Quan Yi and Quan Li exchanged glances and began to head towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
With their strength and speed, they could easily traverse the areas outside the core region.
In a single day, they had approached the outer edge of the core region.
Quan Yi and Quan Li stopped and temporarily stayed on the outer edge of the core region to adjust their breathing.
Quan Yi immediately took out water and jerky from the Heart of the Scorching Sun and handed them to Quan Li, saying, "Grandpa, replenish your energy first."
Quan Li unceremoniously took the food and water, eating and drinking heartily.
The upcoming core region was full of soul beasts that were over ten thousand years old, and they weren't ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts either. Those living in the core region were at least fifty thousand years old.
"For the upcoming exploration, Xiao Yi, you must be very careful. Once you are discovered by other soul beasts, you must retreat immediately and avoid any conflict with them."
Quan Li and Quan Yi had formulated a series of plans before entering the forest.
Among them, the most important thing was to avoid conflicts as much as possible when encountering non-target soul beasts.
Even if a soul beast actively attacked, they had to retreat at full speed to avoid the consumption and damage caused by the conflict.
Quan Li looked at Quan Yi, who was only breathing slightly, and said:
"Xiao Yi, your physical fitness is not much worse than mine anymore. Given this situation, is it possible to challenge a hundred-thousand-year soul ring?"
It should be known that Quan Yi had maintained the same speed as Quan Li when arriving at the core region.
Although the two of them were only running based on their physical fitness in order to save soul power, this, on the other hand, showed that Quan Yi's physical fitness was on par with Quan Li, a top Soul Douluo.
Moreover, Quan Yi's spiritual power had also reached the Soul Douluo realm.
Given the current situation, Quan Li felt that even if Quan Yi absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, there wouldn't be any problems.
Quan Yi shook his head and replied, "It's not like I haven't thought about it before. However, there are too many uncertainties in absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring now. You must know that a qualitative change will occur when a soul beast breaks through one hundred thousand years, and with my current spiritual power, I may not be able to withstand the mental impact of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
For the sake of caution, I think it's more appropriate to absorb a soul ring below one hundred thousand years this time."
Quan Li also nodded in response, "Well, you're right. Whether we can defeat a hundred-thousand-year soul beast now is still a question.
However, it won't necessarily be the case when we come again next time."
Quan Li's eyes became deep, and the bright light in his pupils fearlessly stared in the direction of the core region.
Quan Yi understood Quan Li's meaning and also stared at the core region, thinking to himself, "Next time, next time we come again, will be the time to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring."
After resting for a quarter of an hour, the two of them restored their state to the best.
Quan Li stood up and solemnly instructed, "Xiao Yi, be cautious. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately, understand?"
Quan Yi nodded.
"Don't worry, I'm just going to scout for soul beasts. As soon as I find the target, I'll retreat immediately."
Quan Li nodded and said, "Well, go ahead, I'll wait for you here."
In the next moment, Quan Yi's body transformed into a ball of flames and then disappeared before Quan Li's eyes.
Soul bone skill, Body of the Fire Spirit.
The best divine skill for hiding one's figure and scouting the enemy's situation.
With this soul skill, Quan Yi could explore the core region relatively safely.
Quan Li looked in the direction where Quan Yi disappeared, and he was also very worried, but he also knew that this was the optimal solution, so he could only endure the anxiety in his heart and guard the spot, waiting for Quan Yi's return.
After Quan Yi flew into the core region, he reduced the flames as much as possible to the limit.
At this moment, he was almost flying through the forest in the form of tiny fire elements, reducing the released light and heat to the extreme.
To this extent, even Quan Li, as a Soul Douluo, could not easily detect him.
This was also the reason why Quan Li agreed to Quan Yi conducting the reconnaissance alone.
After Quan Yi entered the core region, he did not rush around blindly, but instead, started investigating from the outermost ring. Although this took more time,
it was very safe.
Moreover, in the state of the Fire Spirit Body, Quan Yi's range for detecting fire element fluctuations would become larger. Therefore, although it would take a certain amount of time, it would not be very long.
After an afternoon of investigation, Quan Yi had investigated two circles.
Although he found a lot of fire-attribute soul beasts, their age was around fifty thousand years, which was not within Quan Yi's selection range at all.
Quan Yi realized that if he wanted to find a suitable soul beast, he had to go a few circles deeper.
However, as it was getting dark, Quan Yi sped up and returned to Quan Li's side after completing the exploration of the third circle.
Night fell.
Quan Li, who was vigilantly watching the surrounding movements, suddenly felt a scorching aura from his side.
In the next moment, Quan Yi appeared.
Even though Quan Li knew that it was Quan Yi, he was still startled.
However, as a Soul Douluo, he still maintained the stability of his expression and asked, "Xiao Yi, did you find it?"
Quan Yi shook his head and replied, "Not yet."
"Then that's it for today. You should restore your soul power first, and then continue to investigate tomorrow when it's dawn."
"Okay, Grandpa."
The two of them moved slightly away from the core area and moved outwards.
Arriving at a hidden resting area, Quan Yi immediately sat down cross-legged and began to restore his soul power.
Although an afternoon of investigation had not consumed too much of his soul power, it was not a completely perfect state after all.
After resting overnight, the sky gradually brightened.
Quan Yi and Quan Li set off again.
On this day, Quan Yi once again followed the plan, investigating the core area inch by inch.
As the search area approached the center, Quan Yi's investigation speed became faster and faster.
In one morning, Quan Yi had investigated the middle circle of the core region.
Finally, within Quan Yi's fire element detection range, he felt a terrifyingly violent fire aura that made his heart palpitate.
Quan Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart and carefully probed in the direction where the aura was emanating.
When Quan Yi approached the source of the aura, a giant hill appeared before Quan Yi's eyes.
And that aura was emanating from inside the hill.
Quan Yi quickly circled around the hill, and before long, he saw a huge hole on the opposite side of the hill.
The hole occupied half of the hill. At a glance, it was pitch black, and it was impossible to imagine what kind of thing could dig such a bottomless hole in a large hill.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Quan Yi could even hear some kind of rhythmic vibration.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
In order to find out the type of soul beast, Quan Yi decided to enter the cave.
Quan Yi's speed was very fast. A few minutes later, he passed through the dark cave entrance and saw a huge monster emitting a scarlet fluorescent light.
The moment Quan Yi saw this behemoth, a name flashed in his mind.
"Crimson Scale Evil Dragon!"
