Guang Ling looked at the newcomers, a disdainful smile on his lips. They were merely a group of low-level soul masters, not even enough for him to kill with a single arrow.
The atmosphere here was extremely tense, while little Xiao Mo had already crouched behind a trash bin with her head in her hands.
From time to time, she poked out her little head to observe. When she saw so many people bullying her Fifth Grandpa, she was furious.
But she did not dare show herself. She remembered what her father had said: the first thing to do when facing danger was hide.
Still, she really wanted to help her grandfather, so she took out something resembling a Poké Ball from her soul tool.
It was a space refined by Su Yan, where Big Bear cultivated so he could come out and protect Xiao Mo whenever she encountered danger.
Xiao Mo held the "Poké Ball" over her head with both hands and let out a loud shout.
"Don't bully my Fifth Grandpa, wah yah yah yah!"
Guang Ling burst out laughing at the sight of Xiao Mo running toward him on her short little legs, though his heart was warm.
"The child has grown up. She even knows how to protect her grandfather now. I'm so happy."
The Shrek Seven Monsters watched the pair with dark expressions. They were clearly being completely ignored.
Though Guang Ling was touched, he still picked Xiao Mo up and placed her behind him. He did not need her protection yet.
However, when he saw the "Poké Ball" in Xiao Mo's hand, he was extremely curious and pointed at it as he asked.
"Xiao Mo, what is that? It looks so strange."
Before Xiao Mo could answer, Yu Xiaogang beneath Guang Ling's foot screamed again.
Liu Erlong watched anxiously, but she could not break through Guang Ling's ice seal and could only rage helplessly.
Flander was also powerless. That arrow had nearly left him seriously injured.
Everything had happened too quickly. Ning Rongrong's face suddenly turned pale when she saw Xiao Mo, and she nearly fainted.
Fortunately, Oscar was quick enough to catch her, allowing him to make his presence known in front of Ning Rongrong.
"Dead dog, who told you to bark? Don't you know you interrupted my little treasure while she was talking?"
After saying that, Guang Ling stomped hard on Yu Xiaogang's hand. Yu Xiaogang wanted to scream again from the searing pain, but Guang Ling shoved a foot into his mouth, leaving him able to make only muffled whimpering sounds.
"Alright, Xiao Mo. Ignore them. Let's continue."
Xiao Mo nodded at that. She wanted to explain what the "Poké Ball" did, but then she remembered what her father had told her.
"Don't explain your moves in front of your enemies. Keep them secret."
Thinking of that, Xiao Mo gestured for Guang Ling to crouch down, and he obediently did so.
Xiao Mo leaned close to Guang Ling's ear and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear.
After hearing Xiao Mo out, Guang Ling's eyes immediately lit up. He looked at the Shrek Seven Monsters.
"Don't say I'm not giving you a chance. If the seven of you can defeat my little treasure, I'll let them go."
The Shrek Seven Monsters, led by Tang San, stared at Xiao Mo beside Guang Ling with huge question marks over their heads.
However, Tang San quickly agreed. If they could not beat Guang Ling, could they not beat a child whose martial soul had not even awakened?
"Fine, we accept. But you can't go back on your word. And blades and swords have no eyes, so if she gets hurt, don't blame us."
After Tang San spoke, the Seven Monsters all fixed their eyes on Xiao Mo. There was not the slightest shame in their gazes over bullying the weak.
Xiao Mo had been a little afraid at first, but with Guang Ling standing in front of her, her courage immediately returned.
However, Xiao Mo's next words not only puzzled the Shrek Seven Monsters, but also made Guang Ling extremely curious.
"Do any of you have the surname Ye, Qiu, Liu, Xiao... or something like that?"
Xiao Mo always remembered what her father had said: if she encountered those surnames, she was not to bother with anything and had to run immediately.
Tang San shook his head on behalf of the other six monsters, not understanding why the little girl before them was asking such a question.
"We don't have anyone with those surnames. Enough nonsense, let's begin!"
Hearing that answer, Xiao Mo let out a heavy sigh of relief before throwing out the "Poké Ball."
"Go! I choose you, Big Bear!"
A flash of white light passed, and a small bear barely over a meter tall appeared before everyone.
Other than Ning Rongrong, Tang San and the others could not help but laugh upon seeing the bear, especially Ma Hongjun.
"Little girl, you think you can beat us with this little cub? That's far too naive!"
Seeing them mock her, Guang Ling grew angry. With him standing here, how could he let them laugh?
Guang Ling had just been about to act when Xiao Mo stopped him. She looked at those laughing at her.
"Laugh all you want. You'll regret it soon enough!"
At that moment, Ning Rongrong finally recovered and wanted to say something, but the words remained stuck in her throat.
This was Su Yan's doing. So long as anyone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect tried to mention Xiao Mo or anything related to her, the words would get stuck in their throats.
Xiao Mo put her hands on her hips and watched them laugh, a mocking smile appearing at the corner of her lips.
"Big Bear, show them your true strength!"
Big Bear let out a roar in response to Xiao Mo, and then his body began to expand.
His originally black fur gradually turned golden, while his body swelled from one meter tall. His cultivation age rose along with it.
One thousand years, two thousand years... ten thousand years... forty thousand years... one hundred thousand years... one hundred and fifty thousand years.
The Shrek Seven Monsters watched the bear grow from such a tiny creature into one over a hundred meters tall, its cultivation reaching a terrifying one hundred and fifty thousand years.
As a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast herself, Xiao Wu could not help crying out when she saw Big Bear before her.
"This... this is the king among bear-type soul beasts, a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear! And it has one hundred and fifty thousand years of cultivation!"
The entire area fell silent at those words. Even Guang Ling, who knew the truth, began breathing more rapidly.
Big Bear looked at the humans below, who seemed like ants, and rage surged in his heart.
The last time he had gone out to play with Xiao Mo, he had nearly let her get hurt. Su Yan had severely punished him for it.
That "Poké Ball" just now was part of that punishment. Su Yan had laid down a harsh ultimatum: if he did not cultivate to two hundred thousand years, he would be locked in there forever.
He had originally been cultivating peacefully, yet someone was bullying Xiao Mo again. How could he tolerate that? If Xiao Mo was hurt again, his bear life would be over.
Watching the Shrek Seven Monsters stop laughing and stare in terror, Xiao Mo's smile emerged.
"Big Bear, use Bear's Roar!"
Big Bear nodded in response and released an earth-shaking roar toward the sky.
Only then did the Shrek Seven Monsters react, hurriedly activating their martial souls to protect themselves.
But a one-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year soul beast was not playing around with them. Once the roar ended, the Shrek Seven Monsters were bleeding from all seven orifices, their martial souls flickering as though they might retract into their bodies at any moment.
Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, who had been closest to the roar, suffered even worse. The former was already injured, and all his ribs shattered.
At that moment, every bone in Yu Xiaogang's body had broken. Blood poured from his seven orifices, and he had lost control of his bowels and bladder, with only a final breath keeping him alive.
The ice sealing Liu Erlong had been shattered into countless fragments by the roar, each shard piercing into her body. She looked no less prickly than a hedgehog.
Meanwhile, under Guang Ling's protection and with the energy shield provided by Big Bear, Xiao Mo was completely unharmed.
Seeing that the Shrek Seven Monsters still had a breath left in them, Xiao Mo nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad. You can still stand. Next, I'm going to attack with everything I have!"
"Big Bear, use Mount Tai Meteor Crash!"
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