Tang Sui, protected within the barrier, slowly raised her head. In her clear blue eyes, a spot of dark light, like a flower blooming in the sea, swayed and unfolded. Before Tang San’s horrified gaze, it occupied her entire pupils, plunging Tang San’s heart into an icy lake.
To think it would happen at this moment…
"Roar!"
A beast’s intuition is keen, let alone that of a Titan Giant Ape, which possessed intelligence no less than that of humans.
It fixed its gaze on this small cub that felt overwhelmingly wrong. Its other arm, which had been on the ground, lifted, and its massive ape claw slammed heavily onto Tang Sui’s barrier sphere. Concentrating soul power in its palm, it forcefully shattered the barrier constructed from fox and ape masks. The moment the barrier broke, it controlled its strength, carefully cupped Tang Sui in its palm, scooped her up, and turned to flee.
The shattering of the demonic energy barrier, the surge of mental energy being dispersed, and now being scooped up by the Titan Giant Ape, the whistling wind rushing into her ears, Tang Sui’s head buzzed. Her vision went dark. Her mental energy finally stopped its decline, her flickering personal panel stabilized temporarily, and she fainted.
"No—! Sui Sui!!!"
The instant the Titan Giant Ape’s large hand swept towards Tang Sui, Tang San’s eyes instantly turned red. His eyes, about to split, stared at the devastated, debris-filled earth where not even half a figure could be seen. He forcefully pushed off the ground with one foot, leaping into the air, his hands lightning-fast as they brushed past the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges on his waist.
With a thought, several cold blades poisoned with potent medicine flew out, slicing fiercely through the air, hurtling towards the Titan Giant Ape’s eyes, attempting to force it to release its grip through excruciating pain.
He hadn't seen Sui Sui’s… corpse. The person must have been captured by this Titan Giant Ape!
Tang San, his eyes bloodshot, frantically circulated his Xuan Tian Gong and soul power. His purple-glowing eyes even showed traces of bloodshot veins, yet he remained completely focused, channeling his strength into controlling the hidden weapons he had projected. His sole objective was to force the Titan Giant Ape to let go!
"Ah? Tang Sui!"
Zhao Wuji, who had finally landed, his pupils contracted, and immense grief surged into his heart.
He spread his arms, his body swelling several times. He let out a roar to the heavens, and his seventh, jet-black soul ring floated into the sky, casting a deep, dark light that enveloped Zhao Wuji’s body.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body!"
Dense, earth-yellow light spewed from Zhao Wuji’s eyes. His body swelled and grew taller, his muscles bulging. He shot up from his original height of over three meters to nearly six meters. Brownish-yellow fur covered his entire body, and he had transformed into a true giant bear! Su Dan Novels Network.
"Hah—!"
Zhao Wuji, now in his Martial Soul True Body form, lunged without hesitation towards the Titan Giant Ape’s half-clenched arm. The desperate, frenzied effort made Dai Mubai and the others hold their breath for Zhao Wuji.
As one of the earlier batch of students at Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai knew all too well that the seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body, was Zhao Wuji’s last resort for self-preservation!
While this soul skill was domineering, its side effects were the strongest. It could use all soul skills below rank seven for thirty minutes without limit, with 150% of the original power and 200% of the defense. However, each time Martial Soul True Body was used, the soul master’s own attributes would be weakened by 50%, requiring seven days to recover. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, soul masters above rank seventy would not easily use Martial Soul True Body!
Xiao Wu was even more anxious, not knowing what to do. She hadn’t expected Er Ming to suddenly pursue them after sensing her aura, and then to clash with her teachers and companions. But she couldn't expose her identity directly.
Although she believed Er Ming wouldn’t truly harm her friends, what about Sui Sui?
Seeing that even Zhao Wuji in his Martial Soul True Body form was easily repelled by the Titan Giant Ape, and all of Tang San’s hidden weapons were blocked by a simple turn of the Titan Giant Ape, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth. Suddenly, she leaped from her position in the treetops and headed straight for the Titan Giant Ape.
The Titan Giant Ape, which had just turned and collided head-on with Xiao Wu, its eyes lit up. The jet-black fur completely concealed the simple, silly curve of its mouth as it grinned. It then extended its other hand towards Xiao Wu and scooped her up.
"Xiao Wu! Cough!"
Zhao Wuji, who had been forcefully repelled from his Martial Soul True Body form back to his original appearance, watched in shock and anger as another of his students was captured by the Titan Giant Ape. He couldn’t suppress the surging blood in his chest and coughed out a mouthful of scarlet blood, which splattered onto the ravaged ground.
The Titan Giant Ape, having finally captured the person it wanted, glanced at the two-legged beasts still trying to rush forward. Its body suddenly straightened, and with a powerful push from its feet, the terrifying behemoth leaped from its spot. The hurricane generated by its leap blew Zhao Wuji and Tang San, who were still unwilling to give up and tried to pursue, flying and landing on the ground.
"Sui Sui, Xiao Wu!"
Tang San, blown away, quickly righted himself using the tree trunk stuck upside down in the ground. He pushed off with his foot and continued to pursue.
But the Titan Giant Ape was too fast. Even without using its arms, this leap covered at least a hundred meters.
"Tang San! You brat, hurry back—"
Zhao Wuji, already severely injured, was unable to pursue, as his speed was vastly different from the Titan Giant Ape’s. Seeing his third student also stubbornly going to deliver himself, Zhao Wuji, sprawled on the ground in disarray, yelled at the top of his lungs from behind.
— Aside —
Er Ming: I get it, so it's a cub.