Xiao Wu's Cenotaph

"My heavens."

"I originally thought that the first time I saw Teacher, he was already so stunningly handsome that it had to be his most handsome moment."

"Who would've thought that when Teacher fought, his aura was unleashed to the absolute extreme!"

"And I was actually worried that Teacher couldn't beat him!"

From far away, Ning Rongrong had been brought by Zhu Zhuqing to the top of a tree a thousand meters away before she dared to turn back and inspect the situation.

The moment she looked back, she saw the Immortal's ethereal figure flickering.

That flickering was like an Immortal dancing with a sword beneath the moon. Amid the sword light filling the sky, he was like a roaming dragon, graceful as a startled swan.

Kill one man in ten steps; travel a thousand miles without leaving a trace.

Even Sword Grandpa was not a tenth as impressive as that figure.

Ning Rongrong was so excited that her pussy clenched tight.

Although she had seen Teacher use sword techniques before, she had never known that his swordsmanship was so powerful—and so impossibly handsome.

"Let's go. It's time to return to Immortal Mountain."

After settling the matter, he brushed off his sleeves and departed, untouched by a single leaf.

Having thoroughly beaten Tang Hao into submission, Su Chen moved and appeared a thousand meters away, then slowly headed out of the forest.

That unhurried composure made Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchange a glance, both unable to help being captivated.

But only Su Chen himself knew.

He had regrets. He had not fought to his heart's content.

That trash Tang Hao was nowhere near as strong as those senior transmigrators had bragged.

Some might say that Haotian Douluo had yet to use his Ring Explosion ultimate.

Su Chen's response was:

Did he look like the kind of person who would stand still and wait for someone else to unleash their ultimate?

Besides, even if Tang Hao completed his Ring Explosion, Su Chen did not think he could hit him.

Even if he did hit him, Su Chen was confident he could withstand it.

The Clear Sky Hammer was powerful, but far too slow, with an extremely obvious windup.

"Third Brother, look at that person over there. He's badly injured, like he was pricked by a hedgehog. Blood is pouring from all over his body."

"Spirit Masters come to the Star Dou Forest every day to hunt Spirit Beasts. Many are injured or die because of it. Such a strong smell of blood could attract other Spirit Beasts, perhaps even bring the forest king, the Titan Giant Ape, back. Let's leave quickly and not meddle in other people's business."

Following the guidance of the Immortal, Su Chen, Tang San had indeed found Xiao Wu safe and sound. Xiao Wu took Tang San through the Star Dou Forest to hunt a Man Faced Demon Spider for his third Spirit Ring, after which the two began withdrawing at top speed.

Along the way, they encountered a Spirit Master leaning against a large tree, naked from head to toe, his face unrecognizable and blood pouring from his entire body.

Xiao Wu kindly left behind a bottle of hemostatic medicine, then Tang San quickly pulled her away.

"Alright, but Third Brother, how did you find me so quickly? I had only just finished absorbing my third Spirit Ring when you arrived."

Xiao Wu followed behind Tang San and asked.

In truth, she was panicking to death. If Tang San had arrived even a little earlier, he might have discovered Er Ming.

Then she truly would not have known what excuse to use to explain how she had been taken away by the forest king yet emerged unharmed.

Now, she could still say that she had been lucky—not only escaping from the Titan Giant Ape, but also hunting a Spirit Beast that the Titan Giant Ape had casually kicked to death while passing by as her third Spirit Ring.

At her words, Su Chen's peerless, transcendent figure appeared in Tang San's mind. His eyes held reverence and envy as he said:

"It was the teacher from Immortal Mountain who helped me."

"I've already agreed to work for Immortal Mountain in the future and guard their mountain gate."

"Huh? Doesn't that mean you signed a contract selling yourself just to find me, Third Brother? It's all my fault..."

With a turn of her clever little mind, Xiao Wu understood.

Tang San smiled faintly.

"Xiao Wu, that may not necessarily be a bad thing."

"You saw how powerful Immortal Mountain's students were. Even Dai Mubai and Fatty were no match for them. Every one of them cultivated more impressively than the last. Not only had they developed the advantages of their martial spirits to a tremendous extent, they could even evolve second forms and attributes."

"If I work for Immortal Mountain, perhaps I can learn something as well."

Xiao Wu curled her lips.

"That may be true, but we still won't have as much freedom. Aren't we Shrek students? In the future, you'll have to study at Shrek, cultivate, and work for Immortal Mountain. Won't that be exhausting? Will you still have time to go shopping with me?"

As she spoke, Xiao Wu suddenly realized something.

"Um, where are our Shrek classmates? Where's Teacher Zhao?"

By then, Tang San had already brought Xiao Wu back to the place where they had originally split up.

But Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others were nowhere to be found.

"Are you kidding me? Their classmate went missing. Even if the enemy was too powerful and they thought they had no hope of winning, they should at least have waited for their teammates and gathered some information!"

"Did they think we were dead?"

Xiao Wu was furious as she spoke.

Tang San also held a grudge over this.

He could understand that Zhao Wuji and the others feared the Titan Giant Ape, but if they had simply run away like that, it truly chilled his heart. That was not how friends behaved.

"Let's return to Shrek first and see what happened to them."

Tang San still harbored a sliver of hope. What if Teacher Zhao and the others had also tried hard to find them, but were ultimately injured by the Titan Giant Ape or other Spirit Beasts and had no choice but to return to the academy?

"What? You're saying Xiao Wu and Xiao San were captured by the forest king, the Titan Giant Ape?!"

At Shrek Academy, after Flender heard Zhao Wuji recount what had happened in the Star Dou Forest, his usually shrewd and indifferent face was filled with shock.

Xiao Wu was one thing.

But Tang San was a student Xiao Gang had recommended, said to be his personal disciple.

If something happened to that boy, how was he supposed to explain it to Xiao Gang?

Especially since Xiao Gang had written some time ago that he would arrive at Shrek Academy within the next couple of days.

If he arrived and found that Tang San was gone, he would definitely fall out with him.

What was he supposed to do?

"Dean, should we go to the Star Dou Forest and rescue Xiao San and Xiao Wu?" Zhao Wuji asked tentatively.

After mentally preparing himself for a while, Flender slumped back into his reclining chair.

"Forget it. Those two are only Soul Grandmasters in their twenties or thirties. If they fell into the hands of the forest king, the Titan Giant Ape, they have most likely already met with disaster."

"If... by some chance, they are still alive, they will naturally return to the academy."

"Even all the Spirit Masters in our academy put together probably wouldn't be enough to fill the Titan Giant Ape's teeth. Shrek cannot afford such a loss by taking that risk."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuji's face was full of worry, but inwardly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao San was such an outstanding student. Dying so young would be a pity."

"I only hope heaven favors the talented, and that he and Xiao Wu can return alive."

But whether it was Flender or Zhao Wuji, both believed that Tang San and Xiao Wu, two inexperienced Soul Grandmasters, had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape and were more likely than not doomed to be eaten without even bones remaining.

Two days later.

Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy.

There, they discovered their own cenotaphs.