With a soft cry from Light Feather Douluo, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, black as ink, rose from beneath her feet.
At that very moment, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear below also sensed something amiss around it. As an ancient variant, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear possessed an exquisitely keen sensitivity to killing intent.
But it was already too late. Before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear could move, a brilliant ice-blue arrow pierced its chest in an instant.
The arrow passed through the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's heart without resistance, while the extreme cold imbued in it spread along the bear's meridians and throughout its body.
In the blink of an eye, every drop of blood in the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's body froze into lumps of ice.
At the same time, Su Zui, beside Light Feather Douluo, moved too.
"Third Soul Skill, Xuanming Netherlight Slash!"
A pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring likewise rose from beneath Su Zui's feet. Two streaks of black sword Qi then emerged from the shadow beneath the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and pierced both its eyes with precision.
After entering the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's eyes, the terrifying sword Qi shredded its brain.
This supreme overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest's ten-thousand-year zone crashed to the ground before it could even cry for help.
A Soul Ring of a deep, dark hue slowly floated into the air.
"Done!"
Light Feather Douluo put away his Martial Soul, scooped up Su Zui, and flew down beside the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Su Zui looked at the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring floating before him, unable to hide the delight in his eyes.
As the saying went: a racing heart, trembling hands, old bro, six six six!
"Sister Guang Ling, should I absorb this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring now?"
Seeing the eagerness on Su Zui's face, Light Feather Douluo gently shook his head.
"Xiao Zui, don't rush to absorb the Soul Ring yet. You little brat sure have some good dogshit luck."
As he spoke, Light Feather Douluo walked over to the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse.
She guided Soul Power onto the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's left paw, and a crystal-clear bone shimmering with light fell into Light Feather Douluo's hand.
"This is... a Soul Bone!"
Looking at the object in Light Feather Douluo's hand, Su Zui couldn't help crying out in surprise.
"Holy crap, Sister Guang Ling, this... this is actually a Soul Bone!"
It was no wonder Su Zui was so delighted. After all, this was a Soul Bone from a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a treasure worth a fortune.
"Xiao Zui, this isn't an ordinary Soul Bone. Judging by where it came from, it should be an External Soul Bone."
"An External Soul Bone!"
Su Zui stared at the Soul Bone before him, his eyes growing fiery.
This was an External Soul Bone! Su Zui knew all too well how valuable it was. After all, an External Soul Bone's age could keep growing along with its host.
In other words, this External Soul Bone could keep growing until it became a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
"Good thing your sister here noticed it in advance. Otherwise, if you'd absorbed the Soul Bone while absorbing the Soul Ring, the energy contained in it would definitely have burst your body apart."
Hearing Light Feather Douluo's words, Su Zui immediately sidled up to him and started flattering him.
"Yes, yes, yes! I knew my Sister Guang Ling was the best! Ever since I was little, Sister Guang Ling has always been the one who's treated me best!"
"Tch, you little brat. Who knows how many people you've said that to? Go absorb your Soul Ring. Once you're done with that, you can absorb this Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone."
"All right!"
Su Zui rubbed against Light Feather Douluo's arm, then immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to absorb the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Looking at Su Zui on the ground, Light Feather Douluo's eyes were filled with anticipation that wouldn't fade.
He hadn't expected Xiao Zui to be blessed not only with extraordinary talent, but with fortune as vast as the heavens.
With a Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, Xiao Zui's Soul Power would probably shoot straight past level forty-five this time.
And Xiao Zui was still five months away from his twelfth birthday!
A Soul Ancestor at this age was absolutely unheard of, even looking back ten thousand years.
Light Feather Douluo had previously estimated that Xiao Zui could become a Titled Douluo in his thirties.
Now, it seemed even that estimate had been somewhat conservative.
If Xiao Zui continued to have one fortuitous encounter after another as he did now, perhaps he could reach the realm of a Titled Douluo before he turned thirty!
The world of the future was destined to belong to Xiao Zui and Xiao Xue!
Absorbing the Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring took all the way until noon the next day. While Su Zui was absorbing the Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy's registration site.
In the shadows, two Soul Saints from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and one from Spirit Hall moved along with Ning Rongrong.
Both sides kept their eyes fixed on the little girl's retreating figure, terrified that something might happen to this little ancestor.
Ning Rongrong surveyed the so-called Shrek Academy and felt as though her worldview was about to collapse.
This so-called Monster Academy had actually been built inside a run-down little village.
Weeds grew thick around the village, and chickens could be seen running all over the place. A big white goose rushed at Ning Rongrong, intent on biting her, but before it could get close, Xiao Ling'er swatted it to the ground with a paw.
Ning Rongrong looked around in disgust. This lousy place wasn't even worth as much as a piece of glazed tile chipped off the toilet in her home.
Before Ning Rongrong could get any closer, she heard a commotion up ahead.
"Fuck, are you people bandits? You won't even refund the registration fee when someone isn't accepted? You're a fucking mafia!"
Ning Rongrong loved a good spectacle, so she immediately hurried over on her little legs.
She arrived just in time to see Dai Mubai acting tough.
Dai Mubai strode up to a father and son with his head high and chest out. They were the unlucky pair who had just been arguing with the academy.
"So you want your tuition back, huh? Beat me, and you can have my life!"
As he spoke, Dai Mubai revealed his three Soul Rings.
The moment Dai Mubai revealed his Soul Rings, Ning Rongrong keenly noticed a look of disdain.
Following that gaze, she found a young girl in a black dress. The moment Ning Rongrong saw her, she couldn't take her eyes off her.
Little Rongrong muttered under her breath, her face full of indignation.
"Seriously, how is that fair? How come hers can be so big? At that size, it'd probably take both hands to hold just one, wouldn't it?"
Ning Rongrong held out her two little hands and secretly tried measuring a few times, only to discover to her dismay that she couldn't even fit both hands around one of the girl's.
They were clearly the same age, so how could the difference be so enormous?
Ning Rongrong continued looking through the crowd. At that moment, a boy and a girl were standing in front of her.
The boy looked quite ordinary, with short hair and blue clothes. There was nothing remarkable about him.
He was ordinary, and the Soul Tool at his waist was ordinary too.
The girl beside him, however, was very pretty, probably about as pretty as Ning Rongrong herself.
She had plain long hair and fair, delicate skin, and her pink top complemented her complexion perfectly.
What surprised Ning Rongrong even more was that both youngsters, who were about her age, had Soul Power at level twenty-nine.
The Ning Rongrong of the past would certainly have been astonished.
But after meeting Su Zui, the pair's talents seemed utterly ordinary.
After all, Ning Rongrong had met someone so dazzling the moment she left home.
Her own darling was the real genius!