Chapter 39: Spirit Beast Stampede

Originally, Dugu Yan watched her grandfather Dugu Bo expend his heart's blood for her, and she no longer dared to imagine that she could survive.

However, the power that Zhou Huan exerted made Dugu Yan feel the hope of detoxification.

That power contained vast life force, sufficient to contend with the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison within her body; detoxification was not impossible.

If she sent a message to her grandfather, she wondered if she could get him to recruit this fellow?

Dugu Yan thought about how to recruit, or perhaps befriend, Zhou Huan.

Meanwhile, Ye Lingling was thinking about whether she should ask her grandfather to contact the family behind this Zhou Huan and arrange a marriage with him.

On the other side, Yu Tianheng looked at Zhou Huan standing not far away, his heart feeling icy cold.

Possessing such powerful strength, he was far weaker than him; if this fellow wanted to befriend Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, he had no great advantage compared to Zhou Huan.

In that case, it would be basically impossible for him to marry Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling later.

Yu Tianheng lowered his head to think about how to resolve this rival, his expression constantly changing.

Just as Yu Tianheng was thinking, Gu Can stopped his reprimand, merely glanced at Zhou Huan, and then said: "Now, continue the actual combat training operation, but no one is allowed to leave the main group; violators will be expelled."

All the students gathered together, forming small squads according to their ability categories, and walked toward the depths of the Hunting Soul Forest; several Agility-attack System Spirit Masters patrolled outside the formation, guarding against Spirit Beast attacks.

After the team began moving, Yu Tianheng, with complex emotions, took an item out of his Storage Soul Guidance Device; it was a small bottle the size of a finger.

Yu Tianheng looked at this small bottle, a flash of struggle in his eyes, but in the end, he still convinced himself, gently flicked it open, removed the stopper, and probed his soul power into the bottle.

Lifting out three colorless droplets about the size of broad beans, Yu Tianheng flashed past the surrounding students, moving closer to Zhou Huan's direction.

After arriving within a three-meter radius of Zhou Huan, Yu Tianheng flicked his soul power, launching the three colorless droplets held by his soul power toward Zhou Huan's body.

The three colorless droplets easily stuck to Zhou Huan's clothing, and a faint scent spread from his clothing to the surroundings.

As if thinking of something else, Yu Tianheng then lifted two more rice-grain-sized colorless droplets from the small bottle and moved closer to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Yu Tianheng used the same method to flick these two colorless droplets onto the clothing of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and the same scent drifted out into the surroundings.

Yu Tianheng then carefully checked the area, and after confirming that no one had seen his actions, he hurriedly put the small bottle back into his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Yu Tianheng then followed not far behind Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, waiting for the method he had employed to take effect.

After the entire team walked for a while, they arrived at the depths of the Hunting Soul Forest, where there were quite a few Millennium Soul Beasts, though most were still hundred-year Spirit Beasts.

Just as they entered the depths of the Hunting Soul Forest, an Agility-attack System Spirit Master ran back from the front.

"It's bad, five three-to-four-thousand-year Spirit Beasts have appeared ahead, along with dozens of hundred-year Spirit Beasts; let's quickly ask the teachers to intervene," the Agility-attack System Spirit Master shouted as soon as they approached.

Upon hearing that there were numerous Spirit Beasts ahead and that they were currently running toward them, the many students' faces changed drastically, and they looked toward the two teachers behind them.

As it turned out, Gu Can and Tie Xiluo had already moved away from them, and Gu Can even said: "We will provide backup for you; after you lose your combat capability, we will protect you."

"Of course, you can also withdraw from this actual combat training, but withdrawing from the actual combat training means expulsion."

"Choose for yourselves."

Everyone looked at each other; several people had thoughts of retreating flash in their eyes. This was a life-threatening matter, and those Spirit Masters who were children of nobles now deeply regretted it.

The reason they became Spirit Masters was to enjoy themselves; now that they had to risk their lives to participate in actual combat training, and now that they had truly encountered a life-or-death crisis, were they really supposed to pay the price of death for the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy?

They no longer wanted to stay at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to study; whether it was to survive this time or to indulge in pleasure in the future, they decided to leave immediately.

"I want to withdraw, I'm not training anymore!"

"I'm not training either, just let me leave."

"Me too, me too."

Seven or eight people wearing luxurious clothing and special metal ornaments on their hands shouted one after another, wanting to withdraw from this actual combat training.

Gu Can revealed his figure and took these few Spirit Masters who had withdrawn from the training away; several others who saw that they could truly leave hurriedly chased after them, also demanding to leave this Hunting Soul Forest and withdraw from this actual combat training.

Yet, many others, although trembling with fear, still did not choose to withdraw from the actual combat training.

Zhou Huan ignored those people and just watched Dugu Yan and her companion, waiting for an opportunity to make contact with them.

This small riot of Spirit Beasts could be said to have created a rare opportunity for him to play the hero saving the beauty.

Zhou Huan quietly came to a spot not far behind Dugu Yan and her companion, paying attention to their movements, ready at any moment to strike and stage the scene of a hero saving the beauty.

Sure enough, not long after, everyone saw five Spirit Beasts standing not far ahead, constantly lowering their heads to sniff the surrounding scent, as if searching for something.

However, after the team appeared, the five Spirit Beasts that had been sniffing around all turned their heads in unison toward the direction of the team.

These Spirit Beasts had blood-red eyes and were panting heavily, their expressions revealing longing, joy, and more.

This made many students feel a chill run through their bodies, causing them to shudder.

Zhou Huan carefully examined the species of these Spirit Beasts and discovered that they were a Blood-Horned Rhinoceros, a Fire-Swallowing Monkey, a Two-Headed Demon Wolf, a Fire-Patterned Mountain Ox, and a Mountain-Moving Bear.

These few Spirit Beasts were all extremely formidable in terms of physical strength.

Zhou Huan looked at those Spirit Beasts in the distance, feeling as if they were longing for something unknown, hoping that the unknown thing would descend upon them, yet not wanting it to descend upon them.

Zhou Huan felt that the rationality of these Spirit Beasts was decreasing; Spirit Beasts under a millennium basically had no rationality, only the instinct to seek advantages and avoid harm.

But Millennium Soul Beasts already possessed a lower level of intelligence; although they were like four or five-year-old children, this did not prevent the Spirit Beasts from being able to think.

"Are they courting?" Zhou Huan looked at the state of those Spirit Beasts, suspecting that they were courting.

Zhou Huan couldn't help but lower his head to look, and sure enough, four long 'whips' extended from beneath the bellies of four of the Spirit Beasts, making countless males feel ashamed and countless female Spirit Beasts go crazy.

"These Spirit Beasts are in heat, retreat quickly," Zhou Huan shouted softly to the surrounding students.

Subsequently, several Spirit Masters looked at Zhou Huan in surprise, and then lowered their heads to look.

Immediately after, they stood up with looks of shame, though they still said: "These Spirit Beasts are indeed in heat, let's go quickly."