Silver Dragon King's Protection! Return to Heaven Dou City!

"Why hasn't Brother Zhou Chen come back yet? The mutton has lost its flavor."

On the shore of Lake of Life, Ning Rongrong sat by the campfire, eating meat from the Hotpot with chopsticks, while saying with some concern.

Two hours have passed since Zhou Chen left to search for Zhao Wuji and the others. Given Zhou Chen's Soaring Cloud Riding Mist speed, two hours is more than enough time to traverse the entire Star Dou Great Forest!

Could it be...?

Ning Rongrong frowned, a worried expression appearing on her fair and delicate face. She felt that even the steaming food in the bowl no longer tasted good.

"Miss Ning, don't worry. With your brother-in-law's strength, what on this Douluo Continent could possibly threaten him?"

Yu Tianling put down her chopsticks and bowl, her eyes filled with reverence and pride.

Zhou Chen's performance over the past few days has completely won over Yu Tianling's heart and soul.

Especially in today's battle, Zhou Chen single-handedly defeated three super Soul Beast: the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Black Dragon King Di Tian. His strength was simply astonishing and unprecedented!

At this moment, Yu Tianling was deeply moved and excited, and she had a blind admiration and confidence in her brother-in-law.

Not only her, Meng Yiran also felt as if she were dreaming. She was completely immersed in the thought of Zhou Chen's amazing performance, and her whole mind was in a daze, with her face and ears burning from time to time.

She didn't hear a single word Ning Rongrong said.

"Call out!"

Suddenly, a whooshing sound came from afar, and the next second, pure white clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, arriving above the Lake of Life in the blink of an eye.

"Brother Zhou Chen!"

Upon seeing the cloud-like figure, Ning Rongrong jumped up abruptly, almost knocking over the Hotpot, her delicate body leaping excitedly.

Yu Tianling, in a very ladylike manner, adjusted her skirt before slowly rising to her feet.

She felt that doing so would give Zhou Chen a better impression.

As for Meng Yiran, she finally came to her senses, stood up in a panic, and her eyes sparkled with a strange light.

Not only Ning Rongrong and the other two women, but Tang San and the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple, who were sitting around the campfire, also stood up.

Only Xiao Wu, sitting by the lake not far away, remained unmoved, her back to the crowd, quietly lost in thought.

She probably doesn't know what identity or method she should use to interact with others.

After all, humans and animals are different. Apart from transmigrators like Zhou Chen and Tang San, very few people can accept communication and love with people of different races.

As everyone watched Zhou Chen ride the clouds and slowly descend to the ground, their expressions changed.

Above the clouds, besides Zhou Chen, there were also Zhao Wuji and Oscar, both with pale faces, but Ma Hongjun was the only one missing!

"Where's Fatty? Where did he go?"

Ning Rongrong, being straightforward, immediately asked with concern.

As a fellow student of the Shrek Academy, she was very concerned about Ma Hongjun's safety.

Hearing Ning Rongrong's question, Zhou Chen frowned and said in a deep voice, "Ma Hongjun was captured by a group of Black-Robed Man. I just Soaring Cloud Riding Mist for him for over an hour, turning most of the Star Dou Great Forest upside down, but I couldn't find any trace of him. The people who captured him must have used Space Soul Skill to escape directly from the Star Dou Great Forest!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, especially Tang San and Ning Rongrong, who were classmates with Ma Hongjun.

Not only the two of them, but even Xiao Wu, who had been hiding from everyone and quietly lost in thought, ignored the obstruction of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python and rushed over upon hearing the noise.

"Teacher Zhao, has Ma Hongjun really been arrested?"

Xiao Wu approached the heavily injured Zhao Wuji, and said with surprise and worry.

"It's true. It's my fault for being a bad teacher, cough cough... I couldn't protect him."

Zhao Wuji coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of dark purple blood, and said with a pained expression.

Perhaps because speaking aggravated his injuries, Zhao Wuji fainted after saying those words.

"Teacher Zhao!"

Tang San and the others immediately exclaimed in worry.

"He's fine, don't worry."

Zhou Chen reached out to Zhao Wuji's chest and channeled a stream of Wu Earth Apricot Yellow Qi into him, protecting his heart meridian.

Zhou Chen has almost used up all the healing pills he obtained from the System. He can only wait until Yu Tianmeng comes out of the lake tomorrow and ask Gu Yuena to let Bi Ji heal Zhao Wuji.

"Alright, with Chen Ge here, Teacher Zhao will definitely be safe and sound. What we need to do now is figure out what happened before."

Tang San calmly analyzed the situation, then looked at Oscar beside him and asked, "Oscar, tell me the details."

"Yes, mistress, it's like this..."

Oscar managed to calm himself and recounted the details in detail.

