Escape from Danger

Just as Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager fell into despair, Qing Mu's side also encountered danger.

Although they had shattered the mountain-sized boulder earlier, the scattered fragments still posed a threat to Qing Mu and the others.

Meng Yiran noticed this as well. While lowering her flight altitude, she began moving from side to side, attempting to evade the flying rubble.

However, Meng Yiran had only just obtained her Third Spirit Skill and was still unfamiliar with its use. She simply could not avoid every piece of debris.

Just as she was at her wits' end, Qing Mu's voice sounded by her ear.

"Focus on controlling the Serpent Cane's direction. I'll deal with the remaining rubble!"

Though Qing Mu's voice was very young, for some reason, Meng Yiran felt reassured upon hearing it. Was it because Qing Mu had saved her earlier?

Qing Mu immediately summoned Bulbasaur. He grabbed Bulbasaur with both hands and aimed the seed on its back at the incoming rocks.

At the same time, he formed a Mind Link with Bulbasaur and transmitted, "Seed Bomb!"

"Da Na~"

Seeing the rocks close at hand, Bulbasaur understood the urgency of the situation. A massive seed glowing with pale green light shot from the bulb-like seed on its back.

Holding Bulbasaur in his hands, Qing Mu continuously adjusted his aim and fired Seed Bomb after Seed Bomb at the flying rocks.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

As the rocks were blasted apart by the Seed Bombs, Qing Mu and the others could no longer see the Titan Giant Ape. They had, at least initially, escaped the dangerous area.

Just then, Qing Mu and Meng Yiran spotted a Blue-Clad Youth running madly toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Under normal circumstances, Meng Yiran might have kindly warned him about the danger ahead. But she was struggling just to protect herself now, so how could she spare a thought for him? She flew straight over his head.

Three minutes was not a long time. Qing Mu and Meng Yiran were soon forced to land, but they did not stop. They continued running swiftly toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Qing Mu is actually this fast?"

Only then did Meng Yiran discover in surprise that this boy, who was only level twenty-three, was no slower than her, a level thirty-one Soul Elder.

"That shouldn't be possible. Leaving aside the difference in Soul Power, Bulbasaur clearly isn't an Agility Attack System martial soul. Logically, he shouldn't be able to run this fast."

Though Meng Yiran was shocked, she was delighted deep down. She had originally worried that Qing Mu would not be able to keep up with her, but that concern was now gone.

Although the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was fast, three minutes had only allowed them to fly about ten li.

If the Titan Giant Ape wanted to pursue them, it could absolutely catch up with them at the speed of a soul beast like the Titan Giant Ape.

After the two had run several more li, a burly middle-aged man suddenly appeared and blocked their path, forcing Qing Mu and Meng Yiran to stop.

"Have either of you seen a boy in blue, around twelve or thirteen years old?"

This burly middle-aged man was undoubtedly Zhao Wuji, the Immovable Ming King. Tang San's sudden departure had terrified him. After hesitating for a long time, he had ultimately decided to retrieve Tang San.

After all, the beating Tang Hao had given him had left quite a psychological shadow.

"A blue-clad boy around twelve or thirteen?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Yiran's eyes flickered as she immediately thought of the boy who had just run wildly toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The moment Zhao Wuji saw Meng Yiran's expression, he knew she had information. He hurriedly nodded and pressed, "Yes, that's him. He looks rather ordinary. Have you seen him?"

However, Qing Mu suddenly spoke up. "He ran in that direction like a madman just now, but I don't recommend that you go after him. We saw the Titan Giant Ape over there. If you go, you'll only be walking into certain death!"

After saying that, Qing Mu pulled Meng Yiran away at once. They even brushed past the arriving Shrek group.

Zhao Wuji did not stop them, because he had been stunned by the news of the Titan Giant Ape. The oppressive feeling it had given him not long ago was still vivid in his mind.

"The Titan Giant Ape again, it's the Titan Giant Ape again! Why is my life so hard?!"

Zhao Wuji was truly about to go mad. Why had such a simple soul-beast hunting mission turned into this?

First, they had encountered Dragon Duke of Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager. Then the forest's overlord, the Titan Giant Ape, had appeared in the outer region and taken away one of his students, Xiao Wu.

And for Xiao Wu's sake, Tang San, the son of the Clear Sky Douluo, had actually gone mad. As a mere Soul Grandmaster, he wanted to rescue Xiao Wu from the Titan Giant Ape all by himself.

His students had even strongly supported him. When Tang San fled, they had desperately obstructed Zhao Wuji from catching him.

Meanwhile, after Qing Mu and Meng Yiran had run for a while, Meng Yiran recovered some of her Soul Power. She immediately used Snake Wing again and continued flying rapidly toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, their journey went very smoothly. They did not even encounter a single Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Finally, an hour later, they escaped the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Wuu..."

However, upon seeing the town outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Meng Yiran suddenly began to sob.

She had indeed escaped, but whether her grandfather and grandmother were dead or alive remained unknown.

A moment later, Meng Yiran asked Qing Mu with reddened eyes, "Qing Mu, my grandfather and grandmother should... should be all right, right?"

"Senior Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager are blessed by fate. They'll be fine!"

Qing Mu comforted her.

Though he said that, Qing Mu was pessimistic about whether the two could survive.

Because that Titan Giant Ape was not the rumored sixty-thousand-year soul beast, but a genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

With a cultivation of a hundred thousand years, combined with the fact that Titan Giant Apes were among the most powerful soul beasts, its strength was no weaker than that of a level ninety-six or even level ninety-seven Titled Douluo.

Although Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager were said to be able to unleash the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Dragon Snake Combination Skill, and rival a Titled Douluo, that only applied to ordinary Douluo below rank ninety-five.

Above rank ninety-five, so long as they were not weak Titled Douluo like Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei, they could basically defeat the two with ease.

Not to mention, the pair only possessed the strength to contend against a Titled Douluo while using the Dragon Snake Combination Skill. Martial Soul Fusion Skills had restrictions on their use, and considerable ones at that.

With that in mind, the outcome was practically certain. Unless a miracle descended from the heavens, the odds of the two surviving in the hands of the Titan Giant Ape were almost zero!

After all, not everyone was Zhao Wuji, capable of surviving the Titan Giant Ape as a mere Soul Sage.