Elekes Appears, a Natural-Born Evil Soul Master Material!

Although Red King ranked near the bottom in cultivation among the fierce beasts of Lake of Life, its more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation still made it a regional overlord in the Star Dou Great Forest.

With its protection, no blind soul beast dared approach them along the way.

Not to mention that Ye Ming, Wang Qiuer, and Gu Yuena all carried true dragon bloodlines.

Even the slightest leak of their auras was enough to make those low-level soul beasts tremble and flee in panic.

When they reached the boundary between the forest's mixed zone and outer region, Gu Yuena said, "Red King, you should head back. Beyond this point is the outer region."

"There are too many people around. Be careful not to expose yourselves."

As human technology developed, the number of human soul masters in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest had clearly increased.

If they truly ran into human soul masters, their group would have a hard time explaining themselves.

Red King clearly understood this as well. It lowered its three heads and rumbled, "My Lord, may your journey go smoothly."

"If you suffer any grievances in the human world, summon us at any time!"

After several flashes, Red King vanished into the depths of the dense forest.

Gu Yuena walked to Ye Ming's right. A trace of confusion flickered through her cool eyes as she asked instinctively, "We're about to enter the human world. Where do you think we should go to train?"

Although she had learned some of the continent's current situation from Di Tian, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years, she still felt somewhat lost about entering the human world as a human.

She only asked because she wanted Ye Ming to choose a place.

Ye Ming made the decision. "We're going to Shrek Academy!"

This was the result of careful consideration.

Among the four great empires on the continent, aside from the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology being worthy of praise, the other empires had nothing particularly novel to offer.

But soul tool technology relied heavily on talent. The three of them primarily cultivated their own soul power, so that could be set aside for now.

Beyond the four great empires, the remaining top factions were either special in nature like the Body Sect, or outright evil cults like the Holy Spirit Cult.

When all was said and done, setting aside Shrek's bizarre bunch of upper management, that place truly was the current center of opportunities on the continent.

A soul master's cultivation could not remain stagnant. Fighting others was the best way to improve one's strength.

There would be no shortage of battles there.

More importantly, Ye Ming had to keep Tang Wutong firmly under control!

Otherwise, if Tang San truly disregarded the laws of the God Realm and openly intervened, the few of them currently had no power to resist at all.

Since Ye Ming had spoken, Gu Yuena naturally did not object.

As for Wang Qiuer... she simply did not care about such things.

Thus, the three of them casually headed toward the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Not long after they left, they suddenly raised their heads in unison and looked toward the distant sky.

"With the sun and moon in my grasp and stars plucked from the heavens, there has never been another like me!"

The space above rippled. A black figure containing dense deathly energy and light energy tore through space out of thin air, then vanished in an instant.

Elekes...

Ye Ming's heart skipped a beat. He had not expected that even after intercepting Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in advance, Elekes's appearance had not been disrupted.

From the looks of it, Elekes had still chosen Huo Yuhao.

"A mere remnant soul, yet it has nearly touched the godly level." A trace of surprise flashed through Gu Yuena's cool eyes. "Come, let's take a look!"

The three of them instantly accelerated, sprinting toward the direction where Elekes had appeared.

In the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest,

After Huo Yuhao barely killed that ten-year Wind Baboon with a White Tiger Dagger, he was so exhausted that he lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

Yet as he watched the white soul ring float out from the Wind Baboon's body, he could not suppress the joy in his heart.

"Once I absorb this soul ring, I'll become a soul master respected by everyone."

"Mom, can you see this? Hao'er is about to become a soul master."

"Don't worry. I'll avenge you!"

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and forced himself to stand. Step by step, he approached the Wind Baboon, intending to use his Spirit Eyes martial soul to draw in the white soul ring.

Just as he was one step away from the Wind Baboon's white soul ring, the sky split open, and Elekes suddenly appeared.

A burst of powerful undead energy and light energy directly knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious.

"I never expected that this old man would still have a trace of remnant soul left behind."

The blurry phantom glanced at the unconscious Huo Yuhao, then shot into the back of his head with a whoosh and disappeared.

The instant Elekes vanished, four figures dressed in black robes suddenly darted out from the dense forest.

The leader swept his gaze over the dead Wind Baboon, then looked at the unconscious Huo Yuhao. A gleam suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Hatred, unwillingness... and such extraordinarily dense undead energy!"

"This brat is simply natural-born evil soul master material!"

"We didn't find the treasure, but bringing a genius back to the cult means this trip wasn't a loss!"

He glanced at the man beside him. "Lu Renjia, take this brat. We're withdrawing!"

"This place is within Shrek's sphere of control. Better be careful."

Lu Renjia nodded and stepped forward, preparing to grab Huo Yuhao.

"Let Little Yuhao go!"

The cry had barely sounded when a Thunderclaw came crashing down.

Lu Renjia was startled, but his reaction was extremely swift. As five soul rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, and black—appeared around him, a green skull floated into view.

The skull spewed a stream of green flames, blocking the Thunderclaw completely.

"A five-ring Soul King!!"

"The Holy Spirit Cult!!"

Bei Bei's forward charge abruptly halted as he silently stopped Tang Ya, who was about to make her move.

"Hall Master, two Shrek Academy brats have arrived!"

When Lu Renjia saw the Shrek uniforms on Bei Bei and Tang Ya, he chuckled and kicked Huo Yuhao toward his leader. "Let's extract their souls too and take them back with us!"

"Let Yuhao go!" Bei Bei's eyes shifted as he said in a deep voice, "Our leading teacher is nearby. Let him go, and you might still be able to leave safely!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the Hall Master revealed a mocking expression.

The next moment, seven soul rings in the optimal configuration appeared around him.

"You little brat, trying to bluff me?"

With a wave of his right hand, a massive ghost claw suddenly appeared and blasted toward Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

Bei Bei's pupils contracted sharply. He instinctively used Thundering Might, trying to stop the ghost claw.

But how could the current three-ring Bei Bei possibly block an attack from a seven-ring Soul Sage?

With a tearing sound, the massive lightning net shattered.

The ghost claw struck Bei Bei, blasting both him and Tang Ya backward.

They spat out blood, and Bei Bei was even knocked directly out of his martial soul possession state by that single claw.

Being able to withstand an attack from a seven-ring Soul Emperor only showed that Bei Bei was indeed powerful!

Bei Bei tightly held Tang Ya's hand and stood protectively in front of her.

They had not brought a leading teacher with them on this trip to hunt a soul ring.

No one had expected that they would encounter evil soul masters within Shrek Academy's territory!

"Lu Renjia, Xiao Bingyi, Guan Zhongding, extract the souls of those two for me!"

"Move quickly!"

The three moved at the command, surrounding Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

"Stop!" Ye Ming suddenly emerged from the nearby woods with Gu Yuena and Wang Qiuer.

"You're already surrounded. If you know what's good for you, put them down!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for getting rough!"

In an instant, Ye Ming stopped concealing himself and revealed his cultivation.

Three rings!