Douluo: Soul Shadow King.

Chapter 31 The Arrival of the Titan Ape

The next morning, the sky was just getting light and the whole town was still immersed in a haze.

The trees on both sides of the street swayed gently in the breeze. In the distance, the first ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and sprinkled on the earth.

After Cheng Xiao and Xiao Wu got up and had breakfast, they left the town. Before leaving the town, Cheng Xiao bought a rough map of the Star Dou Great Forest for easy wayfinding.

After getting the map, Cheng Xiao and Xiao Wu rushed towards the Star Dou Great Forest at full speed.

Xiao Wu talked and laughed along the way. She still missed the Star Dou Great Forest very much after leaving it for two years. What's more, her family was deep in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Xingdou Great Forest is located in the south of the Tiandou Empire. It spans the borders of the two empires, with two-fifths of its area in the Tiandou Empire and the remaining three-fifths in the Xingluo Empire.

This is a huge primeval forest. The terrain inside the forest is extremely complex, with swamps, wetlands, etc. The closer to the center of the Star Dou Forest, the stronger the soul beasts here will be.

As one of the three most famous gathering places for soul beasts in Douluo Continent, this is the most suitable place for soul masters to hunt soul rings. As long as you are strong enough and lucky, you can find the soul ring that suits you here.

From afar, Cheng Xiao saw the largest primeval forest on the continent. The air was filled with the smell of moist earth. For Cheng Xiao, who had been staying in the academy for many years, the fragrance of the earth was quite refreshing.

"Cheng Xiao, if we get the second soul ring, we shouldn't go any deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest." Returning to a place she hadn't been to for a long time, Xiao Wu only felt comfortable, but she still did not forget to remind Cheng Xiao beside her.

After all, he is a human incarnated from a soul beast, and he has the protection of Da Ming and Er Ming. But Cheng Xiao is different. No matter how powerful he is, he is only a level 20 soul master. The Star Dou Great Forest is extremely dangerous, and if he is not careful, he may lose his life here.

"Xiao Wu, this is obviously our first time here, why do I feel like you are more familiar with this place than I am?" Cheng Xiao joked while holding a map in one hand.

"Ah?" Xiao Wu was slightly stunned, and then fell silent. She didn't know whether she should tell Cheng Xiao about her identity, nor did she know what excuse to think of to explain.

Seeing Xiao Wu lowering her head and looking hesitant, Cheng Xiao did not say anything. The fact that Xiao Wu hesitated showed that she was not stupid. If she revealed her identity all at once, that would be truly stupid.

Cheng Xiao and Xiao Wu walked in silence as they continued to go deeper into the Xingdou Great Forest. Perhaps because of luck, they had walked for a long time without encountering any soul beasts. This made Cheng Xiao suspect that the two emperors had noticed them the moment they entered the forest.

Just when Cheng Xiao was planning to find a shady tree to sit down and rest, the ground suddenly shook. Not far in front of them, the trees on both sides all fell down, and a huge monster was approaching them rapidly.

Cheng Xiao was not panicked. He casually took Xiao Wu's hand and waited for the huge beast to come to them.

Seeing Cheng Xiao's indifferent expression, Xiao Wu was a little puzzled, but feeling the warmth from his palm, she still didn't ask.

She didn't understand. Facing the unknown behemoth, Cheng Xiao was not panicked at all. He even stood there waiting for the other party to arrive. Could he be a human in the form of a soul beast? But besides her, are there other soul beasts in the Xingdou Great Forest that have transformed into human form? In Xiao Wu's puzzled eyes, Cheng Xiao gently squeezed her palm and whispered, "Your relatives are here to see you. Don't you want to go and see them?"

The next moment, the creature that made the loud noise came in front of the two people. From the appearance, it was a creature that looked like both a monkey and a chimpanzee. Except for a pair of lantern-sized eyes that sparkled with a topaz-like luster, its entire body was pitch black.

The Titan Ape is not only huge, but every part of its body is covered with muscles more powerful than granite, bulging like small hills. No one would have thought that such a powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast would call a 100,000-year-old soft-bone rabbit its sister.

"Hello, Titan Giant Ape." Looking at the 100,000-year soul beast in front of him that was as big as a mountain, Cheng Xiao raised his other hand and waved to the Titan Giant Ape.

"You actually knew that?" Xiao Wu was stunned at first when she heard Cheng Xiao's words, and then she immediately pulled away the hand that Cheng Xiao was holding, and asked vigilantly: "How do you know that he is my relative? Have you recognized my identity a long time ago?"

Looking at the vigilant Xiao Wu, Cheng Xiao smiled helplessly, "You are right, I have recognized your identity a long time ago. After all, there is no need to hunt soul beasts to condense soul rings. I think besides me, there is only one soul beast that can transform into a human form after 100,000 years, right?"

"What did you say?" Xiao Wu was shocked. From Cheng Xiao's words, she heard something that only a hundred thousand year soul beast transformed into a human could do, that is, being able to produce soul rings by oneself without hunting soul beasts. Could it be that Cheng Xiao was also a hundred thousand year soul beast transformed?

No, that's not right. If Cheng Xiao is the incarnation of a hundred thousand year old soul beast, he should have a unique smell of soul beasts on his body. But the two of them have slept together for such a long time, and she has never smelled that smell on the former. But in this case, what does he mean by not having to hunt soul beasts to condense soul rings?
"Well, this may sound a little shocking." Touching his nose, Cheng Xiao looked at Xiao Wu and said, "I am different from other soul masters who need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings. I have a special power in my body that allows me to condense soul rings on my own without the soul rings of soul beasts. So, you can consider me as your kind, a human transformed from a 100,000-year-old soul beast."

"Little... Wu... Sister, why are you wasting... words with this... human?"

Looking at Cheng Xiao talking to Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape suddenly roared and then punched Cheng Xiao on the ground.

Human soul masters have an irreconcilable hatred for soul beasts, and they will never allow their little sister Wu to be deceived by human lies!

Seeing that the Titan Ape was ready to kill without any explanation, Xiao Wu hurriedly shouted, "Er Ming, stop it, this is my friend!" As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu flashed in front of Cheng Xiao, spreading her arms to both sides, her intention of protecting him was obvious.

Xiao Wu's sudden action also startled the Titan Ape. Its fist that was about to hit Cheng Xiao stopped in mid-air, and the fist was less than one meter away from Cheng Xiao on the ground.

"Xiao Wu... Sister... Humans... cannot... be believed."

The Titan Ape slowly lowered his fist and spoke in human language, word by word.

"Er Ming, I know." Xiao Wu put down her arms, raised her pink face, looked at the Titan ape who was many meters taller than her, and said slowly: "But I want to try to trust him."

(End of this chapter)