Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, at the Lake of Life.
The image on the Sky Screen was still frozen on the moment Su Mo and Xiao Wu faced off. The lake reflected the light from the sky, casting Da Ming and Er Ming's faces half in light and half in shadow.
Er Ming slammed a fist into an ancient tree beside him. The tree let out a dull crack, snapped in half at the middle, and crashed to the ground. Several low-level Soul Beasts by the lake scattered in terror, while even the waterfowl fled, beating their wings as they flew away.
"Exposed." Er Ming panted heavily, his chest heaving. "Sister Xiao Wu's identity was displayed before everyone by that Sky Screen. The entire continent saw it!"
Da Ming did not move. Coiled by the lake, his massive body nearly blended into the night, with only his vertical pupils glimmering with dim golden light. He stared at the Sky Screen, his voice low, yet like muffled thunder rolling up from the depths of the lake. "Sister Xiao Wu is in danger."
"We have to find her!" Er Ming suddenly turned his head. "Right now! Before those humans react, we'll bring her back to the Star Dou Great Forest!"
"How?" Da Ming said coldly. "The moment the two of us leave the forest, the Soul Beast aura on us will soar into the sky. Those Title Douluo are not blind. Before we even reach Shrek Academy, the human experts will already be there."
"Then what do we do? Just watch her get surrounded by humans?" Er Ming grew frantic, smashing two deep pits into the ground with his fists. "You know what those humans are like! A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation—will they let Sister Xiao Wu go? Her mother