Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

Zhao Wuji harbored deep resentment. If he hadn't been worried that the Dragon Lord would appear soon, would he have retreated to this extent?

"Oscar, are you sure you want speed for your third soul skill?"

Just as Zhao Wuji was about to continue exchanging a few more words with the Snake Woman, he suddenly heard Xiao Yan's voice behind him.

"Uh... sort of." Oscar was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

"This Golden Gale Eagle is just the right age, and you've also heard Xiao Wu say that in terms of speed alone, the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent can't compare to it. Why don't we choose something else?"

Xiao Yan lifted the Golden Gale Eagle and asked.

“I have no objection…” Oscar glanced at Zhao Wuji, who was confronting the Snake Woman, and said hesitantly.

"That's perfect."

Already somewhat intimidated, Zhao Wuji immediately waved his hand and presented the limp Phoenix-tailed Crested Snake to the Snake Granny, saying, "Sister Chao, this Phoenix-tailed Crested Snake is yours!"

Although she acted quite magnanimously, Snake Granny was a seasoned veteran and understood that Zhao Wuji meant for the two of them to take their things and leave quickly, instead of standing there in the way.

After using her soul power to imprison the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, the Snake Woman revealed a smile.

"Then we'll..."

"Why don't we absorb it here? That way we won't have to go through all that trouble to go somewhere else later."

Before the Snake Granny could finish saying goodbye, she heard Xiao Yan's "warm invitation".

"No, you kid..." Zhao Wuji naturally heard Xiao Yan's words. For a moment, Zhao Wuji felt a toothache. He was just thinking that Xiao Yan was quite quick-witted, but how come he suddenly became so stupid?

"Our classmate is about to break through, so in exchange for this Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, Snake Granny, how about you help us find some soul beasts later?"

Xiao Yan naturally knew how strange and even illogical his words were, but this was, after all, the first time he had seen a proper "weapon" spirit master besides Teacher Lu, and the first pair of weapon spirit masters he had seen with a spirit fusion skill. It would be a shame not to take the opportunity to observe and study them, given his strong curiosity.

Furthermore, he hasn't yet achieved his other purpose in coming to the Star Dou Great Forest—testing the Soul Ring storage device—so how can he leave the Star Dou Great Forest so soon?

"Breakthrough?" Zhao Wuji was a little confused by Xiao Yan's words. "Besides Oscar, who else here has broken through?"

Not only Zhao Wuji, but even Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were closest to breaking through, were completely dumbfounded.

"Tang San, are you sure you don't want to deal with your soul power?"

Xiao Yan's voice rang out again, and then everyone realized that Tang San's soul power was in a state of agitation, and this agitation was a sign of a breakthrough.

Having long noticed that Tang San was about to break through, Xiao Yan calmly stepped aside and administered a potent medicine.

Although he was completely bewildered, Tang San was about to break through to the next level of soul power, so he stopped thinking about it and decisively sat down cross-legged to start regulating his breathing.

It wasn't until Tang San sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing that Snake Granny suddenly realized that the boy she had thought was at level 10 or 20 actually had level 29 soul power. If he successfully broke through this time, he would reach level 30.

'It can't be that bad...'

Suppressing her surprise, Snake Granny slowly looked at the Shrek Academy students.

"Brother Zhao, your students are truly geniuses!"

It was roughly determined that the average soul power of these boys and girls, the oldest of whom was no more than fifteen years old, was around level thirty. Even the two with the youngest and oldest faces were already Soul Venerables. The Snake Granny sighed.

After arguing with Zhao Wuji for a while, the only things that truly came from the heart were this praise and her words when she was about to leave.

"Then you..."

Zhao Wuji, who was staring at Xiao Yan, thought that the Snake Granny was about to take her leave when he heard her words, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Yiran, this Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent is yours. Absorb its soul ring as soon as possible." The Snake Granny didn't look at Zhao Wuji, but directly handed the snake in her hand to Meng Yiran, her granddaughter.

"Ok!"

Meng Yiran didn't stand on ceremony. As she took the Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, the serpent-headed scepter in her hand spat out a tongue blade, which accurately pierced its vital point.

The Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, having long since lost the strength to struggle, thrashed twice before losing its breath, and a purple soul ring slowly rose up.

Watching Meng Yiran begin absorbing the spirit ring, Zhao Wuji was filled with regret. He shouldn't have been so polite before; he should have just said "see you out!"

"What are you looking at? Aren't you going to absorb spirit rings anymore?"

Finding Oscar still standing there, Zhao Wuji didn't hold back and scolded him, "Do I have to teach you how to kill bird-type soul beasts? If not, why don't you hurry up and do it?"

Oscar, as if waking from a dream, shook his head violently, swung his sword and pierced the chest of the Golden Gale Eagle. After its spirit rings rose, he sat cross-legged and began to absorb them.

Two groups of people, a total of eleven, three of them are now sitting cross-legged on the ground, while the other eight look at each other and fall silent. They each find a tree and sit down against the trunk.

Two minutes later, Zhao Wuji stood up, walked to Xiao Yan's side, patted him on the shoulder, and gestured for Xiao Yan to follow him.

"Why should we leave those two behind?" After walking more than twenty meters, Zhao Wuji set up a soundproof barrier.

"I have a bad feeling."

"A bad feeling?"

Zhao Wuji frowned. As a Soul Master, he still believed in 'premonitions' quite a bit, after all, sudden premonitions had saved him several times. But the problem now was, if he, a Soul Saint, had no premonitions, where did Xiao Yan, a mere Soul Venerable, get such bad premonitions?

"Do you think I can't handle this?" After a moment's thought, Zhao Wuji, who assumed that the impending event would have no impact on him since he had no premonition, asked coldly.

"Teacher Zhao, it's been a long time since you went to the Spirit Hall to get a map of the distribution of spirit beasts on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, hasn't it?"

"……Um."

Xiao Yan's question surprised Zhao Wuji for a moment, then he nodded. What was there to say? Could someone wanted by the Spirit Hall really just swagger around asking for a map?

“In the latest distribution map, there are no bird-type soul beasts in this area… no bird-type soul beasts of the thousand-year level,” Xiao Yan paused, then continued, “The reason it’s marked is that a Azure Flame Dragon Beast, a ten-thousand-year-old Azure Flame Dragon Beast, lives in the deeper lake.”

"So, the Azure Flame Dragon Beast is dead?"

Now, Zhao Wuji understood Xiao Yan's concerns. The ten-thousand-year-old Azure Flame Dragon Beast in the lake was a match for even ten Zhao Wujis tied together. Therefore, regardless of the cause of death of that Azure Flame Dragon Beast, this outer area of ​​thousand-year-old soul beasts could not be considered completely safe.

"Yes, and it died in the last few days." Xiao Yan nodded. Apart from Lin Dong, no one knew the exact time of the Azure Flame Dragon Beast's death better than him, so he could say this with absolute certainty.

"I understand." Zhao Wuji nodded heavily.

Although he knew this area might be dangerous, Zhao Wuji had no intention of leaving. Firstly, Xiao Yan had already tricked the Dragon and Snake couple into becoming guinea pigs, and secondly—

When has the Star Dou Great Forest ever been safe? If you leave because of potential dangers, what kind of Soul Master are you?

"If Lord Long asks about it later..." Zhao Wuji suddenly realized he should find a suitable reason.

"I would sneak a glance at Meng Yiran and then make up a reason on the spot."

"hiss!"

Zhao Wuji gasped. He really hadn't realized that Xiao Yan, despite his young age, was no less skilled than Dai Mubai!

'No wonder he was able to trick Miss Ning Rongrong. Besides, the whole story about the Azure Flame Dragon Beast might have been made up...' Zhao Wuji muttered to himself.

"One more thing, although the title of 'Peerless Dragon and Snake' is quite prestigious, it's not entirely righteous," Zhao Wuji added as a final reminder. "At most, it's a little better than me, but not by much..."

"Be careful what you say and do, talk less and do more, and I'll help you explain afterwards!"

'Explain what?!'

Xiao Yan was speechless. He wasn't really interested in Meng Yiran. If he had to say, weren't the Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady much more appealing than Meng Yiran?

Chapter 44 Oscar's Third Soul Skill

Not long after Xiao Yan and Zhao Wuji returned, a tall, thin old man appeared in the open space.

