Chapter 99

Gu Rong and the two others didn't use martial souls or soul power, they simply ran straight toward a direction. Being able to be roughly sensed by Gu Rong naturally proves that the 100,000-year spirit beast is not far away.

Moreover, when Gu Rong said it was a 100,000-year spirit beast, Gu Xuan already had a vague guess.

At this stage of Douluo, the Star Dou Great Forest has only revealed two 100,000-year spirit beasts: the Azure Bull Python, crowned with the title Forest Emperor, and the Titan Giant Ape, the Forest King.

Perhaps the Star Dou Great Forest still has other 100,000-year level spirit beasts that haven't shown themselves, but at this time the only one likely to appear on the outskirts is the Titan Giant Ape.

Because in the original story this great ape also appeared around this time, since Shrek Academy would go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for spirit rings, the Titan Giant Ape sensed Xiao Wu's aura and came out to see its longed-for Xiao Wu sister.

If that's really the case, then Gu Xuan's trip wouldn't have been in vain.

Anyway, following the original plot, Tang San would go crazy after Xiao Wu was taken by the Titan Giant Ape, his head heating up so he'd dare to chase the Titan Giant Ape, then on the way he encountered a 2,000-year level Human Face Demon Spider, killed it, absorbed its spirit ring, and obtained the early-game first external plugin, the Eight Spider Lances.

Then Xiao Wu came back on her own while Tang San was absorbing the spirit ring, and she also gained a third spirit ring.

One could say this whole episode was just to arrange Tang San's first external plugin.

After all, before Blue Silver Grass evolved into Blue Silver Emperor it was truly weak, and only after gaining the Eight Spider Lances did Tang San's strength undergo a qualitative leap.

In the original, defeating the Royal Battle Team was also thanks to Tang San's Eight Spider Lances; otherwise the Royal Battle Team would have beaten the Shrek Seven Devils into the ground?

Oh no, describing it like that is too inelegant, after all, the original Shrek Seven Monsters also include Ning Rongrong.

Besides possibly intercepting Tang San's third soul ring and the Eight Spider Lances for Li Li, another reason Gu Xuan feels a faint excitement is Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Indeed, in Gu Xuan's eyes Xiao Wu is nothing but a set of hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone; even though she has now taken human form and resumed cultivation, Gu Xuan truly has little affection for Xiao Wu, because in the original Xiao Wu is just too off-putting; Gu Xuan doesn't know about others, but for him, killing Xiao Wu to make her a soul ring carries no pressure at all.

After all, the taste of spicy rabbit head and such is indeed not bad.

In the original, Xiao Wu has been acting foolish and pretentious since childhood; upon entering the human world, she not only fails to restrain herself, but constantly provokes others, able to utter all kinds of disgusting words from her mouth.

What leaves the deepest impression on Gu Xuan is the scene where Xiao Wu and Tang San, on their way to Shrek Academy, encounter Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel.

Never mind Dai Mubai's scumbag nature; first, that room was indeed reserved for him, the waiter just forgot, and when Dai Mubai spoke he didn't seem particularly offensive, just stating the facts.

Then Xiao Wu jumped out, chattering away, and upon seeing someone embracing two beauties she began to criticize.

To be frank, in the Douluo world this sort of thing isn't a big deal; even nobles behave this way ordinarily, let alone Soul Masters.

Moreover, weren't you, Xiao Wu, just as aloof when you were a rabbit before?

There are many similar episodes; if Gu Xuan were to talk about them, he could go on for a day and a night.

Of course, citing this example isn't to whitewash Dai Mubai; in fact Gu Xuan also dislikes people like him, after all this scumbag is indeed quite disgusting.

Gu Xuan always feels that Shrek Academy is hardly a monster academy; it's clearly a trash school that accepts all kinds of disgusting people.

Founded twenty years ago, the academy has taken in sixty or seventy students, but only a dozen or so have graduated successfully, and many of them died on the road hunting soul beasts.

Gu Xuan just can't understand how such an academy, with such high demands, could play its students to death.

By Shrek Academy's standards, as long as these people live well and cultivate steadily, they will definitely be embryos of Soul Saints in the future.

After all, reaching above rank twenty by age twelve and needing two hundred-year soul rings is a requirement many experienced academies don't even have, right?

Anyway, if we truly encounter them, Gu Xuan will certainly not hold back, and will even try to bring Oscar with him; damn, how could such a trash academy deserve it?

Although Li Li has only just reached rank thirty, her martial soul is the Human Face Demon Spider, which in the forest is like returning home, giving her a natural advantage, so her speed is not slow either.

