Chapter 120: Chapter 120 – Journey to the Star Dou Forest: The Dark Devilgod Tiger Appears
Shrek Academy.
"Dean Flender! Teacher Zhao Wuji!!"
After narrowly escaping from E Kao, Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track the entire way, sprinting desperately back toward the academy.
As soon as he arrived, he ran straight for the dean's office, shouting anxiously before he even reached the door.
"What's going on?!"
Hearing the commotion, Flender and Zhao Wuji immediately stepped outside, catching sight of a frantic Tang San rushing toward them.
Flender adjusted his dark crystal glasses and frowned. "Tang San, what happened?"
"Dean Flender! Teacher—Teacher was captured!!"
Panting heavily, Tang San's eyes were bloodshot as he anxiously recounted the situation.
"What?!"
Flender's expression changed drastically.
"How did that happen? Who would dare kidnap Yu Xiaogang?!"
With a bitter, helpless smile, Tang San quickly explained:
After he and Teacher Yu Xiaogang had finished their dental work in Suotuo City, they were ambushed just outside by a Spirit King and two Spirit Ancestors.
His teacher had been captured, and he himself had narrowly escaped to seek help.
"Damn it! A mere Spirit King and two Spirit Ancestors actually dared to touch my brother?!"
"This is outrageous!"
Flender exploded in fury, roaring as his Spirit Power surged.
"Tang San, take us there! Now!"
Without delay, he and Zhao Wuji followed Tang San toward the ambush site.
By the time they returned to the forest where it had all happened, the sky had already dimmed into evening.
But—
The area was completely empty.
There was no sign of the sleazy trio.
No trace of Yu Xiaogang.
"Gone? How can they be gone?!"
Tang San grew more anxious by the second.
In his mind, if the kidnappers were after money, they should've stayed put and waited for ransom.
After all, his teacher didn't have any wealth on him.
Why take him and disappear?
"Don't panic, Tang San. Let's look around. Maybe they left behind a note or something."
Flender remained calm and began scouring the area with Zhao Wuji and Tang San.
But—
Nothing.
No clues, no paper, no footprints.
Nothing but silence.
Flender then tried to follow faint traces in the dirt, hoping to track the three who had taken Yu Xiaogang.
Eventually, the trail led them all the way to Suotuo City's outer wall.
And then…
It vanished.
The only thing they could confirm was this:
Yu Xiaogang had been taken back into Suotuo City.
But Suotuo was a sprawling metropolis with a population in the hundreds of thousands.
How were they supposed to find him now?
For a moment, even Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Tang San stood there in silence, utterly lost.
At that very moment, in a rundown residential house within Suotuo City—
Yu Xiaogang was still under the "tender hospitality" of the sleazy trio: Tian Ya, Bu Le, and E Kao.
Tears in his eyes, he continued playing "Lianlian Kan" and "Push the Box" under duress.
His round face, crew-cut hair, and scruffy beard only added to his "charm" in the eyes of his three captors.
They showed no signs of boredom—only boundless excitement.
The thrill of each match had them shouting with joy.
Even Yu Xiaogang's voice had grown hoarse, his breathing ragged like an old bellows.
But in accordance with the doctor's advice—
Tian Ya, Bu Le, and E Kao were incredibly attentive.
They fed Yu Xiaogang only nutrient-rich liquid food.
…Though, come to think of it, did he even need soft food anymore?
Well, now that his teeth were all gone, wasn't it even more appropriate?
While Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Tang San remained confused about how to find Yu Xiaogang…
Yu Xiaogang was drifting further and further down the road of becoming a human steamed bun.
The Next Morning
Having entrusted the sacred mission of "properly entertaining" Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to the sleazy trio—
Ye Yu turned his focus back to his companions.
After consuming the Damask Tulip and the Ten-Thousand-Year Grade Nine Ginseng King,
both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had successfully broken through to the 30th rank.
It was time.
Ye Yu planned to take the two of them, along with Xiao Wu, to the Star Dou Forest to hunt their third Spirit Rings.
From Suotuo City, they set out—
Zhu Zhuqing on his right, Ning Rongrong on his left,
and Xiao Wu lying on his back, clinging to him tightly.
Ye Yu activated his Spirit Core Field and unleashed the first Spirit Ability of his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone: Flight,
racing through the air toward the forest.
It took just a little over two hours to reach the Star Dou Forest.
After entering, Ye Yu led the three girls deeper into the inner region of the forest while keeping an eye out for suitable Spirit Beasts.
Both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong came from prominent Spirit Master clans.
Typically, clans like theirs had already mapped out the ideal Spirit Ring paths for their inherited Martial Souls—
especially the first, second, third, and even up to the sixth rings.
Each stage had a specific target beast to hunt, carefully selected to maximize Spirit Ability compatibility.
For example:
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda (Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul):
1st Ring: 300–400 year-old Red Crystal Rhinoceros
2nd Ring: 600–700 year-old Jade Crystal Rabbit
3rd Ring: 1500–1600 year-old Exploding Crystal Beast
Netherworld Civet (Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul):
1st Ring: 300–400 year-old Pointed Claw Shadow Cat
2nd Ring: 600–700 year-old Furious Claw Swift Leopard
3rd Ring: 1500–1600 year-old Ironclaw Saber-Toothed Tiger
Over the next few days, Ye Yu led them through the forest and succeeded in locating:
A 1600-year-old Ironclaw Saber-Toothed Tiger for Zhu Zhuqing
And a 1500-year-old Exploding Crystal Beast for Ning Rongrong
He helped them defeat the beasts and guarded them while they absorbed the Spirit Rings.
Zhu Zhuqing advanced to the rank of Spirit Elder (33rd rank).
Ning Rongrong, thanks to the Damask Tulip, leapt to 35th rank Spirit Elder.
Ye Yu remained on full alert during the process.
Even though Xiao Wu had previously told the Titan Giant Ape not to come looking for her again…
Ye Yu wasn't going to take any chances.
Who knew if that beast might suddenly get nostalgic and show up?
Although he didn't fear the Titan Giant Ape, any interference while the girls were absorbing rings would be disastrous.
Finally, after Ning Rongrong completed her absorption and advanced to Spirit Elder,
this trip to the Star Dou Forest could be considered a complete success.
Ye Yu resumed his usual position—Zhu Zhuqing on the right, Ning Rongrong on the left, Xiao Wu on his back—
and prepared to fly back toward Suotuo City.
But just as they were leaving the forest—
From the sky, Ye Yu suddenly spotted something.
A vast ink-black darkness surged through the forest below at incredible speed.
"…What is that?"
Frowning, he immediately activated his Purple Demon Eye and zoomed in.
Inside that inky mass was a beast nearly fifteen meters long.
Its body was pitch-black and covered in bulging muscle, crisscrossed with gray stripes.
A long, gleaming scorpion tail curved from its back, segmented and sharp.
Broad wings extended from its spine.
Its head was ferocious and regal, its aura overflowing with savage might.
Ye Yu's eyes widened as recognition struck him like lightning.
"That's the Dark Devilgod Tiger?!"
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