Soul Hunting Complete: Six Shrek Students Arrive at Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City

With the boost from Oscar's Lightning Flying Mushroom Sausage,

what would have been a day's journey took only two hours.

At dusk, they reached Spirit Hunting Town outside the Star Dou Great Forest once more. They planned to rest there for the night, then enter the forest in the morning to hunt for Soul Rings.

They also took the chance to ask around and buy information on the Soul Beasts they needed.

This time, the Shrek group needed Soul Rings for three of its members.

Oscar had already obtained his third Soul Ring. That left Ma Hongjun's third, Dai Mubai's fourth, and Zhu Zhuqing's third.

Twenty days later.

The Shrek group had now spent twenty days in the Star Dou Great Forest.

During that time, they had helped Ma Hongjun obtain his third Soul Ring and Dai Mubai his fourth.

Ma Hongjun's third Soul Skill was called Phoenix Wings Soaring. When activated, it raised the temperature of his flames and their attack range by two hundred percent, while increasing his attack, defense, and strength by one hundred percent each.

Overall, it was quite good.

Dai Mubai's fourth Soul Skill was still White Tiger Meteor Shower, just as in the original story—a wide-area attack against multiple targets.

Only Zhu Zhuqing's third Soul Ring remained, but they were close.

The Shrek group had already found her target: a thousand-year-old Dark Demon Tiger.

Headmaster Flender had gone after it. He had caught it and was on his way back.

With a thud,

Flender dropped the badly wounded Dark Demon Tiger in front of Zhu Zhuqing.

"Zhu Zhuqing, absorb its Soul Ring, quickly."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded, drew a short blade, and plunged it into the wounded tiger's head.

She was about to sit cross-legged and absorb her third Soul Ring when Dai Mubai stopped her.

"Zhu Zhuqing, don't forget to tell yourself what you want. Your third Soul Skill needs to boost your attributes by percentages. Ideally, it'll increase your attack, defense, and strength by one hundred percent each."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

"Don't worry. I've been telling myself that this whole time. I won't forget."

Three hours later, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing her third Soul Ring.

Her third Soul Skill was called Netherworld Possession.

When activated, it increased her attack, defense, and strength by one hundred percent each. Its effect was exactly the same as Dai Mubai's third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

After Zhu Zhuqing explained her new Soul Skill, the Shrek group hurriedly ate Oscar's Lightning Flying Mushroom Sausages and left the Star Dou Great Forest, where they had spent more than twenty days.

Heaven Dou City, Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Eastern Palace.

In the study, Qian Renxue, disguised as a man, put down the file on Lin Hao.

"Eleven years old, Level 33 Soul Power. A mutated long-blade Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.

Suspected of helping Dugu Yan achieve Martial Soul Evolution. Suspected of helping Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan completely overcome the backlash from their own poison."

"I wonder when he'll come to Heaven Dou City again. Probably soon. The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is about to begin.

Shrek Academy isn't eligible to compete, so they'll likely come to Blue Tyrant Academy. After all, the founders of both academies belong to the Golden Iron Triangle."

Qian Renxue set down Lin Hao's file and picked up another on Dugu Bo's family. It included information about his father's generation.

As Lin Hao had said before, anyone with even a little medical knowledge could tell that Dugu Bo had been poisoned.

But as luck would have it, he was also the first poison-type Titled Douluo, with "Poison" as his title.

Everyone assumed the signs of poisoning on his face came from practicing some kind of poison art.

Then Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan disappeared together for more than ten days. When they reappeared, every sign of poisoning on their faces and bodies was gone, while their poison attacks had grown much stronger.

Porcupinefish Douluo, who guarded Qian Renxue, immediately realized that the symptoms Dugu Bo had shown might have come from poisoning caused by the backlash of his own Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.

Qian Renxue was not the only one to reach that conclusion.

When Chrysanthemum Douluo of Spirit Hall read that Dugu Bo's symptoms had vanished, everything clicked.

"I knew it! The last time Old Ghost and I chased him, I could tell he was holding back. Even with the two of us hounding him, he never used his full strength. His Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul had turned its poison on him!"

"No wonder he didn't dare go all out."

"Lin Hao!"

"I wonder how he helped Dugu Bo solve the backlash from his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul. And he even helped Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul. How did he do it?"

The Shrek group emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Instead of resting at Spirit Hunting Town on the forest's edge, they ate Oscar's Lightning Flying Mushroom Sausages and flew straight back to Shrek Academy.

It was noon when they arrived.

"Ah, we're finally back."

"These past twenty-odd days were exhausting."

Looking at the six students who were about to leave, Flender felt a great deal. More than anything, though, he was excited. Whatever happened next, all six had come from his Shrek Academy.

"All right, kids! Go get something to eat in the dining hall."

Once they sat down to eat,

the six Shrek students began discussing when they should leave.

After some discussion, they decided to stay at Shrek Academy for three days, then head straight to Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City.

Over those three days, Lin Hao took Xiao Wu around every corner of Shrek Academy.

They especially revisited the places that held his fondest memories there.

On the day of their departure, the weather was pleasant and the sky cloudless.

The six Shrek students gathered in the Central Square.

They were:

Lin Hao, Level 38, Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder.

Xiao Wu, Level 35, Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder.

Dai Mubai, Level 41, Power Attack System Battle Soul Ancestor.

Zhu Zhuqing, Level 32, Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder.

Oscar, Level 34, Food System Soul Elder.

Ma Hongjun, Level 35, Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder.

After saying goodbye to their teachers one by one, the six Shrek students ate Oscar's third Soul Skill creation—the Extreme-Speed Flying Mushroom Sausage—and flew straight toward Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City.

"Let's go!"

Ten days later, they reached Heaven Dou City.

The journey had been uneventful.

After entering the city, they went straight to the gates of Blue Tyrant Academy. Lin Hao took out the letter of recommendation Flender had written and handed it to the gatekeeper.

"Hello! The six of us were students at Shrek Academy."

"Flender, the founder of Shrek Academy, and Liu Erlong, the founder of Blue Tyrant Academy, are both members of the Golden Iron Triangle."

"We've come to join Blue Tyrant Academy. Here's the letter of recommendation from our headmaster. Sorry for the trouble, but could you take it inside and let them know?"