Ninja King Dai Yuhao

Mu En said solemnly, "Now is not the time to cry. My body is getting worse with each passing year, and you have seen Xuanzi's condition as well. From now on, you must do everything you can to select talented students, then concentrate our resources on nurturing them."

"I'll go now." Yan Shaozhe also knew that Shrek's situation was extremely grim.

Mu En was severely injured and paralyzed, while Xuanzi had fallen to Rank 97.

His ninth soul ring had also dropped from one hundred thousand years to fifty thousand years.

It was impossible for him to break through to Rank 99 and bear Shrek's burden again.

Therefore, before Mu En passed away, they had to find every possible way to cultivate a new Limit Douluo.

[ Ding. Congratulations, Host, on obtaining Xuanzi's ninth soul ring. ]

"Tsk, tsk. Xuanzi can forget about ever breaking through to Rank 99 in this lifetime."

Gu Yuan looked at the crimson bead in his hand, condensed from Xuanzi's hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

He was immensely satisfied.

This would make it much easier for him to seize Shrek in the future.

"There's nothing on me worth exchanging for now. I'll save this final opportunity."

Gu Yuan had little use for Xuanzi's ninth soul ring.

But when he seized Shrek in the future, he would still need some trusted subordinates.

This hundred-thousand-year soul ring could be used to nurture his men.

"Next, it's time to cultivate Eight Extremities Collapse."

Before coming to the Far North, Gu Yuan had already asked around and gotten a clear picture.

Shrek had only just started its term.

After subtracting the time spent searching for the Snow Empress in the Far North, along with all the other delays, there were still around eleven months before enrollment.

During that time, he had to raise his Soul Power to Rank 40 as much as possible.

Only then could he obtain the sacrifices of the Ice Bear King and Titan Snow Ape King.

It just so happened that he had obtained Eight Extremities Collapse.

He could use it for cultivation.

He was also very curious about just how powerful this high-tier Profound-class combat skill from the Battle Through the Heavens World would be on the Douluo Continent.

Meanwhile, Dai Yuhao was having a miserable time.

Hearing Dai Yuhao's screams outside, Huo Yun'er, bedridden in the inner room, asked worriedly, "Yuhao, are you sure you're all right?"

"I'm... I'm fine... Big Brother is teaching me how to cultivate. Please don't come out." Dai Yuhao endured the tearing pain.

For Mom, he had to endure it. Mom, no matter what happens today, Yuhao will not let you be harmed.

Dai Yueheng, whatever you have, come at me. Don't hurt my mother...

Ah... Mom... it hurts so much. Mom, Yuhao hurts so much...

Dai Yuhao screamed inwardly. At this moment, the advantage of his spiritual-type martial soul, the Spirit Eye, revealed itself.

With strong spiritual power came strong willpower.

Relying on spiritual power far beyond that of ordinary people, Dai Yuhao actually endured it head-on.

He did not pass out from mental collapse because of the excruciating pain.

Only when Dai Mubai had exhausted his strength did Dai Yuhao limp away to the side.

He picked up the Soul Tool Dai Mubai had given him a few days earlier and took out a brand-new set of clothes. Afraid that Huo Yun'er would see Dai Mubai in this state,

he also took out a set from Dai Mubai's storage Soul Tool and painstakingly dressed him.

At the same time, so that Huo Yun'er would not notice,

he tidied up the devastated courtyard as well.

After finishing all this, he finally crouched alone in a corner to nurse his wounds.

When Dai Mubai woke up, he only felt weak all over.

He looked around and saw Huo Yuhao hiding in a corner of the courtyard, trembling and staring at him with fear.

Dai Mubai could not help asking in astonishment, "Yuhao, what's wrong? And what happened to me just now?"

"You... really don't remember what happened just now?" Huo Yuhao still looked afraid, but a trace of doubt had appeared in his eyes.

Or rather, he did not want to believe that this big brother—the only person besides his mother who had ever treated him well—was a beast in human clothing.

Otherwise, he did not dare imagine what would happen to him and his mother next.

Dai Mubai shook his head in confusion. "At the time, I only felt scorching hot all over, and then I lost consciousness. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Seeing that Dai Mubai did not seem to be lying, Dai Yuhao immediately recounted everything "honestly":

"For some reason, Big Brother, you suddenly summoned your martial soul. Then your fifth soul ring changed from black to green, and your martial soul changed from a White Tiger into a monster with a tiger's head and an ape's body."

"After that, you passed out and lost consciousness."

Not to mention Dai Mubai—even if Dai Yuhao and Dai Mubai had switched roles, he would not have believed it either.

But Dai Mubai could not care about that right now. He immediately released his martial soul and soul rings.

Sure enough, just as Dai Yuhao had said, his White Tiger Martial Soul had turned into an Ape Tiger.

His fifth soul ring had also changed from a black ten-thousand-year soul ring to green.

"First Soul Skill: Ape Tiger Body Protection Barrier."

His first soul ring suddenly lit up. With a low shout from Dai Mubai, a green barrier appeared around his body.

"Second Soul Skill: Ape Tiger Splitting Light Wave."

His second soul ring lit up. Dai Mubai spat a green ball of light into the sky. The ball exploded, and the boom echoed through more than half of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

"Third Soul Skill: Ape Tiger Vajra Transformation."

His third soul ring lit up. The muscles all over Dai Mubai's body swelled dramatically, his hair turned completely green, and green markings appeared across his body.

Before his Soul Power ran out, his resistance to abnormal conditions, attack power, defense, and strength were all doubled.

Dai Mubai did not test the later soul skills.

It was not that he did not want to, but because he could already feel the blood and qi in his body gradually boiling.

This was only from using a few soul skills.

If he actually fought someone, wouldn't that be disastrous?

"Damn it. I didn't expect it to be a martial soul mutation—and the same kind of martial soul mutation as Fatty's. The martial soul itself hasn't become much stronger, but there's an extra surge of Evil Fire in my body..."

Dai Mubai cursed under his breath, then looked suspiciously at Dai Yuhao.

"After my martial soul mutated, did I really just pass out? I didn't do anything else?"

"No." Huo Yuhao was visibly guilty.

Moreover, the respect and closeness in his gaze toward Dai Mubai had vanished, replaced by a measure of fear.

But to Dai Mubai, that was already enough.

He sniffed the scent of sweet osmanthus in the air and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they had not completely fallen out, it was fine.

His only hope now was that Tang San, far away in the God Realm, had not seen what had just happened.

Otherwise...

Whenever he thought of Tang San's cruel methods toward those who stood in his way, Dai Mubai shuddered.

Compared with Dai Mubai, Tang San was not feeling any better.

After "being reborn" as Tang Ya,

he had Beibei help him apply for a leave of absence.

He decided to take a year off.

Although he did not know how Beibei had persuaded those old fossils at Shrek,

it had worked in the end.

After leaving Shrek Academy, the first thing he thought of was going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to obtain Immortal Herbs and improve his cultivation and talent.

But he also knew about the measures he had left behind.

With the strand of divine sense he had left there, along with the Immortal Herbs, there was no way he could approach it.

Thus, he thought of Da Ming and Er Ming at the Clear Sky Sect, only to fail to even enter the sect's gates.

He was driven away by the two Clear Sky Sect disciples guarding the entrance.