It turned out that shortly after Zhao Wuji and his two companions separated from the others last night, they were attacked by a group of Black-Robed Man.

There were about twenty of these Black-Robed Man, with strength generally ranging from level 30 Soul Elder to level 50 Soul King. Although their individual strength was far inferior to Zhao Wuji, a level 78 Soul Saint, their methods were extremely insidious and bizarre, and they could even summon corpses and skeletons.

At that time, Zhao Wuji had already suffered serious injuries in his battle with the Titan Giant Ape, and even with the help of Ma Hongjun and Oscar, he was no match for them.

These Black-Robed Man quickly and severely injured Zhao Wuji, and knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious.

However, they seemed to be wary of something, and instead of intensifying their attack to kill Zhao Wuji and Oscar, they hurriedly left with the unconscious Ma Hongjun.

After listening to Oscar's account, Zhou Chen and the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple exchanged a glance, both having their own guesses.

Summoning skeletons... that method sounds familiar!

"Who are these men in Black-Robed Man? Why are they capturing Fatty? Does Fatty hold some secret?"

Ning Rongrong frowned and racked her brains to ask a question.

Upon hearing this, Tang San and the others looked at each other, completely bewildered.

Only anger and worry filled their hearts.

"They... must be the Holy Spirit Church."

Zhou Chen suddenly spoke up.

"The Holy Spirit Church?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong exclaimed in shock, "Brother Zhou Chen, are you talking about the Holy Spirit Cult, the one that caused havoc in Heaven Dou City and was jointly declared an evil Holy Spirit Church of Blood Soul Master by our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Purple Micro Palace, Spirit Hall, and Heaven Dou Empire?"

"Indeed. Besides them, which other faction of Soul Master knows those disgusting methods of summoning skeletal corpses?"

Dragon Lord Meng Shu echoed this sentiment, his tone filled with disgust for the Holy Spirit Church.

Not long ago, the couple nearly died at the hands of the Holy Spirit Church in the Silves Kingdom, trying to save the Silver Moon Family.

If it weren't for Zhou Chen, their corpses would probably have been devoured by those man-eating Wolf Bandits.

Why is the Holy Spirit Church targeting fat people?

Oscar was completely bewildered and couldn't understand it at all, while Tang San had some vague guesses.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Holy Spirit Church is targeting Ma Hongjun because of Ma Hongjun Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul."

Zhou Chen sighed and explained, "The Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is not a proper Martial Soul to begin with. It will cause people to have strong lust and evil thoughts. Soul Master who possess this Martial Soul are easily transformed into Blood Soul Master by the Holy Spirit Church."

After a pause, Zhou Chen continued, "In the battle at Heaven Dou City, the Holy Spirit Church mobilized over a dozen Title Douluo and seven thousand Blood Soul Master —almost their entire force—yet they were decimated by my Purple Micro Palace, in conjunction with the Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, suffering heavy casualties and losing more than half of their Holy Spirit Church!"

"With such heavy losses, the Holy Spirit Church must want to replenish its ranks, so it's normal that they're targeting Ma Hongjun. They have a set of evil techniques that can transform normal Soul Master into Blood Soul Master."

Zhou Chen knew so much about Ma Hongjun's problem because in the original storyline of Douluo II: The Peerless Tang Sect, Ma Hongjun's descendant, Ma Xiaotao, was captured by the Holy Spirit Church because of the evil attribute of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere nearby suddenly became somewhat oppressive.

After a long while, Xiao Wu suddenly lowered her head and burst into tears, blaming herself, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't concealed my identity and let Er Ming take me away from you, you wouldn't have chased after me, and Ma Hongjun wouldn't have been separated from you, which led to him being kidnapped by the Holy Spirit Church alone."

"It has nothing to do with you, Xiao Wu, don't blame yourself."

After offering a word of comfort, Zhou Chen said sternly, "You can't guard against thieves forever, even if you're a thief for a thousand days. As long as the Holy Spirit Church has their eye on Ma Hongjun, even if they fail this time, they'll find an opportunity sooner or later!"

"That's right, Chen Ge is right."

Tang San nodded, his face filled with anger, and said through gritted teeth, "The Holy Spirit Church harbors wolfish ambitions! I, Tang San, swear that I will never share the same sky with them!"

"Third Brother, calm down first. It's the most important thing to save Ma Hongjun as soon as possible."

Ning Rongrong said firmly, "Let's wait one more day until Sister Tian Meng comes out of the lake, then we'll leave the Star Dou Great Forest immediately to rescue Fatty."

"The question is, how do we save it?"

Tang San finally managed to suppress his anger, let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile, "We don't even know where Fatty is. Besides, the Holy Spirit Church is too powerful for us to handle!"

"Of course, your strength can't match the Holy Spirit Church, but Brother Zhou Chen can!"

