My storage ring is full of women's stuff."
Qingmu sighed, somewhat speechless.
Bu Le's storage soul tool mostly contained things like aphrodisiacs, sex toys, and even women's clothing.
The most valuable 10,000 gold soul coins were probably obtained through robbery.
In the past, Qing Mu might have been very happy, because 10,000 gold soul coins would have been enough for him to use for a long time.
But now Ye Lingling and Ye Haitang have given him a lot of gold soul coins. As long as he doesn't use them to buy some extremely rare treasures, he will never be able to use them all in his lifetime.
Therefore, the allure of 10,000 gold soul coins is not that great; it's better to have some than nothing.
Shaking his head, Qingmu stopped paying attention to these things and continued heading towards their destination with Ivysaur.
Several days later, Qing Mu arrived outside a large forest of soul beasts.
This forest is called the Azure Spirit Forest, and it is famous for its large number of plant-type spirit beasts.
Furthermore, its scale is second only to the top-tier soul beast gathering places such as Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, and the Far North, making it an ideal place for plant-type soul masters to hunt for soul rings.
Upon entering the forest, Qingmu did not hesitate to evolve Ivysaur into Ivysaur.
After all, this isn't the Palu Forest, and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts aren't particularly rare here, so it's not the time to conserve soul power.
If he doesn't directly reach his strongest state, he will need to evolve again if he encounters danger. Although the evolution time is very short, it may still put Qing Mu at a disadvantage.
Since Qing Mu didn't want those weak soul beasts to bother her, she openly shared her and Ivysaur's auras without any attempt to conceal them.
Qingmu is currently at level 40. The aura emitted by the Ivysaur is almost equivalent to that of a 4,000-year-old soul beast in the eyes of soul beasts, which is enough to scare away those weak soul beasts.
As for those fearless spirit beasts, Qingmu and Ivysaur will show them what it means to have combat power that surpasses their level.
In fact, if Ivysaur were a Soul Beast, even if it were inferior in terms of physical stats, its numerous skills would place it in an ecological position no less than that of stat-monster Soul Beasts like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
If it were to evolve into Venusaur, its position could be even higher.
Moreover, given the long lifespan of spirit beasts, Venusaur can live for a very long time.
With Pokémon's intelligence being no less than that of humans, Qingmu couldn't even imagine how strong a Venusaur that had existed for ten thousand years would be!
They must have mastered those special moves to an unparalleled level, and even be able to execute combination techniques with ease.
Thinking of this, Qing Mu couldn't help but shake his head. The lifespan setting of soul beasts was still too heaven-defying. With such a long lifespan, if it were placed among other species, who knows how much they would grow.
One day later!
"The Azure Spirit Forest truly lives up to its reputation as an ideal hunting ground for plant-type Soul Masters; we've found a suitable target so quickly."
Qingmu looked at the huge flowers blooming not far away and couldn't help but smile.
Qing Mu is not lacking in offensive capabilities, so for his fourth soul ring, he plans to choose a defensive plant-type soul beast to see if he can obtain a defensive move.