In Douluo Continent, Tang San raids my base right from the start.

Chapter 108 The Cross-dressing Master?

Nothing happened that night. The next day, before dawn, Zhao Wuji knocked on each door.

After gathering and having breakfast, everyone ran straight out of the town and sped off towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Having spent several years in the Star Dou Great Forest and having received Long Ling'er's memories, Zhu Wu was naturally extremely familiar with it. Stepping into the forest, he inexplicably felt like he was returning home. Looking at the lush greenery around him, he felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

"Let me lead the way," Zhu Wu offered. "I'm quite familiar with the Star Dou Great Forest."

If he leads the way, we can't afford to run into the Man-Faced Demon Spider, can we? Also, Oscar's third soul skill needs to be changed!

In the original story, Tang San and the Shrek Academy team relied on the flight ability provided by Oscar to overcome many crises.

"???" Everyone was stunned.

Oscar spoke first, "Ying Tian, ​​your sect isn't located in the Star Dou Great Forest, is it?"

Zhu Wu shook his head and laughed, "Do you know why my sect is called the Illusionary Beast Sect?"

"Isn't it because you can freely switch forms after possessing a Martial Soul?" Oscar asked, puzzled.

"That's only one reason," Zhu Wu smiled. "Another reason is that our cultivation method requires us to imitate soul beasts."

"Imitating a soul beast?" Xiao Wu's eyes widened.

"That's right." Zhu Wu nodded. "As disciples of the Illusionary Beast Sect, after obtaining their first spirit ring and being able to use Martial Soul Possession, they are all thrown into a spirit beast forest by the sect to live alone, their lives left to fate. Afterwards, these disciples need to switch to beast form and maintain it for as long as possible."

"Live among soul beasts, mimic their aura, and observe their habits and fighting styles. Until you become a true soul beast yourself, able to unleash your soul skills as freely as a soul beast's talent."

Everyone was shocked, and Ning Rongrong couldn't help but speak up.

"Isn't this too cruel?"

Flander and Zhao Wuji exchanged glances, their hearts also pounding with excitement.

"It's cruel, and many people have died." Zhu Wu's eyes darkened, but he quickly rallied his spirits and became determined. "But this is a trial that every disciple of the Illusionary Beast Sect must undergo, and a threshold that we must overcome on our path to growth."

"Death is a return to nature; it is our destiny and our way of giving back to nature."

"My innate soul power is level 10, so when I was 6 years old, my father personally sent me into the Soul Beast Forest, which is the Star Dou Great Forest where we are now."

"Haven't you all been curious about how I can use soul skills without summoning my martial soul? That's the biggest reason!"

Flander's expression was solemn as he reminded the other students, "Putting everything else aside, for a newly initiated Soul Master, maintaining the beast form for an extended period of time is a challenge."

"If you exit this state and are discovered by a soul beast, you will face immediate danger of death."

"Therefore, Ying Tian must control his soul power as much as possible to ensure a stable output. Moreover, he must also simulate the aura of a soul beast."

"This process was entirely driven by death, urging me to improve my control over my soul power."

This was practically playing with fire, and the trainees were shocked.

Tang San clenched his fists, his heart filled with turmoil. He had thought he had worked hard enough in his cultivation, but he hadn't expected... the crucial point was that every child in the Beast Illusion Sect had to undergo this cruel trial.

For some reason, a sense of shame rose within me.

"Not bad." Zhu Wu nodded slightly. "That's how I honed my control over my soul power."

"Of course, there's also mental strength. In the very beginning, my mind was almost constantly on edge, rapidly depleting while also growing rapidly."

"Furthermore, since my martial soul is inherently of the spiritual attribute, my improvement speed is even faster."

"Therefore, I completed this stage of the trial in just three years and fully mastered the liberation form."

You are welcome to use this as a reference and try it out!

He had the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone and the Gold of Life as a safety net, which Shrek Academy didn't have.

The healing time exceeded the trial time, and it also affected his soul power cultivation; it would be strange if he didn't become useless. What's more, Tang San still had the hidden injuries he had sustained before.

"Liberated form?" Zhao Wuji asked, puzzled.

Zhu Wu shrugged. "It's just switching into beast form and releasing soul skills, just like a soul beast's innate ability."

"And then reverse the process to determine the human form?" Tang San couldn't help but ask.

"This is the next stage, transcending the realm." Zhu Wu looked around.

"You guys don't actually think that pretending to be a soul beast in the forest for so long has had no effect on you, do you?"

Tang San was taken aback, then pondered and said, "I'm afraid it will increase my bestial nature, right?"

Zhu Wu feigned surprise, turned to look at Tang San, and nodded approvingly, "Clever! Not bad, but it does increase your animalistic instincts!"

