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Yan Jin raised her head, looking at Amon with some surprise.
Ice Silkworm... wasn't that the million-year soul beast she hunted before? Now they're sending people to look for it again... What does this mean? Could it be that the soul beast didn't die completely and also has some kind of clone ability? She pondered in her heart.
"But Captain, isn't your target the Crimson Lotus Serpent?" Bi Da'er looked at Yan Jin with doubt.
Amon replied with a smile, "That's Yan Jin's target, not mine."
"Alright, I'll arrange it." Bi Da'er called the butler and instructed, "Notify all the mercenary groups in the city to come to the city lord's mansion tomorrow morning."
"Yes, young master." The butler bowed slightly and then left the hall.
In the evening, Bi Da'er had the chef prepare a lavish dinner.
"Hmm? Bi Da'er, where's your family?" Yan Jin asked, seeing that there were only three of them at the table.
"Oh, Father went to discuss cooperation with Earl Lionsheart. As for the other guys, I rarely dine with them," Bi Da'er replied casually.
Looking at the colorful and fragrant food, Yan Jin quickly put the rest aside and grabbed a large shrimp to gnaw on, completely disregarding her ladylike image.
Amon tore off a crab leg, carefully savoring it, and commented, "The taste is good."
They stayed in the city lord's mansion for one night.
The next day, Amon handed Bi Da'er a soul bone of thousand-year quality:
"This is your reward, and the cost of hiring people to find the soul beast is also included."
Bi Da'er didn't decline, but nodded gratefully.
On the second floor of the city lord's mansion, in the room of one of Bi Da'er's younger brothers.
A young man with golden hair and wearing white clothes looked at Amon's departing figure, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes.
A beautiful woman wearing a dark red dress and a golden headdress inlaid with many jewels chuckled softly:
"Hehe, that idiot Bi Da'er, discovering a wanted criminal that His Majesty Xue Beng specifically named, doesn't report it immediately, and even helps him find a soul beast."
"Hmph... Does he really think his status as heir is as solid as a mountain, so he can act recklessly?" The golden-haired youth smiled sinisterly.
"You quickly write a letter, and then send someone... no, you personally send it to Heaven Dou City to inform His Majesty Xue Beng of the situation. Be sure to properly state Bi Da'er's crime of colluding with wanted criminals," the woman in the long dress said.
"I understand, Mother. I really don't know why Bi Da'er, who is usually so shrewd, is starting to act foolishly at this time, unable to distinguish between advantages and disadvantages. A fallen duke is all he is..."
The golden-haired youth walked out of the room and saw Grelat in a blue windbreaker walking towards him.
"If I were you, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing. Even if they are wanted criminals, their own strength won't change... Isn't the weight of a 'Thunderclap Douluo' enough?" Grelat said softly.
"Stop interfering with me, hmph, spending all day in the army dealing with those peasants, pretending to be working so hard. Since Bi Da'er came back from the Soul Master Competition, has Father ever looked at you even once?" The golden-haired youth snorted coldly.
Grelat looked at the back of the golden-haired youth, his eyes deep and unfathomable. After a long time, he slowly uttered a word: "Idiot."
......
Deep in the Iron Heart Mountains, an Amon clone unscrupulously displayed his aura.
He released the soul power expression he "stole" from the first soul ring, creating the illusion of a Limit Douluo.
That vast, heaven-collapsing terrifying power made the soul beasts deep in the Iron Heart Mountains show expressions of horror one by one.
They fled in panic, away from the direction of this aura.
Such an aura was a threat and terror to ordinary soul beasts, but to the true overlord, it was a signal of challenge.
Amon continued for a long time, but there was no response. He restrained his aura.
He straightened his monocle, clicked his tongue, and muttered:
"It's not here either. Where did the Crimson Lotus Serpent run off to? Logically, if it sensed my provocation, it wouldn't be indifferent...
"Could it be that I overestimated its strength? Is it actually not that strong and scared to come out?"
He walked to a volcano, hesitated for a moment, and then jumped in.
A layer of materialized soul power formed a spherical barrier, enveloping him.
The oncoming heat was blocked out. Like a stone falling into a lake, with a "plop", Amon's figure disappeared into the lava.
What came into view was a fiery red. Amon spread his mental power, aimlessly exploring the lava.
After absorbing the soul ring of the Ice Silkworm, his mental power greatly increased and could already extend to a very wide range.
But even so, searching for a soul beast in this vast ocean of lava was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
One by one, Amons split up and searched in different directions.
The lava flowed slowly underground, like a river, leading to unknown mysterious places.
Suddenly, an Amon discovered an abnormal disturbance coming from the depths of the lava, as if something was shuttling through it.
Without hesitation, he immediately chased after it.
Although he hadn't yet investigated the specific situation of the thing swimming in the depths of the lava, judging from the disturbance it caused to the lava, it was definitely an unimaginably huge monster.
Amon grabbed casually and stole Yan Jin's "Soul Power Ejection" skill, quickly advancing forward.
The unknown creature seemed to have sensed Amon as well, suddenly stopped, slowly sank deeper, and became silent.
