Hurry and Beg Immortal to Save the Day!

"Grandma, hurry up! You're already so old, why are you still testing Trait Entries? You're much older than Senior Immortal. Do you still want to become his apprentice?"

"Ning Rongrong is going to laugh herself to death at me later. Seriously..."

"Let's go meet up with Grandpa, then follow Teacher Immortal's instructions and hunt a poison-type dragon species soul beast for my third Spirit Ring."

A corner of the Star Dou Forest.

Meng Yiran pulled her grandmother, Chao Tianxiang, toward the place where they had arranged to meet her grandfather.

Chao Tianxiang occasionally looked back, regret still written across her aged face.

"Oh, Yiran, slow down. Grandma is old, and my limbs aren't as nimble anymore."

"What's wrong with letting Grandma test her Trait Entries? What if Grandma passes? Would you still be unable to become his apprentice, you little girl?"

Hearing this, Meng Yiran could not help rubbing her temples.

"Grandma, this is the first time I've heard that a Soul Emperor's limbs could be so weak."

"You just want to become his apprentice too, don't you?"

"How could you do this? What would Grandpa think if he found out?"

Snake Granny said irritably,

"Who cares about that old man of yours? He said he'd come help you hunt your third Spirit Ring, but who knows where he ran off to? He still hasn't shown up after all this time."

"If we hadn't encountered soul masters from Immortal Mountain who helped us, even that Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent might have been snatched away by someone else."

"That old man was somewhat handsome when he was young, but how could he possibly compare to Immortal Su now?"

Snake Granny sighed with emotion.

Just then.

An old man with white hair and beard slowly emerged from the forest, holding a dragon-headed cane.

"Yiran, old woman, what are you talking about?"

"Are you badmouthing Grandpa?"

"Grandpa may be old, but his ears are still sharp."

This man was Meng Shu, the Dragon Duke of the Peerless Dragon Snake, and Meng Yiran's biological grandfather.

"We were talking about Yiran becoming an apprentice and cultivating. It's all because your bloodline is no good, you old man. The dragon species bloodline you passed down is too thin. Otherwise, our Yiran would definitely meet Immortal's Apprenticeship Standard."

Snake Granny directly unleashed her wife technique.

Every mistake was her husband's fault.

Hearing this, the Dragon Duke, whose mood had been fairly calm, immediately bristled.

"Old woman, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm the soul master with the best dragon species bloodline in the Dragon Cane Family in five generations. How could it be thin? My inheritance is excellent!"

"It must be that this Immortal fellow has poor judgment, so he can't see Yiran's talent!"

Meng Yiran and Snake Granny retorted at the same time.

"Grandpa (old man), you're not allowed to slander Immortal Su's reputation! He can't possibly have tested wrong! If you keep badmouthing Immortal Su, we'll turn against you!"

Seeing Meng Yiran and Snake Granny wearing expressions of utter devotion whenever Immortal Su was mentioned, Dragon Duke was completely baffled.

Who exactly was this Immortal Su?

"So Yiran could originally have absorbed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent over a thousand years old as her third Spirit Ring, but you followed Immortal Su's advice and gave it up?"

"That's right. Immortal Su said that while this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was of decent quality, it was too low in age and wasn't a dragon species soul beast either."

"If I can strengthen my physique somewhat and absorb a rare dragon species soul beast similar to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent—a Dragon-tail Venom Nether Serpent over two thousand years old—then switch to the power attack and control paths, my Martial Soul will become even stronger, and there might even be a small chance of evolution."

"Oh, right. Teacher Immortal also gave us several packets of body-tempering medicine. He said that soaking in them at intervals could cleanse the marrow and transform the body."

After learning from Snake Granny and Meng Yiran about what had happened to them in the Star Dou Forest, Dragon Duke was astonished.

"You're saying her third Spirit Ring should come from a dragon species soul beast over two thousand years old?"

"A tiny packet of medicine like this can strengthen the physique? That truly is unheard of."

