Angels, Red Dragon, Glazed Tile Pagoda (Part 2)

"Ning Tian!"

Ling Bai shouted. Ning Tian immediately understood. She took a short blade from the Rainbow Bracelet-shaped Storage Soul Tool on her wrist, tapped off the ground, and rushed toward the King Kong Baboon that had only one breath left. With a swift rise and fall of her blade, she cleanly ended the soul beast's life beneath its gaze of utter hatred.

A brilliant purple soul ring slowly rose, radiating an air of nobility.

"Absorb the soul ring here. Wu Feng and I will stand guard for you."

"Mm, thank you, Bai Ge."

Ning Tian smiled brightly and sat cross-legged on the ground, using her Soul Power to draw in the King Kong Baboon's thousand-year soul ring, leaving Ling Bai and Wu Feng staring at each other in the forest.

After a while, seeing that Ning Tian was fully immersed in absorbing the soul ring, Wu Feng deliberately coughed. She flicked her ponytail, cleared her throat, puffed out her chest, and said:

"It was only a King Kong Baboon. I could have defeated it alone. I didn't need you meddling!"

At that, a trace of agreement appeared in Ling Bai's golden eyes. "Makes sense. But I seem to remember some clown getting slapped twenty meters away by the King Kong Baboon ten minutes ago, breaking three trees before getting embedded in the ground so deeply no one could pull her out. Do you know who she was?"

"You..."

Wu Feng trembled with rage. Her sore spot had been struck, and she gritted her teeth, unable to say a word.

That was right. That clown had been her.

The three of them had been traveling from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to Shrek Academy when Ning Tian happened to break through Rank 30. They had decided to detour to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Third Soul Ring.

They had grown up together. Whenever Ning Tian was involved, Wu Feng had always been at odds with Ling Bai. Before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, she had repeatedly guaranteed that they would not need anyone else's help, yet...

She flew back even faster than she had charged out!

In the end, Ning Tian had pulled her out of the ground like a carrot!

"I... I was just careless for a moment!"

Wu Feng held it in for ages before finally forcing out a complete sentence.

"Oh?"

Ling Bai's suspicious gaze made the girl uncomfortable all over, but she still insisted:

"Anyway... from now on, I'll take full responsibility for anything involving Ning Tian!"

"Got it. Go play."

Ling Bai tossed Wu Feng a jade bottle and waved her away, telling her to go somewhere cool.

"You!!!"

Wu Feng's defenses instantly shattered. She desperately wanted to beat Ling Bai up, but five years of painful experience had taught her that this guy, who possessed the continent's greatest sacred martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel, was practically a demon when he fought.

She could not outtalk him or beat him, so Wu Feng decided not to humiliate herself any further. She huffed and plopped down near Ning Tian, pulled the stopper from the jade bottle, and a refreshing herbal fragrance filled her senses.

"A Mystic Pill?"

Wu Feng blinked. The Mystic Pill was one of the continent's finest healing medicines. Its main ingredient was the heartwood of the ten-thousand-year plant-type soul beast, the Life Tree. Even in the wealthy Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it counted as a treasure.

"What do you mean by that?" Wu Feng felt insulted and planted her hands on her hips as she demanded an answer.

"What do you think?"

Ling Bai's gaze fell upon Wu Feng's mangled arms and heaving chest. The immense strength of a thousand-year King Kong Baboon was not something a two-ring Soul Grandmaster could withstand head-on. Its force had long since seeped into Wu Feng's internal organs. The fact that she could still argue with him was already proof of the Red Dragon physique's toughness.

"Ling Bai!"

The mocking look in Ling Bai's eyes stoked Wu Feng's fury. She raised the jade bottle, her voice ringing loud and clear. "Even if I, Wu Feng, am beaten to death by a King Kong Baboon and die in the Star Dou Great Forest, I will never swallow even half a pill of yours!"

"Is that so?"

Ling Bai applauded her unwavering resolve. "If you die, won't I be free to do whatever I want to Ning Tian? To repay your sacrifice, I'll put up a gravestone for you. What color do you like? Pink?"

"A gravestone? Do whatever you want?!"

