Poison Ferret

"Dean, aren't the ones you mentioned advanced soul master academies?"

"Is Mo Bai planning to skip straight to an advanced soul master academy?"

The two teachers walking behind them heard the Dean's words and could not help asking in surprise.

"Of course. Mo Bai is already level 30. Is he supposed to go to an Intermediate Soul Master Academy now?"

"At an Intermediate Soul Master Academy, you can apply for graduation once you reach level 30. Of course Mo Bai will apply directly to enter an advanced academy!"

The Dean laughed when he heard this, then looked at Mo Bai and said, "Mo Bai, I'm not wrong, am I?"

"Not wrong!"

Mo Bai nodded. Only by going to an advanced soul master academy could he understand this world's more comprehensive knowledge more quickly.

When he had been level 20, he could actually have applied to graduate from Notting Academy.

Mo Bai simply had not done so. At the time, he had still been a little too young, his level low, and his own abilities not particularly strong. It was better to turtle up in a small place like Notting Academy and develop quietly first.

Now, he had already become a level-30 Soul Elder. In the soul master world, he could already be considered an expert.

At Notting Academy, there were very few teachers above level 30, and above level 40, the only Soul Ancestor was the Dean himself.

Very soon, Mo Bai and the others entered their destination, Fama Forest.

After entering, Mo Bai and the others began searching through the Soul Beast Forest according to some of the Soul Power Sacred Wood's growth habits.

Mo Bai also quickly discovered that in a wild Soul Beast Forest, the chance of running into soul beasts was somewhat higher than in a captive Soul Beast Forest.

And the soul beasts here were even more fond of attacking humans.

Along the way, Mo Bai also paid attention to traces of ultra-small soul beasts.

In the end, he discovered that in a wild Soul Beast Forest, traces of ultra-small soul beasts were just as scarce. After an entire day, he had not seen a single one.

There were plenty that were a little larger, but there really were none of the ultra-small kind.

This made Mo Bai even more determined to try and see whether he could use his martial soul to devour soul beasts.

On the first day, they also did not find any trace of the Soul Power Sacred Wood.

However, starting from the second day, they made some discoveries.

It was just that the ages of the Soul Power Sacred Wood they found were not very ideal.

Ten years, hundred years—after nearly making a full circuit around the outer perimeter of Fama Forest, they still had not found a Soul Power Sacred Wood over a thousand years old.

As for the inner region of Fama Forest, even the Dean himself did not dare go deep, much less bring Mo Bai and the others with him.

They could only search in the outer perimeter.

Even so, they still encountered danger several times during the process, coming under attack from thousand-year soul beasts.

"Found one. This Soul Power Sacred Wood is over 1,000 years old, roughly around 1,200 years. Let's take this one!"

Finally, after searching for several days, Mo Bai and the others found a Soul Power Sacred Wood around 1,200 years old.

"Mm, this one it is!"

Mo Bai nodded when he saw it.

Wanting to find a soul beast of a suitable limit age was almost impossible. Being able to find one at 1,200 years old was already quite rare for them.

Buzz~

When they approached the Soul Power Sacred Wood, the ten-meter-tall Soul Power Sacred Wood immediately moved. Soul power rippled out, and then a green soul power barrier opened around its trunk.

"Next, we just need to exhaust its soul power!"

The Dean was not surprised when he saw the soul power barrier appear.

Soul Power Sacred Woods under ten thousand years old had no means of attack.

Their only method of protecting themselves was to prop up a barrier, and with their own abundant soul power, they could often force invaders to retreat in the face of difficulty.

As for Mo Bai and the others, they only needed to exhaust its soul power, or at least make it unable to maintain the barrier.

Exhausting their soul power was also the method used to deal with most plant-type soul beasts, as well as the simplest and safest method.

After all, plant-type soul beasts generally could not leave the spot where they were rooted.

"Teacher Wang, you're in charge of keeping watch!"

"Mo Bai, you and Teacher Zhang will attack its barrier with me!"

The Dean summoned his martial soul as he gave instructions to Mo Bai and the other two teachers.

"Yes, Dean!"

"Yes, Dean!"

"Yes, Dean!"

"..."

A grand and vigorous battle... all right, it was not a battle. It was purely shooting at a target, and the Soul Power Sacred Wood was that target.

Boom boom boom~~~

Under the Dean and the others' attacks, ripples were blasted across the Soul Power Sacred Wood's barrier again and again.

Although the Soul Power Sacred Wood's special trait was its abundant soul power, under the continuous depletion by the three of them, after an hour, the barrier around the Soul Power Sacred Wood grew dimmer and dimmer, on the verge of collapsing.

Whoosh~

Just as everyone thought they were about to break the Soul Power Sacred Wood's barrier, a black shadow suddenly darted down from atop the Soul Power Sacred Wood and directly attacked the Dean.

"Third Soul Skill · Fire Snake Strangulation!"

Facing the sneak attack, the Dean calmly used his Third Soul Skill. A fire snake shot up from beneath him, coiling around him to protect him.

This had originally been one of the Dean's offensive soul skills, but he cleverly used it to protect himself.

Bang~

The sneak attacker did not seem very strong either. After crashing into the fire snake around the Dean, it was bounced away.

"Squeak squeak—"

After being knocked back, the sneak attacker let out a burst of sharp cries.

Everyone looked and only then discovered that it was a soul beast the size of a small cat. It was a Poison Ferret, staring at them with a fierce glint in its eyes.

"It's an eight-hundred-year Poison Ferret. Strange. No need to worry too much. Just be careful not to get scratched by its claws!"

The Dean sighed in relief when he saw this.

"Let it go. We don't need its Soul Ring, so there's no need to kill indiscriminately!"

The Dean continued.

"Squeak squeak~"

But that tiny Poison Ferret seemed not to accept the Dean and the others' goodwill. After discovering that it could not deal with the old Dean, it turned and attacked Mo Bai.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~

Facing the Poison Ferret's attack, Mo Bai calmly threw out several Blue Silver Grass leaves, preventing the Poison Ferret from getting close.

"Squeak squeak~"

Even like this, the Poison Ferret still failed to understand the difference in strength and turned to attack Teacher Zhang.

But no matter who it attacked, the Poison Ferret was unable to gain any advantage.

With the Poison Ferret disrupting them like this, everyone was unable to focus on exhausting the Soul Power Sacred Wood.

"No choice. Everyone, attack first and kill this Poison Ferret!"

Seeing the Soul Power Sacred Wood's barrier slowly begin to recover, the Dean had no choice but to make the decision to kill the Poison Ferret.

Bang~

Not long after, that Poison Ferret was killed by Mo Bai and the others.

Boom~

Without the troublemaker, the barrier on the Soul Power Sacred Wood was quickly destroyed by Mo Bai and the others.

"Mo Bai, I'll leave the rest to you!"

"A Soul Power Sacred Wood that has just lost its barrier will appear extremely weak. Attack that line on its body, and you'll be able to kill it quickly!"

The moment the barrier shattered, the Dean immediately instructed Mo Bai.

"Mm!"

Mo Bai nodded, then looked at the fatal weak point revealed while the Soul Power Sacred Wood was weakened. A series of Blue Silver Leaves shot out.

Puff puff puff—