Chapter 35: A Clean Hunting Process
Zhang Lexuan looked at the smirk on Lin Qinghan's face, unaware that he was teasing her.
"Nothing, just estimating the approximate range of your target soul beast."
Zhang Lexuan tried to appear serious but quickly realized she couldn't keep it up. She hurriedly changed the subject.
She took out a map from her storage soul guide and pointed at it a few times.
"Haha, it's good that you don't have anything on your mind. This lunch box is specially made by me. Not only does it taste good, but it also promotes physical recovery. Let's eat first."
Seeing Zhang Lexuan flustered, Lin Qinghan stopped teasing her and followed her lead, ending the previous questioning.
The two quickly finished their lunch and then went about their duties. The night passed quickly.
"Look, Qinghan, this area full of large puddles and close to the river is the habitat of the electric net spider."
After a full night of rest, Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan were back at their peak condition, so their journey was swift. By the end of the morning, they had already arrived at their destination.
"The electric spider is a soul beast with very strange habits. Despite being a large spider, it lives in groups. Each of those large puddles contains three or more electric spiders."
Zhang Lexuan's explanation caught Lin Qinghan's attention. She had always enjoyed teaching him about soul beasts.
The two were now standing by a puddle. With the help of Lin Qinghan's spiritual projection, no soul beast had noticed them.
"The electric spider is led by a king, and those over ten thousand years old are called electric spider kings. The strongest ones usually live alone in the main river."
"It's difficult to tell the age of these soul beasts by appearance alone, but judging by the size of the spider group here, the strongest one must be over 70,000 years old."
After Zhang Lexuan introduced the electric spider to Lin Qinghan, the two began to plan their approach based on the environment.
With Lin Qinghan's spiritual connection, they communicated quickly and finalized their plan based on their spiritual assessments.
Zhang Lexuan and Lin Qinghan quietly moved towards the river, covered by the spiritual projection. In the middle of the river, they could clearly see a large blue-purple cocoon.
Through Lin Qinghan's spiritual awareness, they saw that every puddle was covered in blue-purple spider webs, with many blue-purple cocoons floating on the water. The riverbed was almost entirely covered in these webs.
Lin Qinghan, seeing the dead fish floating on the water, finally understood why the electric net spider, a thunder-attribute soul beast, always lived in areas with abundant water. It turned out that the spiders used electric fishing as their primary way of hunting and even for breeding. Their comfortable lifestyle explained why they were considered an ordinary soul beast despite having such a unique innate soul skill.
There were very few soul beasts in the Xingdou Great Forest that hunted spiders for food. Aside from soul masters hunting for soul rings, few creatures dared to provoke them.
Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan soon arrived at the river.
The two nodded to each other, and under the cover of the spiritual projection, each of them began gathering their soul skills.
Lin Qinghan's fourth soul ring glowed, and the Thunder Spear materialized in his hand as he infused it with both mental power and thunder attribute soul power.
The moon martial soul behind Zhang Lexuan also shone brightly, with her soul rings pulsating as she prepared both attack and control soul skills. Her soul power aura was no longer suppressed.
Although she didn't release her martial soul's true form, the power she radiated far exceeded Lin Qinghan's, almost causing the mental projection to collapse.
Lin Qinghan quickly activated mental overclocking to prevent their presence from being revealed.
This cautious approach had been proposed by Zhang Lexuan. Even if they were discovered, this group of electric spiders wouldn't pose a fatal threat. However, the thought of a swarm of massive spiders attacking them was enough to make anyone's hair stand on end, even if the spider group wasn't as strong as they were.
So, working together with Lin Qinghan's mental stance and spiritual projection, the plan was to first lure the target soul beast out, minimizing physical discomfort and avoiding an attack by the spiders.
In an instant, both were ready.
At Lin Qinghan's mental command, their soul skills were unleashed simultaneously toward the electric spider king in the middle of the river.
Compared to Lin Qinghan's Thunder Spear, Zhang Lexuan's Moonlight Light soul skill was faster. It struck the electric spider king directly before it could defend.
Before the electric spider king could comprehend what had happened, the Thunder Spear also struck, exploding after piercing its body. The ensuing explosion unleashed powerful lightning inside the spider, while a potent mental attack ravaged its spirit.
All these attacks occurred in under two seconds. Before the electric spider king could grasp the situation, it had been overwhelmed by a barrage of light, lightning, and spiritual attacks, leaving it severely injured.
As the spider king tried to call for reinforcements, Zhang Lexuan's control soul skill hit it, preventing it from moving and halting its communication.
Lin Qinghan launched another mental attack. With the electric spider king already weakened by the earlier assaults, its fragile mind couldn't resist the blow and lost consciousness.
Seeing the electric spider king unable to fight back any longer, Lin Qinghan used his mental stance to control it and, with Zhang Lexuan, flew into the air, taking the spider king away from the river.
The entire hunting process had taken less than forty seconds. A soul beast that even a Soul Douluo might struggle with had fallen into their hands.
The two used their maximum speed and quickly reached their predetermined safe location.
Once they arrived, Lin Qinghan condensed his Thunder Spear again and swiftly ended the electric spider king's life.
"I didn't expect hunting a soul beast comparable to a Soul Douluo to be so easy."
Looking at the black soul ring emerging from the body of the electric spider king, Zhang Lexuan was still in disbelief.
Although everything went according to plan, the neat and efficient execution was largely due to Lin Qinghan's incredible stealth with his mental projection.
The two had essentially appeared in front of the soul beast, and it hadn't even noticed. With no defense, the difficulty of the hunt was reduced several times.
"A real 90,000 years, just at the limit of endurance."
Lin Qinghan nodded in satisfaction, then informed Zhang Lexuan and sat down to adjust his breathing.
To safely absorb the 90,000-year soul ring and avoid accidents, he needed to recover his energy.
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