"Therefore, it is necessary to return to the human world to hone one's skills, experience all aspects of human life, wash away one's animalistic nature, and return to one's true self, in order to prepare for advancing to a higher realm. The so-called higher realm means that even in human form, one can freely release one's soul skills like a soul beast's talent."

"I've just stepped into this realm."

"Once I break through to the Title Douluo level in the future, I will be able to challenge the final and most crucial threshold beyond the realm."

"What threshold?" Tang San asked subconsciously.

"That's a bit of a tangent, I still have a long way to go." Zhu Wu nodded slightly, changing the subject at the opportune moment.

"In short, I'm very familiar with the outer areas of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"..." Couldn't you finish your sentence? Everyone was speechless. However, understanding that this might involve the secrets of the Beast Sect, Flander coughed lightly and continued, "In that case, let Yingtian lead the way. Everyone, be sure to maintain formation and keep up."

Zhu Wu nodded and led Long Ling'er to the front of the group to lead the way.

"Speaking of which, Yingtian, you and Ling'er seem quite normal to me, where does this beastly nature come from?" As they walked, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Wu immediately turned his head, staring directly at him, unleashing the ferocious aura honed over years of fighting with soul beasts. The latter instantly felt as if he were being stared at by some extremely terrifying beast, his hair standing on end and his face turning deathly pale.

Not only Ma Hongjun, but everyone else also felt this negative aura filled with violence and bloodlust, and their expressions all changed.

The next second, the negative aura suddenly disappeared.

Zhu Wu's calm voice came through, "Why do you think Ling'er and I only started our training three years later?"

"These past few years we've been studying in the clan, cultivating our character, and restraining our ferocity," Long Ling'er continued.

Everyone subconsciously glanced at Long Ling'er, re-examining her.

She may appear gentle and submissive on the surface, but secretly she's a wild and untamed tyrannosaurus.

"Yingtian, your sect is practically treating people like soul beasts!" Zhao Wuji exclaimed.

Zhu Wu smiled, "But isn't this the cultivation method that best suits the characteristics of our martial souls? Besides, why must we humans be inferior to soul beasts? Since we have absorbed a hundred-year soul ring, our cultivation is equivalent to that of a hundred-year soul beast. We humans may be inferior to soul beasts in terms of physical strength, but don't forget that we humans develop intelligence early and are born with wisdom far exceeding that of soul beasts."

"Therefore, we members of the Beast Illusion Sect never believe that we are inferior to soul beasts at the same cultivation level."

"That's why I chose to stay at the academy in the first place." He took a timely shrug and said, "From the perspective of you outside soul masters, it is indeed abnormal for students to die while hunting soul beasts during their studies at the academy. Since students pay tuition to enroll, the academy has a responsibility to protect their personal safety. It's actually a kind of exchange of money for services. But in my eyes, it's really just that."

"Our Beast Sect has always followed the law of the jungle, emphasizing the survival of the fittest, and we value the improvement of our strength."

"It is precisely because we follow this law that our Beastmaster Sect has been able to endure for so long."

Zhao Wuji nodded, "I admire that too. With training like that, your strength will never be weak."

"It's just that a lot of them die young," Ma Hongjun thought to himself. He felt that the population of the Illusionary Beast Sect shouldn't be that large.

The next second, as if remembering something, she couldn't help but look Zhu Wu up and down, "Ying Tian, ​​you used to fight with soul beasts every day, how come you don't have a single scar on your body?"

I'm so envious of her looks and skin!

"Because I've got a cheat code," Zhu Wu glanced at him. "Is that even a question? Of course, they're all healed!"

"You've experienced my healing skills firsthand. If even my secondhand equipment can achieve this effect, do you think it would be any less effective when performed by an elder of the clan?"

"Don't even mention all these scars, I could even reattach your severed arms and legs."

So, can that place cure it? This question arose in the minds of Tang San and Tang Hao, who were hiding in the shadows.

"Yingtian, isn't your martial soul a detached martial soul? Can a detached martial soul also possess a body?" Tang San asked, thinking of his teacher.

His teacher Yu Xiaogang's martial spirit, Luo Sanpao, apparently cannot be possessed in battle; in any case, he had never seen it.

What's wrong, feeling the pressure? I'm going to put you under immense pressure, yet also give you a sliver of hope… Zhu Wu turned and asked, "Why not?"

Tang San fell silent. In other words, the fact that Zhu Wu would lose the ability to control attributes when separated from his spirit wasn't really a disadvantage. Unless, of course, he would intentionally let the spirit leave his body.

Then Zhu Wu continued, "However, I don't like fighting with possessed bodies."

"Why?" Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask.

"I'm sick of pretending to be a soul beast," Zhu Wu said.

