Seeing Zhao Wuji charge forward, Chu Feng immediately used Oscar's and Ning Rongrong's badges to perform Martial Soul Fusion and sublimation.
"Nine-colored flowing light, food bestows tremendous might!"
"First Soul Skill: Food Light Strength Bestowal."
The first tier of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in Chu Feng's hand lit up, shooting a nine-colored beam onto Zhao Wuji.
"Hmm?" Zhao Wuji's already swollen muscles grew even bulkier.
Before Zhao Wuji could adjust, Chu Feng unleashed his second and third Soul Skills simultaneously.
"Nine-colored trailing ribbons, swift movement and healing!"
"Second Soul Skill: Swift Healing Light Ribbon."
Zhao Wuji's movements abruptly quickened, and the wounds the Titan Giant Ape had inflicted on him healed visibly.
"Pagoda, open your third tier; illusory food builds a divine defense!"
"Third Soul Skill: Glazed Illusory Food Shield."
"Forget about me. Get out of here!" Though touched, Zhao Wuji wanted Chu Feng and the others to escape as quickly as possible even more.
These students were the academy's future.
"Come on, then! Let's see just how strong a Titan Giant Ape is!" Zhao Wuji roared, slamming hard into the Titan Giant Ape.
With all his strength and Chu Feng's enhancement, Zhao Wuji actually knocked the Titan Giant Ape over.
"Roar!"
This time, the Titan Giant Ape was angry.
He had only sensed Xiao Wu's presence and come to take her home.
Yet Zhao Wuji had rammed into him on sight without a word.
He, the Titan Giant Ape, was no good-tempered soul beast, either.
The Titan Giant Ape swung his massive palm and slammed it down on Zhao Wuji.
"Great Strength Vajra Bear True Body, Immovable Bright King Body!" Sensing the massive palm overhead, Zhao Wuji activated his Soul Skills.
"Boom!" With a thunderous crash, Zhao Wuji was slapped into the ground.
Just as the Titan Giant Ape was about to strike again, Xiao Wu darted in front of Zhao Wuji at some point and spread her arms.
"Don't!"
Seeing that it was Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape revealed a trace of a humanlike smile.
With a sweep of his massive palm, he caught Xiao Wu in his hand, turned, and leaped with all his strength, charging into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Xiao Wu!" Seeing the Titan Giant Ape actually take Xiao Wu away, Tang San, who was farther away, burned with anxiety and immediately tried to rush over to rescue her.
Chu Feng grabbed Tang San and pushed him back into Dai Mubai's hands.
"I'll go."
"Mubai, take them away."
He had been wanting to discuss a few things with the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python anyway.
By the time Zhao Wuji regained consciousness, he was already in an inn in town.
"Teacher, you're finally awake." Ning Rongrong wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Zhao Wuji blearily looked around and immediately noticed that Xiao Wu, Chu Feng, and Tang San were nowhere to be seen.
"Where are Little Feng, Xiao Wu, and Little San?"
"T-Teacher..." Ning Rongrong wanted to say something, but her sobs kept her from speaking properly.
Zhu Zhuqing wrapped her arms around Ning Rongrong and comforted her softly.
Dai Mubai lowered his head, his voice dejected.
"Teacher Zhao, Xiao Wu was taken away by the Titan Giant Ape. Boss chased after them to try to rescue her."
"On the way back, Little San slipped away too. He probably went to rescue Xiao Wu as well."
Hearing this, Zhao Wuji slammed his fist against the edge of the bed.
"Reckless fools! That's a Titan Giant Ape tens of thousands of years old!"
Zhao Wuji tried to get up, but the pain in his body forced him to lie back down.
The injuries inflicted by the Titan Giant Ape were not something Oscar's sausages could heal completely.
Zhao Wuji hammered the edge of the bed a few more times in anguish.
"How are those three supposed to survive in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
No matter how strong Chu Feng was, he could not fight a Titan Giant Ape tens of thousands of years old.
