Profound Elder: Perhaps Only Expelling Me from Sea God's Pavilion Can Atone for My Sins!

I have to say, Shrek's batch of competitive trainees is quite strong.

Even though none of the eleven of them had an eighth Soul Ring as a Spirit Douluo, they still managed to win against that Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast in the end, though the victory was a bit too brutal.

Of the eleven people, six had already completely passed on, and another had his right arm, which had a Soul Bone, severed. It looked like he wouldn't survive.

The four who were still alive weren't in good shape either. One had a disfiguring scar running across his entire face, and another had simply lost his right leg. Fortunately, his Spirit was an owl, so he wasn't too inconvenienced in terms of movement.

Only Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan were slightly better off, but that was only in terms of their physical injuries.

Facing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Banyan Tree, the reason everyone could kill it was because one of the senior disciples had a Spirit Skill for forced immobilization. However, that immobilization skill required him to get close enough for its power to barely control a Hundred-Thousand-Year-level Banyan Tree.

The Hundred-Thousand-Year Banyan Tree was controlled, but it lacked offensive power. Zhang Lexuan did have a Spirit Skill with sufficient attack power, but that Spirit Skill had a certain range.

In this situation, there was no other choice. Once that senior disciple's Soul Power was depleted, they wouldn't even have the chance to perish together with the Banyan Tree.

Thus, Zhang Lexuan had no choice but to deal with both the senior disciple and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Banyan Tree.

The good news was that the Banyan Tree was dealt with, its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had appeared, and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone was within reach. The bad news was that Zhang Lexuan's psychological trauma was no small matter.

The massive drain on her Soul Power and mental energy left her near collapse, but Zhang Lexuan knew she couldn't fall now.

Profound Elder was still nowhere to be found. If they wanted to survive, they still had to rely on themselves.

And in their current state, they clearly couldn't walk out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Only if she became a Spirit Douluo could the five of them, who hadn't suffered fatal injuries, survive.

But now, they no longer had the strength to hunt for other Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for her. Fusing this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to advance to Spirit Douluo was their only path to survival.

"Junior Disciple Sister, what are you doing!"

Seeing the determination in Zhang Lexuan's eyes as she looked at the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Han Ruoruo immediately guessed her intention and quickly called out to stop her.

Zhang Lexuan's gaze was filled with resolve. "Sister Ruoruo, Profound Elder is nowhere to be found. Currently, only by me absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and advancing to Spirit Douluo do we have any hope of getting everyone out of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"You can't! Junior Disciple Sister, your physical condition simply cannot withstand the damage of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring! Even a Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would be difficult! Absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring is practically suicide!" Han Ruoruo sternly stopped Zhang Lexuan, but Zhang Lexuan's eyes were filled with determination.

"Sister Ruoruo, what Junior Disciple Sister anymore? The senior disciples who could protect me in the past have all died in this battle against the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast. As the one with the highest Soul Power, how can I continue to be the Junior Disciple Sister who is protected?" As she said this, Zhang Lexuan forced a smile. "Sister Ruoruo, you should call me Senior Disciple Sister now. The senior disciples have protected me to this extent; the rest is up to me to protect the senior disciples' safety."

Saying this, Zhang Lexuan, with a look of absolute resolve, walked towards the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. However, at this moment, the two surviving Shrek trainees blocked her path.

"Are you going to stop me?"

The two exchanged a glance, then shook their heads. They knew Zhang Lexuan's personality and that they couldn't persuade her at this point. Therefore, they didn't say anything to stop Zhang Lexuan from absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but instead brought up another matter.

"You can absorb that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but before that, you must absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone. Otherwise, with your current body, you have absolutely no chance of withstanding the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. We can't just watch you throw your life away like this!"

Zhang Lexuan immediately shook her head upon hearing this. "How can that be! We all killed that Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast together. I've already decided to take the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, so how can I also take the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone!"

The other two Shrek trainees didn't argue with Zhang Lexuan about whether she could absorb the Soul Bone. Instead, they told her with solemn expressions, "This is our bottom line for agreeing to you absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Either absorb all the Soul Bones from the others that you can, or fuse the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone first. There are no other options."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan fell silent. Absorbing the Soul Bones from her senior disciples would cause significant damage to their bodies, especially in this urgent situation. Furthermore, although they were Shrek's direct disciples, not all of them were without families. Some of their Soul Bones were meant to be returned to their families. How could she absorb them?

Wouldn't that be like being protected and then severing the protector's family heritage?

The Soul Bones of her senior disciples couldn't be touched, and the other three insisted that she absorb a Soul Bone first. Considering the limited time the Soul Ring would remain, she couldn't continue arguing with them. Helplessly, she agreed to their condition of absorbing the Soul Bone before the Soul Ring.

Taking out the right arm bone produced by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Banyan Tree, Zhang Lexuan glanced at the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, whose duration was limited. Without daring to waste another second, she began to absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.

On the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Profound Elder, who had been sleeping for most of the day, slowly got up and stretched.

As a Level 98 Titled Douluo, he hadn't had to do much work for many years. He had always wandered around as he pleased, living a life of eating and sleeping.

This had been his life for over a hundred years, so the habit of eating and sleeping had long been ingrained in Profound Elder's bones.

Although Elder Mu had assigned him a task, he had accepted it, and he had done it at the beginning. However, the problem was that he had been invincible for too long, so long that his strength had made him accustomed to being able to sleep soundly in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Therefore, when the Shrek trainees took a break, he also took a short nap.

He originally thought it would be a short nap, but who knew that the habit formed over a hundred years would make him sleep almost until the next day.

One must know that the geniuses of Shrek were at least Level 70. The travel speed of a Level 70 Soul Master, when not encountering any strong opponents, could be terrifying.

Thus, when Profound Elder stretched and remembered that he was still guarding others while they hunted for Soul Rings, and those students who were hunting for Soul Rings were nowhere to be found, Profound Elder lost his appetite for chicken legs for a moment.

"Tang Tong, Xiao Yan, Zhang Lexuan, where are you, where are you!"

Suddenly, Profound Elder discovered that the students had gotten separated from him.

Thinking that those students were all direct disciples of Shrek, each with the potential to become elders, Profound Elder's face changed drastically.

"Ah!!!!!"

"What have I done! I've thrown so many of Shrek's geniuses into a dangerous place!"

"This, this is probably only redeemable by expelling me from the Sea God's Pavilion!"

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