As the voice drew closer, it sounded increasingly familiar to Lin Yan, until a bedraggled, earth-yellow figure came into view.
"Huh? Teacher Zhao?"
Indeed, the man fleeing for his life was none other than Shrek's former vice dean, Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji was currently in his martial soul possession state, carrying a girl in a short blue skirt in each hand as he fled frantically toward Lin Yan.
"Lin Yan? Xiao Wu?" Zhao Wuji spotted them too. After a moment of surprise, he hurriedly shouted, "Run! That fucking Titan Giant Ape is back! Aaaaargh!"
Lin Yan said, "Uh..."
He turned to Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, can you get Er Ming to head back for now? Since we've run into Teacher Zhao, we should at least keep up appearances."
Xiao Wu said, "Fine..."
A short while later, in a clearing in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Lin Yan put the motorcycle beneath him back into his Storage Bracer, then approached the heavily panting Zhao Wuji with Xiao Wu.
"Teacher Zhao, what are you doing here?"
Zhao Wuji braced himself against a tree trunk. He was about to answer when he realized his throat was unbearably dry, so he swallowed before finally managing a reply.
"Don't... don't even ask! Let me catch my breath... and I'll tell you everything."
Seeing this, Lin Yan simply summoned his prayer angel and used his First Soul Skill on Zhao Wuji, finally restoring him completely.
With his physical exhaustion swept away, Zhao Wuji let out a long, comfortable breath and smiled in satisfaction.
"You really are something, kid. That spirit skill is even stronger than before."
The two girls in blue skirts beside him stared in astonishment at how someone's physical condition could be fully restored in a single instant.
Zhao Wuji paid them no attention,