An hour later, the Beast Tide finally receded.
The forest was a complete mess, with broken trees and churned-up earth everywhere. The air still carried the dusty scent kicked up by the rampaging Spirit Beasts.
The people from Shrek Academy jumped down from the trees, each of them still shaken.
Flender and Zhao Wuji both looked grim. This sudden Beast Tide had completely disrupted their plans.
On the other side, the Peerless Dragon Snake couple also descended from the treetops, their expressions even more colorful than Flender's.
Meng Shu leaned on his Dragon-headed Cane and looked at Su Bai's group. His mouth opened and closed, but he could not utter a single word.
He had roamed the continent for many years, but today had truly opened his eyes.
A Soul Elder flying, ten thousand beasts yielding.
Who would believe such a thing if they heard it?
Meng Yiran was in even worse shape. Standing beside her grandmother, her cheeks flushed red, she seemed completely distracted.
The trace of resentment she had held toward Su Bai had long since been washed away by that miraculous sight.
Now, all that remained in her heart was an indescribable flutter.
Tang San stood at the back of the group, his face dark. Hidden within his sleeves, his fingernails had already dug deeply into his flesh.
The more unbelievable Su Bai appeared, the more Killing Intent churned within Tang San's heart.
Someone like him absolutely could not be allowed to live!
Just as the atmosphere at the scene turned strange, in the deepest reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest, by the shore of the Lake of Life, ripples silently spread outward.
At the bottom of the lake, a pair of golden eyes slowly opened.
The Beast God, Di Tian, had been awakened.
A strand of Auspicious Aura, pure to the extreme. Though faint, it had precisely pierced through layer after layer of space and entered his senses.
"Auspicious Beast ordained by fate?"
Di Tian's vast consciousness echoed through the entire core region, filled with shock and uncertainty.
"Has the Spirit Beast race given birth to new hope?"
Yet no matter how he searched, he could not find the source of that aura among any of the tribes in the Star Dou Great Forest.
This power seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
Just as Di Tian was at a complete loss, a cool and imposing consciousness rang directly within his mind.
"Di Tian, bring that Auspicious Beast to see me."
Di Tian's enormous body suddenly trembled.
It was The Master!
He immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, The Master!"
Meanwhile, at the site of the standoff.
Flender cleared his throat, preparing to bring up the ownership of the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent again.
"Boom!"
The earth shook violently once more. This time, the disturbance was even more terrifying than when the Beast Tide had arrived.
A wild, violent aura descended from the heavens, like an invisible mountain pressing down upon everyone's hearts.
Everyone looked up in horror.
A colossal black shadow blotted out the sky, descending with a howling gale before crashing heavily into an open patch of ground nearby.
The earth instantly cracked apart, and countless chunks of stone and dust shot into the air.
It was a terrifying giant ape over fifteen meters tall, its entire body covered in thick, hard black fur. The exposed skin was as solid as granite.
Titan Giant Ape!
Its lantern-sized eyes glimmered with savagery and urgency, its gaze fixed firmly on Xiao Wu among the crowd.
"Er Ming!"
Xiao Wu's heart skipped a beat, her face full of surprise.
Before she could say anything, the Titan Giant Ape's fan-like hand shot toward her like lightning.
"Xiao Wu, watch out!"
Tang San cried out and tried to rush forward, but the terrifying pressure pinned him in place, leaving him unable to move.
Xiao Wu was instantly seized in the giant ape's hand and lifted into the air.
Grabbing Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape turned and prepared to leap into the depths of the forest.
"Headmaster, there's no need to worry. I'll bring Xiao Wu back," Su Bai said calmly.
He nodded to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing beside him.
The metal wings on the three of their backs spread open at the same time. They turned into three streaks of light and chased after the Titan Giant Ape.
"Ah! This..."
Flender watched the three vanish, stomping his feet anxiously, yet there was nothing he could do.
The Peerless Dragon Snake couple exchanged a glance, both seeing the relief in the other's eyes. Fortunately, they had not truly fought those Monsters earlier.
Dozens of li away, Tang Hao, hidden within the treetops, watched the scene unfold. A ferocious smile appeared on his previously gloomy face.
The heavens are helping me!
That brat had actually left the main group and gone after a Spirit Beast alone!
Tang Hao's figure vanished from where he stood. He had already locked onto Su Bai's aura.
In the sky, Su Bai and the other two relied on the speed of their Flying Spirit Tools to keep close behind the Titan Giant Ape.
"Brother Bai, that big fellow is so scary. Xiao Wu will be okay, right?" Ning Rongrong asked worriedly.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine," Su Bai reassured her.
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing. She merely silently accelerated, staying at Su Bai's side.
Just then, a terrifying pressure that made even their souls tremble struck from behind without warning.
Su Bai and the other two felt their bodies sink, and their flying speed abruptly slowed.
A burly figure instantly appeared behind them.
The man held an incomparably massive black hammer in his hand. Even the surrounding space warped under its unbearable weight.
Clear Sky Hammer! Tang Hao!
Without a word, Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer, filled with all the Killing Intent he had gathered, smashing ruthlessly toward Su Bai in the center with a heaven-destroying force!
This hammer blow sealed off every route of retreat for Su Bai.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing turned pale. Under that pressure, they could not even unleash their spirit skills.
Yet there was not the slightest trace of panic on Su Bai's face.
Just as the massive hammer was about to strike Su Bai.
A clear, resounding phoenix cry suddenly rang through the skies!
A dazzling golden figure appeared out of thin air before Su Bai.
She was a woman dressed in a luxurious purple gown. Her purplish-red long hair fluttered without wind, and her alluring face bore a cold, mocking sneer.
It was Ye Xishui!
She extended her slender hand and lightly struck toward the Clear Sky Hammer with her palm.
"Boom!"
Blinding golden light erupted.
Behind Ye Xishui, the phantom of a massive Bright Phoenix emerged.
Immediately afterward, nine Spirit Rings rose one after another from beneath her feet, spiraling upward!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
When the final Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring appeared, an aura even more terrifying than Tang Hao's soared into the sky!
Tang Hao's inevitable hammer blow had all its power instantly dispersed the moment it came into contact with the golden light in Ye Xishui's palm.
An immense force rebounded upon him.
"Pfft!"
Tang Hao was struck as though by lightning, sent flying backward as he spat out a mouthful of blood in midair. He crashed through more than a dozen towering trees before barely managing to stabilize himself.
He clutched his chest, his face filled with disbelief.
How was this possible?
His Clear Sky Hammer had actually been casually slapped away by a woman?
Tang Hao stared fixedly at Ye Xishui floating in the air. When he saw the final red Spirit Ring, a sense of danger instantly rose within him.
Level ninety-six? No, even stronger than that!
And a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring!
Just who was this woman?
Was she from Spirit Hall?
"The famed Clear Sky Douluo actually attacked a Soul Elder. Have you no shame at all?"
Ye Xishui's icy voice rang out, filled with disdain and mockery.
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