"The old woman was finally gone." Once Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran had left, Zhao Wuji could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
"So there are people even Teacher Zhao is afraid of?" Ma Hongjun curled his lip.
"Nonsense!" Zhao Wuji glared at Ma Hongjun.
"I'm afraid of anyone whose Soul Power exceeds mine. That Snake Dowager herself is nothing much; the key is her husband, the Dragon Duke!"
"That couple is famous throughout the soul master world. Only little brats like you don't know about them."
"How powerful are they?" Zhao Xuan's eyes lit up.
"Stop thinking about it. Your strength is still a little worse than mine. Even if you use those strange and bizarre soul skills of yours, it would be the same. That couple's Martial Soul Fusion Skill can exchange a couple of moves with a Title Douluo."
Zhao Wuji spoke with some emotion.
"Fight against a Title Douluo?!" Everyone present was startled.
Dai Mubai instinctively glanced at Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing's brows furrowed slightly as she turned her head away.
"All right, Oscar, hurry up and absorb the soul ring. We don't want to drag this out. It would be bad if the Snake Dowager brought the Dragon Duke back here." Zhao Wuji hurriedly urged Oscar.
Oscar was startled as well. If the soul ring he had practically gotten slipped away, he would regret it to death. Without further hesitation, he killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with one strike and began absorbing its soul ring.
"Xiao San, you should treat your injuries too."
Xiao Wu supported Tang San with concern. Although Tang San's injuries were not as severe as Meng Yiran's, he had still suffered internal injuries.
Tang San nodded and sat cross-legged to begin healing.
Everyone vigilantly watched their surroundings as they stood guard over the two of them. Zhao Wuji was especially afraid that the Snake Dowager would return with the Dragon Duke to settle the score.
About half an hour later, the soul ring floating before Oscar gradually settled onto his body. Above the two yellow soul rings on his body, a shimmering purple soul ring slowly appeared.
At that very moment, Oscar opened his eyes!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all those twists and turns, Oscar had finally advanced to Soul Elder.
"For your sake, we completely offended the Peerless Dragon Snake, who can trade blows with a Title Douluo." Ma Hongjun said sourly.
Zhao Wuji grabbed Ma Hongjun and tossed him backward, then asked, "Oscar, what is your Third Soul Skill?"
A look of excitement appeared on Oscar's face. He chuckled twice, looking indescribably lewd.
"My Third Soul Skill is—" Oscar stood up and deliberately dragged out his words, building up everyone's anticipation before slowly saying,
"Flight!"
"Flight?!"
Everyone froze. Zhao Xuan looked at Oscar in disbelief. "Really?!"
Oscar wore an expression of utter grief. "As my confidant, you actually doubt me like this!"
Zhao Wuji could not stand it any longer. He kicked Oscar so hard that he stumbled, then said impatiently, "Spit it out."
Oscar behaved himself, though the delight in his heart was impossible to hide.
"Third Soul Skill, Flight! Although it has a time limit, it lets me fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's speed for one minute!"
"The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's speed?"
Thinking back to the speed of that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent just now, it had not been slow at all. In one minute, he could fly at least two kilometers, couldn't he?
"Not bad, kid!" Dai Mubai laughed and scolded. This was practically a divine skill.
Ning Rongrong looked at Oscar with a complicated expression. Back when she had entered the academy, had she looked down on this kind of soul master? A Food System soul master with Innate Full Soul Power! Someone who had broken through to Soul Elder at fourteen! A Third Soul Skill that granted flight! One blow after another had left her utterly devastated. Compared to him, she even felt ashamed of herself.
Zhao Xuan looked interested. Flight? Although he was quite strong, he could not fly. He immediately moved closer to Oscar. "Oscar, hurry up and give me one."
Oscar's smile froze. He said awkwardly, "Don't laugh at my Soul Incantation."
"We won't!" Zhao Xuan, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the others solemnly promised.
Oscar looked at them suspiciously, then said quietly, "I, your father, have a Mushroom Sausage."
The moment the words fell, the entire place fell silent.
Oscar whipped his head around to look at the three of them. After hearing Oscar's Soul Incantation, their faces tightened, but then uncontrollable laughter surged up. They could not hold it back at all. Even the girls and Zhao Wuji began laughing.
