Profound Elder's Aura Is Hidden Too Deeply; If One Didn't Know, They Would Think Profound Elder Had Disappeared

"Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear! And two of them are ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears!"

As the Shrek group delved deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, they couldn't help but feel a great shock. The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was a top-tier Soul Beast, and a ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was no weaker than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Two ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears were akin to facing two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Although with their current configuration, it wasn't as if they couldn't fight at all, after all, the leader, Tang Tong, had a Soul Power as high as level ninety and possessed an eighty-thousand-year Eighth Soul Skill. With him as the main force, cooperating with many level seventy and eighty Soul Masters, dealing with two ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears wasn't entirely impossible, but if they really fought, they were afraid that they would suffer heavy losses, and they didn't need ten-thousand-year-level Soul Rings.

However, just as everyone was hesitating, not knowing how to retreat, an aura that had been completely undetectable to them erupted, and it was none other than Profound Elder, whose Soul Power was as high as level ninety-eight.

Profound Elder suddenly appeared in front of them, and then, without releasing his Martial Soul or Soul Rings, he walked up to the two Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears and slapped each of them across the face.

"Scram! It's just that my students don't need you two stupid bears as Soul Rings, otherwise, I would have a bear meat hot pot today."

The Soul Power pressure of level ninety-eight pressed down on the two ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears. They were no longer only able to act on instinct and could understand human speech. The two Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears immediately chickened out.

They didn't even dare to make a sound at Profound Elder, and after being slapped, they ran away timidly. Their embarrassed appearance was completely devoid of the prestige of the top-tier Soul Beast, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, in the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving the many students of Shrek dumbfounded.

"Profound, Profound Elder, those are top-tier Soul Beast Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears! They can fight Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at ten thousand years, and you just slapped them away?"

One student said in disbelief. Those were Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears! And ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears. Generally speaking, when they came to the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears, there was only one word: run!

Even if the leading teacher was a powerful Titled Douluo, as long as they encountered a ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, then without a doubt, the leading teacher would take them away from that area, even if that area had the Soul Beast they wanted, but as long as they encountered a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, they had to run.

But this time, they not only encountered ten-thousand-year-level Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears, but also two of them. In this case, they not only didn't run, but if it weren't because they didn't need mere ten-thousand-year-level Soul Rings, those two Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears could have become their Soul Rings.

How could this strong contrast not surprise them? How could they not marvel at the strength of Profound Elder?

"A mere ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, what's the big fuss about?" Profound Elder glanced at the student and then strode away, as if the ones he had just slapped away were just ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, not the overlords of the Star Dou Great Forest Soul Beasts.

The twelve elite students of Shrek looked at each other, unable to recover from the strength displayed by Profound Elder for a long time.

In the end, it was the leading Senior Disciple Brother Tang Tong of Shrek who regained his senses first. "Alright, junior brothers and sisters, Profound Elder is the Vice Pavilion Master of the Sea God's Pavilion of Shrek Academy, a level ninety-eight Super Douluo with the strongest Soul Ring configuration. It is only natural that he has such strength."

Tang Tong said, and couldn't help but yearn for Profound Elder's strength.

But after yearning, he immediately discovered a problem, which was that he might not reach Profound Elder's realm.

This was not because he didn't work hard enough in his cultivation, but because of a problem with the Soul Rings.

In terms of Martial Soul, his Soaring Ancient Tree Spirit was a top-tier Martial Soul that combined control, defense, and life. Perhaps it couldn't compare to a real Taotie, but who asked Profound Elder's Martial Soul to be just a Godly Taotie Bull and not a real Taotie?

But there was indeed a big problem with the Soul Rings. According to the agreement between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek was not allowed to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest at will.

Therefore, this time his goal was a ninety-thousand-year-level Ninth Soul Ring.

Originally, this was not bad, but after truly seeing a top powerhouse with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he felt a little unwilling to only hunt a ninety-thousand-year Ninth Soul Ring.

The Martial Soul was innate, and the Soul Ring was acquired. Since ancient times, no Titled Douluo with two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings had cultivated to level ninety-eight. Level ninety-seven was already the cultivation limit for Titled Douluo without the strongest Soul Ring configuration, even for Shrek.

He really wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but restricted by the agreement between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest, if he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he would have to go to the sea to find a Sea Spirit Beast, but the problem was that his Martial Soul was a Soaring Ancient Tree Spirit!

A Sea Spirit Beast would be fine with a Taotie or something, after all, they were both creatures, and there were also Soul Beasts with dragon blood in the sea, but if you were to say that a Sea Spirit Beast would match his Soaring Ancient Tree, an uncoordinated Soul Ring would probably not give him too much improvement.

Because the Soul Ring didn't match, the improvement wasn't great, and the sea was too dangerous, and hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the ocean was too difficult, so the idea of obtaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring from the sea was directly rejected.

He was destined to only obtain Soul Rings from the Star Dou Great Forest, and at the same time, restricted by the agreement between the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek, he could not go to the Star Dou Great Forest to actively hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Wait, actively?

Tang Tong, who was worrying about not being able to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, suddenly thought of something.

He couldn't actively hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but what if a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast provoked him?

If a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast provoked him and seriously injured him, then Profound Elder would be furious and make that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast into a Soul Ring. If the Star Dou Great Forest came to reason about this matter, they could say that under the Star Dou Great Forest's Soul Beast's initial attack, their counter-kill was justified.

And it was very coincidental that he already knew where there was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that was very suitable for him.

They only needed to accidentally walk into the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's lair, and they would appear weaker. As long as that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was tempted and wanted to attack them, everything else would be easy.

And to do this, there were three key points. First, his injuries. Only when he was beaten to the point where he had no resistance at all, and couldn't even use his Martial Soul, could he ensure that he was standing on the moral high ground to hunt it.

This wasn't a big problem. Shrek had a habit of letting students hunt Soul Rings themselves. The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was because they didn't need the Soul Ring and it was too strong. If they only encountered one Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Profound Elder shouldn't act as long as they could control the situation. He only needed to hold back a little during the battle.

Second, this must be an accident. They accidentally encountered that Soul Beast. This wasn't difficult, after all, only he knew about this, and he was the Senior Disciple Brother leading the way. As long as he didn't say anything, this would be an accident.

Third, and most importantly, he had to ensure that the Soul Beast dared to attack. This depended on Profound Elder, but this was what Tang Tong was least worried about.

After resolving the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Profound Elder's aura disappeared again not long after, and disappeared to the point where even he, a level ninety existence, couldn't feel a trace of Profound Elder's aura, as if Profound Elder wasn't by their side.

If it weren't for his absolute trust in Profound Elder, he would have really suspected that Profound Elder was no longer by his side.