Dai Mubai Vows to Avenge Fatty, Lin Hui is Attacked

In the end, Ma Hongjun was left with only a final breath.

As the Blue Silver vines loosened, Ma Hongjun tumbled down from mid-air.

He lay on the ground, writhing like a maggot.

Seeing Ma Hongjun so severely injured, Xiao Wu was stunned, her heart turning cold.

Lin Hui stared down at his immobile body.

"I'm giving you a lesson. If there is a next time, I will kill you outright."

With that, Lin Hui turned and left with Xiao Wu.

After Lin Hui and Xiao Wu had gradually moved away, the squirming Ma Hongjun on the ground used every ounce of his strength to call for help, but his voice was too faint—even quieter than a normal whisper.

"Dai... Boss Dai, Dean... save me... save me!"

About an hour later, Dai Mubai, having just finished his business at the brothel, tightened his pants.

"That damn fatty, I haven't seen him all day. Where did he run off to?"

Soon, in a small alley not far from the brothel, Dai Mubai spotted Ma Hongjun lying on the ground.

Ma Hongjun's clothes were soaked through with blood, and the ground was stained crimson.

"Fatty!" Seeing Ma Hongjun on the ground, Dai Mubai let out a cry of alarm and rushed over in a panic.

Looking at the fatty on the ground, covered in blood and in such a miserable state, Dai Mubai was too shocked to speak.

"Fatty, tell me, who did this? Who did this!" Dai Mubai roared, "Tell me, I will definitely avenge you!"

"A... a pretty boy... with a Blue Silver Grass spirit!" Ma Hongjun finished, then immediately passed out.

"Blue Silver Grass spirit, is it? Fine, I'll remember that!" Dai Mubai said.

"Fatty, hang in there, I'm taking you to a doctor right now!"

A week later, Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang's instructions and arrived at Shrek Academy.

The difference was that he came alone this time, without Xiao Wu.

After passing Li Yusong's soul power test, he reached the second stage: Zhao Wuji's combat trial.

When Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass spirit, Dai Mubai was stunned.

"Dean Zhao, Fatty said he was beaten by a soul master with a Blue Silver Grass spirit. I'm eighty percent sure it's this kid!" Dai Mubai whispered to Zhao Wuji.

"What? It's this guy?" Zhao Wuji was also surprised. "Then I'll use my full strength this time. Watch how I avenge Fatty!"

Because Xiao Wu was not by his side, Tang San did not have a burst of potential, and since Zhao Wuji went all out from the start with the intention of teaching Tang San a lesson, the outcome was one-sided.

Even though Tang San used his hidden weapons, he was still beaten black and blue by Zhao Wuji, who traded injuries for hits.

Tang San was beaten until his face looked like a pig's head!

Since Tang Hao was busy searching for Ah Yin's whereabouts while evading Spirit Hall's pursuit, he was not constantly following Tang San, so Zhao Wuji did not suffer any punishment from Tang Hao that night.

Later, after Ma Hongjun's injuries had healed slightly, he identified the culprit, and everyone realized it had been a misunderstanding!

However, Tang San's face was already swollen into a pig's head!

Tang San rubbed his swollen face and asked Ma Hongjun, who was lying on the bed.

"You said the person who beat you was a soul master who fought with Blue Silver Grass?"

Ma Hongjun, wrapped in bandages, nodded.

"And his Blue Silver Grass, was it released from a sphere?" Tang San asked again.

Ma Hongjun recalled, "Yes, indeed. Now that you mention it, his spirit was a bit strange."

Tang San asked again, "The girl beside him, did she have big eyes, a bit of baby fat on her face, long legs, and a scorpion braid?"

Ma Hongjun nodded again. "Why, do you know them?"

Tang San said excitedly, "That's right, that girl is named Xiao Wu, and she is the person I love. The one who hurt you is named Lin Hui. We were all classmates at Notting Soul Master Academy."

Just as Dai Mubai was about to ask, "How did the person you love end up with Lin Hui?" Tang San spoke again.

"It's Lin Hui! He snatched my Xiao Wu away! Can you help me take her back?"

Tang San looked at Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, who was standing to the side, with an incredibly desperate gaze.

Dai Mubai spoke up quickly.

"Since you both call me Boss Dai, and this Lin Hui not only hurt my brother Fatty but also snatched the lover of my new brother, Little San, we must take revenge!"

Oscar scratched his head and asked, "But where would they go? How are we supposed to find them?"

Tang San pondered for a moment.

"Lin Hui and Xiao Wu are both nearing level thirty now. They will most likely go to a soul beast forest to hunt for their soul rings. The closest one is the Star Dou Forest. If we go there, we might just run into them!"

Dai Mubai added, "It seems that's the only way. Fatty, you rest for a few days. It just so happens that Little San and Little Ao are also close to level thirty. Once we're prepared, we'll tell Dean Flender and make a trip to the Star Dou Forest."

Star Dou Forest.

An endless sea of dark green forest stretched across the horizon, with rolling mountains entirely blanketed by ancient trees that seemed to have no end.

Guided by Xiao Wu, Lin Hui had arrived at this very place.

The purpose of Lin Hui's journey was to find the Sky Dream Ice Worm, who was being held captive by Di Tian in the core region of the Star Dou Forest.

The ground at their feet was covered in a tangled web of ancient tree roots, and the path was overgrown with thorns that would tear at their skin if they weren't careful.

The forest was filled with the frequent sounds of birds flapping their wings and the rustling of small spirit beasts darting about, while the muffled, distant roars of wolves and tigers echoed from afar.

They gradually made their way deeper into the Star Dou Forest.

"Xiao Wu, are you sure you haven't taken the wrong path?" Lin Hui asked.

"What kind of joke is that? Coming here is just like coming home for me!" Xiao Wu replied to Lin Hui.

"It's just, don't you think it's getting stranger here?" Lin Hui was still a bit uneasy. "The trees are getting taller, and there are fewer and fewer spirit beasts."

Of course, what Lin Hui found most strange was that they hadn't encountered a single attack from a spirit beast along the way!

The two walked another few hundred meters before Xiao Wu suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Lin Hui didn't notice in time and bumped straight into her.

Xiao Wu's body was soft, yet she remained as steady as a rock.

"What's wrong? Why did you stop?" Lin Hui asked.

"Uh... well," Xiao Wu suddenly looked a bit embarrassed, hooking her index fingers together. "It seems we've been surrounded by spirit beasts..."

"What?" Lin Hui was stunned.

Immediately after, the ground around Lin Hui began to shake violently.

With a massive upheaval of the earth, several giant burrowing worms erupted from the soil. There were over a dozen of them, ranging from five to ten meters in length, their bodies plump and fleshy like massive mounds of meat, coated in damp subterranean soil.

Their mouthparts consisted of several concentric rings of white teeth, resembling suction cups.

These dozen or so giant worms all aimed their mouthparts at Lin Hui and Xiao Wu, looking absolutely ravenous.

"They are Marrow-Eating Burrowing Worms. Judging by their age, they should be anywhere from two thousand to four thousand years old," Xiao Wu said hurriedly, glancing around in a panic. "Even though they aren't ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, with this many of them, we're going to have a very hard time dealing with them!"