After a few days of rest, Tang San had almost fully recovered.
On the carriage, everyone except Tang Sui, who was already sleeping with her head on a pillow as soon as she got on, was chattering about what kind of soul masters they might encounter as opponents.
Besides idle talk, they also seized opportunities to continue their training, striving to make every minute and second count.
However... Tang Sui was a slight exception.
Her current routine was to sleep during the day, occasionally waking up to join conversations before returning to sleep. She would sleep until nightfall, and after the moon was high in the sky, she would temporarily leave the carriage, inform the captain of the escorting academy team, and then leap onto the carriage roof to meditate, basking in the moonlight and absorbing its essence.
Ever since she fully mastered energy conversion, Tang Sui had entered a state of alternating between slacking off or training during the day and immersing herself in cultivation at night, focusing on accumulating her demonic power.
After so many battles, the Shrek Academy team had all reached bottlenecks to varying degrees.
During their continuous journey, Dai Mubai was the first to break through his bottleneck, advancing from level 44 to 45. Oscar was level 42, Tang San level 43, Ma Hongjun level 42, Xiao Wu level 39, Ning Rongrong level 42, and Zhu Zhuqing level 42.
Tang Sui's level had not increased, and her demonic power growth coefficient was unknown.
The journey was peaceful, and ten days quickly passed. They were halfway to Wuhun City.
A guard contingent of five hundred Royal Knights was enough to command immense respect, akin to royalty. Wherever they went, all cities received them with the highest honors, and they encountered no trouble on the road.
On the eleventh day of their journey, Xiao Wu was still cultivating. She was at a crucial stage of advancing from level 39 to 40, and only through day and night cultivation could she break through soon.
But...
Tang Sui, who had been sleeping soundly on her soft and firm pillow, suddenly opened her eyes. To avoid disturbing Xiao Wu's cultivation, the only sounds were the rumbling of the carriage wheels on the rocky ground and the clinking of the fine armor and equipment of the Royal Knights outside.
Normally, in such sounds, Tang Sui would have been accustomed to them, but now, she sat up, her gaze fixed intently on the semi-transparent glass carriage window, her eyes narrowing at the towering, precipitous cliffs on both sides.
"Sui Sui, what's wrong?"
Tang Sui's unusual behavior caused Tang San, who was also meditating in the carriage, to open his eyes. Hearing Tang San's question, Dai Mubai and the others also snapped out of their cultivation and looked at Tang Sui.
Tang Sui gazed at the steep cliff faces from inside the carriage. Yellow sand was occasionally blown up from the ground by strong winds, forming small whirlwinds of quicksand.
The moment her spiritual power spread out, the system reported the number of individuals detected within range to Tang Sui truthfully.
【Host, soul masters have been detected on the cliffs to the left and right, numbering in the thousands, with levels around Soul Sect. Dozens are Soul Kings, and there is one Soul Douluo level soul master.】
Nearly a thousand soul masters of Soul Sect level and above? The Spirit Hall truly had a grand plan!
Understanding the enemy's strength instantly, Tang Sui's blue eyes sharpened. She lifted her foot and, to the astonishment of Dai Mubai and the others, unceremoniously kicked open the carriage door. A shout, infused with soul power, directly reached the ears of the entire long convoy of thousands—
"Ambush! Watch the cliffs!"
This clear, soul-powered voice reached every academy team and escorting Royal Knight.
The commander of this escort mission, the captain, paused for a second, glanced deeply at Tang Sui, who had issued the warning, and without hesitation, issued an order to his knights: "All Heavenly Dou Empire Knights, heed my command! Form ranks! Watch the cliffs!"
"Swish swish—!"
The marching knights stopped, meticulously executing their captain's order. They formed defensive formations, their sharp lances, shimmering with cold light, aimed at the cliffs above and to the side. Their sharp eyes scanned the surroundings.
The soul masters ambushing at the highest points of the cliffs felt a sense of foreboding as soon as they heard Tang Sui's shout. Yet, in just a few seconds, the Heavenly Dou Royal Knights below had already taken countermeasures.
Those who had intended to launch a surprise attack inwardly cursed. The Soul Douluo leading this assassination operation's eyes glinted, and he directly issued the command to attack.
"Since we've been exposed, there's no need to hide! Everyone, attack as planned!"
As soon as the words fell, the knights below, who were vigilantly watching the cliffs, were the first to see huge rocks falling from the sky, heading straight for them.
Fortunately, the knights, under their captain's decisive command, had already formed defensive formations. Facing the falling rocks, they were not flustered in the slightest.
However, the targets of these large rocks were not them, but the separations between each academy team, disrupting the long procession!
"Attention!"
The captain's voice, imbued with soul power, rose.
With spears brandished and stones falling, even though their communication was severed, these five hundred excellently equipped knights used their lances to continuously deflect the falling stones to the side. Flying soul masters with wings soared into the air, their lances flashing with dangerous light. Although there were only a few dozen of them, they formed a steel defense line with their lances. In such unfavorable terrain, in a short period, they did not allow a single stone to pass in front of them. Su Dan Novel Network.
Ma Hongjun, who had initially worried about being attacked after Tang Sui's shout, was stunned. Dai Mubai, sitting beside him, crossed his arms, his expression unchanged, not at all surprised by the Heavenly Dou Royal Knights' swift and effective response strategy.