"Xiao Wu!"
Tang San flashed and rushed to the dusty mountain wall.
Xiao Wu's muffled cough came from the dust: "I'm fine. My invincibility effect was still active when I was hit into the mountain."
The dust dispersed, and Xiao Wu, still covered in a golden glow, appeared in Tang San's sight. After two seconds, it dissipated, and she was unharmed.
But Tang San's heart was not at ease at all. Instead, he turned his head with a solemn expression towards the still clamoring ring-shaped sea, his heart churning with turbulent waves.
Xiao Wu's invincibility effect's duration increased with her soul power level. It could now reach seven seconds of invincibility.
From the time Xiao Wu was struck by the behemoth in the ring-shaped sea until he arrived beside her, and judging by the fact that the beast's invincibility effect only dissipated two to three seconds later, the sea soul beast's speed and strength were astonishingly fast!
A sea soul beast capable of knocking back Xiao Wu, a Soul Sage, with a single blow, its strength was likely...
"Hooosh—!"
The waves churned incessantly. The Mo Hun Da Bai Shark, entirely gray-blue with strange golden patterns on its body, about twenty meters long, and Tang Sui, protected within a black-red energy sphere, simultaneously broke the surface and leaped into the air.
The white energy beam spewing from the Mo Hun Da Bai Shark's mouth and the black-red energy sphere charged between Tang Sui's palms shot out, colliding less than ten meters apart.
"Boom boom—!"
In this short-range energy bombardment, terrifying power surges rolled out, Tang Sui's barrier shattered abruptly, and the gray-white mist surrounding the massive Mo Hun Da Bai Shark also showed signs of dissipating.
"Bang—!"
The powerful energy shockwaves generated by the explosion of two evenly matched forces sent both of them flying. The Mo Hun Da Bai Shark's sleek, streamlined body plunged into the turbulent sea currents, while Tang Sui was sent flying back towards the coast.
"Careful!"
Dai Mubai, who had instantly completed his martial soul fusion, leaped up and, without a word, activated his third soul skill, White Tiger Barrier. He leaped behind Tang Sui and, the moment his hands touched Tang Sui's back, immediately absorbed Tang Sui's full impact. He let out a muffled groan, and then he and Tang Sui landed together, staggering back three steps before stopping.
"Swish swish!"
The other members of the Shrek Academy immediately gathered around Tang Sui and Dai Mubai, forming a defensive formation to shield them.
Tang Sui, clutching his chest, also coughed twice, a wisp of crimson blood seeping from the corner of his lips. His internal circulation was turbulent, and the air he exhaled carried a strong metallic taste.
"It's a Mo Hun Da Bai Shark."
A Mo Hun Da Bai Shark!?
Everyone's expressions changed.
They knew that even though they were watching the situation from the shore, they could only vaguely discern the true face of the sea soul beast that attacked Xiao Wu, which was a giant white sea fish.
They never expected it to be the notorious island-protecting divine beast, the Mo Hun Da Bai Shark!
"Not only that, but that Mo Hun Da Bai Shark is a hundred-thousand-year sea soul beast."
Although weaker in mental strength than Tang Sui, Xiao Wu, relying on the special sensing ability between soul beasts of the same hundred-thousand-year level, knew the opponent's soul power cultivation the moment she saw the true face of the Mo Hun Da Bai Shark.
"As expected," Tang San's gaze deepened, a hint of worry appearing. "Sui Sui, how are you?"
Tang Sui shook her head, "I'm fine. It's just that the explosion was too close, and I was affected by the shockwave. I'm not seriously injured."
Oscar, while on guard, asked in confusion, "But isn't the ring-shaped sea an inland sea? I heard from those purple-clothed sea soul masters that Mo Hun Da Bai Sharks only appear in the outer sea. Could it be that the inland sea beneath Sea God Island actually has a connecting passage to the outer sea?"
"It's possible," Ma Hongjun agreed heartily.
"If that's the case, it's not hard to explain why such a terrifying Mo Hun Da Bai Shark would appear here," Xiao Wu guessed, thinking of something. "I can sense that when Sui Sui and I were underwater, although the opponent attacked us, it didn't intend to kill. Coupled with the fact that Mo Hun Da Bai Sharks generally only appear in the outer sea, it must be our assessment that brought it to this ring-shaped sea."
"Its objective should not be to hunt, but to prevent us from completing the assessment, and it's the guardian of the second trial!" At this point, Xiao Wu looked at Tang Sui. "I saw you fighting with that Mo Hun Da Bai Shark just now, and it seemed like you were testing each other, without killing intent. Sui Sui, what do you think?"
Sensing another powerful life force approaching, Tang Sui pursed her lips, "Perhaps you can ask this fish yourself."
Everyone: ???
As soon as the words fell, the water in the ring-shaped sea suddenly surged, raising a giant water curtain tens of meters high.
Appearing with the water curtain was the familiar, headache-inducing, giant white figure amidst the rising seawater!
A dangerous premonition suddenly struck Tang San's heart. He shouted, and a dark light flashed in his hand as he gripped the Haotian Hammer: "Be careful!"
The white figure was incredibly fast, reaching the shore in the blink of an eye from the sea. It then leaped up, revealing its gray-blue streamlined body.
"Whoosh—"
Blinding gray-blue light bloomed on its perfect, streamlined body. Its massive form began to visibly shrink within this light.
Under the astonished gaze of everyone, it soon transformed into a tall, slender girl wearing exotic white leather armor, landing steadily.
Her three-dimensional facial features had the same strange golden patterns on the sides of her face as when she was a Mo Hun Da Bai Shark. Her ears were fin-like, and her skin was a misty gray-blue, glowing with a faint light. It was clearly non-human. Su Dan Novel Network.
"It… it suddenly turned into a person?" Ma Hongjun's eyes widened.
Tang San also reacted: but vigilance quickly resurfaced.
Transformation? No, that's not right. Soul beasts can't transform instantly. This is probably its unique skill?
Xiao Wu looked at the cold-faced girl. There was still some caution in her eyes, but more was confusion. There was no hostility.
Because this fellow transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast did not harbor hostility towards them.
"Soft Bone Rabbit?"
The girl with long gray-blue hair, her golden, non-human vertical pupils scanning Xiao Wu, who had a tight frown, then shifted to Tang Sui, who was being protected at the center of the crowd. A look of confusion appeared on her beautiful face.
"You… are strange?"
Her aura felt a bit mixed…
Could she be a half-breed?
Thinking this, she turned her gaze to Tang San, who was in the crowd and whose aura was most similar to Tang Sui's, and squinted at him suspiciously: "Are you human?"
Tang San: "......" If he wasn't human, what else could he be?
Tang San thought this, despite having some soul beast bloodline, he firmly maintained his human identity.
The other two non-humans present paused simultaneously. Xiao Wu was the first to lower her defensive posture and asked politely, "May I ask what you need?"
Even though they were both transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, it wasn't necessarily a harmonious kinship.
— Author's Note —
An extra chapter has been delivered~
Let Mo Li see if you can still wring out another extra chapter in these last two days of the month [suggestive emoji jpg]