"Forget it. It would be best if it works. If it doesn't, this old man will settle the score with that Immortal fellow!"

"However, before that, we must first settle accounts with another group."

"Shrek Academy, Unmoving Ming King Zhao Wuji, right? They're still hunting soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest?"

A vicious light flickered in Dragon Duke's sharp eyes.

That bastard Zhao Wuji had actually dared to let his students compete with his granddaughter for a Spirit Ring while he was away. Was he tired of living?

Elsewhere.

After Zhao Wuji was scared off by Su Chen's voice, he led the Shrek Academy students wandering around the Star Dou Forest.

Because Dai Mubai's injuries were too severe, they found some branches and rope to make a crude stretcher, tied him onto it, and dragged him along.

The humiliated Shrek group was in a terrible mood. Whether they encountered ten-year or hundred-year soul beasts, they would give them a vicious kick.

In the end, they casually killed a soul beast around eleven hundred years old for Oscar to absorb. Oscar successfully broke through to level thirty-one Soul Power.

Before Oscar even had time to demonstrate his soul skill, they were ambushed by the forest king, the Titan Giant Ape, which beat the Shrek group into a miserable state.

Xiao Wu was taken away by the Titan Giant Ape.

Tang San went after her and disappeared.

Only Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun remained, still shaken.

Dai Mubai lay on the crude stretcher, his face pale with fright.

"You were planning to run just now, weren't you?"

"You were going to leave me there and escape by yourselves, weren't you?"

"Is this how you treat an injured person?!"

"Don't you have even a shred of team spirit?!"

"I was almost stepped to death by the Titan Giant Ape!"

Dai Mubai said indignantly.

Who could understand?

A soul beast as enormous as a mountain had planted one foot just centimeters away from him.

When he looked back, his teammates had all run several hundred meters away!

At that moment, he had wanted to die.

"Stop complaining. It's already pretty good that we managed to drive the forest king away and save you."

"Xiao San and Xiao Wu's lives are still unknown."

"Teacher Zhao, what do we do now?"

"What do you mean, what do we do? What else can we do? Which of you can defeat the forest king? It's already impressive enough that I managed to drive it away. Do you want to go die?"

Zhao Wuji said irritably.

"This..."

Without Ning Rongrong's decisive support in the team, faced with Xiao Wu being taken away, everyone fell silent. Not a single person dared to step forward and support Tang San in chasing the forest king.

Ma Hongjun muttered,

"Boss Dai is seriously injured and can't move easily. He needs someone to look after him, and the forest king is too strong. We can't beat it either..."

"How about we return to the academy first and get reinforcements?"

"Fatty is usually unreliable, but he's right this time. Teacher Zhao, let's head back first?"

After suffering setback after setback, Dai Mubai had already been scared out of his wits.

"Fine, then we'll return to the academy first!"

Zhao Wuji sighed in relief and nodded.

"Then we're just not going to care about Xiao San and Xiao Wu?" Oscar glanced at the forest path crushed apart by the Titan Giant Ape and asked worriedly.

"If you're not afraid of dying, then go care!" Zhao Wuji was most afraid of someone causing trouble at this moment, so he glared fiercely at Oscar.

Oscar did not dare say another word.

"It's not that we won't care. We'll care slowly, carefully, with planning and strategy."

Just then, Dragon Duke and Snake Granny blocked their path with their canes, smiling as they said,

"I'm afraid that by the time you start caring, those two children won't even have bone fragments left."

"We, the Peerless Dragon Snake, had no intention of taking advantage of your misfortune and attacking you at a time like this."

"But you actually abandoned your companions in a crisis. This old man truly despises you."

"If I were you, even if I had to kneel and beg Immortal to act, I would still go save my own students!"

"Old woman, stop wasting words on scum like them. Zhao Wuji, take this!"

"Dragon Cane!"

"Snake Blade!"

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dragon-Snake Combined Strike!"

Buzz~

Zhao Wuji's screams rang out through the forest once again...