Encountering the Titan Giant Ape? Gu Rong: Just a Two-Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider!

The two quickened their pace and soon entered the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

Towering ancient trees blotted out the sky, while low growls from soul beasts echoed intermittently around them.

Gu Rong spread out his spiritual power slightly and casually drove away several low-level soul beasts that had failed to recognize their betters. Then he turned and asked,

"Yu'er, your twin Ultimate Martial Souls have exceptionally stringent requirements for soul rings.

Have you made any plans for this fifth soul ring?

What age and attribute do you want?"

Han Yu surveyed the traces around them as he replied casually,

"As for attributes, darkness or spatial would be best.

As for the age... Grandfather, I want one around forty thousand years."

Han Yu's Dark Sacred Dragon had, after all, evolved from the Bone Dragon.

While possessing Ultimate Darkness, it also had some affinity with the spatial element.

"How much?!"

Gu Rong abruptly stopped, his eyes widening like bronze bells.

"Forty thousand years?!

Yu'er, have you gone mad?!

The limit for an ordinary soul master's fifth soul ring is only around twelve thousand years.

Even if you possess twin Ultimate Martial Souls, the leap can't be this outrageous!

What if your body explodes and you die?"

Han Yu's expression remained unchanged. He chuckled softly, his gaze filled with absolute composure.

"Grandfather, have you forgotten the immortal herb I gave you?

The immortal herb I consumed had already tempered my body and meridians far beyond those of soul masters at the same level.

Not to mention forty thousand years—even the fifty-thousand-year threshold is something I can withstand."

The immortal herb Han Yu had consumed was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Han Yu had chosen it deliberately.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot had yet to be used.

Once this soul hunt was over, they would head to Sunset Forest.

And while they were at it, bring Dugu Bo under their command.

"If I don't break convention, what will I use to crush the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

Seeing the confidence in Han Yu's eyes, Gu Rong swallowed. Then he slapped his thigh and burst into loud laughter.

"Good lad!

Bold enough!

Just as expected of my, Gu Rong's, fine grandson!

Since you've got the confidence, then your grandfather will risk his life and accompany you today!"

A fierce glint flashed through Gu Rong's eyes. The terrifying aura of a peak Rank 96 expert flickered faintly around his body.

"Darkness and spatial, right?

Let's go!

We'll head straight for the border between the mixed zone and the core zone!

As long as you set your eyes on it, even if it's hiding underground, your grandfather will drag it out for you!"

Han Yu nodded, a cold glint curling across his lips.

"Then I'll be troubling you, Grandfather.

Let's end this quickly. There are still plenty of 'good shows' waiting for us to open in Heaven Dou Imperial City."

"Haha, let's go!"

Gu Rong laughed, throwing an arm around Han Yu's shoulder.

Their figures flashed, turning into two afterimages as they shot toward the depths of the Star Dou Forest.

The two moved like lightning, and they had not gone far into the Star Dou Forest—

When Gu Rong suddenly stopped. He yanked Han Yu behind him, and his previously relaxed expression instantly became incomparably grave.

"Grandfather, what's wrong?"

"Shh! Conceal your aura!"

Gu Rong stared fixedly in a certain direction deep within the forest. His peak Rank 96 Soul Power surged wildly through his body, ready to erupt at any moment.

"What terrifying pressure... It's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

And this aura is extremely violent. It's moving from the outskirts toward the core zone at incredible speed!"

Han Yu was briefly startled, then closed his eyes and carefully sensed the tyrannical aura that made even the earth tremble faintly.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, an amused curve appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Grandfather, don't be nervous. Put away your Martial Soul.

If I'm not mistaken, that's the king of the Star Dou Forest—the Titan Giant Ape."

"The Titan Giant Ape?!"

Gu Rong's brows twisted into a knot, his face full of confusion.

"Why would a core-zone overlord like that come to the outskirts?

And judging by its manner, it seems to be rushing somewhere?"

Han Yu dusted off the corner of his robe and chuckled.

"It's naturally here to pick someone up."

"Pick someone up?"

Gu Rong was even more baffled.

"What kind of person could make the Titan Giant Ape personally make a trip to the outskirts?"

Han Yu's gaze deepened as he calmly dropped a bombshell.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit that transformed into human form and is rebuilding its cultivation."

"What?!"

Gu Rong's eyes widened abruptly. He nearly cried out in shock as he grabbed Han Yu's shoulders.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed into human form?!

Yu'er, are you certain?!

That's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

"I'm certain."

Han Yu nodded, his eyes carrying the calm indifference of one who saw through everything.

"Judging by the timing, Shrek Academy, where Ning Fengzhi's precious daughter is, should also be in the Star Dou Forest hunting soul beasts right now.

That transformed soul beast is mixed in with their group. It probably leaked its aura by accident earlier and attracted the Titan Giant Ape."

Gu Rong sucked in a cold breath. Intense greed and fighting spirit instantly erupted in his eyes.

"Shrek Academy?

How could that bunch of trash possibly stop the Titan Giant Ape!

Good grandson, since we've encountered such a tremendous opportunity, why don't we just..."

"Grandfather, we can't."

Han Yu shook his head, directly cutting off Gu Rong's thought.

"The Titan Giant Ape is protecting her right now, and there may even be another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Azure Bull Python, hiding nearby.

Although you've broken through to peak Rank 96, you won't gain any advantage by fighting them to the death in the core zone of the Star Dou Forest."

Though unwilling, Gu Rong knew Han Yu was right. He could only grit his teeth and sigh.

"Ah!

What a pity!

Watching a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone slip away right before our eyes!"

"There's nothing to regret."

Han Yu looked in the direction where the Titan Giant Ape had departed, a cold calculation flashing through his eyes.

"Keeping that rabbit alive is more useful than killing it now.

Shrek Academy is protecting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within its group as though it were a treasure.

That's a super bomb that could detonate the entire soul master world at any moment."

Han Yu turned to Gu Rong and smiled faintly.

"Once we establish ourselves in Heaven Dou Imperial City,

that rabbit will be a trump card we can use against Shrek and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

For now, let her live a few more days in the forest."

Hearing Han Yu's meticulous scheme, the regret in Gu Rong's eyes vanished entirely. He could not help but slap his thigh in praise.

"Good lad!

You look ten steps ahead with every move. Even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast has become a chess piece in your hand!

Compared to you, that Fengzhi brat is nothing but an idiot who knows only how to play petty tricks!"

Gu Rong waved his hand grandly, in high spirits.

"Let's go!

Forget that dead monkey and fat rabbit!

We'll get down to business, grandson. Today, we're getting you a top-grade forty-thousand-year soul ring no matter what!"

The two continued deeper into the mixed zone.

They had not gone far when Han Yu suddenly stopped, his sharp gaze sweeping toward a patch of bushes on the right.

"What is it, Yu'er?

Did you find a suitable soul beast?"

Gu Rong followed his line of sight, but sensed only a faint fluctuation of Soul Power. He could not help curling his lip.

"Tch, I thought it was some extraordinary soul beast.

It's only a Man Faced Demon Spider around two thousand years old. It isn't even enough to fill the gaps in your teeth. Ignore it."