The old man appeared to be over seventy years old, with a full head of silver hair like Chaotianxiang. He held a dragon-headed cane that was over four meters long and was bright silver. The dragon head on the cane was lifelike and looked extremely dazzling. There were also eight spirit rings on his body that moved up and down rhythmically.

Without asking, everyone knew that this person was Snake Granny's husband, Meng Yiran's grandfather, Dragon Duke Meng Shu.

He didn't even need to release his soul power; just the eight soul rings on his body made the Shrek Academy students feel like they couldn't breathe.

"Old man!"

Dragon Lord glanced around at everyone present, frowned slightly, and was about to speak when he heard Snake Woman's shout.

Then, Snake Granny walked to Dragon Duke's side, telling him to take back his martial soul and soul ring while whispering a few words to him.

No one knows what the Snake Granny said, but after she finished speaking, the Dragon Lord scanned the Shrek Academy students again, his gaze lingering on Xiao Yan for a moment before calmly sitting down next to Meng Yiran.

Just then, Tang San, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, slowly opened his eyes.

"Success?"

Dai Mubai leaned forward and asked softly.

Tang San glanced at the Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran sitting on the other side, then nodded, "I've waited so long, and I've finally broken through to level 30. As long as I absorb one more spirit ring, I'll be a Soul Master."

'If I absorb just one more spirit ring, I'll catch up to Rock Owl!'

Tang San glanced at Xiao Yan and felt a little smug. But then he remembered that Xiao Yan was only ten years old, and that smugness vanished instantly.

"Little San, have you decided which spirit beast to hunt for your third spirit ring?"

Although she was somewhat prepared, Xiao Wu still couldn't help but hug Tang San's right arm when she heard that he had reached level 30 at the age of 12, and then asked softly.

However, the action of hugging Tang San was less about excitement and more about using Tang San's body to block the Dragon Duke's gaze.

"Yes, my teacher recommended some soul beasts that would be suitable for my third soul ring," Tang San said excitedly, seemingly unaware of Xiao Wu's unease. "Bloodthirsty Thorns, Human-Faced Demon Spider, and Soul-Devouring Demon Spider."

According to Tang San's thinking, if even Oscar, who had no goals, could obtain his spirit ring so smoothly, then his third spirit ring, which had a clear goal, would naturally not be too difficult.

"Wait, Tang San, your spirit is Blue Silver Grass, right?"

When Tang San announced the name of the first soul beast, Xiao Yan's expression remained relatively normal. However, when Tang San announced the names of the following soul beasts, Xiao Yan's expression became somewhat tense. After Tang San finished naming all the soul beasts, Xiao Yan asked a question.

"Plant-based martial souls don't necessarily need to absorb the spirit rings of plant-based spirit beasts." Tang San looked at Xiao Yan with a surprised expression, as if to say, "You couldn't possibly not know this?"

"Xiao San's first spirit ring came from the Mandragora Serpent, so of course his third spirit ring can absorb other beast-type spirit beasts!" Xiao Wu chimed in from the side.

"His first spirit ring came from the Mandragora Serpent?"

Now, not only Xiao Yan, but even Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and even Dai Mubai, who seemed a bit uneducated, couldn't stand it anymore.

"You chose your first spirit ring yourself?" Xiao Yan's expression grew increasingly strange. He had a feeling that Tang San had been deceived by some charlatan.

"Of course, it was my teacher who helped me choose it."

Tang San looked at the strange expressions on the faces of the people around him, and his voice grew colder. He knew that the people on this continent were all ignorant and foolish, that so many people looked down on the master's works.

"Hiss, your teacher chose it for you? Then your teacher is really..." Xiao Yan was speechless for a moment. Should this be attributed to the ridiculous Yu Xiaogang, or to the fact that the Spirit Hall's education for Soul Masters was not widespread enough?

“Your teacher is such an idiot!” a clear voice rang out.

"Who is it?!" Tang San was a little agitated when he heard his beloved teacher being insulted.

However, after looking in the direction from which the sound came, Tang San fell silent again, because the person who had said those words was none other than Long Gong, a Soul Douluo of over level 80.