Amon came to the place where it disappeared, stroked his monocle, and said with a hint of helplessness:
"Tsk... It seems that avatars can't escape the fate of being bait."
He suddenly burst out with terrifying power, his soul power surging. The lava was constantly pushed away and then returned, forming circles of transverse waves that spread outward.
At this moment, movement came from the depths of the lava. A behemoth opened its abyss-like mouth and burst out from below.
In a fleeting glance, Amon "saw" its full appearance through mental power. It was a terrifying serpent with a body length of over three thousand meters!
It had a pair of curved horns on its head, and the scales on its body were like distorted worms. It looked very similar to the Eyeless Snake that Amon had once hunted, but the difference was that it had eyes.
This was the "Iron Mountain Master" Crimson Lotus Serpent!
The soul power fluctuations it emitted were on the same level as the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and Di Tian, second only to the Ice Silkworm!
This clone was swallowed into the belly of the Crimson Lotus Serpent without any resistance.
On a rooftop in Iron Heart City, Amon's main body was half-lying down, gazing at the sky.
Receiving the message sent by the clone through the threads of fate, he raised his hand and pinched his monocle, a smile slowly outlining his mouth:
"Found you..."
He didn't act immediately. The clone was still alive, relying on the barrier formed by materialized soul power, it could last for quite a while.
By tracking the location of the clone, Amon determined that the Crimson Lotus Serpent was in a state of constant movement.
Half a day later, it finally slowed down its swimming speed and stopped.
"Heh, the hunt begins." Amon grabbed casually and dragged Yan Jin out of the void.
"Ah?" Yan Jin was holding a string of candied haws, her eyes looking somewhat dazed.
"The target is locked, let's go." Without waiting for Yan Jin to respond, Amon took a step out.
Yan Jin only felt various colors of light flashing before her eyes, and she couldn't help but close her eyes.
When she opened them again, what came into view was a huge underground cave.
She and Amon were standing in a soul power barrier, floating on the surface of the lava. Above, semi-solidified rock layers grew upside down like stalactites, and lava dripped from the tips.
Directly in front of them, a huge red serpent was coiled into a ball.
The Crimson Lotus Serpent seemed to sense something, slowly opened its eyes, and its snake pupils, like two large lamps, looked at the two of them.
It sized Amon up for a moment, then turned its gaze to Yan Jin.
"Are you here to take the Fire God inheritance test?"
A rough, deep voice echoed in this huge space.
"Eh?" Yan Jin was stunned, realizing that the giant serpent was speaking, "What test?"
"You don't have the aura of inheritance on you... so you're not here for the test." The giant serpent's voice seemed to carry a hint of regret.
Yan Jin scratched her head, feeling a little confused, and looked at Amon beside her, waiting for his explanation.
"Interesting... it seems you're not an ordinary soul beast."
Amon straightened his monocle and asked, "What is your relationship with the Fire God?"
The Crimson Lotus Serpent replied smoothly, "I am the High Priest of the Fire God, and also the ultimate content of the God's Trial. Defeat me, and you will be the Fire God!"
"Then do you know how to start the God's Trial?" Amon asked.
"I don't know," the Crimson Lotus Serpent replied without hesitation.
"As the High Priest of the Fire God, you wouldn't know how to start the God's Trial?" Amon's expression was strange.
"I don't know is I don't know, I'm only responsible for the test... start the God's Trial, and then kill me in the test, and you'll be the new Fire God!"
The Crimson Lotus Serpent slowly moved its body, spitting out its forked tongue, its body surging with killing intent:
"Since you are not inheritors of the godhood, then die here..."
Amon smiled, "If you were inheritors of the godhood, what would happen after encountering you?"
"Then of course it's a battle. Win against me and you're the Fire God, lose and you die," the Crimson Lotus Serpent replied without hesitation.
"In other words, whether you live or die has nothing to do with whether you're an inheritor or not..." Yan Jin complained.
"I have another question, do you know the content of the Fire God's Trial?" Amon asked.
"I don't know, I'm only responsible for the test, fighting with the inheritors, this is my only mission as the High Priest of the Fire God!" The serpent said with a hint of pride.
Amon: "..."
You and Yan Jin must have a lot in common... Amon muttered in his heart.
"So, it's just fighting, right?" Yan Jin stepped forward.
"That's right!" One serpent and one human faced each other, the atmosphere surprisingly harmonious.
Before Amon could say anything, Yan Jin had already rushed up.
Facing the Crimson Lotus Serpent, as huge as a mountain, her face showed no fear, only excitement.
Before, she thought she would be afraid when she saw this giant serpent again, but when they actually met, all the fear and dread in her heart disappeared, leaving only a bellyful of fighting spirit.
"Big Fireball!"
The giant fist formed of lava collided with the Crimson Lotus Serpent's huge head, erupting in a deafening roar.
The giant serpent shook its head and roared to the sky, a wave of sound spreading around it, causing the underground space to constantly vibrate.
This was not a soul skill, nor was it any kind of attack, it was merely a long howl emitted by the Crimson Lotus Serpent when it became excited.
It distorted its serpentine body, responding to Yan Jin's expectations:
"Come, fight!"
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