Zhao Xuan's brows drew tightly together, and his head felt like it was splitting apart. He paced back and forth where he stood for a moment before suddenly letting out a long sigh.
No matter what, he had no way to deal with this thing right now. His only hope was that the Asura God's seal could hold on a while longer, at least until he broke through to the Peerless Douluo realm. Only then would he have the confidence to fight the Giant Snake.
"But... the Giant Snake seemingly hasn't recovered to its peak yet. If its strength keeps increasing, that'll be trouble."
A trace of worry showed between Zhao Xuan's brows. The Giant Snake was already at the absolute peak of level ninety-nine. He did not dare imagine what realm it would reach if it rose any further.
After all, at this level of cultivation, the gap between every rank was practically crushing.
With that thought, Zhao Xuan turned back to take one deep look at the secret realm's exit behind him before heading toward Heaven Dou City.
It took Zhao Xuan nearly a week to return from the distant frontier to the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial capital, the incomparably prosperous Heaven Dou City.
Along the way, he absorbed life energy through the Life Domain to mend himself bit by bit. He shed the dead skin on his body, escaping the horrifying appearance left by the high-temperature burns. His newly grown skin was as delicate as a baby's.
However...
"Zhao Xuan, where's your hair?"
Inside Shrek Academy's Academic Affairs Office, Flender and Zhao Wuji stared at Zhao Xuan with strange expressions. Zhao Wuji's face had turned red from holding back his laughter, and he was just short of bursting out laughing.
"There was a little accident."
Zhao Xuan