An experiment?
Ye Xingchen was slightly taken aback by those words.
He glanced at the Little Demoness and said with a smile:
"Bunnies are so cute. How could you hurt them!"
Bunnies?
Ning Rongrong, who had been drooling over the roasted rabbit, froze briefly, rolled her eyes, and clenched her little fists.
"Could you not talk like that?"
"You couldn't take these fists of mine-they're as big as sandbags!"
Unconcerned, Ye Xingchen smiled and was just about to turn the roasted rabbit over to cook it some more.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a roar came from not far away in the woods, sending a hundred birds into flight!
The aura of a Soul Elder-level Soul Beast rapidly spread toward them!
"A Soul Elder-level Soul Beast... There's actually a big one in this ordinary forest..."
Somewhat stunned, Ning Rongrong instinctively hid behind Ye Xingchen after sensing that aura.
Looking toward the sound, she spoke timidly!
"Come on, let's take a look..."
Ye Xingchen smiled calmly, took Ning Rongrong by the arm, and tossed out those words. The two immediately hurried toward the source of the sound!
Meanwhile, beside a lake in the woods,
Zhu Zhuqing hid in the water, pale and drenched from head to toe. Looking at the enormous White Tiger Soul Beast before her, she could not help feeling despair!
She had intended to travel under cover of night and reach Shrek Academy sooner.
Who would have thought that, as she passed an unremarkable cave, a Soul Elder-level Mutant White Tiger Soul Beast would come charging out!
With only the strength of a Soul Grandmaster, she had desperately fled several times before being forced to hide in the water!
Watching the Mutant White Tiger search along the lakeshore, she could only count herself unlucky.
"Roar..."
Just then, the Mutant White Tiger gave a low growl and immediately turned its head and body toward the woods!
Two figures, one dressed in white and the other in blue, slowly emerged from the woods leading to the lakeshore!
"It's him..."
Seeing this from her hiding place in the water, Zhu Zhuqing immediately recognized the person who had saved her that day.
She glanced at his female companion and bit her pearly teeth together slightly at the sight of a face no less beautiful than her own!
"Brother Ye, that looks like a mutant Soul Beast!"
"A White Tiger Soul Beast is pretty rare. Why don't you take it as your second Soul Ring?"
After emerging from the woods, Ning Rongrong glanced at the Mutant White Tiger before them and offered her suggestion.
"That's exactly what I had in mind. Cover me!"
"Leave this one to me."
Ye Xingchen smiled calmly. The moment he saw the White Tiger, the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul within him had sensed something.
To be precise, the Xuanwu totem on the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul had reacted. There was only one explanation for this phenomenon!
This Mutant White Tiger had very likely awakened the White Tiger Divine Beast Bloodline, which was why the Xuanwu Divine Beast Totem had sensed it!
He glanced at the White Tiger before him, whose strength was roughly at the Soul Elder level, and his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul immediately manifested!
At the same time, a yellow Soul Ring slowly spread out around him!
"Is Brother Ye going all out...?"
Watching from the sidelines as she covered him, Ning Rongrong could not help nodding to herself.
The last time she had seen Ye Xingchen use his full strength had been against Elder Gu Rong.
She smiled slightly, then silently said:
"First: Strength, Second: Speed!"
At once, the power of two Soul Rings spread out around her, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda faintly appeared!
Delighted by the Strength and Speed Boost, Ye Xingchen immediately became a blur and charged forward.
Raising his hand, he slashed with the Cloud Pattern Long Sword!
A Sword Qi Blade immediately flew free!
"Roar!"
The Mutant White Tiger Soul Beast roared, then immediately roared again upon sensing danger.
The formidable strength of a Mutant Soul Elder instantly swept forth!
"Boom!"
As the two forces collided, an explosion rang out, uprooting swaths of trees around them!
Watching from the water, Zhu Zhuqing was already utterly astonished!
This man dressed in white actually had only the strength of a Soul Grandmaster!
And just one Soul Ring!
Yet he could shake a Soul Elder!
No! A Soul Ancestor!
Overwhelmed with shock, she swallowed. Watching the great battle before her, she grew somewhat dazed!
Especially when she saw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda belonging to the girl in the short blue dress, Zhu Zhuqing immediately recognized it as the emblem of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
She sighed softly, forming a guess about the identity of the man in white!
"Roar..."
While she was distracted, a tiger's roar suddenly descended from above!
Zhu Zhuqing looked up and saw that Ye Xingchen had hoisted the White Tiger, which possessed only the strength of a Mutant Soul Elder, high into the air.
Then he hurled it straight down toward the water, leaving her feeling terribly awkward!
I'm still hiding here, and he's already throwing it down?
No! He doesn't know I'm here!
Utterly helpless, Zhu Zhuqing sighed and immediately turned into a black blur, bursting out of the water.
Looking at the White Tiger plummeting from above, she braced herself to be seriously injured by the shock wave!
She closed her eyes and instinctively dashed toward the nearby lakeshore!
"Boom!"
As the sound of the water exploding rang out, an immensely powerful surge of Soul Power swept in all directions!
Standing in midair, Ye Xingchen looked down at the water, his fighting spirit surging to the heavens.
He was just about to press on and fight this White Tiger to the death.
But he suddenly discovered Zhu Zhuqing hiding in the water. From the look of her, she seemed to be avoiding the White Tiger!
He froze briefly, looking at the exploding shock wave.
Gritting his teeth, he immediately became a blur and rushed toward her!
At the critical instant, the two pressed together once again!
"Ah..."
Caught by the shock wave, Zhu Zhuqing let out a soft cry, her body falling toward the water like a kite with its string cut.
Weak and on the verge of fainting, she suddenly saw a figure dressed in white appear before her!
That handsome face and otherworldly bearing made her force herself to endure the pain!
"It's you..."
Unconcerned, Ye Xingchen nodded without responding to Zhu Zhuqing.
With a casual sweep of his hand, he immediately wrapped an arm around her slender waist and flew toward the shore.
At the same time, an immensely powerful stream of Spiritual Power flowed into Zhu Zhuqing's body.
"Who's she? She's so pretty..."
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong, who had been covering him from the shore, immediately came forward.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing in Ye Xingchen's arms, she could not help asking curiously:
"She was actually hiding in the water. Good thing you spotted her in time!"
Not bothering to explain, Ye Xingchen smiled and gently laid Zhu Zhuqing on the ground.
He glanced at Ning Rongrong and said with a smile:
"Watch over her..."
Ning Rongrong nodded and immediately supported Zhu Zhuqing.
Looking at the beauty before her, whose looks were no less striking than her own, she could not help smiling slightly.
As for Zhu Zhuqing, once she was back on land, her pretty face flushed faintly, and her eyes were filled with Ye Xingchen alone.
When she saw that white-clad figure charge toward the lake again, a trace of worry appeared in her eyes!
"What's your name?"
"Why were you hiding in the water? Were you trying to avoid that White Tiger?"
Hearing Ning Rongrong's questions beside her, Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly and said:
"That's right. That White Tiger was chasing me to kill me!"
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