"Huh?"
Under the bleak moonlight, Tang San was about to leave the woods when confusion spread across his face. "Did something happen in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"Stop looking! Run!"
Yu Xiaogang darted out from somewhere, grabbed Tang San's hand, and raced toward the town. "That was the Titan Giant Ape's roar! The Forest King is furious!"
Worried that something might happen to Tang San, Yu Xiaogang had been secretly following him. After Tang San and Xiao Wu said their goodbyes, he followed Tang San back toward the town, only for this to happen.
"Xiao Wu!" Tang San turned to go after Xiao Wu, but Yu Xiaogang caught him and dragged him away. They hurtled through the forest like the wind, the anguished howling behind them lingering without end.
"Xiao San! Stop thinking about it. Xiao Wu is a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. You don't need to worry about someone killing her in her own home."
Yu Xiaogang was panting after running for a while. Although he often told Tang San to exercise, he had never kept up the habit himself. "She'll be fine."
"But don't soul beasts hurt, hunt, and devour one another too?" Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon with both hands to break free of Yu Xiaogang's grip. "Isn't the strong devouring the weak the law of the jungle?"
Yu Xiaogang turned, and their eyes met. Tang San's eyes had turned blood-red, so red they seemed about to drip blood, as though madness was all that remained in them.
"You won't catch up," Yu Xiaogang sighed. He couldn't let Tang San throw his life away.
"Teacher!" Tang San's voice was hoarse. "I'll just check on Xiao Wu. If she's fine, I'll come back."
"All right." Yu Xiaogang sighed. "I'll go with you. The Titan Giant Ape