Journey to the Star Dou, Killing Intent Lurks Everywhere

Su Bai looked at the three flustered girls and shook his head.

"Forget it. I'll take you flying one at a time."

"Keep your center of gravity steady! Use your Soul Power to sense it, then control your body. Don't make your body too stiff. You're not supposed to control it with brute force!"

Su Bai's voice rang out in midair.

He flew to Ning Rongrong's side, placing one hand on the edge of the Flying Spirit Tool on her back while gently supporting her shoulder with the other, steadying her swaying figure.

"Don't be scared. Relax." Su Bai leaned close to Ning Rongrong's ear and guided her softly.

His warm breath brushed past her ear, and Ning Rongrong's scream stopped short. Her cheeks instantly turned bright red.

"B-Brother Bai."

"Focus, Rongrong."

Su Bai murmured beside her ear, then guided her Soul Power, letting it circulate smoothly through the Flying Spirit Tool.

Before long, Ning Rongrong grasped the trick. Though she was still a little wobbly, she could finally control her direction on her own.

On the other side, Xiao Wu's situation was no better.

Relying on her own agility, she darted up and down in the air, only to accidentally go headfirst toward the nearby teaching building.

Su Bai's figure flashed, and before Xiao Wu hit the wall, he scooped her into his arms.

"Brother Su Bai, you're amazing!"

Xiao Wu was not afraid at all. Instead, she excitedly wrapped her arms around Su Bai's neck.

Su Bai helplessly patted her on the butt.

"Behave yourself. If you keep messing around, I'll deal with you properly tonight."

Xiao Wu stuck out her little tongue. "Bleh."

By comparison, Zhu Zhuqing adapted much faster.

She was already skilled in speed and control, and her bodily coordination was excellent.

After the initial unfamiliarity passed, she quickly mastered the technique of flying, tracing smooth arcs through the air like an elegant black swallow.

Watching the laughing man and three women in the sky, the five people on the ground had mixed feelings.

"Sigh... We're all students of Shrek Academy, but the difference in treatment is way too huge."

Ma Hongjun plopped down on the ground, looking up with a face full of despair.

"Boss is opening a harem in the sky, while we're stuck on the ground being jealous."

Oscar also wore a bitter expression. He felt that the distance between him and Ning Rongrong had once again been stretched into an insurmountable chasm.

Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged a look, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Flender, why do I feel like Shrek Academy is about to become the Su family's backyard?"

Zhao Wuji spoke in his deep, muffled voice.

Flender held his forehead and let out a long sigh.

"Endure it. Who told Su Bai to be so capable? Come on, let's run our own route and pretend we didn't see anything."

The five men took heavy steps and began their long run along the dirt road leading to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Above their heads, Su Bai and the three girls flew leisurely, as if they were on an outing.

"Brother Bai, look down there. They're running so slowly, like snails."

Once Ning Rongrong had grown practiced at flying, her little witch nature showed itself again. She deliberately lowered her altitude and made a face at Oscar and Ma Hongjun below.

"Rongrong, stop messing around."

Su Bai said that aloud, but he did not stop her.

He enjoyed this contrast very much.

That feeling of leaving others far behind, whether in strength or in life.

If he had a cheat, then of course he had to enjoy life!

Tang San ran silently at the very front. He did not look up, but that grating laughter still entered his ears without missing a word.

His face was expressionless, but his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched even tighter.

Tang San could sense the few packets of poison powder in his arms giving off an icy chill.

Su Bai, go ahead and be smug for a little longer.

Once they entered the Star Dou Great Forest, that place would be your grave!

The group continued forward amid two completely different atmospheres.

The cheerful laughter in the sky and the silent journey on the ground formed a stark contrast.

Time slowly passed in that strange state.

By afternoon, Su Bai's group of four had already arrived at Soul Hunting Town beside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Su Bai directly booked the best suite on the hotel's top floor, letting the three girls, who were mentally worn out from their first long flight, have a proper rest.

Meanwhile, inside Su Bai's own room.

Light and shadow in the air twisted faintly, and a tall figure draped in a black robe appeared without a sound.

Ye Xishui removed her hood, revealing that cold, bewitching face. She was just about to kneel on one knee out of habit.

"No need for formalities."

Su Bai's voice rang out. He reached out and gently supported Ye Xishui by the arm.

The warmth from his palm made Ye Xishui's motion of kneeling pause.

She silently straightened up.

"Master, that man followed us. He's hiding on a hillside at the edge of town."

Ye Xishui's voice was cool and clear, without the slightest emotion.

"Tang Hao, huh."

Su Bai was not surprised. He walked to the window and looked out at the distant night.

"His Soul Power is only at rank ninety-five, and he has internal injuries, but if he fights to the death and uses Explode Ring, its power can't be underestimated."

Su Bai spoke calmly.

"Your mission this time isn't to kill him. It's to protect me, and the three of them."

A trace of incomprehension flashed through Ye Xishui's purple eyes.

As she saw it, with her strength, even if Tang Hao used Explode Ring, she still had every chance of killing him after paying a certain price.

"I don't want you getting hurt."

Su Bai turned around and calmly added that sentence.

Such a simple sentence made Ye Xishui's heart speed up without any warning.

An unfamiliar warmth welled up from the depths of her soul, leaving her briefly dazed.

"Yes, Master."

Ye Xishui lowered her head, concealing the instant loss of composure on her face.

"Stay hidden for now. Don't show yourself without my order."

"Understood."

Ye Xishui's figure once again melted into the shadows and vanished.

Su Bai turned his attention back out the window.

He was rather curious whether, this time, he would still run into that unlucky Blue Sunshine Academy from the original story.

After all, because of his appearance, Tang San and Oscar had both broken through to rank thirty ahead of time. Not only Zhao Wuji, even Flender had come along.

The direction of the plot had already begun to deviate.

However, Su Bai did not care.

Even without Blue Sunshine Academy, once they entered the Star Dou Great Forest, that place would also be his territory.

The Man Faced Demon Spider that he, Su Bai, wanted would not get away.

Whatever tricks Tang Hao wanted to play would only become a joke in front of him.

By the time Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other five dragged their lead-filled legs to Soul Hunting Town on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, the sky had already gone completely dark.

The largest hotel in town was brightly lit. Su Bai was just leading the three girls out from inside, each of them changed into clean, refreshing casual clothes and looking full of energy.

"Brother Bai, let's go eat barbecue at that place. It smells so good."

Ning Rongrong held Su Bai's arm while pointing with her other hand toward a lively shop on the street corner.