"." Ning Rongrong had nothing to say about this reason; after all, upon closer examination, it did make some sense. As a normal human being, wouldn't playing the role of a soul beast for several years leave some psychological trauma?

That's why I need to go out and experience things to relax and clear my mind?

So, that Zhu Wu has already been thrown into some kind of soul beast forest? The others couldn't help but think of this.

Suddenly, I felt that being taken away to acknowledge my ancestors and be taken away wasn't such a good thing after all.

The image of a Silkworm Martial Soul Master with little combat power struggling to survive alone in the Soul Beast Forest was something they simply couldn't imagine.

With their unique martial soul talents and such a cruel training method, the strength of the Illusionary Beast Sect is truly formidable. In the shadows, Tang Hao's expression was solemn. Tempering himself through death, the Illusionary Beast Sect's training method was quite similar to the one his sect had sent him to the City of Slaughter for training back then.

Even more brutal is the case with the Beast Illusion Sect, because its disciples have to participate in these trials much earlier.

He was already an adult when he entered the Killing City.

Furthermore, he had no doubt that the Beast Illusion Sect's elimination system ensured that anyone who successfully completed the trials and survived would achieve considerable success. Their top-tier combat power was even more unimaginable; transcending realms and unleashing soul skills was like a natural talent. Anyone who reached that level would possess combat strength far exceeding their peers, which explained why they dared to send two titled members to challenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan.

This was an extremely powerful sect, he thought to himself.

"Let me tell you a little secret, when Brother Tian became a soul beast, he was pursued by someone." Long Ling'er's voice suddenly came.

Zhu Wu told him about being pursued by a female wolf when he was the leader of the wolf pack.

"Pfft!" Xiao Wu burst out laughing. "Ying Tian, ​​isn't that why you don't want to possess other bodies to fight?"

"The past is too painful to recall," Zhu Wu sighed, looking up at the sky.

"By the way, is the one pursuing you a female dragon?" Ma Hongjun asked with a gossipy air.

"No, she's a vixen," Zhu Wu said.

"Uh, isn't your martial soul the Butterfly Dragon?" Ma Hongjun asked, puzzled.

"Brother Tian's martial soul is quite special. As long as he absorbs the soul ring of a certain soul beast, he can transform into the image of that soul beast and have the same aura. He can also possess the soul beast in its form and switch to beast form. Brother Tian's first soul ring came from the Illusion Moon Fox."

Long Ling'er explained according to the prepared statement.

"That's amazing!" Everyone was astonished. Ma Hongjun immediately suggested, "Yingtian, let Xiaobai transform into a fox for us to see?"

"Then let me show you." Zhu Wu said as he summoned Xiao Bai and instructed it to transform into a fox.

Before everyone's eyes, a flash of white light appeared, and a pure white fox with its fur shrouded in a hazy white light jumped to the ground.

"So beautiful!" Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up.

"Brother Tian looks super pretty when he uses the Illusionary Moon Fox form to possess you," Long Ling'er said with a grin.

A cross-dressing man? Does he have a fox tail and fox ears? Ma Hongjun's eyes lit up immediately, and he turned his head.

"Heavenly Lord"

"Get lost!" Zhu Wu glanced at him irritably and immediately recalled Little White.

"Hey, no way! You have four spirit rings now, you can transform into something else too," Ma Hongjun said.

"You'll see when we fight later," Zhu Wu said calmly.

"No wonder your sect is called the Illusionary Beast Sect, your martial spirit is truly amazing." Zhao Wuji couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"No wonder it's isolated from the world; this martial spirit is really only suitable for cultivation in the mountains," Oscar chimed in.

"That is indeed one of the reasons," Zhu Wu nodded.

"Is there another reason?" Oscar asked hastily.

"It's very complicated," Zhu Wu shook his head. "I'll tell you about it another time."

That's true. It's only been a few days since school started, and everyone isn't very familiar with each other yet. Oscar sighed and stopped asking about the topic.

"Yingtian, what kind of spirit beast do you think I should hunt for my third spirit ring?" He changed the subject.

Zhu Wu comes from a major sect and must know a lot; perhaps he can offer some good advice.

"That depends on which aspect you want to improve," Zhu Wu said calmly.

"Of course it's attack power!" Ma Hongjun interjected from the side.

"Then we could consider the Pink Lady," Zhu Wu chimed in. "The Pink Lady's toxin can induce euphoria in those who inhale it, and euphoria often means an increase in all attributes, similar to berserk mode or bloodlust. Oscar possesses a food-type martial soul, so even if he absorbs a poison-attribute soul beast's soul ring, he shouldn't inherit the potent poison and harm his body."

"Furthermore, soul skills should not produce toxins."

(End of this chapter)