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"Let's go, you little brats."
Zhao Wuji shouted loudly.
"Why didn't you say 'little bear'?"
Xiao Wu muttered quietly, but everyone present heard her. Zhao Wuji's face turned black as he glared at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu shrank behind Tang San. She was still quite afraid of this Soul Douluo.
"Hahahaha×3"
Li Luochen, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar burst into laughter. Xiao Wu was too funny, daring to tease Zhao Wuji like that.
Li Luochen found Xiao Wu, this cute little bunny girl, quite charming. Her proportions were perfect, but unfortunately, she was a rabbit. He had some reservations about rabbits—she just couldn't compare to his Little Dragon Maiden, who was truly a handful.
When he had time, he should visit Dugu Yan in Tian Dou City for some quality time together. Li Luochen's thoughts drifted off to strange places.
Especially after Dugu Yan transformed into her dragon form—her icy scales felt so cool to the touch, and hugging her was incredibly comfortable. However, her combat power in dragon form was overwhelmingly fierce, and her recovery ability was extraordinarily strong.
With Dugu Yan's cultivation being quite high, especially since her seventh spirit ring was a hundred-thousand-year one, plus a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, her combat strength had clearly increased significantly.
His kidneys were struggling to keep up. This was another reason why Li Luochen wanted to break through to become a Soul Sage. If things kept dragging on, Dugu Yan would soon reach Soul Douluo level, and then Li Luochen would be left behind. He absolutely wouldn't allow that to happen.
He was marrying a wife, not a husband. He didn't want Dugu Yan to become such an overwhelmingly powerful existence. He needed to establish dominance in their relationship early on.
Zhao Wuji cleared his throat lightly. "Alright, everyone, let's get moving. Xiao Ao, you lead the group."
Oscar nodded, his expression immediately turning serious as he addressed the others:
"The Star Dou Great Forest is no place for jokes. There are numerous soul beasts inside, all extremely aggressive, and they don't have much love for humans. Everyone must remain cautious.
Hongjun, you and Tang San take the front. Ning Rongrong, follow behind them. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, you two stay on the left and right flanks. Dai Mubai and I will bring up the rear.
Once we enter the forest, maintain this formation and stay vigilant at all times. Let's move out."
"? Aren't you a food-based spirit master? Even though you're a Soul Ancestor, shouldn't you be in the middle with me?"
Ning Rongrong asked in confusion. She was well aware of the difficulties faced by auxiliary spirit masters—they were the most vulnerable members of any spirit master team, requiring full protection from the group. But Oscar was walking at the front alongside Ma Hongjun, who was nearly a Soul Zong?
"Hehe, Rongrong, don't underestimate Oscar. He's a food-based spirit master with combat abilities. How strong is he? Well, he's evenly matched with Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai gets utterly dominated by him. It's as simple as that."
Li Luochen chuckled softly. Ning Rongrong's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Dai Mubai, whose face turned awkward. But he didn't refute anything, confirming that what Li Luochen said was true.
Moreover, Ning Rongrong had learned over the past few days that Li Luochen was the strongest genius of the younger generation—an advanced Soul Emperor at just eighteen years old, an existence without equal.
His words carried great authority.
Tang San silently admired Oscar's arrangement. As the strongest student, his placement was spot-on. In terms of overall strength, he was the fourth strongest. He and Ma Hongjun were positioned at the front, while Dai Mubai, the third strongest, brought up the rear. The rear guard was always more critical than the front line because they had Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu on the flanks ready to provide support at any moment. Meanwhile, Oscar, stationed at the rear, had to remain alert in multiple directions.
The key point was that Oscar was a food-based spirit master, yet he possessed combat abilities. From what Tang San had learned from his teacher, auxiliary spirit masters weren't supposed to have combat capabilities, but Oscar clearly transcended theory.
He'd ask his teacher about it later when he had time—it might help resolve the doubts in his mind.
"Second Spirit Skill, Divine Swift Swallow Mushroom Sausage!"
Oscar immediately produced eight mushroom sausages and handed them out. The spirit power consumption of these sausages wasn't significant. Oscar's current spirit power allowed him to make dozens of them—eight was nothing.
The new students had only experienced Oscar's first spirit skill, the Recovery Big Sausage, which had excellent effects. They hadn't yet encountered this thousand-year second spirit skill.
"My second spirit skill allows you to grow a pair of wings and fly at the speed of a sharp-tailed swallow for fifteen minutes. Give it a try."
As soon as Oscar finished speaking, he consumed the sausage, and a pair of spirit-powered wings sprouted from his back. Ma Hongjun followed suit, and the others consumed theirs in turn.
Then they flew toward the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest. As for Li Luochen, who remained behind, he stretched lazily, unfurled his dragon wings, and let them fly ahead for five minutes before he caught up.
Five minutes later,
Li Luochen accelerated to full speed and caught up with the group in just one minute. The new students were all shocked by the red dragon wings on Li Luochen's back.
By nightfall, Shrek Academy's group had traveled over four hundred kilometers and was now very close to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Realizing they wouldn't reach their destination today, Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to rest. They had arrived at a small town, and continuing forward without supplies would be risky.
The group then entered a hotel.
The hotel was a two-story building. The first floor had a simple restaurant, and the second floor was for accommodation. Zhao Wuji booked a single room for himself and went upstairs. Li Luochen also booked a single room for himself.
After a brief discussion, the group booked a quadruple room for the four boys and a triple room for the three girls.
However, Li Luochen didn't go upstairs. Instead, he sat alone at a table downstairs, ordering food and preparing to watch the show. He wondered if there would be any changes compared to the original timeline. After all, Shrek Academy no longer had that rule about avoiding trouble being a sign of mediocrity.
The seven of them gathered around a table to eat. Li Luochen doubted they'd develop any real chemistry. Oscar and Ma Hongjun were no longer on the same wavelength as the others.
In just over a year, during the upcoming Spirit Master Tournament, both Oscar and Ma Hongjun might reach the Soul King level.
Since leaving the academy, Ning Rongrong hadn't taken her eyes off Oscar. Zhu Zhuqing maintained her distance from Dai Mubai and mostly spoke with Ning Rongrong. Tang San and Xiao Wu formed their own little group. Who in the team was isolated? That perverted tiger.
The restaurant was already about sixty to seventy percent full. At this moment, a group of people suddenly walked in. Similar to their group from Shrek Academy, there were eight of them.
Leading the group was a middle-aged man who appeared to be in his forties. His appearance was handsome, his hair meticulously styled, and he wore an elegant moon-white spirit master robe embroidered with silver-thread patterns that shimmered as he moved.
Behind the middle-aged man were six young men and one young woman, all appearing to be around twenty years old. They wore identical moon-white spirit master robes, though without the silver-thread embroidery of the leader. However, both the middle-aged man and the seven young people behind him had a green circular emblem on their left shoulders, embroidered with two characters in the same color: Cang Hui.
From their attire, it was clear that these people were all spirit masters. In contrast, Shrek Academy's group dressed casually, looking no different from ordinary people. These newcomers were far more ostentatious. Of course, Li Luochen looked stylish in his custom-made Shrek Director's uniform, which he was quite satisfied with.
When the restaurant owner saw them enter, he hurriedly greeted them with exaggerated politeness, bowing repeatedly. As Oscar had said, this small town relied on the Star Dou Great Forest for its livelihood—in other words, it relied on spirit masters. Being a spirit master wasn't just a noble profession; it was also a wealthy one. Naturally, the owner didn't dare to be careless.
"Cang Hui Academy has arrived. Let's see if anything changes next."
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