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Chapter 116 Formation-Type Soul Master! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

When Ning Quan led Chen Hong, under Chen Hong's secret soul runes, they quietly ventured deep into the inner circle of the Star Dou Great Forest. After a whole night, they suddenly discovered that Tang San's whereabouts had disappeared!

"What should we do?" Ning Quan didn't know how to evaluate Tang San's counter-surveillance awareness.

"..." Chen Hong scratched his head, helplessly saying, "The Titan Ape's soul power is not far away. Shall we wait for him at the finish line?"

Ning Quan paused for a moment, his expression complex, and said, "Are you sure??? Are we just going to go up there and get ourselves killed like this???"

"Let's find Tang San first. I feel like we've been walking too fast; he should still be behind us."

Chen Hong thought about it carefully. He no longer had the blood of a 100,000-year-old soul beast as a medium for casting spells, so he was not sure if he could keep the Titan Giant Ape, who looked like a fool with low intelligence, calm and allow the two sides to communicate peacefully.

Chen Hong was unwilling to take risks for anything he wasn't confident about.

Through his own blood, the blood of a hundred-year-old soul beast, and the blood of a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast, Chen Hong roughly deduced the upper limit of his 'Heaven and Earth Divine Pattern' path.

The Blood Divine Rune itself requires a certain amount of energy, and with the support of the Heaven and Earth Soul Power, Chen Hong can unleash an effect that influences creatures whose realm is compatible with the casting medium.

For example, he can use the blood of a hundred-year-old soul beast, or his own blood, with the blessing of the soul power of heaven and earth, to influence the mental state of soul masters within the fourth ring.

The blood of a thousand-year-old soul beast can affect soul masters within the sixth ring, the blood of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast can affect those within the eighth ring, and the blood of a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast can affect titled Douluo.

In other words, as long as Chen Hong is given enough blood from 100,000-year-old soul beasts as a medium for casting spells, he can continuously interfere with the minds of Title Douluos. If Chen Hong can acquire offensive divine runes later, then under the right conditions, he could theoretically unleash an attack power at the level of a Title Douluo!

Of course, theory is theory and reality is reality. To achieve the level of harming a Title Douluo, Chen Hong needs to do a lot of preparation work, and different casting mediums will also affect the final effect of Chen Hong's divine rune matrix.

Theoretically, if Chen Hong were given more time to research offensive divine runes, he would be able to easily kill enemies of higher ranks.

So what is the price for acquiring power that surpasses that of a Soul Master?

A powerful spellcasting medium, a clever mind, and enough time to plan.

These requirements greatly limit the proactive offensive capabilities of Chen Hong, a "formation-type soul master".

However, Chen Hong doesn't need that much proactive aggression. The Heaven and Earth Divine Pattern Matrix can be used for cross-level defense, which is already very satisfying for Chen Hong. Why would he need a motorcycle?

Since they couldn't find Tang San, Chen Hongning and Quan did not continue to track the Titan Ape. Instead, they turned back to find Tang San, who had disappeared into the dense forest.

Chen Hong's keen spiritual perception was undoubtedly very strong. Not far from where they stopped, behind a large mountain, in the darkness, a huge, wild gorilla, as big as a small mountain, was sitting obediently in the jungle like a well-behaved child, its big head on the ground. Its two large, fierce-looking eyes stared somewhat aggrievedly at the brown-haired girl with a single ponytail in front of its head, who was kicking its nose hard with her foot with an unhappy expression.

Xiao Wu's merciless little kicks made the Titan Ape feel an itch in its nose, which twitched repeatedly as it tried to sneeze, but it held it back to avoid blowing Xiao Wu away with a single sneeze.

"Erming, you're so mean! So mean! Why did you kidnap me?! San-ge and the others will be so worried!" Xiao Wu looked at the obedient Titan Ape lying on the ground, feeling a bit exasperated. However, seeing the Titan Ape's pitiful little expression, she said, on the verge of tears, "I know you miss me, but didn't I tell you I could come to see you on my own? You can't just suddenly come looking for me like this! What if you get hurt? And besides, they'll be so worried if you kidnap me."

When Xiao Wu was about to say that the people she knew at Shrek Academy would be worried about her, she suddenly heard the voice of someone who had turned their back to them and said the most heartless words in the most indifferent tone: Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing cannot be taken away!

The thought of those words sent a chill down Xiaowu's spine, along with a sense of grievance. It was as if a teacher she had once deeply respected had suddenly transformed into a beast, displaying her icy coldness. This made Xiaowu feel utterly miserable.

After all, am I the first student you'll give up on?

Does she hate him? Xiao Wu asked herself honestly. Apart from saying a few words to him about the soul beast issue, she shouldn't have made him so cold and heartless, right?

Xiao Wu wouldn't say she hated Chen Hong for abandoning her. After all, the fact that Chen Hong was able to stand alone in front of everyone for the Shrek group, facing the terrifying 100,000-year-old soul beast Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, was enough to show that Chen Hong was a person with a great sense of justice, a gentle heart, and worthy of respect.

However, Teacher Chen Hong's protection and gentleness were directed towards everyone else at Shrek Academy, but not towards her.

Just as Xiao Wu was lost in a daze, immersed in sorrowful memories, the Titan Giant Ape replied with a hint of grievance using its mental power: "But... Er Ming is also very worried about Sister Xiao Wu."

"..." Those words from the Titan Ape instantly dispelled all of Xiao Wu's dissatisfaction and unhappiness towards it. Xiao Wu couldn't help but look up at the Titan Ape's pitiful, large eyes, a warm feeling washing over her. Her tone softened as she gently comforted it, "Er Ming, be good. I know you're worried about me, and I'm worried about you too. You suddenly ran out of the Star Dou Great Forest; I was also worried that you'd be hurt by human soul masters."

Xiao Wu almost vented her bad mood on the innocent person closest to her who cared about her the most, which made her feel a little guilty.

How could she give all her good mood to friends she'd only known for half a year? Erming was her companion for tens of thousands of years!

"Er Ming isn't afraid of Soul Masters!" The Titan Giant Ape first declared its strength, then added, "It's too dangerous for Sister Xiao Wu to stay there any longer. Er Ming has to take you away."

(End of this chapter)