Zhu Zhuqing summoned her spirit and charged straight at the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf. Ning Rongrong also summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to support Zhu Zhuqing.
Ning Rongrong found it rather strange as well. Gale Wolves were pack-dwelling Spirit Beasts, and Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolves were usually wolf kings. It was rare to see one acting alone.
As Zhu Zhuqing clashed with the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf, she also noticed something was wrong. This Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf was injured, but even an injured one could not be underestimated.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf was noticeably faster than Zhu Zhuqing. She had initially taken the offensive, but now she had been forced into defense.
"Sure enough, you still lack practical combat experience. Agility Attack Soul Masters are assassin types. If one strike fails, they should retreat immediately and look for a second opportunity.
Getting dragged into a prolonged fight means losing most of your advantage."
Lan Yu's voice was crystal clear to both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
At that moment, Ning Rongrong actually rushed forward too.
"Zhuqing, I'll help you."
Although Ning Rongrong was not skilled at combat, the physical enhancements she had gained from the Green Mushroom were real enough.
At first, the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf underestimated Ning Rongrong because she was just a little girl. As a result, it took a punch from her and howled in pain.
Zhu Zhuqing seized that opportunity as well. Her Hell Stab pierced directly into the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf's throat.
However, that attack did not kill the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf outright. It turned and fled, naturally running as fast as it could to save its life.
Yet it collapsed after only two steps. Lan Yu had long since arranged a ring of Hypnotic Spores around the area.
"Absorb the Soul Ring. You can slowly build up your combat experience."
"Yes!"
Zhu Zhuqing finished off the Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Wolf and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
Ning Rongrong watched anxiously. Although Lan Yu had said there would be no danger, absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring at level 30 was still far too contrary to common sense.
Nothing unexpected happened. Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Gale Wolf's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring without a hitch and gained the soul skill Gale Claw, which condensed wind elements around her hands into sharp claws and greatly increased the destructive power of her hands.
"It really worked! Zhuqing, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
"No. I feel very good right now."
"Then once I reach level 30, I can absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring too."
Ning Rongrong looked at Lan Yu with anticipation written all over her face.
"Mm. Although your physical constitution is somewhat weaker than Zhu Zhuqing's, absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring will not be a problem."
"Wonderful! If Dad, Sword Grandpa, and Bone Grandpa see that my third ring is a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, their jaws will drop."
"Then you need to cultivate to level 30 first. Don't slack off again."
"Don't worry. I definitely won't."
Elsewhere, in Suotuo City, everyone from Shrek Academy had gathered in Flender's little shop. There was also one additional person: Yu Xiaogang.
"Little San, don't be sad. His Excellency Clear Sky will definitely be fine. I'll arrange your training from now on, but there isn't enough room to practice in the city. We still need to return to the original academy."
"I'm afraid we can't go back there anymore. It's covered in mushrooms, and the villagers have already turned it into a mushroom plantation.
Some damned people have even transported the mushrooms into the city to sell."
"Damn Lan Yu. This is all because of him."
Tang San blamed all the frustrating things he had encountered these past few days on Lan Yu.
"Who is Lan Yu?"
"Teacher, have you forgotten? At Notting College, there was that guy whose spirit was a mushroom. He attended for one year and then disappeared."
"Oh, I remember now. He was a quiet boy with a somewhat gloomy personality. He's still alive?"
"Sigh, it seems he received a god's favor. He's already a Five-Ring Soul Wang now, and all five of his Soul Rings are even hundred-thousand-year red Soul Rings."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"I can hardly believe it either, but we saw it with our own eyes. As for whether this so-called divine favor is real, we have no way of knowing.
He was the one who turned our academy into a mushroom garden, but because there may be a god standing behind him, we didn't dare do anything."
Hearing Flender say this, Yu Xiaogang pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.
"Where is he now? I'd like to see whether there really is a god backing him."
"I know. He sometimes takes people to the Great Soul Arena for Soul Fighting."
Dai Mubai ground his teeth as he said this, as though Lan Yu had already cuckolded him.
"The Great Soul Arena? I understand. Little San, your training will continue at the Great Soul Arena. I'll also arrange some physical training for you."
"Thank you, Teacher."
Yu Xiaogang led Tang San and the other Shrek students in training at the Soto Grand Soul Arena while waiting for Lan Yu, but they did not see even a trace of him for more than half a month.
"Flender, could that Lan Yu have already left Suotuo City?"
"That is possible. If he has already left Suotuo City, whether we will ever encounter him again is another matter.
If there really is a god backing him, he will surely become famous across the continent in the future. By then, he will be even less likely to meet us."
"Hmph, I don't believe there is truly a god backing him. It's not as though I've never seen a genuine God-Grade Spirit."
Yu Xiaogang truly had the nerve to boast. Back then, he had deceived Bibi Dong into learning some secrets recorded by Spirit Hall concerning the Six-Winged Angel and Sea God Island.
Qian Xunji had been foolish enough to actually let Yu Xiaogang go. Merely prying into Spirit Hall's core secrets was enough reason to chop Yu Xiaogang into mincemeat.
Even if he sent that mincemeat back to Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Yuanzhen would not dare say a word of nonsense to me.
Prying into another party's core secrets had always been a great taboo on Douluo Continent.
In a sense, Yu Xiaogang had a protagonist's script too. He had been born with an aura that lowered everyone else's intelligence.
On Lan Yu's side, with the assistance of the Mycelium Network, Ning Rongrong had finally raised her Soul Power Level to level 30.
"I finally broke through level 30! I can finally leave the forest! I never want to live like a savage in the forest again."
"A savage? Your life is countless times better than a savage's.
Your food and water are all prepared for you. If you had to solve your own food and water problems, that would be a true savage's life. Do you want to try it?"
"No! I want to hunt a Soul Ring."
"Mm, follow me. I found a Ten-Thousand-Year Colorful Feather Chicken that should suit you very well."
The Colorful Feather Chicken had decent flying ability and was difficult to catch. Lan Yu had Zhu Zhuqing stealthily approach it and sever its wings first.
Zhu Zhuqing carried out the task perfectly. Once the Colorful Feather Chicken's wings had been severed, it was no longer much of a threat. It was quickly dealt with, and Ning Rongrong successfully absorbed this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as well.
"It really is a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!"
However, due to the inherent limitations of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit, the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring did not greatly improve Ning Rongrong's support effects.
Ning Rongrong herself did not mind.
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