"You promised not to laugh!" Oscar said in embarrassment and anger.
"Cough, cough, sorry. I couldn't hold it in." Zhao Xuan could not help laughing. Oscar really could not get away from big sausages.
Looking at the finished product in Oscar's hand, Zhao Xuan froze. The look in his eyes as he gazed at Oscar became strange.
Noticing something odd, everyone followed Zhao Xuan's gaze. Immediately, the way they looked at Oscar turned strange as well.
Several of the girls blushed furiously. Even Zhu Zhuqing, who had always been icy and aloof, had reddened ears.
"Pervert!"
Hermione's eyes flickered, her cheeks flushed crimson. She felt like she had nowhere to look. How... how could such a martial soul exist?
"Freak!"
Ning Rongrong took back her earlier opinion. Perhaps there was nothing to envy about this kind of Food System soul master.
Although Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, her cold gaze scraped across Oscar's face like knives, making his hair stand on end.
"What are you all talking about?" Xiao Wu looked at everyone in confusion.
"Exactly, what's so strange about it..." Oscar had initially been indignant, but when he lowered his head and saw what his Mushroom Sausage looked like, even he was stunned.
"Damn, that's so weird!"
Oscar's Mushroom Sausage generally retained the shape of a sausage. Its body was roughly the same as the Big Sausage from his First Soul Skill, but there were slight differences. A protrusion had suddenly grown from the tip of the sausage, forming an umbrella-shaped mushroom cap.
It was hard not to let one's thoughts run wild at the sight of this thing...
Faced with everyone's looks, Oscar could not explain himself at all. This was not something he could control either. He said indignantly, "That's just how it is! Are you eating it or not?!"
"What exactly are you all talking about?" Xiao Wu glared at the group, puffing out her cheeks.
Zhao Xuan coughed lightly, then walked over to Xiao Wu and whispered, "You should wait until Tang San recovers before telling her about this thing."
Zhao Xuan felt that if he told Xiao Wu about it and polluted the innocent little flower Tang San had raised, Tang San would probably hang him up once he woke.
"What are you talking about?"
Speak of the devil—no, this time, the devil had woken up.
While everyone was laughing, Tang San, who had been healing, suddenly opened his eyes and asked blankly.
"Hm? Xiao San, you're better." Seeing Tang San wake up, Xiao Wu was the happiest. She joyfully hugged his arm.
"It's nothing. Since everything is fine, let's hurry back to the academy." Zhao Wuji clearly did not want this topic to continue, especially since he still had concerns in his heart.
"Wait, Teacher Zhao." Tang San hurriedly called out.
"What is it?" Zhao Wuji asked with a frown. The longer they stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest, the more dangerous it would be.
"I've broken through to Rank 30. I need a soul ring too."
"That's no big deal, it's just... Hm? What did you say? You broke through to Rank 30 too?"
Zhao Wuji did not react at first. Once he thought it over, he rushed in front of Tang San and asked with wide eyes.
"That's right!" Tang San nodded, a hint of joy in his eyes.
"Xiao San, you're amazing." Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.
"Haha, not bad, Xiao San. Though you're still just a tiny bit behind me." Zhao Xuan sighed with emotion, sincerely happy for Tang San, though he still had to put him down a little. What if Tang San got arrogant? Even though he himself was the most arrogant one...
Zhao Wuji also wore a complicated expression. He had not expected this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to be so full of twists and turns.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked sternly, "Tang San, tell me. How old are you this year? Down to the exact month."
"Twelve years and seven months."
"And you? When did you break through to Soul Elder?" Zhao Wuji turned to Zhao Xuan.
"Eleven years and ten months."
Zhao Wuji had originally wanted to use Tang San and Zhao Xuan's talent to give the other little monsters a wake-up call, but he had not expected to be the one struck first.
"You two, sigh..." He had wanted to say a few more things, but when he saw the expressions on the other little monsters' faces, Zhao Wuji gave up.
There was no need to say anything. Everyone looked deeply shaken.
Clearly, any one of them would be considered an absolute top-tier genius anywhere else, so why did they feel so useless here?
Everyone turned their complicated gazes toward the culprit.
Zhao Xuan: "..."
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