"Hide, quick!"
Zhao Wuji beckoned, his voice filled with surprise and solemnity.
"Teacher Zhao, wh-what kind of Soul Beast is that?" Ma Hongjun hid beneath a tree, trembling.
Before Zhao Wuji could speak,
Snake Granny Chao Tian suddenly answered from beside him, "The hundred-thousand-year overlord from the depths of Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape!"
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
The younger generation present looked utterly shocked.
Killing even a Thousand-Year Soul Beast was currently as difficult as ascending to heaven. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was like an impassable chasm to them.
Zhao Wuji sighed. "This is a Titan Giant Ape. It should live deep within Star Dou Great Forest, so why has it suddenly appeared on the outskirts?"
Affected by the tremors,
Chen An only now got up off Meng Yiran.
"Mmm... that soft cushion of flesh wasn't bad. I'll have to experience it again sometime!"
He looked at Meng Yiran's flushed face and nodded, thoroughly approving of her performance.
"Chen An!"
"I... I'm going to kill you, you lecher! You filthy creep!"
Clutching her aching stomach, Meng Yiran gritted her teeth and screamed hysterically.
"Hey, girl, don't... don't get worked up! I really didn't mean it!" Chen An pointed at the Titan Giant Ape nearby. "It was that thing! If you want to kill someone, kill it!"
"T-Titan Giant Ape?"
Chen An finally registered what was happening.
The next second, his gaze locked firmly onto Xiao Wu beside him.
The memories in his mind told him that the Titan Giant Ape had come for Xiao Wu.
"Hiss..." Chen An quietly turned his head to look at Meng Yiran again.
"Get lost!"
"What are you looking over here for now?!"
Meng Yiran was straightening the clothes Chen An had wrinkled.
"Hehe..." Chen An didn't answer and simply watched quietly.
After waiting a little longer, he turned back toward Xiao Wu and discovered that she was still staring at him as though she wanted to eat him alive.
I'm done for!
I'm afraid I really won't be able to coax her out of it this time!
Rumble...
Just as everyone thought the Titan Giant Ape had gone far away,
it suddenly turned around and charged straight toward Xiao Wu.
"Wh-why is it coming back?!" Zhao Wuji hurriedly activated his Seventh Soul Skill, his Martial Soul Avatar, the Great Strength Vajra Bear.
"Immovable Wisdom King, have you lost your mind?!"
"Even if all of us attacked, we couldn't possibly be its match!"
"All you'll do is enrage it!"
Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang shouted a rebuke and quickly took Meng Yiran away.
"Hmph!"
"Who cares about all that? Anyone who bullies my students gets a beating!"
Zhao Wuji had intended to activate his Soul Rings and clash with it, only to be blasted more than a dozen meters away by the Titan Giant Ape's oppressive might.
"Xiao Wu!"
The Titan Giant Ape pinpointed Xiao Wu amid the crowd and reached out to take her away.
"Xiao San, what the hell are you getting so worked up for?!"
"Shouldn't I be the one worrying?"
Chen An coughed lightly and rolled his eyes as he spoke.
He thought to himself.
Well, well!
All these years, it's been an act!
You still dare covet Xiao Wu? God King Tang, you've already found your path to death!
Chen An nodded.
He had already thought of an excellent idea to teach Tang San a lesson.
"Heh!" Tang San seemed to have stopped pretending as well and boldly said, "Xiao Wu is my classmate. Shouldn't I be worried about her? But you, Chen An-Xiao Wu likes you so much, yet when she's in danger, you just stand here unmoved!!!"
Chen An chuckled. "Oh? With all that bluster, can you beat the Titan Giant Ape?"
Tang San clenched his fists, muttering, "So what if I can't? How will you know it's impossible unless you try?"
Chen An blinked, completely unable to keep a straight face.
What big words! A Soul Grandmaster who didn't even have three rings dared challenge a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!
Even Huo Gua wouldn't dare say that, would he?!
"Fine!"
"Xiao San, since you're so brave, off you go!"
Chen An looked indifferent and spoke with complete ease.
At that moment,
Ning Rongrong, who had been watching from the sidelines, quietly interjected, "Scumbag. Coward!"
Chen An shrugged.
He maintained that he never argued with pretty women with no great ambitions in their chests.
"Brother Chen, you're really not going?"
Seeing Tang San leave, Ma Hongjun asked in confusion.
Chen An shook his head and pointed at his heart. "Fatty, remember this. You have to move a woman with your heart, not suddenly show off and pretend to be Jiahao!"
"Oh, oh..." Ma Hongjun nodded with only a vague understanding. "Then what's a Jiahao, and why pretend to be one?"
"Hehe, I don't know either." Chen An understood that Ma Hongjun couldn't get the joke, so he couldn't be bothered to explain.
"Hey!"
"What are you all doing?!"
"Dai Mubai, what kind of captain are you? Star Dou Great Forest is so dangerous, and Tang San is going off alone! If anything happens to him, how am I supposed to explain it to Grandmaster when we get back?!"
Only when Zhao Wuji came to his senses did he realize that Tang San had long since vanished.
Chen An immediately felt his scalp prickle.
He really was going to have to rein in that double-standard dog, Zhao Wuji.
Does Xiao Wu's life not count?
So your precious Tang San is worth so much that if anything happens to him, you have to answer to Yu Xiaogang!
If Gangzi is so brave, and even has Luo Sanpao, whose farts are like thunder, why didn't he dare come along to Star Dou Great Forest?
"Everyone, stay in formation!"
"We'll search in the direction the Titan Giant Ape went!"
Dai Mubai stepped forward of his own accord to organize the group and guide them.
Seeing how quickly everyone responded, Zhao Wuji felt very satisfied.
"Follow along. I'll go ahead and scout the way!"
To improve their efficiency,
Zhao Wuji still decided to lead the group himself.
About ten minutes later,
using the excuse that he wasn't feeling well,
Chen An went straight from the front of the group to the rear.
Gradually, while nobody was paying attention, he secretly slipped away.
Zhu Zhuqing, who was protecting their flank, saw him. She had wanted to approach and ask him about it, but a single look from Chen An stopped her.
He also mouthed to Zhu Zhuqing, "Don't tell them, please!"
As soon as he left the group, Chen An used his Third Soul Skill, Teleportation, and sprinted wildly with the additional 200% movement speed boost granted by Ultimate Lightning.
He had only one thought.
He wasn't going to find Xiao Wu, but Tang San!
Dare have designs on my woman, and you'd better prepare to bear Brother Chen's wrath!
If Chen An remembered correctly, Tang San would soon absorb the thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.
He would also compete against Meng Yiran again.
This was one of Tang San's bigger fortuitous opportunities. Not only would he obtain a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but also the External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances!
"With me here, you still think you'll get your fortuitous opportunity so smoothly?"
"Keep dreaming your grand dreams, Tang San!"
Chen An was ready to strike hard and fire the first shot of resistance.
He wasn't simply going to stop Tang San from absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider.
Instead, he had planned a particularly nasty yet deeply satisfying move.
Give the Man Faced Demon Spider to Meng Yiran!
That's right!
He would rather give such a fortuitous opportunity to a girl than let that scheming man Tang San have it!
"Hahaha..."
"You have to be ruthless to your enemies, especially those coveting your woman!!!"