Not to mention that other soul beasts of great age inhabited the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
With Chu Feng and the others heading inside, disaster likely outweighed any hope of survival.
"It's all my fault."
"I should never have brought you to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings," Zhao Wuji said reproachfully.
His heart was filled with guilt.
If Chu Feng and the other two really died in the Star Dou Great Forest, he would not want to live either.
"Boss and the others will definitely be all right," Ma Hongjun said gravely.
He understood Chu Feng's strength better than anyone.
If Chu Feng dared to give chase, he must have been confident he could survive.
Tang San and Xiao Wu, however, were another matter.
"I'll go find Grandpa Bone and Grandpa Sword." Ning Rongrong forcefully wiped away her tears, turned, and left.
Chu Feng and the other two were her good friends. They had to be saved.
Everyone watched Ning Rongrong leave without stopping her.
Perhaps only a Titled Douluo could save Chu Feng and the other two now.
Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, Chu Feng held a badge and avoided the older soul beasts along the way.
"This concealment badge is pretty useful. Even ten-thousand-year soul beasts can't detect me." Chu Feng squeezed the badge in his hand.
With a light push of his feet, he leaped onto a towering tree.
Looking at the forest ahead, brutally flattened by the Titan Giant Ape, he did not have to worry about losing the trail.
He inserted Oscar's badge into the Martial Soul Sublimator and summoned a flying mushroom.
After swallowing it, he flew along the trail.
After an unknown amount of time, a vast lake appeared before Chu Feng.
The running Titan Giant Ape stopped beside the lake and gently set Xiao Wu down from his hand.
"Er Ming, you were too reckless! Those were my friends and teacher."
"You even knocked my teacher into the ground!" Xiao Wu said angrily, her hands on her hips.
"Roar, roar, roar." The Titan Giant Ape roared several times, waving his arms in an aggrieved gesture before putting on an aggrieved expression as well.
He had not struck first. Zhao Wuji had attacked first, and he had only fought back after getting angry.
It was that human's own fault for being so weak that a single slap had stuffed him into the ground.
"Who told you to come running out? You're a Titan Giant Ape! Of course Teacher would rush up to stop you when he saw you." Xiao Wu gave the Titan Giant Ape a kick with her little foot.
After a moment's thought, she punched him too.
With Er Ming acting like this, who knows how badly Teacher Zhao was hurt?
And Little San-who knows how anxious he must be after seeing me captured? He'll definitely come to rescue me.
Ning Rongrong and the others must be worried too.
At the thought of Tang San risking his life to rescue her, Xiao Wu said anxiously, "Er Ming, hurry and take me out."
The Star Dou Great Forest was no place for a mere two-ring Soul Master like Little San to venture into.
The Titan Giant Ape turned his face away, expressing his refusal.
After sensing Xiao Wu's presence, he had rushed over in a blazing hurry.
They had barely spent any time together. How could he be willing to let Xiao Wu leave?
Just as Xiao Wu was about to speak again, an enormous figure shot out of the lake.
"Xiao Wu, stop bullying Er Ming." The Sky Azure Bull Python's deep voice rang out.
The Titan Giant Ape nodded at the Sky Azure Bull Python in agreement.
"Da Ming, if I don't go back, my teacher and friends will worry," Xiao Wu called out in a sweet voice.
"You've been away for so long. Stay here a little longer. You need to obtain your third soul ring anyway." The Sky Azure Bull Python lowered his head, bringing his enormous horns before Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu reached out to stroke them and sighed.
"But I'm worried my friends will risk coming in to rescue me. They think Er Ming captured me."
Naturally, she understood what Da Ming and Er Ming were thinking, but she still worried that Tang San and the others would encounter danger.
"You could stay a little longer." Chu Feng's voice suddenly sounded.
The two beasts and the girl looked over and saw Chu Feng standing on a towering tree beside the lake.
Xiao Wu's heart trembled.
It's over. I've been found out.