Douluo Continent: I've joined forces with Tang San and taken Xiao Wu as my concubine!

Chapter 7, Third Soul Ring

The master stood up, his face beaming with excitement, and said:

"This smell...it's the snow from the Frozen Deer! Let's quickly follow the footprints; this is a soul beast that's perfect for Xiao Bei!"

Upon hearing this, everyone showed excitement and quickly followed the footprints.

Soon, on a snowy slope, the group spotted their target.

It was a group of about a dozen deer with blue antlers, all of them lying on the snow slope eating a pale blue, moss-like plant.

This is the perfect time to attack.

Based on the master's assessment, the group focused their attention on the leader of the frozen deer herd.

It was the strongest frozen deer, and its antlers were much larger than those of other deer. Based on the length of the antlers, the master estimated that this deer's cultivation level was at least 1500 years, making it a very suitable soul ring for Meng Bei.

Dai Mubai made the first move, using his third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, to charge towards the frozen deer herd.

His task was to drive away the remaining frozen deer.

Unlike snow wolves, frozen deer are timid by nature. Once they encounter a powerful opponent, they will run away at all costs and will not listen to the leader's command. This is why the master dared to provoke this group of more than a dozen frozen deer.

As expected, upon hearing Dai Mubai's tiger roar, all the Frozen Deer scattered in a panic. Just as the Frozen Deer leader was about to escape, countless Blue Silver Grasses wrapped around it, forming a large net that firmly held the Frozen Deer leader in place.

Tang San's third soul skill, "Spider Web Binding!"

Suddenly, the antlers of the Icebound Deer leader glowed blue, and two icy blue rays shot out from its antlers, instantly piercing through the spider web bindings and heading towards Tang San.

"Phoenix Fireline!"

Ma Hongjun quickly unleashed a Phoenix Fire Line to intercept the Icebound Deer's attack in mid-air.

At the same time, Tang San also used the Blue Silver Grass to repair the spider web bindings that the Icebound Deer leader had just destroyed. He then increased the control, activating his first soul skill Entanglement and his second soul skill Parasite at the same time, instantly subduing the Icebound Deer leader.

The leader of the Frozen Deer howled in agony within the spiderweb formed by the Blue Silver Grass. The poison of the Blue Silver Grass had already invaded its body, rendering it unable to move. Now it could only hope that its companions would return to rescue it, but unfortunately, its companions had already vanished without a trace.

"Xiao Bei, come quick, kill it!"

Tang San greeted Meng Bei.

Meng Bei walked up to Tang San and thanked him with a smile:

"Thank you, Third Brother, and everyone else, thank you for your help."

As he spoke, Meng Bei took out a dagger and stabbed it into the eye socket of the frozen deer.

A short while later, a purple soul ring emerged from the Frozen Deer.

A look of joy appeared on Meng Bei's face.

Thinking about it carefully, his decision to join Tang San was absolutely the right one!

After joining Shrek Academy, he had missions to do, rabbits to sleep with, and even the hunting of spirit rings was done with everyone's help, without him having to put in any effort. Is there anything better in the world?

Meng Bei turned around and glanced at Tang San, only to find that Tang San looked very happy for him. When Tang San saw him turn around, he even gave him an encouraging smile, which made Meng Bei feel a little embarrassed.

Third Brother, how can I address you like this?

Sigh, I'll be gentler with Xiao Wu next time.

This can also be considered as repaying Tang San for his kindness in hunting souls for me today.

Meng Bei thought to himself.

There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how he is—loyal, righteous, and always willing to repay kindness.

Then, Meng Bei sat down cross-legged and began to absorb the soul rings of the Frozen Deer.

The process went smoothly; the soul ring of this frozen deer was a good match for Meng Bei's martial soul.

During the absorption process, he could feel a cold soul power merging into his body, while his martial soul became even more domineering, directly swallowing the soul power completely without leaving a trace.

Soon, with the absorption of the spirit ring, Meng Bei successfully broke through to level 31. In addition, with the spirit power carried by the Icebound Deer spirit ring itself, his cultivation level did not stop at level 31, but broke through to level 32, and is heading towards level 33.

Unfortunately, I didn't reach level 33 in the end.

As the spirit ring absorption was completed, a brand new spirit skill was imprinted in Meng Bei's mind. And at that moment...

[Ding! Side quest complete. Reward received: Third Soul Ring's age increased by 1000 years.]

Suddenly, a surge of soul power arose out of thin air in the third soul ring. This soul power was incredibly gentle, as if Meng Bei had cultivated it himself. It not only effortlessly increased the age of the third soul ring by 1000 years, but also successfully propelled Meng Bei's level to 33.

"How are you, Xiao Bei?"

"What soul skill did you acquire?"

After Meng Bei got up, everyone gathered around him.

Seeing this, Meng Bei didn't waste any words and directly used his third soul skill.

"Frozen Ray!"

In an instant, Meng Bei's eyes lit up with white light, and two rays shot out from his eyes at incredible speed, hitting the snow slope not far away and freezing the snow on the slope.

That's right, the snow has been frozen!

The master looked solemnly at Meng Bei's soul skill and commented:

"If Xiao Bei's soul skill is used unexpectedly in the Soul Arena, even Soul Masters at the Soul Grandmaster level could be caught off guard!"

The fat man was extremely envious of Meng Bei's soul skills.

"Why is it that both are rays, but Xiao Bei's shoots from his eyes, which is so cool, while mine comes out of his mouth? This isn't fair!"

Dai Mubai cruelly revealed the reality.

"Fatty, this has nothing to do with soul skills. Xiao Bei is just handsome, so any soul skill he uses looks cool. You can't learn that!"

The fat man immediately bristled upon hearing this.

"Boss Dai, you're subtly insulting me! I challenge you to a duel!"

Chatting and laughing, the group began their return journey.

The trip went smoothly; we didn't encounter the Titan Giant Ape or the Titan Snow Demon King, making it a safe soul hunt.

The group then returned to Shrek Academy.

After the Soul Hunt, Meng Bei also began to participate in Shrek Academy's teaching program.

Shrek Academy's teaching program consists of two parts: private training by the master and training in the Great Soul Arena arranged by Flander.

There's not much to say about the master's special training; it was just physical training with no technical content whatsoever, and Meng Bei just went through the motions without taking it seriously.

While the other training program, Soul Battle Arena in Flander, didn't involve much technical skill, it at least provided a real boost to one's strength, so Meng Bei valued it highly.

The individual and team competitions go without saying, but what Meng Bei is most interested in is the two-person battle.

There are currently eight students in Shrek Academy, five of whom have broken through to the Soul Master level: Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Meng Bei.

At Flander's suggestion, Oscar, being a food-type Soul Master, was excluded from the count, and the remaining four combat-type Soul Masters each led one person, thus reorganizing into four teams.

No one objected to this, and Ning Rongrong was overjoyed. She could take this opportunity to team up with Meng Bei and clear up the misunderstanding between them.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu instinctively didn't want Ning Rongrong and Meng Bei to be on the same team.

She decided to find a way to stop it.

As a Soul Master herself, she certainly couldn't team up with Meng Bei, so she turned her attention to Zhu Zhuqing.

(End of this chapter)