Xiao Wu's Identity Exposed, Grandmaster's Killing Intent

"Hall Master!"

Yun Ming appeared and gave Luo Chuan a slight bow. Luo Chuan smiled. "I told you, just call me Xiao Chuan."

Yun Ming smiled elegantly, then turned to look at the Titan Giant Ape. "So this is the Titan Giant Ape? It's not far from becoming a ferocious beast."

Luo Chuan nodded. "Just drive him away."

"Alright!"

Yun Ming stepped forward and smiled as he nodded to Zhao Wuji and Flender. Then, with a casual grab at the air, a great spear glowing blazing white, almost transparent, appeared in his hand.

The moment the Sky-Supporting Spear fell into his grasp, Yun Ming's bearing underwent a dramatic transformation. He himself seemed to become a Sky-Supporting Spear, resonating with his Martial Soul and soaring toward the heavens.

At the same time, nine soul rings—six black and three red—appeared one after another around the Sky-Supporting Spear. "Little ape, shall I send you on your way, or will you leave on your own?"

With such overwhelming strength, Yun Ming could not be bothered to fight an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

If he were to fight, only Beast God Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena in the current Star Dou Great Forest could make him take things seriously—or defeat him.

The Titan Giant Ape panted heavily, his feet involuntarily retreating half a step. The human before him possessed an aura far too powerful; he was no match at all.

"Roar—" The Titan Giant Ape let out a low growl, then took another step forward. His lantern-like eyes avoided Yun Ming and looked toward Xiao Wu, who was hiding behind Tang San. Then he spoke in human language. "You've been exposed! Leave!"

The Titan Giant Ape was no fool. This powerful human had been following the Shrek group all along. Xiao Wu's identity must have been exposed. He could not let Xiao Wu remain in the human world.

After saying that, the Titan Giant Ape threw back his head and roared. His body rose upright, and his massive fists pounded against his chest with booming thuds as his aura rapidly climbed!

As the Titan Giant Ape roared, a gigantic bull's head surfaced from beneath the waters of the Lake of Life deep within the forest. It then made the same motion. "Moo—"

The long, resonant bellow carried for hundreds of miles, answering the Titan Giant Ape's roar.

ROAR!!

The Titan Giant Ape glared furiously at Yun Ming, but he did not attack first. Instead, he watched the members of Shrek and spoke again. "Leave!"

Xiao Wu was still hesitating. Tang San and Grandmaster stared blankly at the soul rings around Yun Ming—six black, three red, nine rings. A Titled Douluo!

They were not shocked by the existence of a Titled Douluo. Titled Douluo were not legends, and anyone daring to face the King of the Titans had to be at least a Titled Douluo.

But a Titled Douluo possessing three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings was simply too terrifying.

"No, impossible!" Grandmaster could dismiss one person breaking the limit on absorbing soul rings as a coincidence, but what about Yun Ming?

Yun Ming's first six soul rings were all black, and pitch-black at that. Their ages were absolutely no lower than fifty thousand years!

"Fake. An illusion—it must be an illusion!" Grandmaster shook his head miserably, even forgetting the tense situation at hand.

However, with Yun Ming present, everyone relaxed considerably. At the very least, the Titan Giant Ape was wary of Yun Ming.

"You brat, you've hidden yourself well!" Flender grinned as he watched the figure slowly floating in midair. Though he appeared small, he stood firm between heaven and earth. Flender murmured, "Just who is this kid?"

"Aren't I just the wild brat you picked up?" Luo Chuan shrugged, and Flender was relieved.

Zhao Wuji exited his Martial Soul Avatar state and silently moved to guard Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were at a critical moment in absorbing their soul rings. If not for the protection of Luo Chuan's golden lotus platform, that earlier tremor would have been enough to make all their efforts come to nothing—or even cost them their lives!

Yun Ming stared at the Titan Giant Ape, then slowly turned to Luo Chuan and asked, "Hall Master, your friend..."

