Chapter 28: Exploring the Douluo Continent

A Soul Emperor!

The energy from the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had propelled his Soul Power straight to level sixty-five.

At the same time,

he had gained two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills.

Ice Dragon Golden Body and Profound Ice Dragon Claw Kill.

Ice Dragon Golden Body could grant him ten seconds of invulnerability. During that time, he would be immune to all attacks below the divine level, and his attack power would rise dramatically, with the increase growing alongside his strength.

Profound Ice Dragon Claw Kill was a powerful offensive Soul Skill.

"Lin Ye..."

Shui Bing'er no longer knew what to say.

Lin Ye had broken through again!

This guy was completely insane.

If it were her, she would never dare absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Let's leave this place first,"

Lin Ye said.

They couldn't stay here long.

If anyone discovered the secret of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it would bring a deadly calamity down on them.

"Mm!"

Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling nodded together.

The three of them had long been ready to leave at a moment's notice.

And so,

the three slipped out of the quiet alley under cover of night.

Before leaving,

Lin Ye took Xiao Wu's body and erased every trace that the three of them had been there.

Elsewhere,

"Rongrong."

"Have you seen Xiao Wu?"

"Has anyone seen Xiao Wu today?"

After going a whole day without seeing the little rabbit, Tang San finally realized something was wrong.

"What happened?"

"Is Xiao Wu missing?"

"Don't worry."

"Xiao Wu loves to play."

"She must have gone off to explore Heaven Dou City on her own."

"That's right."

"I bet she'll be back soon."

"..."

They weren't merely trying to comfort Tang San.

Xiao Wu really did love to play that much.

But Tang San shook his head.

"No!"

"Xiao Wu promised me."

"No matter where she goes during the day, she always comes back before sunset."

A wave of dread surged through him.

A voice deep inside told him that something might have happened to Xiao Wu.

At that thought...

he bolted out the door.

"Little San?"

"Where are you going?"

"He must be going to look for Xiao Wu."

"Don't just stand there."

"Everyone, get moving. Let's bring Xiao Wu back."

"..."

Flender had spoken.

Hmph—

That Xiao Wu.

Once they found her tonight, he would have to lay down a rule.

From now on, no one could leave the academy without the headmaster's permission.

At first, everyone truly thought Xiao Wu had lost track of time while out playing.

But...

after searching all night,

they still hadn't found a trace of her.

At the gates of Shrek Academy,

everyone gathered at the agreed time.

"Strange."

"Where could Xiao Wu have gone?"

"Only Little San would know."

Everyone looked at Tang San.

By then,

the night's ordeal had left Tang San utterly haggard.

When they asked where Xiao Wu's home was and who lived there,

Tang San could only shake his head again and again.

"Brother."

"Are you two even dating?"

Dai Mubai was dumbfounded.

Honestly,

even when he visited prostitutes, he knew where the girls lived, all right?

Only then...

did Tang San realize how little he knew about Xiao Wu.

"Little San."

"Come here a moment."

"We found signs of a fight in a nearby alley."

Zhao Wuji had brought back the news.

At those words, Tang San charged off like a wild horse breaking free of its reins.

Inside the alley,

Tang San saw a collapsed wall and fresh gouges in the bricks.

"Xiao Wu?"

"Xiao Wu, where are you?"

Tang San searched everywhere but found no sign of Xiao Wu. He couldn't even catch her scent.

Well...

he didn't know whether that was good or bad.

"Tang San, calm down."

"All we found were signs that a fight took place here last night."

"We can't say yet whether it had anything to do with Xiao Wu."

Tang San shook his head.

Don't lie to me!

Every sign now pointed to Xiao Wu's involvement in the fight. He just couldn't find any trace of her in the alley.

What frightened him most was...

a fierce battle had taken place here.

A fight of that intensity could have dealt a fatal blow to a Soul Master at Xiao Wu's level.

Xiao Wu!

Where are you?

I'll find you. I swear I will.

"Tang San."

"Don't worry."

"We'll all do everything we can to find Xiao Wu."

Flender's face was grave.

From his experience roaming the Douluo Continent, he judged that something terrible had most likely happened to Xiao Wu.

She might have been killed.

She might have been assaulted.

Either way...

the chances that she was still alive were vanishingly small.

Flender immediately added, "Starting today, no one is allowed to leave Shrek Academy."

As he spoke, he made a point of glancing at Ning Rongrong.

Now she was a living ancestor they couldn't afford to offend!

If anything happened to Ning Rongrong,

wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect rip his guts out?

"Little San."

"Pull yourself together."

Yu Xiaogang clapped Tang San firmly on the shoulder.

What worried him most was the blow this would deal Tang San.

Tang San was at the best age for a Soul Master's cultivation. If he squandered this precious golden period, his future achievements would suffer greatly.

Yu Xiaogang's plan to prove the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul would go up in smoke, too.

"Mm..."

Tang San nodded.

But in truth...

he was already a walking corpse.

He kept replaying everything that had happened since he and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City, trying to dredge up some place she might have gone.

But...

no matter how hard he racked his brains, he came up empty.

Aside from her love of playing, Xiao Wu never seemed to have anything else in mind.

In the end,

the search for Xiao Wu ended in failure.

Though Flender promised to spare no effort in finding her, deep down he believed she most likely would never return.

Elsewhere,

after returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Ye made an important decision.

He would go out into the world to gain experience!

It wasn't a decision made on a whim, but one he had reached after careful thought.

The reason was simple.

After all...

what Soul Master Academy had a student who was a Soul Emperor?

The teachers at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had nothing left to teach him. Staying in the classroom would no longer help him improve.

Excursions like the Imperial Fighting Team's last outing offered a slight improvement in combat experience.

But...

they only got two such opportunities a year.

Once Lin Ye understood that,

he quietly slipped into the Education Committee offices and left a letter for Meng Shenji on the desk.

Hmm...

He had crossed over to the Douluo Continent.

Meng Shenji had taken him in when he was little.

He had fed him, given him drink, helped him awaken his Martial Soul, and provided him with resources for cultivation.

To him, Meng Shenji had been both teacher and father.

Leaving this time would surely make the old man furious, but if he wanted to reach Titled Douluo as quickly as possible, he had no choice.

In his letter, he stressed that he was only going out to gain experience and would definitely return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy within a year or so.

Hmm...

That way...

Meng Shenji would surely feel a little better about it.