Dappled light filtered through the forest.
The young man in blue walked ahead.
A graceful black figure followed closely behind.
Zhu Zhuqing endured the pain from her wounds and circulated the newly acquired cultivation technique.
Her aura gradually blended into the surrounding shadows.
"Hold your breath and clear your mind. An assassin does not need unnecessary breaths."
A calm voice came from ahead.
Zhu Zhuqing immediately softened her breathing.
"Understood."
Her voice carried an unprecedented determination.
After changing her cultivation method, her meridians no longer suffered that tearing pain.
In its place was a smoothness like a fish returning to water.
As she watched the young man's back, a measure of reverence arose within her.
The two went deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, one ahead and one behind.
This area was already close to the mixed zone.
The soul beasts roaming nearby possessed noticeably stronger vitality and blood energy.
This trip was solely to seek an opportunity to break through to the Golden Core Stage.
A rustling sound came from the bushes ahead.
Su Chen stopped walking.
His gaze pierced through the gaps between the leaves.
Several figures stood in a clearing not far away.
At the center stood a burly man with a broad, powerful frame, like a human bear.
It was Zhao Wuji, who had brought the Shrek Academy students out to hunt soul beasts.
Several young men and women stood beside him.
Tang San and Xiao Wu were among them.
The intersections of fate were always full of drama.
The Star Dou Great Forest was so vast.
Yet after entering the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing, they had unexpectedly encountered the Shrek group hunting soul beasts under Zhao Wuji's lead.
In the clearing.
Tang San was lowering his head as he arranged his