Several days later, the Shrek Academy party stood at the gates of Heaven Dou City.
"Hey, so this is Heaven Dou City. Wonder what the girls here are like."
Ma Hongjun watched the girls coming and going through the gates, his eyes practically bulging out of his head.
Hearing Ma Hongjun's words, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu all shot him looks of disgust.
They could see it now. This fatty's head was filled with nothing but that business between men and women.
Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes shining as he gazed at Heaven Dou City before him.
They had come to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and represent the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
When the time came, after he led the seven behind him to victory, he would not only make a name for himself.
He would also be entrusted with important responsibilities by the Heaven Dou Empire, washing away his humiliation and soaring into the heavens!
At the thought, one corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth could not help curling sharply upward.
One day, he, Grandmaster Yu, would return in domineering glory, just like that legendary king!
But just as the Shrek Academy party was about to enter Heaven Dou City...
An overwhelming pressure bore straight down from above.
And its target was none other than the Shrek Academy party.
One moment, Yu Xiaogang had been imagining his return as the Dragon King; the next, the pressure flattened him against the ground.
As luck would have it, his mouth was open the instant he was slammed down, and a stone the size of a fist lay directly in front of him.
And so, everyone heard a crack.
Two large yellow teeth suddenly flew out.
After tracing a perfect parabola through the air, they landed right before Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
Before Yu Xiaogang could mourn his two large yellow teeth, an indifferent voice rang out from above.
"Tang San, come with me."
Dugu Bo appeared in midair, holding a sheet of white paper bearing Tang San's portrait.
Naturally, Yun Tian had drawn this portrait himself that day, spending a full five hours on it.
One could say that, if the portrait's resemblance to Tang San was not one hundred percent, it was at least ninety-nine point nine percent.
Dugu Bo stepped forward and used his soul power to force the Shrek party to raise their heads.
Dugu Bo swept his gaze over them, locking onto Tang San in the crowd with a single glance.
"Found you." Dugu Bo reached out a hand, and the next instant, he seized Tang San through the air and lifted him up.
"Let Xiaosan go!"
Seeing his disciple captured, Yu Xiaogang immediately grew frantic.
This was the most important person in his bid to wash away his humiliation and return as the Dragon King. Absolutely nothing could be allowed to happen to him.
Besides, if anything really happened to Tang San, His Excellency Haotian hammering him into meat paste would be getting off lightly!
He was still young, only fifty years old. He did not want to die yet!
Dugu Bo glanced back, and that single look left him completely frozen.
Was... was this the legendary rank ninety-two...
Oh, rank twenty-nine. Seeing the way you acted just now, I thought you were rank ninety-two.
Dugu Bo rubbed his brow. He had wondered how there could possibly be a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo among these people.
Dugu Bo did not bother taking issue with Yu Xiaogang. Doing so would be beneath his status!
The next instant, Dugu Bo transformed into a streak of green light and flew swiftly toward Sunset Forest with Tang San.
Once Dugu Bo had left, Flender immediately ran to Yu Xiaogang's side, his face filled with urgency.
"Xiaogang, what do we do? That old bastard took Xiaosan! If His Excellency Haotian finds out, we're finished!"
He did not want to die. He still loved Erlong deeply, even though she did not love him.
Yu Xiaogang stared in the direction Dugu Bo had vanished, his eyes filled with venomous hatred.
"We're no match for him. Judging by how he flattened us with his pressure alone, he's at least a Soul Douluo."
Yu Xiaogang rubbed his flat-top, utterly frantic.
Against an expert who was at least a Soul Douluo, even if they found where he was, they still could not beat him!
"Xiaogang, why don't we find Xiaoming? Maybe he has a way?"
Flender asked from beside him. He was truly terrified now.
He really did not want to see that Clear Sky Hammer a second time.
Flender's words were like an anointing of wisdom poured over Yu Xiaogang's head.
"Right, we'll go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ask them to help us rescue Xiaosan from that old bastard!"
With their course of action decided, Yu Xiaogang and Flender led the others behind them in a hurried rush toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest...
"I brought him. Just wake him up in a bit. I'll be outside. Call me anytime if anything comes up."
Dugu Bo casually tossed the unconscious Tang San onto the ground and spoke to Yun Tian, who sat cross-legged before him.
"Thank you," Yun Tian said softly as he rose.
Dugu Bo nodded, then left the valley.
After Dugu Bo left, Yun Tian glanced at Tang San on the ground.
"Tss, how could someone look like this?"
When he had watched the animation in his previous life, Tang San's looks before awakening the Blue Silver Emperor had seemed fairly ordinary.
But seeing him in reality, he looked worse than an ordinary person.
Still, it made sense when he thought about it. How good could a crossbred product look? Being a complete human was already good enough.
Yun Tian stroked Sang Biao at his feet and said, "Sang Biao, form an ice spike."
The next instant, a glow lit up around Sang Biao.
Then an ice spike radiating cold condensed out of thin air.
Holding the ice spike, Yun Tian turned Tang San over, then dropped it straight through the gap in his collar at the back of his neck.
Tang San's tightly shut eyes instantly flew open.
He sprang up from the ground, reaching behind himself with both hands while letting out a monkey-like cry.
When Tang San finally managed to shake the ice spike out and was about to look around to see where he was, Sang Biao suddenly barked.
At the sound of that bark, Tang San's blood instantly ran cold, and his body froze in place.
He turned his head stiffly, and when he saw Sang Biao, who, even standing on all fours...
Was still half a person's height, his face instantly turned deathly pale, and his lips lost all color.
"How is this possible? How could there be such a huge dog in this world!?"
Although Tang San was no longer particularly afraid of dogs now-he was a Soul Elder, after all.
When he saw a dog whose size was no different from a thousand-year soul beast's, the fear of dogs deep in his heart still rose up.
"Tang San, I trust you've been well."
Hearing that familiar voice, Tang San abruptly looked toward Yun Tian, who stood beside Sang Biao.
"This black-and-white dog, along with that face, which still looks somewhat familiar despite having changed."
Tang San stared fixedly at Yun Tian, then suddenly blurted out, "You're Yun Tian!?"
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