After an hour, they followed the Titan Giant Ape's tracks and caught up; it was already night, and this soul beast stopped not far from a soul master camp, its eyes like two lanterns scanning the camp.

Gu Rong and the two others remained nearby, concealing their soul power while watching the beast; only then did the three of them see its full appearance.

It was like a mountain existence, its entirely dark fur glimmering faintly under the weak starlight and moonlight; although it stood on all fours, its shoulder height was absolutely over seven meters.

If it stood upright, its height would likely be over fifteen meters.

Judging by appearance, it resembles both a monkey and a black chimpanzee, except for a pair of lantern-sized eyes shining with a yellow-crystal luster, its whole body is pitch black.

At night, if it weren't moving, one could hardly see its body at all.

This giant's body is truly massive, massive to an unbelievable degree; not only is its body huge, but every part of it is covered with muscles stronger and more terrifying than granite, bulging like small hills.

Ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts simply cannot be compared to it; it is not even on the same level.

Once seen clearly, Gu Xuan already knew it was a Titan Giant Ape, and that soul master camp naturally belonged to Shrek Academy; otherwise, even if Gu Rong had led them wandering the Star Dou Great Forest for two months without startling the Titan Giant Ape, why would it bother over an unknown soul master coming to this outskirts?

This seemed to confirm Gu Xuan's guess; among the few people happily chatting in the camp, the one who was shortest in stature but most stout in build had his smile freeze abruptly, he grabbed the shoulder of the young man in front of him and pulled him behind.

A frigid aura burst from the stout man's body, accompanied by a low growl, as he directly summoned his martial soul, the Mighty Golden Vigor Bear instantly possessing him.

"Everyone, get out of the tents, quick!!" the middle-aged man bellowed, his thick voice transmitting into the tents.

After the middle-aged man's voice faded, several figures shot out of the tents in a flash.

"Teacher Zhao, what's wrong?" a golden-haired, heterochromatic youth stepped forward in a stride, asking doubtfully.

The middle-aged man called Teacher Zhao didn't answer his question, but urgently said: "Everyone get behind me; if anything happens later, don't worry about me, just leave this place immediately and get out of the Star Dou Great Forest first. Mubai, when I'm not here, the duty of protecting everyone falls to you."

These people are precisely Shrek Academy students; they came out this time to hunt soul beasts for advancement.

The middle-aged man was naturally Zhao Wují; seeing Zhao Wují's expression and the already released overbearing pressure from his martial soul possession.

Whether it was Dai Mubai, Tang San, or the others, none understood what had happened, let alone that the usually self-confident Zhao Wují would be so tense.

And at that moment, they suddenly saw a strange sight.

In the direction Zhao Wují was gazing, two tall trees suddenly slowly parted to either side, and a huge figure silently walked out from between them.

Seeing this giant, everyone's breath seemed to stop, and they finally understood what Zhao Wují was worried about.

Upon seeing it, the first to recognize it was Tang San, relying on the knowledge imparted by the Master, he almost immediately identified the creature's kind.

"It's actually the king of the forest, a Titan Giant Ape." Even though Tang San is usually steady, his voice trembled a little at this moment.

Wherever a Titan Giant Ape appears in a soul beast forest, it is absolutely an overlord; no soul beast dares to provoke it, because the end result is inevitably death.

Even a mere hundred-year-ranked Titan Giant Ape can contend with other ten-thousand-year soul beasts; (that's how the original describes it.)

They possess unparalleled strength in attack, defense, and even speed, having virtually no weaknesses.

What's most frightening is that they can also employ skills akin to soul skills.

No one knows what the Titan Giant Ape's true abilities are, because anyone who has witnessed them has already died.

Even among ten-thousand-year soul beasts, their strength differs vastly, which is a matter of their inherent attributes and talent. The Titan Giant Ape is clearly one of the few soul beasts standing at the pinnacle of the pyramid among all soul beasts; the terror it brings is almost a nightmare for every Soul Master, and even for soul beasts themselves.

Countless Soul Masters once coveted the Titan Giant Ape's might, hoping to slay it for their own soul ring; yet those who harbored such thoughts and actually strove to achieve them have all vanished from this world.

Among known Soul Masters, it seems only one person has ever hunted a Titan Giant Ape, and that is the only one.

The Titan Giant Ape is not only powerful in strength, but it also possesses intelligence not inferior to that of humans.

In the forest, it is the absolute ruler.

Whether it's Tang San or Zhao Wuji, they could never imagine why the forest king and soul beast king, which should live in the core of the Star Dou Great Forest if it existed, would appear here.

ps: Correct the typos first, then revise later.

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