Breaking Through Level Forty-Six

The next morning, at dawn.

Su Ge slowly emerged from his meditation. As he opened his eyes, a flash of golden light flickered across them, and his overall presence grew a fraction more formidable.

"I've consumed most of the Whale Glue under fifty thousand years old by last night. Now, it's time for the stuff over fifty thousand years."

He exhaled a long, stale breath. Although these portions of Whale Glue hadn't pushed his spirit power to a new level, the reason was simple: he had already consumed a significant amount of ten-thousand-year-grade Whale Glue previously.

Consequently, he had already developed a tolerance to the lower-grade Whale Glue.

"But that only applies to me. For someone like her, who is using Whale Glue for the first time and is already at the ten-thousand-year level, the effects will be the most pronounced."

Su Ge turned his gaze toward Zhu Zhuqing, who was still refining the medicinal power nearby. Her aura had surged like a bamboo shoot being split, reaching level twenty-nine!

After an almost uninterrupted night of refining, the immense power of three ten-thousand-year Whale Glue portions had directly pushed Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power up by two full levels!

As the medicinal power of the Whale Glue strengthened her body, her originally mediocre talent seemed to have received a boost as well.

After all, "poor talent" was just another way of saying "there is plenty of room for improvement." She could now be considered to have reached the heavens in a single bound!

When Zhu Zhuqing slowly opened her eyes and exited her meditative state, she heard Su Ge's voice.

"If you're awake, get up. It's almost time to assemble."

"Your spirit power is just one step away from breaking through to level thirty. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest will provide the perfect external pressure for you to make that breakthrough."

Su Ge leaned against the doorway, the morning sun streaming in and falling upon Zhu Zhuqing.

She looked at the figure bathed in sunlight, and feeling the increase in her own strength, her usually cold expression softened.

"Thank you."

Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's thanks, Su Ge chuckled and turned to head toward the main training ground.

"Don't just thank me with words. I hope you can live up to my investment, show me your worth, and prove it with your actions!"

Zhu Zhuqing didn't speak; she simply stood up and ran toward the main training ground from a different direction than Su Ge.

Her face was flushed, and her typically icy demeanor seemed to have thawed, replaced by a touch of gentleness.

When Su Ge arrived at the main training ground, Zhu Zhuqing was already there.

To be precise, he was the one who had arrived right on time again.

He smiled indifferently at this and returned to his spot.

Standing at the front of the team, Zhao Wuji saw that everyone had arrived and didn't mind that Su Ge was the last one there. After all, Flender had already told him just how difficult Su Ge was to manage.

He knew this all too well; he couldn't beat the boy in a fight, and his previous lessons had been dismantled by the student one by one, so he had learned to be smarter this time.

For this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, he wouldn't try to show off; he would pass the buck to Dai Mubai.

"Alright, since everyone is here, let's get moving."

"Mubai, you lead the way."

After saying this, he fell silent. He had a feeling that this monster, Su Ge, was not only strong in spirit battles but also an expert at dealing with spirit beasts, so he decided it was best to wait and see how things unfolded.

Dai Mubai felt a bit helpless when Zhao Wuji assigned him the task, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take charge.

He noticed the subtle change in Zhu Zhuqing, but in the end, he said nothing. Without strength, any words were useless.

When he looked at Su Ge, his gaze was calm. He eventually categorized him as a free agent; with Su Ge's strength, he could handle most emergencies on his own.

Su Ge had no objections to this. He was currently calculating in his heart that after this spirit hunt, Yu Xiaogang should be arriving at Shrek Academy soon.

He figured that once that guy arrived, he wouldn't be able to sit still. After all, if Su Ge continued to grow stronger, then even if he became famous later, it would have nothing to do with the Grandmaster, and he wouldn't be able to use Su Ge to prove his own theories.

Therefore, the moment he arrived at Shrek would be his last chance—and also the moment for him to leave Shrek!

The team set off, all of them sprinting toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Following a group of spirit masters who were only at levels twenty or thirty, he naturally felt no pressure. His gaze swept over the group, lingering for a moment on the three girls: Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.

There was a high probability that these three would leave with him when he chose to quit. Aside from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, Tang San would definitely not leave with him.

Xiao Wu had essentially been snatched away by him, though Tang San was so lacking in knowledge regarding romantic relationships that he hadn't sensed it yet.

However, Tang San was following the Grandmaster's teachings to the letter. Even though Su Ge had tried to correct him along the way, it had only been marginally effective; the root cause remained unchanged.

And while Tang San's breakthrough to level thirty might look stronger than in the original story, it was actually a detriment.

After all, he had hunted this third spirit ring strictly according to the Grandmaster's extreme spirit ring theory!

This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was not only an opportunity to expose Xiao Wu's identity but also to see if the Eight Spider Lances were still there.

He held the attitude that if he got them, it was his fortune, and if he lost them, it was his fate. Regardless, if he couldn't get them, Tang San wouldn't be able to either.

After the group sprinted over four hundred kilometers, they arrived at the small town closest to the Star Dou Great Forest, the last stop before entering.

Due to the late hour, the group decided to rest there for the night and enter the forest the next day.

After finding an inn, Su Ge ordered a meal and returned to his room to continue his cultivation.

This was his first time trying Whale Glue over fifty thousand years old. He wasn't sure exactly how strong the effects would be, but getting stronger was a race against time.

After telling Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing not to let anyone disturb him, Su Ge returned to his room alone. As for the later business with Canghui Academy, he had no interest in getting involved.

Su Ge took out a piece of sixty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue and began to slowly melt it with his spirit power.

"As expected of sixty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue, it's on a completely different level from what I've eaten before!"

Su Ge watched the Whale Glue melt extremely slowly and couldn't help but sigh. He then increased his spirit power output, putting his full effort into melting the substance!

To melt the incredibly tough Whale Glue, Su Ge didn't care about the scalding heat; he swallowed it in several large gulps and began to suppress the intense heat and medicinal power surging through his body with all his might!

He felt a long-lost warm current flowing through his body—which had gradually become immune to Whale Glue due to his tolerance—and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

At the same time, he began to use this medicinal power to cultivate. His spirit power, which had been stagnant for a while at level forty-five, successfully broke through to level forty-six, taking another step closer to level fifty!

However, the effects of the sixty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue were not yet over. Amidst the sounds of fighting coming from outside, Su Ge sat quietly in the night, refining the remaining power.