Zhao Wuji was speechless. He'd seen people looking for death, but never anyone this eager to die.
Helping someone was a kindness, not an obligation.
You went and tried to kill his disciple. You should be grateful he hadn't come after you!
And now you're still running your mouth, complaining that he won't help you? How shameless can you get?
Besides, the Titan Giant Ape was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Even a Titled Douluo might not be able to defeat it!
Lan Minghua raised a hand to stop Zhao Wuji, then narrowed his eyes at Tang San. "Are you saying I'm afraid of that little ape?"
"What little ape? That's the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape! If you're afraid of it, just admit it! Why make excuses?"
Tang San bellowed at the top of his lungs, looking like he'd given up on everything.
"Heh!"
As if he'd just heard the funniest joke in the world, Lan Minghua burst out laughing.
With the strength of the Wretched Fate Hua Peak Experience Card, a mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was nothing. Even a million-year Soul Beast would only take a little effort to deal with.
"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong? If you've got the guts, kill it!"
Tang San wanted to provoke Lan Minghua into making a move.
Lan Minghua had seen through him, but it was working.
Lan Minghua became interested and said with a smile, "You want me to kill the Titan Giant Ape?"
"Of course," Tang San replied without hesitation.
"Interesting. Then I'll make an exception and act just this once. I'd planned to wait until it had grown nice and fat before killing it, but this will do."
After all, what could be more amusing than a brother-in-law killing his younger brother-in-law?
Although this was his last Experience Card, getting to witness something so amusing made it worth it.
Lan Minghua used his final Experience Card and slowly floated into the air.
His terrifying perception instantly locked onto the Titan Giant Ape.
"Found you. Now, please die, Titan Giant Ape!"
At that moment, in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest,
"Second Brother, go keep watch outside. I'll have Da Ming find a way to conceal the Soul Beast aura on me."
Xiao Wu leaped down from the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder and landed steadily in front of a lake.
Second Brother was the Titan Giant Ape.
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, it nodded with humanlike understanding and turned to patrol the surroundings, keeping other Soul Beasts from disturbing them.
The lake water began to churn, and an enormous bull's head emerged from beneath the surface.
It was a Sky Azure Bull Python, with the head of a bull and a long, entirely blue body.
Its massive, hundred-meter-long form exuded an imposing presence that was almost too much to look at.
But Xiao Wu wasn't afraid at all. She stepped forward. "Da Ming, are you all right?"
"Sister Xiao Wu, you're back? Did you need something from me?"
The Sky Azure Bull Python spoke in human language, clearly familiar with Xiao Wu.
After all, Xiao Wu's true identity was that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form.
Xiao Wu got straight to the point. "Da Ming, is there a way to hide the Soul Beast aura on me now that I've taken human form?"
"Sister Xiao Wu, has a Titled Douluo outside discovered you?" the Sky Azure Bull Python asked, puzzled.
If she'd really been found out, Xiao Wu would never have escaped.
After all, she was only a twenty-ninth-rank Soul Grandmaster now.
Xiao Wu nodded, then shook her head. "There's a Titled Douluo at the academy where I'm studying in the human world, but I haven't been discovered yet. I'm asking because I'm afraid I might be."
In truth, she was just lovesick, utterly bewitched by Tang San's words: "Then they'll have to step over my dead body first."
The Sky Azure Bull Python's enormous pupils contracted. It tried to reason with her, baffled.
"Sister Xiao Wu, if there's a Titled Douluo nearby, you should leave the human world and safely grow stronger in the forest."
"Why hide your Soul Beast aura and cultivate under the nose of a Titled Douluo?"
Xiao Wu's mind was full of Tang San. She shook her head and said softly, "If I stayed in the forest to cultivate all the time, how would that be any different from never taking human form?"
"Besides, if I can hide my Soul Beast aura from that Titled Douluo, I might have a better cultivation environment in the human world."
That wasn't wrong. It was exactly as she said.
With Lan Minghua at Shrek Academy, other Titled Douluos might not dare to investigate casually.
Seeing that the Sky Azure Bull Python was hesitating, Xiao Wu pressed on. "Da Ming, just tell me: is there a way to hide my Soul Beast aura or not?"
"There is. It'll take a lot out of me, though, and I'll be weakened for a while. But for you, Sister Xiao Wu, I'm willing to do it."
The Sky Azure Bull Python was like a lovesick fool; whatever Xiao Wu wanted, it did its utmost to provide.
Although it had already guessed this wouldn't be simple, it was still willing to do anything for Xiao Wu.
Even if the method left it weak, it would still help her.
Without hesitation, Xiao Wu jumped onto the Sky Azure Bull Python's head and sank beneath the lake with it.
A barrier at the bottom of the lake blocked out all disturbances.
Others couldn't sense what was below the lake, and they couldn't sense anything happening outside from down there either.
At that moment, the Titan Giant Ape was patrolling its territory, driving away the Soul Beasts foolish enough to trespass.
Suddenly, it shuddered, sensing an aura locking onto it.
That aura filled it with the stench of death!
The Titan Giant Ape roared uneasily, eyes wide as it frantically scanned its surroundings.
At the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, Lan Minghua hovered in the air, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
"Don't blame me, little ape. Your future brother-in-law told me to kill you, so I'll just have to ask you to die."
Zhao Wuji and the others stared at Lan Minghua without blinking. Their throats bobbed as they nervously swallowed.
Lan Minghua slowly raised one hand and aimed it at a spot deep in the forest.
In an instant, golden light blazed from his entire body, as if competing with the sun. The light was so dazzling that no one could keep their eyes open.
Then he slammed his palm down toward that spot!
With a sweep of his hand, a vast, overwhelming aura erupted.
The clouds in the sky were scattered by an invisible force, and a golden palm that blotted out the heavens came crashing down.
As the golden palm descended, the air compressed, making a harsh, sizzling sound.
The Titan Giant Ape stared blankly up at the falling golden palm, rooted to the spot.
Before the golden palm even reached the ground, the violent gale it sent ahead swept through the forest below.
Countless towering ancient trees were uprooted and tossed wildly through the air.
The Titan Giant Ape, sensing death, ran frantically, only to realize it couldn't escape the attack's range.
"Roar!!!"
Unwilling to wait helplessly for death, the Titan Giant Ape roared at the sky.
Its roar was deafening. Even Zhao Wuji and the others at the forest's edge could hear it clearly.
But Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python had gone beneath the lake and had no idea what was happening outside.
Lan Minghua gave a soft laugh and pressed his palm down again.
The golden palm shot down even faster, as if it were going to suppress all creation for eternity.
The Titan Giant Ape rose onto its hind legs, pounded its chest in fury, then raised both arms high.
It tried to block the deadly strike.
But it was all in vain.
The golden palm came down unstoppably, meeting no meaningful resistance.
A thunderous crash suddenly erupted in the forest, and the Titan Giant Ape was crushed into a heap of flesh.
Even its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone was pulverized.
Then the ground began to tremble. Zhao Wuji and the others at the forest's edge struggled to stay on their feet.
Lan Minghua waved away the oncoming gale, then beckoned lightly.
The heap of flesh that had been the Titan Giant Ape shot out from deep in the forest.
Lan Minghua casually tossed it onto the ground and stared at Tang San with a curious expression.
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