Red Electric Dragon

"If Yu Xiaogang were a child, I'd be willing to help him. But he's already a grown man in his forties, yet he's still this irresponsible. He must bear the consequences of his actions before he can understand how serious his mistakes are!"

Starry Sky was utterly opposed to helping Yu Xiaogang.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's face filled with despair and regret.

Back then, he should have listened to Mei and the others' advice. At the very least, he should have brought a mercenary with them into the Soul Hunting Forest!

Now, it was too late for regrets.

Though Raiden Mei could not bear to see someone suffer such severe injuries,

Starry Sky was right.

Because of Yu Xiaogang's carelessness, little Tang San had nearly been dragged to his death as well.

He was already such a grown man. He should have matured long ago and paid for his own mistakes.

So, she nodded at Starry Sky and said,

"Captain, you're right. Letting him suffer for a while is better than losing his life later and getting others killed too."

"Foolish! A pest that harms others so deeply would be better off cut down with one stroke!" Raiden Shogun's words carried even more authority.

"Don't... don't kill my teacher!"

Tang San hurriedly spread his arms wide, shielding Yu Xiaogang with all his might.

No matter what, Yu Xiaogang was still his teacher. He could not just watch Raiden Shogun cut Yu Xiaogang down with a single slash.

"Cough, cough! Little San, I... I deserve this! What they said... was right. I have no right to be saved by them. Cough, cough... Little San, don't plead for me anymore. This snake venom... I can endure it! I'll remember the pain of this time for the rest of my life!"

Yu Xiaogang's voice was desolate. He breathed heavily, clenching his fists as he endured the poison.

"Teacher, how are you? Let's leave quickly. We can only buy better antidotes once we get outside."

Tang San could not detoxify Yu Xiaogang in front of anyone, so he could only support him and head out of the Soul Hunting Forest.

However, Yu Xiaogang was being tortured terribly by the poison, while Tang San was so small that he could not support Yu Xiaogang properly at all.

Moreover, making Yu Xiaogang move sped up his blood circulation, causing the poison to spread like bamboo shoots after the rain.

His entire right arm was about to turn bright purple.

"Teacher, this won't work. At this speed, it'll take us at least a day to get back. In one day, the poison will have spread throughout your whole body. Teacher... what do we do? Why is this poison... so powerful?!"

Tang San looked full of self-reproach, as though he would have been able to help Yu Xiaogang if only he had been stronger.

"Cough, cough... Little San, there's no need to blame yourself. I brought this upon myself! Cough, cough! But... there is still a way..."

Yu Xiaogang looked at his right arm. It was already horribly misshapen.

His eyes were filled with unwillingness, but for the sake of his life, he had no choice but to do this!

"Little San, bring me a knife!" Something hardened in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, and his voice became resolute.

Tang San's gaze sharpened. He had guessed what Yu Xiaogang intended to do.

In truth, he had thought of this method long ago, but at his age, he could not possibly have such thoughts.

To avoid exposing the secret of his transmigration, Yu Xiaogang would just have to suffer.

So, he quickly took a knife out of Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, handed it over, and said,

"Teacher, what are you going to do?"

"Little San, I can hear running water in the distance. Go fetch me some water..."

Yu Xiaogang was about to sever one of his own arms. He could not let Tang San, such a little kid, see such a bloody sight.

Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang a worried look, then quickly ran into the distance.

He gritted his teeth, fury rising in his heart!

Damn Starry Sky. He had stood by and refused to save them, forcing his teacher to cut off his own arm. He had already earned the right to die!

Tang San swore that he would definitely avenge his teacher!

"AAAAAHHHH!"

Yu Xiaogang's heart-rending scream rang out. Tang San quickly ran back, pretending to be panicked.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang rolling about miserably on the ground after losing an arm, Tang San also felt that Yu Xiaogang deserved it.

He had nearly gotten Tang San killed too, yet Tang San had a way to save him and still would not use it!

"Little San's teacher... he cut off his own arm. Sigh..." Raiden Mei let out a sigh.

"One arm in exchange for two living lives. After this, Yu Xiaogang will learn his lesson."

Yu Xiaogang still had some courage, at least. He had not made others look down on him.

"Captain, they should be fine now. This place can no longer satisfy your need for a second Soul Ring. Let's try our luck in the Star Dou Great Forest you mentioned."

Because the Soul Hunting Forest contained soul beasts raised by the empire, there were no soul beasts over a thousand years old.

Starry Sky's physique was very strong. He could already absorb a Soul Ring over a thousand years old as his second Soul Ring.

"We're going to the Star Dou Great Forest now? It feels so far away. How about this instead!"

Starry Sky suddenly looked at Raiden Mei with burning eyes.

"Big Sister Mei, let's ride Beibei Dragon to the Star Dou Great Forest!"

"This... would indeed speed up the journey." Mei remembered that Starry Sky still had to attend school and could not stay outside for too long, so she answered his eager request.

"Gale, submit to me!"

Mei's voice turned cool and aloof, carrying an even more regal air.

Beibei Dragon, covered in interwoven black and red, appeared in a flash of crimson lightning.

"Roar~~!"

Beibei Dragon threw back its head and roared at the sky. Its powerful intimidation swept across the area, and every soul beast in the forest collapsed to the ground in terror, not daring to move an inch.

It was as though some terrifying creature had its eyes fixed upon their lives.

In the distance, Tang San's pupils shook. Whose power was this?

Without even seeing anyone, why did he suddenly feel such danger and want to flee immediately?

Meanwhile, far away, a massive blue vine fell from a tree.

It seemed to have lost all strength to cling to the tree because of the powerful pressure just now.

Tang San focused his gaze and realized it was actually a Blue Silver Grass, one whose cultivation had surpassed a hundred years.

It had been disguised as a vine hanging from the tree, which was why no one had noticed it before.

"Blue Silver Grass... Blue Silver Grass... There are no strongest Soul Rings, only Soul Rings best suited to oneself. Teacher said that Soul Rings from soul beasts of the same type are what soul masters need most. This Blue Silver Grass suits me perfectly!"

Yu Xiaogang had fainted from the pain after severing his own arm, so he could not guide Tang San now.

Thus, Tang San, who craved power and could no longer bear being trampled beneath others' feet, rushed over and killed the still-trembling Blue Silver Grass.

The yellow Soul Ring that formed after the Blue Silver Grass died looked very faint. Its cultivation had clearly only just reached a hundred years.

However, Yu Xiaogang was asleep, and it was Tang San's first time hunting a soul beast. How could he tell the age of a Soul Ring?

He felt that this Soul Ring did not seem capable of threatening him, so he decided to absorb it.

After all, opportunities like this were hard to come by!

Yu Xiaogang had to buy even carrots in Notting City. Once they left, where would they get the money to hire powerful soul masters to come back in and help him hunt soul beasts?

Tang San could only rely on himself.

So, he sat cross-legged on the ground, drew in the Blue Silver Grass's Soul Ring, and began absorbing it.