There really was something strange

"Don't you need a man and a woman to have children?" As Ning Rongrong said this, she seemed to think of something.

"Could Grandpa Bone be a woman?"

Ning Rongrong's words left Zhao Su speechless. He thought to himself, Douluo Continent really is a world where you're considered an adult at twelve.

But her words also gave him a clue.

Zhao Su hurriedly asked, "Why do you say that?"

"I can't tell you. That's Grandpa Bone's secret."

With that, Ning Rongrong turned and quickly walked away.

"There really is something wrong!"

Watching Ning Rongrong leave, Zhao Su wore an expression that said he had known it all along.

Now that he knew Ning Rongrong knew something, Zhao Su was no longer in a hurry. He had plenty of time, after all. A few days hardly mattered.

[Ding! Get close to Ning Rongrong and draw out information about Gu Rong: completed.]

[Rewards obtained: Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring ×1, 10,000 energy points!]

Hearing the system's voice, Zhao Su smiled inwardly, then turned and entered his room.

Because he had lacked a suitable soul ring, he had been suppressing the soul power level of his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel.

Now that he had this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, there was no reason to wait any longer.

After returning to his room, Zhao Su summoned his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel martial soul without hesitation.

It had four soul rings in total: two black and two red!

With a thought, his suppressed soul power surged rapidly, soon reaching level fifty and allowing him to absorb his fifth soul ring.

Zhao Su's detailed attributes were now as follows.

Host: Zhao Su.

Martial souls: Twelve-Winged Holy Angel, Emperor Seven Kill Sword.

Soul skills:

Twelve-Winged Holy Angel: first soul skill, Heaven and Earth Manifestation; second soul skill, Heaven-Destroying Palm; third soul skill, Ninefold Sword Art; fourth soul skill, Holy Angel True Body;

Fifth soul skill, Immortal Tyrant Body.

Emperor Seven Kill Sword: first soul skill, Supreme Sword Intent; second soul skill, sword name: Destruction; third soul skill, sword name: Slaughter; fourth soul skill, sword name: One Sword Across Worlds.

Level: level fifty-one Battle Soul Master, power attack system.

Spiritual power: 23,200 points, spirit domain realm.

Energy: 15,000 points.

Luck: 23 points.

World-Guarding Divine Dragon: none.

The moment Zhao Su's fifth soul ring fully fused with him, an overpowering aura spread outward.

Zhao Wuji, who was staying in the room beside Zhao Su's, was instantly jolted awake by that overpowering aura.

Fear filled his eyes as he looked toward Zhao Su's room, and a different sort of thought seemed to stir in his heart.

Zhao Wuji had been born in a small city within the Heaven Dou Empire.

He could also be considered a noble.

But later, his parents had been framed and killed, leaving him as the sole survivor.

He had cultivated desperately, hoping to avenge his parents.

Yet one man's strength was far too insignificant. In the end, he had even been surrounded by people from Spirit Hall and forced to flee with grievous injuries.

He had thought there was no hope of taking revenge in this lifetime.

But Zhao Su's appearance had rekindled hope in his heart.

After absorbing the soul ring, Zhao Su briefly tested his newly acquired fifth soul skill.

He was thoroughly satisfied with it.

Fusing with the soul ring and testing his fifth soul skill had taken a great deal out of him.

Feeling a little hungry, he got up and left his room to find something to eat.

Shrek Academy's dining hall was in the village. When Zhao Su arrived, Tang San and the others were already there.

Besides Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, whom Zhao Su had met yesterday, Zhu Zhuqing had indeed appeared here as well.

There was also a fat boy and a man with a face full of whiskers and flirtatious eyes.

Zhao Su knew these two were Ma Hongjun and Oscar, respectively.

"Hello!"

Zhao Su walked over, casually sat down beside them, and greeted them with a smile.

"You really became a teacher at our Shrek Academy?"

Dai Mubai looked at Zhao Su, who was sitting beside him and was barely older than he was, and asked in disbelief.

Although Dai Mubai knew he could not beat Zhao Su, he still did not believe Zhao Su could persuade Flender to accept him as an academy teacher.

After all, Shrek Academy demanded monsters not only among its students; its requirements for recruiting teachers were even stricter.

"Of course. Why would I lie?"

Zhao Su picked up the rice porridge before him, took a sip, and answered casually.

After that, he said nothing more.

Everyone glanced at Zhao Su from time to time, while he maintained a faint smile.

Shrek's teaching methods were quite unusual. There were no fixed courses; instead, instruction was adjusted at any time to suit each student.

That evening, Flender led the Shrek Seven Devils to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City.

Naturally, Zhao Su came along too.

Although Zhao Su was a teacher, he was only sixteen and could still participate in soul fighting.

Flender had little to say when it came to Zhao Su.

He also understood that his own strength was nowhere near enough to teach Zhao Su. As long as Zhao Su stayed out of trouble, that was enough.

However, Zhao Su had no intention of participating in soul fighting. He had come purely to watch the excitement.

"Master!"

Zhao Su had just sat down in the spectator stands inside the Soul Fighting Arena.

A shadow appeared beside him.

The shadow overlapped with Zhao Su's own, concealing her presence perfectly.

There were also very few people in the spectator stands of the Soul Fighting Arena, so Shadow spoke directly without much concern.

"What did you find?"

"There really is something wrong with Gu Rong. He most likely belongs to a family in the Divine Realm. He came to the lower realm to temper himself, but something went wrong. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect saved him, so he stayed with them!"

"Someone from the Divine Realm?"

Zhao Su frowned slightly. For some reason, a faint sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

He had always felt that his transmigration was highly unusual.

The system's appearance, too, seemed far less simple than he had imagined.

He had never expected a family from the Divine Realm to be involved.

With his current strength, he could be said to have nothing to fear anywhere on Douluo Continent. But if he truly encountered someone from the Divine Realm, that might be another matter.

"He carries a divine aura. Even I felt a lingering dread from it and didn't dare approach to investigate."

"Mm, understood. Be careful, and make sure you don't expose yourself."

Hearing these words of concern from Zhao Su, a flicker of fervor flashed through Shadow's eyes as she looked at him.

"Thank you for your concern, Master. There's one more thing!"

"What is it?"

"His Holiness the Pope has come to Suotuo City. She's currently at the Suotuo City Grand Hotel."

"Oh! She's in Suotuo City? What did she come for?"

"On the surface, it's for the upcoming Intermediate Soul Master Tournament. In reality, it's for the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"She wants to hunt hundred-thousand-year soul beasts?"

"Most likely!"

"All right, understood. You may go."

Zhao Su waved Shadow away. He had already lost interest in watching the matches in the Soul Fighting Arena, and there was no telling what he was thinking.

As far as Zhao Su knew, there were six hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, including Xiao Wu.

However, only four were still alive: Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python; Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape; Xiao Wu; and a nameless little deer.

Tang San's mother, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu's mother were both already dead.