"What?"
"You mean Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
"Why would he want to kill Xiao San?"
Yu Xiaogang, who had been sitting there looking gloomy and despondent, suddenly straightened up and asked in shock.
Before Flender could answer, he pressed on, "What about Xiao San? How is he now?"
"Don't worry. Tang San only passed out. He wasn't hurt!"
Flender first assured Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was fine, then slowly explained what had happened.
"What did you say?"
"Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who took human form?"
Yu Xiaogang was utterly shocked to learn Xiao Wu's true identity. His eyes widened until they were round as saucers.
Flender didn't need to explain what happened next. Yu Xiaogang could already guess.
Since Sword Douluo had come to fetch Ning Rongrong, and had seen and recognized Xiao Wu, there was no reason he would let her go.
Especially now, with Soul Beasts having vanished from the world. Sword Douluo would certainly take Xiao Wu away.
And he knew Tang San very well. With Tang San's personality, he definitely wouldn't stand by and watch Xiao Wu get taken. So it wasn't hard to understand why he had enraged Sword Douluo.
Sure enough, what Flender said next was more or less exactly what he had guessed.
"It's such a shame Xiao Wu was taken away!"
"If Xiao Wu were still here, we might have been able to ask her about the truth behind the disappearance of the Soul Beasts. She might know something."
"No... Xiao Wu was one of us at Shrek. We have no objection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect taking her because she's a Soul Beast, but they have to let us ask her about the Soul Beasts!"
Yu Xiaogang had sounded regretful at first, but his tone quickly grew stern.
It was only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He came from one of the Upper Three Sects himself, so he wasn't afraid of them.
Besides his former status, he also had Tang Hao backing him!
"Right... If it's Xiao Wu, she might really know something!"
"We have to hurry. We can't let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect kill her!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Flender's eyes lit up. He spoke anxiously.
"There's no need to rush. Xiao Wu won't be in any danger for the time being."
"No one in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring right now. They may also want to question Xiao Wu about the other Soul Beasts, so she should be safe for now."
"Our best option is to wait for Xiao San to wake up, then see if we can find Senior Tang Hao and go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together."
Yu Xiaogang had calmed down completely. He reached out and pressed a hand against Flender, who was growing anxious.
"Mm. We'll do as you say!"
At Yu Xiaogang's words, Flender calmed down as well.
Then he seemed to sense something. His expression shifted, and he immediately said to Yu Xiaogang, "Tang San's awake. Let's go!"
"Xiao San's awake?"
"Let's go..."
Hearing that Tang San had woken up, Yu Xiaogang hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, then headed to Tang San's dormitory with Flender.
Before the two reached the dormitory, they heard Tang San's hysterical shouts.
"Let go of me..."
"I have to save Xiao Wu..."
"Xiao Wu is your companion too! Fine, don't save her if you don't want to, but don't stop me from saving her..."
At that moment, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were clinging tightly to Tang San, preventing him from rashly running off to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to get himself killed.
For a while, Tang San couldn't break free from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's iron grip.
Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar could only fret helplessly at the side.
"You bastards! You're trash for refusing to save your companion. What gives you the right to stop me?"
"Let go!"
When he couldn't break free, Tang San quickly grew angry. Fury surged in his eyes.
In Tang San's eyes, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had already earned a death sentence.
The moment he woke up, he learned that Sword Douluo had taken Xiao Wu away. He immediately fell apart.
Thinking of all the moments they had shared over the past six years, of Xiao Wu sweetly calling him Third Brother, of everything they had been through together...
Tang San realized that, without even knowing it, he had long since made Xiao Wu the most important person in his life.
Even his father, Tang Hao, couldn't compare.
No... his father couldn't hold a candle to Xiao Wu.
His father had never cared for him when he was growing up. He had harbored plenty of resentment toward him as a child.
Why did other children get their fathers' love and care, while he got none?
He had a father, yet it was as if he didn't.
So to him, Xiao Wu was the person he cared about most.
So even if Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, he didn't care.
He had learned about it long ago from his teacher, Yu Xiaogang. He knew that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could take human form. Xiao Wu clearly was one.
Since Xiao Wu had chosen to take human form, she was human.
Xiao Wu absolutely couldn't come to harm.
He would never allow it.
"Let go of me, or don't blame me for what happens next!"
Tang San's voice seemed coated in ice.
As he spoke, he had already activated both his Mysterious Jade Hand and Purple Demon Eye, ready to strike at any moment.
If Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun refused to let go, he wouldn't hold back.
"Xiao San, stop!"
Yu Xiaogang had just arrived. Seeing Tang San about to strike, he immediately shouted to stop him.
He knew all too well about the Self-Created Soul Skills Tang San had mastered, the ones even he couldn't fathom. If Tang San really lost control, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun could get hurt.
"Teacher!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's voice, Tang San stiffened and looked at him in delight. "Teacher, what are you doing here?"
"Xiao San, I already know what happened to Xiao Wu. Don't panic. She won't be in any danger for the time being."
Yu Xiaogang came up to Tang San as he spoke, gesturing for Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to let him go.
"Teacher, you already know?" Tang San's eyes reddened at once. Then, unwillingly, he asked, "You're not going to stop me from saving Xiao Wu too, are you?"
Even if Yu Xiaogang tried to stop him, he wouldn't give up.
He just didn't want to see Yu Xiaogang standing in his way too.
"I know. I'm not trying to stop you from saving Xiao Wu. I'm telling you not to go alone!"
"You already know, don't you? Your father is the Clear Sky Douluo."
"Can you contact your father now?"
"If your father helps us, our chances of rescuing Xiao Wu will be much better."
Yu Xiaogang placed both hands on Tang San's shoulders and spoke calmly.
"I... I don't know where my father went..."
At his words, Tang San's expression turned dejected.
His father's identity as a Titled Douluo had certainly thrilled him, but he had realized he had no way to contact him.
"You don't have to look for me. I'm already here!"
Whoosh—
As soon as Tang San finished speaking, Tang Hao appeared right in the middle of Shrek Academy.
But the look Tang Hao gave Tang San was exceptionally cold.