Three-Life Wolf Ape

Star Dou Great Forest!

After half a year, Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Feng Tianyu looked at the dark, profound primeval forest before him, breathing in the familiar scent of decaying earth mixed with the sweet, fishy fragrance of flowers and grass.

He felt secretly excited. In just one year, this was their third visit to the Star Dou Great Forest. This time, they needed to obtain a flying Soul Skill for Grey Wolf so it could learn the Gale Demon Wolf 108-Strike Combo.

His ancestor, Feng Xiaotian, had probably been traumatized by Tang San's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

For the latter half of his life, Feng Xiaotian had devoted himself wholeheartedly to studying the Gale Demon Wolf 36-Strike Combo, raising it from thirty-six strikes to fifty-four, then seventy-two, and finally, before his death, to one hundred and eight strikes.

This Self-Created Soul Skill, when fully unleashed, rivaled a fifty-thousand-year Soul Skill.

Qian Duoduo walked at the front, his vigilant gaze sweeping over the surroundings as he spoke solemnly:

"Tianyu, I tested your physique. You can withstand a seven-thousand-year third Soul Ring. All the effort you put in before has made your foundation increasingly solid."

"Seven-thousand-year soul beasts are already difficult to find in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest. We will have to search in its mixed region."

"But in the mixed region, soul beasts over five thousand years old are everywhere, while ten-thousand-year soul beasts are also quite common."

"Danger and opportunity coexist. You and Grey Wolf must stay close behind me. Do not leave my line of sight. We are heading into the mixed region."

Feng Tianyu clenched his fist, ready at any moment to pull out all sorts of Soul Tools from his Storage Soul Tool.

"We understand."

"Our third Soul Rings will be in your hands, Dean Qian."

Qian Duoduo grinned. Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf were the lucky stars of their Soul Guidance Department. Because Feng Tianyu had defeated Ma Xiaotao, the Soul Guidance Department had successfully extended its reach into the Martial Soul Department.

For that reason alone, he would not let Feng Tianyu down during this soul beast hunt, no matter what.

"Alright, let's go!"

Under Qian Duoduo's lead, their group swiftly ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, spending two days to enter its mixed region.

Compared with the outer region, the mixed region was even more primordial. The trees were towering, their canopies blotting out the sky and sun. Sunlight could not penetrate, while vast amounts of droppings and bones bred streams of miasma in the dark, damp environment.

Inhaling even a little of it would make one's mind grow dizzy. Without profound Soul Power and a powerful physique, entering the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest was simply delivering oneself straight to the soul beasts' doorstep.

Feng Tianyu took out three Gas Masks from his Storage Soul Tool. They were also Soul Tools, each containing a Purification Array, and had been prepared specifically for situations like this.

Once they put on the Gas Masks, the dizziness caused by the miasma indeed vanished.

Qian Duoduo tested the Gas Mask's effects, and his eyes lit up as he said:

"Tianyu, you and Grey Wolf really have made quite a few good things. I would like to purchase the blueprints for this Gas Mask on behalf of the academy."

"Afterward, we can sell them through the academy's merchant association throughout the continent. I believe those mercenaries who make their living outside for extended periods will be willing to buy one in case of emergencies."

Feng Tianyu's heart stirred, and he agreed.

"Alright. We can discuss the details after we return to the academy!"

With the Gas Masks, they no longer needed to take Antidote Pills or Miasma-Dissolving Pills.

However, in the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest, miasma was only a minor nuisance. The real trouble was the high-level soul beasts lurking in the shadows, capable of launching ambushes at any moment.

In less than half a day, their group suffered more than a dozen attacks. All of them were high-level soul beasts between five thousand and ten thousand years old, but with Qian Duoduo present, the attacking soul beasts were easily driven away.

Qian Duoduo was also choosing, searching for soul beasts suitable for Feng Tianyu's third Soul Ring. However, Feng Tianyu's standards were high, and ordinary soul beasts could not catch his eye.

After three days and three nights of searching, they had endured over a hundred soul beast attacks, yet Feng Tianyu had not taken a fancy to a single one among them.

That day!

Within a dense forest, a foul wind suddenly swept through the dark, unfathomable depths of the jungle, sending chills down their spines.

Qian Duoduo immediately raised his vigilance to the utmost. His reaction was swift as he lifted a hand and summoned the Black Dragon Shield.

The very next instant, a black shadow lunged at them. Qian Duoduo swung his shield toward it, and with a whimper, the black shadow was sent flying.

When it landed, its true form was revealed!

It was a wolf-like, ape-like soul beast covered in black fur. Its body exceeded three meters in length, its shoulders stood over one and a half meters high, and its blood-red eyes shone with cunning and cruelty.

Qian Duoduo frowned.

"Strange. What kind of soul beast is this? Even I have never seen one before!"

"It looks both like a wolf and an ape. Could it be a variant soul beast? That must be it. Variant soul beasts are like mutated Martial Souls, full of unpredictability."

"If it were a wind-element variant soul beast, we could consider making it Tianyu's third Soul Ring. But this wolf ape appears to be of the darkness element, so we can only drive it away!"

Behind Qian Duoduo, a bolt of lightning flashed through Feng Tianyu's mind.

"Wolf ape! The Three-Life Wolf Ape from the original story! A Three-Life Wolf Ape isn't one beast, but three. There is only one now, so where are the other two?"

At that thought, Feng Tianyu broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly shielded Grey Wolf in front of himself and reached for his Storage Soul Tool.

"Grey Wolf, watch out for an ambush. I can sense other soul beasts watching from the shadows."

At the same time, the wolf ape that had attacked Qian Duoduo let out a wolfish howl and pounced toward Qian Duoduo once more.

Qian Duoduo's expression darkened. Wanting to teach the wolf ape a lesson, he raised the Black Dragon Shield. As his Soul Power flowed into it, the Black Dragon on the shield seemed to come alive, releasing an overwhelming Soul Power pressure.

Just as Qian Duoduo's attention was focused on the wolf ape before him, two more wolf apes charged out of the dense forest. Each opened its savage wolf jaws and pounced at Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf.

The first wolf lured the enemy, while the others launched a sneak attack!

These three wolf apes were truly cunning!

Having received Feng Tianyu's warning, Grey Wolf had long been prepared. Green light burst from its body.

"Second Soul Skill, Wolf Soul Possession!"

Within that green light, a three-meter wolf soul phantom condensed. The wolf soul phantom possessed defense comparable to absolute defense.

The two wolf apes crashed into the wolf soul phantom and, with two whimpers, were directly bounced back.

The next instant, the wolf soul phantom possessed Grey Wolf's body, greatly increasing its strength. It bared its fangs and claws.

"That was close! Fortunately, this king's wolf soul has invincible defense. Otherwise, you really would have succeeded in your sneak attack!"

Qian Duoduo caught sight of everything from the corner of his eye and was also drenched in cold sweat. It turned out there was not just one wolf ape, but three in total.

They had almost let the other two wolf apes succeed in their ambush.

Rage surged in Qian Duoduo's chest. If anything had happened to Feng Tianyu, he truly would have regretted it beyond all remedy.

"Die!"

Qian Duoduo bellowed. Black light blazed from the Black Dragon Shield as he slammed it toward the wolf ape in front of him.

That wolf ape sensed the danger as well. It let out a wolfish howl, black light flashed across its body, and it actually vanished from where it stood, causing Qian Duoduo's Black Dragon Shield to strike empty air.

This wolf ape possessed the skill Teleportation!