Ning Rongrong Curses Oscar! Titan Giant Ape Attacks? Huang Yan: Enjoying the Show! (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

But when she looked down at Oscar on the ground, the fear in her eyes instantly transformed into intense disgust and fury.

"Oscar, you bastard!"

Ning Rongrong pointed at Oscar on the ground, her voice trembling violently with rage.

"You actually used me as a human shield?!"

Oscar was sweating profusely from the pain, his body convulsing, unable to utter a single complete sentence:

"Rongrong... I... I didn't..."

"Shut up!"

Ning Rongrong's eyes were red-rimmed as she cursed through gritted teeth.

"You always go on and on about how much you like me, saying you'll protect me forever!

And what happened?

When danger struck, your subconscious reaction was to hide behind me, making me, a Support-type, take the hit from that monster!"

At this point, Ning Rongrong turned her head in lingering fear to look at Zhu Zhuqing, who stood by with a face as cold as frost, her voice laced with obvious tears and gratitude:

"Zhuqing, thank you...

If you hadn't kicked him away just now, the one with a severed hand would definitely have been me!"

Zhu Zhuqing cast a cold glance at Oscar on the ground.

Her face was full of mockery and disdain, her tone devoid of any warmth:

"A man's words are nothing but deceitful ghosts.

Only at the moment of life and death can you see what kind of person someone truly is."

"All of you, shut up!"

Just then, Zhao Wuji roared, suppressing the tearing agony from his severed arm, cutting off Ning Rongrong's accusations.

Zhao Wuji's face was as pale as paper, his remaining left hand clutching the gushing wound on his right shoulder as he gritted his teeth:

"Is it not chaotic enough already?!

With a scent of blood this thick, it will soon attract nearby spirit beasts!

If you want to die here, then keep on arguing!"

This was the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Even if spirit beasts came, the group could easily handle them.

However, Zhao Wuji was in no mood to continue hunting for spirit rings now.

Startled by Zhao Wuji's roar, Ning Rongrong took a step back, biting her lip and falling silent.

But the look she cast at Oscar remained icy cold.

"Dai Mubai!

What are you still standing there for!"

Zhao Wuji turned his head to look at Dai Mubai, whose expression was grim.

"Go help Oscar stop the bleeding!

If he dies from blood loss, I'm holding you responsible!"

"Yes! Teacher Zhao!"

Dai Mubai snapped out of his daze and rushed to Oscar's side, pressing down on his still-spurting severed wrist.

Seeing his old friend in such a miserable state, Dai Mubai couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

"Xiao Ao, pull yourself together!

Quick, use your spirit skill!

Make some Recovery Sausage!"

Oscar was convulsing with pain, his face stained with a mixture of tears and dirt.

He glanced at the coldly watching Ning Rongrong, a flash of despair in his eyes, before trembling as he chanted his spirit incantation:

"I... I have a sausage..."

A few sausages materialized, and Dai Mubai hurriedly shoved one into Oscar's mouth, then took another to hand to Zhao Wuji.

On the other side, Tang San also forced himself to stand up, taking several medicine bottles from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.

"Teacher Zhao, Boss Dai, this is the Special Effect Golden Sore Medicine I concocted; it can stop bleeding quickly."

Tang San's face was deathly pale as he tossed the bottles over.

He then had Xiao Wu, who was trembling, help him sprinkle the medicinal powder onto his severed finger.

"Hiss--"

The moment the medicinal powder touched their wounds, everyone gasped in pain, but fortunately, the bleeding had finally stopped.

Teacher Zhao leaned against a large tree, panting heavily, his eyes filled with lingering fear and frustration as he glanced at the piles of ash on the ground.

"Damn it, we've really taken a massive fall this time! We don't even know who the other party was, and we've ended up with one crippled and two injured!"

Dai Mubai supported the weak Oscar, his expression grave as he asked, "Teacher Zhao, what do we do now? Oscar's third soul ring..."

"Forget about hunting for a soul ring!" Teacher Zhao cursed irritably, slamming his remaining left hand hard against the tree trunk. "I've lost an arm, so my strength is greatly diminished. Oscar has a broken hand, and Tang San has a severed finger. In our current state, entering the Star Dou Great Forest is just delivering ourselves as rations to the soul beasts!"

Teacher Zhao took a deep breath, scanned the miserable group, and gritted his teeth as he issued the order: "Pack up immediately and retreat overnight! We are pulling out of the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest and returning to Shrek Academy!"

"Brother..." Xiao Wu supported Tang San, her eyes red and her voice choked with sobs. "I'm sorry, it's all because of me..."

"Silly girl." Tang San used his uninjured right hand to stroke Xiao Wu's head, his gaze gentle yet exceptionally firm. "I said it before: as long as I have a single breath left, I will never let anyone hurt you."

Supporting one another, the group retreated from the Star Dou Great Forest in a sorry state.

To be safe, Teacher Zhao decided to rest for one night at an inn to properly treat everyone's injuries again. They would set off to return to Shrek Academy first thing tomorrow morning.

However, just as they sat down in the inn's lobby, they hadn't even had a chance to drink any water.

"Rumble--!"

A violent, earth-shaking tremor erupted without any warning!

The entire inn shook wildly; tables and chairs collapsed instantly, and dust rained down from the ceiling.

"What's going on?!" Teacher Zhao stood up abruptly, his remaining left hand gripping a pillar tightly, his expression changing drastically.

"Is it an earthquake?!" Dai Mubai shouted loudly while shielding the weak Oscar.

"Everyone, be careful! Gather together!" Tang San shouted a warning, enduring the sharp pain of his severed finger.

Xiao Wu had been looking at Tang San's hand with red eyes and a face full of worry. Startled by this sudden, terrifying commotion, she froze in place.

This vibration... this feeling...

Xiao Wu's face turned even paler than before, and a fatal oversight flashed through her mind! She suddenly remembered that in the life-or-death moment when they faced that strange golden fire, she had released her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura in a panic to protect everyone, successfully forcing Huang Yan to retreat. But later, because of Tang San's severed finger, her mind had been in chaos. In her grief, she had completely forgotten to retract her aura until now!

Oh no... could it be that Er Ming is here?! Xiao Wu was terrified, cold sweat instantly soaking her back. Given how sensitive Er Ming was to her aura, if he sensed it leaking out, he would undoubtedly go mad and charge over regardless of the consequences!

"Xiao Wu, don't be afraid!"

"Hide behind me!"

Tang San pulled Xiao Wu behind him, his gaze locked onto the pitch-black night outside the tavern as he said in a low voice, "Teacher Zhao, this disturbance isn't right! It's not an earthquake; something incredibly terrifying and massive is approaching!"

"Damn it! What kind of eight lifetimes of bad luck did I run into today?"

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with despair.

At the same time, in the night sky not far from the small town, Huang Yan was flapping his wings, hovering in mid-air.

He looked down toward the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, keenly sensing that overwhelming, violent pressure.

A Mountain Giant Ape was seen sprinting madly toward the tavern where the Shrek group was located. Wherever it passed, trees collapsed in swathes and the earth churned.

"Oh? The Titan Giant Ape is moving quite fast."

Watching this scene, Huang Yan's lips curled upward slightly.

Huang Yan crossed his arms over his chest, revealing an expression of someone watching a good show, and chuckled, "Now, the real show has only just begun."