Wu Feng nearly exploded on the spot. Then she immediately swallowed the Mystic Pill whole, glared at the boy opposite her whose face was full of amusement, and snarled:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! As long as I'm here, don't even think about bullying Ning Tian!"

With that, she promptly sat cross-legged and circulated her Soul Power, racing against time to absorb the pill and heal her injuries.

"Tsk, the hardest thing about you is your mouth."

Ling Bai made a snide remark. Seeing that both Ning Tian and Wu Feng had fallen silent, he turned his thoughts to his own matters.

He was a transmigrator who possessed memories of his past life and knew that this was the world of Peerless Tang Sect. Because of the issue with his second martial soul, he needed a certain senior's help. Judging by the timeline, it should be time for that person to descend.

"Electrolux, you won't let me down... will you?"

Ling Bai stretched out his palm. His Soul Power condensed into a Purple-Black Spider the size of a fist. Its huge fangs looked savage, with venom faintly gathering on them. Its eight spear-like legs bent slightly before it sprang from Ling Bai's palm and landed on the ground. Their sickle-sharp tips pierced the earth. Unlike the sacred pride of the Six-Winged Angel, this spider exuded a different sort of savage brutality.

"Find her."

Ling Bai's command was simple and clear. Several months ago, he had found an excuse to leave the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and hidden near the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. When Huo Yun'er went out to buy daily necessities, he had secretly left a unique mark on her White Tiger Dagger. The Demon Spider could track that mark.

Having received the order, the Demon Spider raced toward the northwest and gradually vanished from Ling Bai's sight.

"Seems like it isn't far..."

An hour later, Ling Bai's eyes shifted slightly as he sensed the Demon Spider's feedback. At that very moment, the two girls slowly awoke as well.

"Bai Ge, Xiao Feng, I'm done."

Ning Tian rose, patted down her skirt, and walked toward Ling Bai. A faint smile bloomed on her pretty face. She was clearly very satisfied with the third soul skill the King Kong Baboon had given her.

Sensing trouble, Wu Feng immediately jogged over and squeezed between them, determined not to let Ling Bai and Ning Tian get close.

Ling Bai did not care about Wu Feng's little scheme. What was his would be his sooner or later; there was no need to fight over a moment's gain. He asked, "Xiao Tian, what is your third soul skill?"

"Take a guess?"

Ning Tian countered, her voice gentle with a touch of playfulness.

"Among ape-type soul beasts, the King Kong Baboon is second only to the Titan Giant Ape. Its strength, speed, attack, and defense are all formidable. Your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda already has strength and speed attached to it, so your third soul skill is more likely to be attack or defense."

As an ancient sect with a legacy spanning ten thousand years, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had developed a set of soul skills most suitable for the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Strength, speed, attack, defense, soul, and enhancement represented the boosts of its first six soul skills, comprehensively increasing a teammate's combat ability in six aspects: strength, speed, attack, defense, Soul Power, and attributes.

"Third skill: Attack."

Ning Tian revealed the answer. She was very happy, because whether it was the Six-Winged Angel or the Red Dragon, what they needed more than defense was undoubtedly an attack boost.

Sure enough, upon hearing the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda's third soul skill, joy flashed through both Ling Bai's and Wu Feng's eyes. A three-ring Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda provided a full forty percent boost. With strength, speed, and attack all enhanced, the two of them could even fight opponents one soul ring above them.

Ning Tian looked up at the sky and said, "We took a detour to hunt soul beasts and delayed for several days. It's time to report to Shrek Academy."

The connection between the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy could be traced back to their ancestor from ten thousand years ago, the Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong. For ten thousand years, every generation of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had sent one direct-line disciple to study at Shrek Academy, and that disciple would ultimately become the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Master.

Ning Tian's parents had only one child, Ning Tian. This inheritance naturally fell to her.

Ling Bai shook his head. "No. I think we need to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest a while longer."

"Why?"

Wu Feng immediately blurted out.

Ning Tian also cast him an inquiring look. Setting aside Shrek Academy, the Star Dou Great Forest was the most expansive gathering place of soul beasts on the Douluo Continent. Every extra minute spent here could bring unknown danger.

"I've broken through Rank 40."