Escape from Danger

Just as the 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 their flight altitude, she began moving left and right, trying to evade the incoming rubble.

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

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

"You focus on controlling the Serpent Cane and changing direction. I'll handle the remaining rubble!"

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

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 used Mind Link to transmit, "Seed Bomb!"

"Bulba~"

Seeing the boulders so close at hand, Bulbasaur understood the urgency. A huge seed glowing with faint green light shot from the bulb-like seed on its back.

Holding Bulbasaur in his hands, Qing Mu continuously adjusted his direction, firing Seed Bombs one after another at the rocks.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

As the Seed Bombs shattered the rocks one by one, 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 saw a Blue-Clad Youth racing like mad toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Under normal circumstances, Meng Yiran might have kindly warned him about the danger ahead. But now, even protecting herself was a problem. How could she spare any concern for him? She flew straight over his head.

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

"Qing Mu is actually this fast?"

Only then did Meng Yiran realize in surprise that this youth, 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 gap 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 inside. She had been worried that Qing Mu would not be able to keep up with her, but that concern was now gone.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was fast, but three minutes had only carried them about five kilometers away.

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

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

"You two, have you seen a Blue-Clad Youth around twelve or thirteen years old?"

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

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

"A twelve- or thirteen-year-old Blue-Clad Youth?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Yiran's gaze flickered, and she immediately thought of the youth who had just run madly 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 that way like a madman just now, but I wouldn't advise you to go after him. We saw the Titan Giant Ape over there. If you go, it'll only be a road to death!"

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

Zhao Wuji did not stop them, because the information about the Titan Giant Ape had left him stunned. The oppressive feeling from facing the Titan Giant Ape not long ago was still vivid in his mind.

"Titan Giant Ape, again with the Titan Giant Ape! Why is my life so hard?"

Zhao Wuji was truly going crazy. Why had such a simple Soul Beast hunt turned into this?

First, they had encountered the Dragon Duke of the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager, then the forest overlord, the Titan Giant Ape, had come to the Outer Zone and abducted 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 alone.

His students had even strongly supported this. When Tang San fled, they had desperately tried to stop him from catching Tang San.

Meanwhile, after Qing Mu and Meng Yiran ran for a while, Meng Yiran recovered some of her Soul Power. She immediately used Snake Wing again and continued flying quickly 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, after an hour, they escaped the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Sob..."

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

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

After a moment, Meng Yiran looked at Qing Mu with red eyes and asked, "Qing Mu, my grandfather and grandmother should... should be all right, right?"

"The Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager are blessed people. They'll be all right!"

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 one hundred thousand years, and as one of the strongest Soul Beasts among Soul Beasts, its strength was no weaker than that of a level ninety-six or even level ninety-seven Titled Douluo.

Though the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager were said to be capable of rivaling a Titled Douluo when they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Dragon Snake Combination Skill, that only applied to ordinary Douluo below level ninety-five.

Above level 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 two only possessed the strength to contend with a Titled Douluo while using the Dragon Snake Combination Skill. Martial Soul Fusion Skills had restrictions, and considerable ones at that.

Thinking of it this way, the outcome was practically certain. Unless a miracle descended from heaven, their chances of surviving the Titan Giant Ape were nearly zero!

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