Signs of Shrek's Fracture

"Humans actually had someone this powerful." Di Tian stared at Yun Ming in astonishment. The spear-wielding man before him gave him the feeling that he was impossible to defeat.

Who was he? The Beast God Di Tian. An eight-hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Eyed Black Dragon King, the only surviving pureblood dragon lineage aside from the Silver Dragon King. His strength itself was equivalent to the Demigod Level. Even the three Limit Douluo of Douluo Continent could be effortlessly crushed by him in the absence of gods.

Yet the man before him made him wary, even stirring a sense of inferiority deep within his heart.

"What has the Beast God come here for?" As a fellow Demigod Level powerhouse, Yun Ming did not attack immediately. After blocking the Beast God's probing strike, he spoke.

Di Tian looked at Yun Ming strangely. Though he had been asleep, he knew there should not have been such a powerful human on the continent.

He glanced at the Golden Ranking hanging high in the sky. "Are you Bibi Dong?"

Yun Ming shook his head. Di Tian asked again, "Are you Tang San?"

"Yun Ming!"

"Yun Ming? You're not on the Heavenly Ranking, so why are you so powerful?" Di Tian looked at Yun Ming in confusion.

Yun Ming did not answer, but Di Tian filled in the blanks himself. "You're not human? A Sea Soul Beast?"

"...Leave." Yun Ming had no desire to deal with Di Tian. The Beast God was not someone easy to get along with.

However, Di Tian shook his head. "I want to take one human with me."

"A human?"

Di Tian's gaze shifted to Luo Chuan. "A human who has released a special aura."

Luo Chuan calmly looked at Di Tian, but inwardly wondered why Di Tian had come looking for him.

The Silver Dragon King? That name surfaced in Luo Chuan's mind. If it really was her, then they had a serious problem—Yun Ming would not be able to stop her either.

"Your aura is useful for treating someone's injuries." Di Tian's gaze swept over Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others. "The aura on them came from you. Come with me."

"Impossible!" Yun Ming spoke directly, slowly raising the Sky-Supporting Spear. "The Hall Master will not go back with you. Leave."

Sensing that Yun Ming had become serious, Di Tian furrowed his brow. "I won't harm him."

"Do you think I'd believe you?" Yun Ming's aura gathered. At the same time, something in the sky seemed faintly stirred. If he wished, his four-word battle armor could condense from the void at any moment.

Di Tian seemed to sense the fluctuations in the void as well. He abandoned his initial plan of taking Luo Chuan away by surprise and remained where he was.

Yet his spiritual power was communicating with a presence deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

A moment later, Di Tian gave Luo Chuan a deep look before saying, "We will meet again."

Watching Di Tian vanish into midair, Luo Chuan's scalp went numb. How had he ended up being targeted by someone like that?

Flender and Zhao Wuji came to Luo Chuan's side. They could not gauge Di Tian's strength, but the ability to disappear directly into the night sky was not something a Titled Douluo could accomplish.

"Hall Master." Yun Ming reined in his aura, feeling rather helpless. He had actually drawn Di Tian here.

"It's not your fault. He came for me. But with you here, they won't dare use force." Luo Chuan forced a smile. Being watched by the Beast God was truly not a pleasant feeling.

Nothing happened that night. By the next morning, Tang San's complexion had improved somewhat. Dai Mubai and Oscar had probably comforted him.

The Grandmaster had been subtly ostracized. Even Flender was excluding him, though it was not particularly obvious.

The previous night, Luo Chuan had told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about what had happened. The two were also shocked that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.

But beyond their surprise, there was little greed in their eyes. After all, they were classmates. They were not cruel enough to kill Xiao Wu for her soul ring without any psychological burden.

The process of obtaining soul rings went much more smoothly afterward. Of course, to everyone's surprise, Dai Mubai had broken through to rank forty the previous night.

Now, they needed to obtain another four soul rings before they could leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Yesterday's experience had left Zhao Wuji and Flender with lingering fear of the Star Dou Great Forest, but since they were already here, they could not simply retreat.

They had already experienced the danger yesterday. The following two days went very smoothly.

