Obtaining Soul Rings

On the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Wuji led the Shrek Academy group through the woods, his expression gloomy.

The atmosphere was oppressively tense.

Dai Mubai's shoulder blade injury had mostly healed under the nourishment of Oscar's Recovery Sausage and his own Soul Power, but the wound in his heart was far from healed. He walked silently in the middle of the group, gloom clouding his mismatched eyes.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar followed cautiously at the side, scarcely daring to breathe.

Zhu Zhuqing remained as cold as ever, as though everything around her had nothing to do with her.

Tang San and Cinderella walked side by side. They occasionally spoke in low voices, too soft for anyone else to hear.

"That pink-haired girl was very strong," Tang San said quietly.

"Her fighting style was unusual. She looked casual, but every move targeted vital points. Especially that teleportation Soul Skill—she had mastered it to perfection."

Cinderella nodded lightly. "Her combat experience was far beyond what someone her age should have."

Zhao Wuji, walking ahead, twitched an ear and heard their whispers, but did not turn around.

His mind was a complete mess.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was gone, and Oscar's third Soul Ring had yet to be found.

Dai Mubai had been defeated, morale was low, and the group was divided, each harboring their own thoughts.

What frustrated him even more was that he, the mighty Unmoving Bright King, a level seventy-six Soul Sage, had suffered one setback after another today.

First, the Serpent Granny had suppressed him with both rules and strength, forcing him to surrender the Soul Beast.

Then he had watched helplessly as one of his students was defeated by a little girl barely twelve or thirteen, and badly injured at that.

Most terrifying