Mighty Vajra Vine: The Bane of Brutes! The Three Creeps of Suotuo City!

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"Once we, the Shrek Seven Devils, have gained enough experience and battled challengers from every side, we will come find you for another fight. You must wait for us."

Heaven Dou Imperial City.

After exchanging blows with Zhao Wuji, Zhou Tao had discovered a fatal weakness in his Martial Soul.

His physical resilience was lacking, making it difficult for him to withstand intense head-on impacts.

To remedy this, he decided to hunt a Spirit Beast renowned for its extreme toughness and make up for his own shortcomings.

After careful consideration, he set his sights on Zhao Wuji's innate Martial Soul.

The Mighty Vajra Bear.

In terms of defense, it stood among the finest Beast Martial Souls.

In close combat, it was fierce and domineering, with terrifying explosive power.

Its vitality and endurance also far surpassed those of ordinary Spirit Beasts.

Since that was the case, why not directly absorb a Mighty Vajra Bear's Spirit Ring?

With the enhancement of this Spirit Ring, the Golden Ancient Tree's attributes would undoubtedly be raised across the board.

Once he made up his mind, Zhou Tao went into seclusion to cultivate. He advanced steadily and successfully broke through to the rank of a level-forty Soul Ancestor.

Star Dou Great Forest.

With Dugu Bo protecting him, Zhou Tao successfully hunted a fifty-thousand-year Mighty Vajra Bear.

He successfully obtained his fourth soul skill—Mighty Vajra Vine.

The most essential traits of this soul skill were its extreme toughness and terrifying vitality.

Now, the toughness of a single vine was equivalent to the combined strength of a hundred vines from before, making it the pinnacle of vine-type soul skills.

It excelled in unmatched resilience, whether attacking, defending, or locking opponents down.

With this soul skill, dealing with Soul Masters who only knew how to charge in recklessly would be twice as easy.

To test the power of his new soul skill in actual combat, Zhou Tao set off for Suotuo City.

According to the original storyline, Shrek Academy was currently stationed in Suotuo City, fighting in the Great Soul Arena.

The Shrek Seven Devils were at the height of their fame, young, hot-blooded, and full of swagger.

Heh heh, this was the perfect chance to see what they were really capable of now.

Suotuo City.

This city lay deep within the Lima Plain, the most prosperous region of the Balak Kingdom.

Shrek Academy bordered it to the southwest, the Star Dou Great Forest lay to the southeast, and the main route to Heaven Dou Imperial City ran northward.

It connected in every direction and occupied an extremely important strategic position.

Before long, Zhou Tao arrived outside Suotuo City's gates.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan stood at his side.

Dugu Bo, who had originally been traveling with them, had something to attend to and told the three of them to enter the city and look around on their own. He did not accompany them.

Several years had passed in the blink of an eye, and all three had long since shed their youthful immaturity. Their appearances had changed dramatically.

Ordinary people would never have recognized their childish looks from back then.

Zhou Tao had lost the boyishness of his youth. Tall and straight-backed, with rugged yet handsome features, he had grown into a valiant young man who could stand tall beneath the heavens.

The transformation of the two girls was even more stunning.

The little girls who had yet to lose their childishness had fully blossomed, growing into beautiful young women with graceful figures.

Ye Lingling wore a pure white dress paired with white stockings and silver heels, perfectly outlining her slender, well-proportioned body.

She wore thin white gloves on both hands, while her neat short blue hair fluttered lightly in the breeze. Her aura was cold and otherworldly.

Dugu Yan, meanwhile, had neat short dark-purple hair that made her jade-white skin seem even more luminous.

Her brows and eyes were sharp and heroic, while her emerald snake eyes were bewitching and sinister. Every glance could steal one's soul, giving her a uniquely cold yet alluring charm.

The two peerless beauties walked side by side, causing passersby along the road to stop and stare blankly.

Nearly every gaze on the entire street fell upon them.

Especially when they saw Zhou Tao flanked by beauties, the passersby's eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.

"Let's find an inn and settle in first."

"If we enter the city any later, we might really have to sleep on the streets."

Zhou Tao made the suggestion.

"Sure."

"No problem."

The two girls agreed in unison.

The three walked briskly into Suotuo City together.

The long streets within the city were bustling with people and full of life.

Ye Lingling put on a black veil to conceal her stunning face.

Dugu Yan's cold, glamorous, and sinister aura was far too distinctive, however, and countless passersby still turned back to look at her.

Before they reached the inn, three strangely dressed figures suddenly blocked the road ahead.

Zhou Tao and the two girls had no interest in getting entangled with them and treated the three as if they did not exist.

They simply lifted their feet and prepared to take a detour around them.

Such complete disregard left the three men extremely embarrassed and humiliated.

One of them hurriedly moved close to the leader and whispered.

"Boss, these people actually dared to ignore you!"

"These two chicks are far too tactless! How dare they refuse to show our boss respect!"

Tianya and Ekao had run rampant through Suotuo City for years. They had long grown accustomed to everyone fearing them, and no one had ever dared to look down on them like this.

"In all of Suotuo City, no one has ever dared to ignore me, Bule!"

"Stop them!"

"Yes, Boss!"

The three hurried forward, quickly caught up with Zhou Tao's group, and blocked their way again.

These three were the infamous trio of creeps from the original story.

They loafed around all day, specializing in harassing and molesting female Soul Masters in the city. Their misdeeds were countless.

Now that they had seen such exceptional beauties as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, lust immediately rose in their hearts.

They were already plotting to forcibly abduct the two girls and indulge themselves at will.

"Kid, do you know who we are?"

"How dare you ignore us in public and turn around to leave?"

Zhou Tao shook his head faintly.

"I don't."

Those words instantly enraged the three men, who were used to acting arrogantly.

"You've never even heard of our names?"

"We are the Three Heroes of Suotuo!"

"My name is Bule. These are Tianya and Ekao!"

"Now you know who we are, right?"

Zhou Tao shook his head again, his tone calm and flat.

"I don't know you, and I have no interest in knowing you."

He had long understood exactly what kind of people they were. He simply could not be bothered to have anything to do with such lowlife street thugs.

At those words, the three became even more furious.

"Kid, you really are arrogant! You don't respect us at all!"

"Fine!"

"I, Lord Bule, am magnanimous enough to spare you once."

"But these two beauties must stay behind and play with us for a few days."

Bule looked arrogant, and his tone was utterly overbearing.

"If you dare refuse, we'll cripple you first, then properly teach these two chicks a lesson."

"The choice is yours. Choose for yourself!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tao let out a cold laugh.

Just three worthless thugs, yet they truly did not know the immensity of heaven and earth.

They had actually dared to provoke him on their own initiative.

His gaze turned faintly cold as he spoke calmly.

"I choose the third option: beat you half to death."

Faced with idiots like these, Zhou Tao could not be bothered to waste another word.

His Martial Soul stirred in his palm, and the Golden Ancient Tree instantly transformed into several incomparably tough Mighty Vajra Vines.

The vines surged forth, instantly binding the trio of creeps tightly.

Then, the dense vines lashed down with explosive force, launching a savage beating on the spot.

A quarter of an hour later.

The three men, who had been so arrogant and contemptuous of everyone moments ago, were already sprawled on the ground unconscious.

They were either maimed or badly injured, with broken arms and legs. Not one of them remained unharmed.

"With such pathetic ability, you still dared to stir up trouble in the streets. You were asking for death."

"Yanyan, Lingling, let's go."

Zhou Tao gave the three men on the ground a faint glance, then turned and left with the two girls.