Ye Chen's Disappearance, Mu En's Utter Fury!

"Xuan Zi, you've doomed me!!!"

Cold sweat instantly streamed down Ye Chen's back, and a terrifying feeling shot straight to his mind. He turned to look behind him.

A tiny Human-faced Dragon Snake was staring at Ye Chen with chilling eyes.

Under that deadly gaze, Ye Chen cried out inwardly, This is bad!

Since the Human-faced Dragon Snake was the king of survival among Soul Beasts, it naturally had something extraordinary about it.

And that extraordinary ability was—

Deadly Camouflage!

This skill allowed it to spit out tiny dragon snakes when its life was in danger, and its primary consciousness could regenerate within any one of those little dragon snakes.

But the most disgusting part was that these tiny dragon snakes could also bear the energy of the original body. Once its primary consciousness reincarnated, the little dragon snake's strength would instantly increase.

Although it was not as powerful as its original body, it was still exceedingly dangerous to a Soul Grandmaster like Ye Chen, who had yet to obtain his second Soul Ring.

Sure enough, the little dragon snake's body continued growing. Before long, it had become a Human-faced Dragon Snake dozens of meters long.

Ye Chen summoned his Martial Soul, the Emperor Aurora Sword, and a Light Aura instantly spread through the surrounding area.

At the sight, the Human-faced Dragon Snake's cold eyes seemed to grow even more covetous, and it immediately launched an attack at Ye Chen.

"First Soul Skill—Emperor's Light Slash!"

Ye Chen shouted as he swung a slash filled with Light Aura from his hand.

Then, the Storage Soul Tool in his hand flashed, and the two Class 5 Soul Tools appeared in his grasp.

They were the defensive Soul Tool, Energy Shield, and the flying Soul Tool, Wings of Holy Light.

The Human-faced Dragon Snake spat out an energy beam that rushed toward Ye Chen, instantly shattering Ye Chen's First Soul Skill, Emperor Aurora Slash.

After breaking through Ye Chen's First Soul Skill, the energy beam continued toward him without slowing. Seeing this, Ye Chen could only activate the Energy Shield in his hand.

The Class 5 Soul Tool instantly turned into a large energy barrier that enveloped Ye Chen's body.

When the Human-faced Dragon Snake saw Ye Chen still making such futile defenses, a trace of mockery appeared in its cold eyes. It then twisted its enormous body and slammed into the Energy Shield.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

The thunderous impacts rang beside Ye Chen's ears. Looking at the Soul Tool in his hand, which did not have much energy left, Ye Chen knew this was only a temporary measure. Before long, the Human-faced Dragon Snake would shatter his Energy Shield.

He then made a ruthless decision.

He was going to run!

And he had to run when it least expected it!

Having made up his mind, Ye Chen tightly gripped the other flying Soul Tool in his hand and raised the Emperor Aurora Sword overhead.

"O light, grant me strength!"

The faint sunlight filtering through the leaves of the Star Dou Great Forest, along with the Light Element around Ye Chen, gathered toward the Emperor Aurora Sword.

The Human-faced Dragon Snake also noticed Ye Chen's movements. Its cold gaze focused on the human's actions. It would not allow such a delicious treasure to escape its grasp.

"It's time!"

Ye Chen dispelled the Energy Shield around him, held the Emperor Aurora Sword, and shouted, "You vile beast, taste my great sword!"

Seeing the brilliant golden glow emitted by the Aurora Sword in Ye Chen's hand, the Human-faced Dragon Snake became more cautious. It gathered all its Soul Power to protect its body.

But in the next moment—

The Aurora Sword erupted with an incomparably dazzling golden light, so bright that even the Human-faced Dragon Snake's terrifying eyes could not remain open.

The golden light lasted for a while before fading. When the Human-faced Dragon Snake opened its eyes again, it discovered that Ye Chen had vanished from where he stood and had fled somewhere deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Elsewhere in the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Chen sat beside a large tree, constantly watching the direction from which he had escaped to see whether the Human-faced Dragon Snake had caught up.

Just now, he had absorbed the surrounding Light Element and used the Aurora Sword to unleash an extremely brilliant flash of light, all to buy himself time to escape.

A ten-thousand-year Human-faced Dragon Snake was not something he could resist at his current level. Speaking of that Human-faced Dragon Snake, Ye Chen found it quite strange as well.

They had not even reached the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest yet. How could a ten-thousand-year Human-faced Dragon Snake appear in this area filled with thousand-year Soul Beasts? More importantly, it had even toyed with Xuan Zi, a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, so thoroughly.

Fortunately, Ye Chen had prepared beforehand and asked Qian Duoduo for two Soul Tools, allowing him to preserve his life. Otherwise, today would have been far more dangerous than fortunate.

After observing for a while, Ye Chen finally confirmed that the Human-faced Dragon Snake could not locate him and had not pursued him.

On the other side, after Xuan Zi chased down the Human-faced Dragon Snake, he realized that he had been toyed with by that clever Soul Beast. Just as he was about to fly into a rage—

"This is bad. How could I forget Little Chen? It's over."

Only then did Xuan Zi remember Ye Chen, who had remained where he was. He circulated the Soul Power throughout his body, and that terrifying Soul Power caused the space around him to begin warping.

Xuan Zi quickly returned to the place from before, only to discover that the scene was completely empty. Ye Chen was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Little Chen? Little Chen!"

Xuan Zi shouted in terror, then searched frantically in every direction. Some of the low-level Soul Beasts nearby trembled beneath the terrifying pressure of Xuan Zi's Soul Power.

Xuan Zi searched the surrounding area for several full hours, yet he could not find even the slightest trace of Ye Chen.

As the time Ye Chen had been missing continued to increase, Xuan Zi became increasingly anxious.

"Mu En, everyone at Shrek, I've failed you. How could I lose Little Chen?"

Unable to find Ye Chen, Xuan Zi actually sat beneath a large tree and began to cry like an old child. He did not even eat his beloved chicken legs.

"No, I have to go back and find Mu En and the others. Little Chen must still be alive. I have to get them to come help."

Xuan Zi recalled the place where Ye Chen had disappeared. Although there were traces of battle there, there was no smell of blood.

Using what little brainpower he had, Xuan Zi guessed that Ye Chen must have escaped from there and was now somewhere unknown.

With that thought in mind, Xuan Zi activated the Soul Power within his body and hurried back to Shrek Academy.

Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy, Mu En sat alone beneath a large tree, enjoying his retirement.

Suddenly, Mu En noticed that his right eyelid was twitching incessantly, completely beyond his control.

One had to know that his cultivation had already reached the level of a Limit Douluo. He could be considered one of the strongest people in the world.

"Is something about to happen?"

Feeling his right eyelid continuously twitch, Mu En silently wondered.

Just then, Xuan Zi hurried back to where Mu En was. Self-blame and regret were fully written across his face.

Seeing the expression on Xuan Zi's face, as well as the fact that no one stood beside him, Mu En had an idea but did not dare believe it. He then asked—

"Where is Little Chen?"

Xuan Zi's trembling voice came out in fragments.

"Mu En, Little Chen... Little Chen has gone missing in the Star Dou Great Forest."

The moment Xuan Zi finished speaking, an incomparably terrifying pressure from Soul Power descended upon him.

"What did you say?!!!"