"Let her choose for herself. If you leave, I won't stop you. If you stay, I won't harm you either." Luo Chuan spoke, leaving everyone baffled. Dai Mubai's expression turned strange. Why had everything that happened today become so bizarre?

"Roar!" The Titan Giant Ape grew somewhat anxious. Xiao Wu's continued indecision put him under immense pressure.

Xiao Wu might not have been able to sense Yun Ming's terror, but the Titan Giant Ape, who possessed the strength of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, could clearly feel Yun Ming's unfathomable depth.

"What's going on?" Flender looked at Luo Chuan suspiciously, and just as he asked, Xiao Wu suddenly stepped forward.

"I'm sorry, everyone!" Xiao Wu bit her red lips and looked first at Tang San, then at Luo Chuan.

"Xiao Wu... you really are a soul beast?" Tang San's voice was heavy. Purple light glimmered in his eyes before he slowly closed them, pain on his face.

"Brother... y-you knew too?" Xiao Wu's mouth fell open as she stared at Tang San in surprise.

Tang San slowly nodded. "Earlier, I traded the cultivation manual for the Purple Demon Eye to Luo Chuan for an immortal herb. That immortal herb raised my Purple Demon Eye to a higher level. I... noticed something unusual."

As they listened to Tang San's explanation, everyone turned their gazes toward Xiao Wu like stunned geese.

"N-no way..." Oscar swallowed and, with a whoosh, threw his arms around Ma Hongjun beside him.

"Xiao Wu is a soul beast?" Dai Mubai voiced the guess everyone had made but dared not speak aloud.

At those words, Xiao Wu nodded with difficulty, then glanced at the Titan Giant Ape again. She did not blame Er Ming. If not for Er Ming, she would not have known that her identity had already been exposed.

"A transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast... then wouldn't that mean..."

"Xiao Gang!" Flender glared at Grandmaster. Even Tang San glared at him. "Teacher, y-you wouldn't..."

Yet Grandmaster shook his head, wearing an expression as though he had seen through everything. "Xiao San, do you know who your father is? How could a soul beast that had taken human form possibly hide from your father's eyes? Xiao Wu lived with you for six years. The fact that she has survived until now means it was all arranged long ago."

Grandmaster believed this had been deliberately arranged by Tang Hao, because a Titled Douluo could see through the true form of a transformed soul beast. Since Xiao San's father had secretly watched over Xiao San for so long, he naturally knew of Xiao Wu's existence.

"Your father didn't kill her. Don't you think he had other plans? He no longer needs soul rings, but you still lack many!"

Excitement shone in Grandmaster's eyes. Hearing his words, Xiao Wu's expression became one of utter disbelief, and all color drained from her face.

At last, Er Ming hesitated no longer. With a furious roar, he charged toward Shrek.

Seeing this, Yun Ming glanced at the two people behind Luo Chuan who were absorbing soul rings. He swept out the Sky-Supporting Spear, instantly knocking the Titan Giant Ape back more than thirty meters.

The Titan Giant Ape's massive body was sent flying sideways, its thick legs plowing two trenches over a meter deep into the ground as it crashed through a row of trees.

"Gasp!!"

Watching Yun Ming's overwhelming strength, Yu Xiaogang sucked in a breath, then said excitedly, "Excellent! With Xiao Chuan's uncle here, we can obtain two hundred-thousand-year spirit rings on this trip. Spirit rings might be wasted, but spirit bones won't be!"

Yu Xiaogang's greed left Tang San standing there in a daze, unable to believe that his teacher could be such a person.

"Teacher, Xiao Wu... she's my little sister." Tang San looked at the Grandmaster, but the Grandmaster said, "Xiao San, do you truly regard Xiao Wu as your little sister? If she hadn't realized she had been exposed today, you could have kept deceiving her. But now that she has been exposed, she wants to leave.

Rather than let her go, it would be better to kill her and leave behind only a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone."