Night lay deep over Shrek Academy's Circular Track, where Tang Wulin ran at a steady pace. Sweat soaked his bangs, but his breathing remained even and his strides vigorous. Clearly, he was still warming up.
Just as he prepared to sprint into his second lap, a figure suddenly darted out of the tree-lined path beside him, moving so fast that he nearly crashed into the track's safety railing.
"Ow! My poor back!" The figure fell to the ground, clutching his knee and wailing.
Tang Wulin stopped and took a look under the streetlight. Wasn't that Xie Xie?
"Xie Xie? What happened? Why are you running so fast in the middle of the night? In a hurry to get reincarnated?" Tang Wulin walked over helplessly and reached down to pull him up.
Xie Xie was pale and gasping for breath, clearly scared out of his wits. He grabbed Tang Wulin's arm and babbled, "B-boss! This is bad! That... that red-haired girl! The one who looks like Yuanen! She's an Evil Soul Master! Really! I saw it myself! Black flames, a Fallen Angel! She's going to kill me!"
Although Xie Xie spoke in broken fragments punctuated by gasps, Tang Wulin's keen hearing instantly caught several key details: a red-haired girl, someone who looked like Yuanen, an Evil Soul Master.
"A red-haired girl? Who looks like Yuanen Yehui? And uses a Fallen Angel martial soul?" Tang Wulin frowned, Yuanen Yehui's cold, proud face instantly flashing through his mind.
Whether she was an Evil Soul Master or not, he absolutely couldn't stand by now that Yuanen Yehui was involved. Besides, although Xie Xie was usually loud and excitable, he wouldn't joke about something like this.
"Come on! Take me there!" Without further hesitation, Tang Wulin grabbed the still-panting Xie Xie. His soul power erupted,