Ma Hongjun absorbed a three-thousand-five-hundred-year Earth King and gained a powerful offensive soul skill, Magma Burst Strike.

With Luo Chuan's help, Oscar absorbed an eight-thousand-year soul ring and gained the Excitement soul skill—Excitement Sausage. Four soul rings and five soul skills; Oscar was now practically the undisputed top dog among support-type soul masters.

However, when it came to Dai Mubai's turn, Luo Chuan had no intention of stepping in.

Looking at the Savage Rhinoceros Beast that was over ten thousand years old, Dai Mubai took a deep breath. "Dean, its age is too high. It has already exceeded ten thousand years. I can't absorb it."

Flender could also see the desire in Dai Mubai's heart. A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring—if Luo Chuan was willing to help, he could absorb it.

"Xiao Chuan, help him out?" Flender regarded these students as his own painstaking work. The stronger Luo Chuan and the others became, the happier he was.

Luo Chuan took out the Contract Stele. "Give it a drop of blood and join Luo Shen Hall."

Dai Mubai was tempted, but joining Luo Shen Hall meant submitting to Luo Chuan. How could someone as proud as him submit to Luo Chuan's command?

But Luo Shen Hall had Yun Ming. He truly wanted to join Luo Shen Hall, so badly...

But he could not! Because of Zhu Zhuqing. Even though Zhu Zhuqing had completely severed ties with him, she was still his fiancée.

His fiancée was with another man, yet he showed nothing on the surface. That was because he was no match for Luo Chuan. Every moment he spent in this group was agony.

He had once given up everything and fled. He had once run away... This time, if he put aside his pride and joined Luo Shen Hall, perhaps he could truly rise.

But was that what he wanted?

"No need." Dai Mubai clenched his fists, his arms trembling from the excessive force.

"Mubai, don't act on impulse! What deep hatred could there possibly be between you and Xiao Chuan? What's bad about Luo Shen Hall?" Flender frowned. In truth, he knew why Dai Mubai had refused, but he still stood on Luo Chuan's side.

Because Luo Chuan was the person closest to him.

"Headmaster, I've made up my mind. My status does not permit me to join Luo Shen Hall." Dai Mubai spoke again, his tone resolute. His status did permit it; what did not was the last shred of pride in his heart.

"Mubai, think this through." Flender still could not bear it. Dai Mubai had trained at his Shrek for three years, and now he was about to...

He knew that Dai Mubai's refusal this time would become the trigger for Shrek's division. He glared at Luo Chuan. It was all because of this brat—why did he have to go after someone else's fiancée for no reason?

If Luo Chuan knew what Flender was thinking, he would definitely cry injustice. Heaven and earth could bear witness—he truly had not deliberately tried to pursue Zhu Zhuqing. He had merely put on a small display, and Zhu Zhuqing had taken the bait herself.

The key issue lay with Dai Mubai himself. He was naturally promiscuous and had hurt Zhu Zhuqing. Whom could he blame but himself?

"Headmaster, let's look for another soul beast."

"Ah! Mubai..."

"I understand, Headmaster. If you make a mistake, you should bear the consequences yourself." Dai Mubai glanced at Zhu Zhuqing. During the days Luo Chuan had gone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zhu Zhuqing had decisively laid everything out before him.

In the end, Dai Mubai obtained a six-thousand-year soul ring, accomplishing a minor breakthrough through his own efforts.

The group did not continue onward. Luo Chuan had Yun Ming head into the core region to find a soul beast over fifty thousand years old, beat it half to death, and bring it directly out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was a large bird possessing lightning-element power, and unfortunately, it had been captured by Yun Ming.

"Alright, little monsters. We're heading back."

The group had stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest for only three days. The first day had been thrilling and dangerous, while the latter two had been comparatively peaceful. Still, no one dared lower their guard.

Now that everyone had obtained their soul rings, Flender and Zhao Wuji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yun Ming vanished from everyone's sight once more, but they all knew that a powerhouse standing at the pinnacle of this era was secretly protecting Luo Chuan.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, at the bottom of the Lake of Life, within a space shimmering with seven-colored radiance, a flawless jade-like body emerged from a ball of seven-colored light.