Ning Rongrong looked at Zhou Chen expectantly and said, "Brother Zhou Chen, your Purple Micro Palace is so powerful, and you have fought against the Holy Spirit Church many times. You must have a way to rescue Fatty, right?"

"It's not that simple."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen spread his hands and said helplessly, "The Holy Spirit Church's whereabouts are quite secretive. Even the Spirit Hall, which is spread all over the Douluo Continent, has a hard time finding their branches, let alone our Purple Micro Palace."

"I can only send a message to the Purple Micro Palace, instructing my subordinates to do their best to search. As for whether they can find it, I dare not promise."

After saying that, Zhou Chen sighed, feigning concern.

Although he and Ma Hongjun weren't close, they were classmates who had spent a few days together, so he still had to put on a show.

Upon hearing this, Tang San and the others immediately felt a sense of despair.

If even Zhou Chen isn't confident he can find and rescue Ma Hongjun, then who is?

"Sigh, there's no point in saying more. Let's wait and see what happens to Tian Meng."

Dragon Lord Meng Shu also sighed and said.

"Um."

Zhou Chen nodded, stopped pretending, walked directly to the campfire, sat down cross-legged, and picked up a bowl to eat Hotpot.

He hadn't eaten all day and was really hungry.

However, while eating hot pot, Zhou Chen had a question in his mind:

How did the Holy Spirit Church know that Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul was the Evil Martial Soul, the Evil Fire Phoenix? Is their intelligence network that powerful?

Or is it...?

Upon recalling that guess, Zhou Chen immediately frowned!

One day later.

Early morning.

Zhou Chen and the others stood quietly on the shore of the Lake of Life, waiting for Yu Tianmeng and Gu Yuena to appear.

As agreed, Yu Tianmeng's sign-in task should be completed soon.

Suddenly, accompanied by a bizarre distortion of space, a silver portal appeared abruptly on the lake's surface.

A graceful silver figure emerged from the portal.

It's Gu Yuena.

This Silver Dragon King, who controls the power of spatial elements, clearly prefers a faster and more convenient way of traveling.

Then, Yu Tianmeng's figure also appeared.

"Husband, catch me quickly!"

Upon seeing Zhou Chen, Yu Tianmeng's big eyes immediately curved into crescent moons with laughter. Like a swallow returning to its nest, she flew and pounced into Zhou Chen's arms.

Feeling the warm, soft flesh in his arms, Zhou Chen affectionately kissed Yu Tianmeng's smooth forehead. Then, suddenly sensing something, he looked down into Yu Tianmeng's eyes and asked, "You've broken through?"

"Yeah, I'm a level 85 Soul Douluo now, 25 levels higher than you. How about that, pretty impressive, huh!"

Yu Tianmeng tilted her little face up and said smugly.

"You're so great during the day, okay?"

Zhou Chen reluctantly agreed, adding in his mind: I'm amazing tonight.

Having finally managed to appease the clingy Yu Tianmeng, Zhou Chen turned his gaze to Gu Yuena, who was quietly smiling to the side, and said, "Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, Tian Meng thanks you for taking care of her."

"You're welcome. It's just an equal exchange."

Gu Yuena smiled deliberately, then said, "There's no need to call me Lord Silver Dragon King, it's too formal. We're friends now, just call me Na Na."

Upon hearing this, everyone present instantly felt a wave of nausea!

Na Na? Is this a name you just casually use?

Zhou Chen was speechless and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Gu Yuena's sudden display of closeness and enthusiasm immediately alerted him to something was wrong.

Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious; someone is either a crook or a thief!

However, Gu Yuena didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, she said gently, "Zhou Chen, you're planning to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am about to return to Heaven Dou City."

Zhou Chen nodded, wondering what Gu Yuena was up to.

Upon hearing Zhou Chen's answer, Gu Yuena's pretty face suddenly flushed red. She raised a fair and delicate hand, and with a flash of light, a silver-white rhombus-shaped dragon scale appeared in her palm.

"This is a dragon scale of mine, which I refined into a defensive treasure. I named it the Silver Dragon King's Protection. It can withstand one attack for you, even from First-Level God!"

Upon hearing Gu Yuena's words, Zhou Chen immediately took the dragon scale from her hand without hesitation and promptly hid it in his pocket.

Goodness, a dragon scale that can withstand an attack from First-Level Main God is practically a divine artifact!

Even if Gu Yuena had some ulterior motive, he accepted it.

Seeing Zhou Chen put her dragon scale into his robes, Gu Yuena blushed slightly, but the blush vanished in an instant.

"Zhou Chen, I have another gift for you."

Gu Yuena composed herself, her expression suddenly turning serious. She clapped her hands and said:

"Bi Ji, Zi JI, come out."