Fatal Temptation

Six months later.

Shrek Academy, Lightning Tower training room.

Yu Xiaogang closed his eyes, the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon soul ring circling his body. He continuously absorbed lightning power from the Lightning Strike Wood Cushion beneath him, emitting dazzling electric light that set off his extraordinary aura.

However, Yu Xiaogang's expression was somewhat solemn at this moment, as if he had returned to the day he broke through the Level 30 bottleneck, when his soul power circulation became stagnant, and his body felt as heavy as if pressed by a thousand jun of rock.

But compared to that day, Yu Xiaogang's current situation was much better.

Although his soul power circulation was stagnant, his vitality was exceptionally abundant. His soul power maintained strong momentum during circulation. Therefore, even though Yu Xiaogang was facing a bottleneck, the potential energy accumulated within his body was continuously growing stronger.

It was like an extremely resilient spring being continuously compressed, waiting to erupt once the potential energy accumulated to a certain level.

Finally, a crisp cracking sound followed. The thousand jun of rock on his body was suddenly removed, his soul power circulated smoothly again, and even emitted a joyful aura.

Yu Xiaogang, inspired, formed seals with his hands and activated the Mysterious Heaven Skill Fifth Level cultivation method.

After his soul power gradually subsided, Yu Xiaogang opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face.

"I've finally reached Level 40. Two levels of soul power in half a year, the speed is truly extraordinary."

Yu Xiaogang left the training room and walked towards Flender's office. In the past six months, the Shrek Seven Devils' soul power had also broken through the Level 40 bottleneck. It was time to take the little monsters to obtain their Fourth Soul Ring.

Three days later, early morning.

The Golden Iron Triangle and the Shrek Seven Devils took a carriage together and arrived at the Sunset Forest.

This trip to hunt soul beasts was both to obtain soul rings and to allow the Seven Devils to gain experience. Therefore, the Golden Iron Triangle did not directly intervene but let the Seven Devils explore the Sunset Forest on their own, only intervening to protect them if they encountered danger.

After a day, the Seven Devils encountered many soul beasts. With their perfect cooperation, they defeated these soul beasts one by one. However, these soul beasts had weak cultivation and were not suitable as soul rings, so they were released after being defeated.

This was not due to the Seven Devils' bad luck, but because as their cultivation increased, the difficulty of obtaining soul rings also began to increase. This was a challenge that every soul master had to face during their growth.

The Fourth Soul Ring that the Seven Devils needed to obtain required a cultivation level between three thousand and five thousand years. For a medium-to-small soul master habitat like the Sunset Forest, soul beasts of this cultivation level were already considered upper-middle tier, and their numbers were not large.

Furthermore, when soul masters obtained soul rings, they often considered attributes, soul beast species, and their compatibility with their own martial soul, making it even more difficult to find a suitable soul ring. The situation the Seven Devils faced today was the norm for most soul masters' cultivation.

At night, Shrek chose a relatively spacious campsite, set up tents, and started a bonfire.

For the Sunset Forest, located in the north, starting a bonfire was a more advantageous choice. Firstly, it could drive away the cold night, and secondly, it could also serve to drive away soul beasts in the forest.

This was mainly because the Sunset Forest was not plagued by poisonous snakes and insects, and only large soul beasts lived there. If it were a forest in the south, such as the Star Dou Great Forest, starting a bonfire like this would be suicidal. The rampant venomous snakes and insects in the forest would gather towards the firelight, turning the entire campsite into an ocean of snakes and insects.

After a simple meal of dry rations, everyone discussed leaving one person to guard the camp while the others returned to their tents to rest.

Yu Xiaogang discussed the follow-up plan with Flender again, feeling that letting the Seven Devils explore on their own as they did today was not very meaningful.

On one hand, the training effect was not significant. The Soul Beasts encountered along the way were not of high year-count. Under the combined efforts of the Seven Monsters, they were subdued within a few moves, failing to provide any meaningful training.

On the other hand, the efficiency was too low. They had explored the entire day without encountering a single Soul Beast of a suitable year-count. If this continued, it was unknown how long it would take to acquire all the Soul Rings. The Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition was fast approaching. After acquiring their Fourth Soul Rings, the Seven Monsters would need to reserve a certain amount of time for final training to familiarize themselves with each other.

Therefore, Yu Xiaogang and Flender decided that starting tomorrow, the Teachers would lead the team to quickly supplement the Seven Monsters' Soul Rings. After that, returning to the academy for intensive training would be the proper course of action.

With the plan finalized, Yu Xiaogang patted Flender's shoulder and said, "Let's go, back to rest."

"Ah, I won't rest yet. I'll keep an eye on Mubai. After all, we're in the Sunset Forest. If any powerful Soul Beasts appear, Mubai might not be able to handle them alone, and I can intervene in time. It'll be safer this way," Flender replied.

Yu Xiaogang nodded upon hearing this. The reasoning was indeed sound.

He then bid farewell to Flender and Dai Mubai, wishing them hard work, and turned to enter the tent without any doubt.

However, the moment Yu Xiaogang entered the tent, a glint flashed in Flender's eyes, and a hidden smile appeared on his face.

There were two tents for camping. The larger one was for the Seven Monsters, and the smaller one was for the three members of the Golden Iron Triangle.

Yu Xiaogang entered the tent. Liu Erlong was already asleep in the middle. He quietly went to the right side and lay down, pulling up the covers and turning on his side to drift off to sleep.

Just then, the corner of Yu Xiaogang's blanket was suddenly lifted, and he felt a tall figure slip into his covers.

The figure pressed tightly against Yu Xiaogang's back. The next moment, an astonishing softness and elasticity transmitted through him as if he had been electrocuted.

Immediately after, a pair of full, fleshy legs wrapped around his lower body. A rich feminine fragrance instantly filled his nostrils, causing Yu Xiaogang's body to heat up.

"Xiaogang."

A gentle voice whispered in his ear. The warmth of the breath caused Yu Xiaogang's earlobes to instantly turn red.

"Why is my body..." Yu Xiaogang was somewhat confused at this moment. Although his current body was inexperienced, he had dated several girlfriends in his past life. While having beautiful women around would naturally cause some reactions, it would never reach this level.

"Don't worry, I just added some tonic to your water pouch. It has some effects of promoting blood circulation and activating meridians. It's nothing serious," Liu Erlong explained. She then said somewhat aggrievedly, "Xiaogang, since you've accepted me, why do you still avoid me and refuse to be intimate with me?"

"Erlong, listen to me, we can't do this."

Yu Xiaogang turned to explain to Liu Erlong behind him. But as soon as he turned, he was momentarily blinded by a glimpse of fair and alluring skin.

Yu Xiaogang quickly turned back, remaining silent, his brows furrowed as he tried his best to suppress the surging heat within his body.

Liu Erlong continued to hold him from behind, and the situation remained at a stalemate for a moment.

Just then, a powerful beast's roar suddenly came from outside the tent, followed by Dai Mubai's warning.

"Stop fooling around, Erlong. There's danger outside."

Liu Erlong gritted her teeth at this moment, her face filled with anger.

"His Grandma, how dare you ruin this old lady's good deed!"

Liu Erlong threw off the covers, quickly put on her clothes, and then rushed out in a flash.

Yu Xiaogang let out a long sigh of relief. He then got up and sat cross-legged, beginning to circulate the Mysterious Heaven Skill to regulate the qi and blood within his body.

"Truly careless, to forget this part of the plot. Fortunately, the King of Earth came out to save the day."

"Thank you, King of Earth. You are a good Scorpion. Thank you for sacrificing your life. God bless you!"