A pale purple spirit ring floated out and, drawn by Ma Hongjun, enveloped him.
The process went smoothly, and Ma Hongjun absorbed the spirit ring in just over an hour.
"Let's eat first, and then leave under cover of night."
Hao Yun didn't plan to spend the night in the Star Dou Great Forest. It was too chaotic there, with soul beasts constantly howling at night, making it impossible to get a good night's sleep.
After a quick meal, the group prepared to leave. Just as the seven were packing their things, they heard the terrified cries of birds and beasts in the distance.
"Xiao San, climb the tree and take a look to see what happened."
Under Hao Yun's command, Tang San climbed a tall tree and stood on a branch, gazing into the distance.
In the dense jungle, it seemed as if some enormous creature was moving about, causing trees to fall one after another.
"It looks like something is coming. It's huge and moving fast. It should be here in about half a minute."
Before Tang San could finish speaking, everyone felt the ground shaking.
Boom...
Boom...
"Gather together! Move out of the forest, quick!"
Hao Yun frowned slightly. He prepared to retreat with the seven-man group, since he wouldn't be able to take care of them if a real fight broke out.
The seven-person group gathered and quickly ran out of the forest behind Hao Yun. Although the forest was pitch black, all eight people present had night vision.
However, no matter how fast they were, they couldn't keep up with the speed of the giant beasts in the forest. Feeling the ground shaking more and more violently, Hao Yun stopped.
"You all retreat first, I'll cover the rear."
The group of seven stopped, all their eyes fixed on Hao Yun.
"Get lost! Don't cause trouble here. I can't act freely with you guys around."
Hao Yun yelled once and then ignored them.
In the forest, a giant chimpanzee charged out. Hao Yun could only look up at it. Wow! What a huge creature! Could it be King Kong who has traveled through time?
Xiao Wu seemed a bit off in the group, and kept looking back as she left.
The chimpanzee in front of Hao Yun was none other than Xiao Wu's friend, Er Ming, also known as the Titan Ape.
[Option 1: Defeat the Azure Bull Python Daming and the Titan Giant Ape Erming (Reward: 100,000-year Soul Ring)]
Option Two: Defeat Titan Giant Ape Erming (Reward: One Soul Bone)
Option 3: Defeat the Azure Bull Python, Daming (Reward: One Soul Bone)
The system suddenly presented three options, and Hao Yun did not hesitate, choosing the first one directly.
As for the second and third options, Hao Yun wasn't so heartless as to kill them. They were all story-related spirit beasts he knew, and he couldn't bear to do so.
"Hey! Big guy, did I say you could pass?"
Hao Yun roared and activated his Chaos Demonic Ape Martial Soul. Er Ming, who was about to pass him to chase after Xiao Wu, stopped in his tracks instantly.
Erming stared at Hao Yun with his huge eyes, looking him up and down. This little guy in front of him actually made him feel a little pressure.
"Roar~"
Hao Yun was met with Er Ming's roar.
"Come on, fight me. If you win, I'll take you to see Xiao Wu."
Upon hearing Hao Yun mention Xiao Wu, Er Ming became agitated and slammed his fists into the ground, leaving two deep craters.
Hao Yun activated his second skill to enhance his abilities, then used his third skill, Golden Bell Shield, and charged towards the Titan Giant Ape.
Compared to the Titan Ape, Hao Yun was incredibly small, not even as big as a Titan Ape's finger.
The two collided, with Hao Yun crashing into the Titan Ape and forcing it back half a step.
Come on!
Hao Yun shouted, grabbed one of the Titan Ape's toes, and yanked it upwards.
Caught off guard, the Titan Ape was pushed over by Hao Yun. After getting up from the ground, Er Ming was a little angry. He had been pushed over by a little thing and had lost face.
"Er Ming!"
Xiao Wu returned at some point, standing on a large tree and calling out to the Titan Ape.
The Titan Ape grabbed Xiao Wu and tried to run away, but Hao Yun stopped it.
"Erming, put me down. He knows I'm a 100,000-year-old soul beast, so there's no need to be nervous."
After calming the Titan Ape down a few words, it placed Xiao Wu on the ground.
"Boss, are you alright?"
"It's okay, you guys chat first, I'll fight him later."
Taking a few steps back, Hao Yun sat on a large tree that had broken in two, thinking about how to get the gorilla to take him to the Azure Bull Python. Maybe he should have Xiao Wu tell it.
The reward offered is quite generous: a 100,000-year spirit ring. With this spirit ring, he won't have to go to sea anymore.
"I've finished talking to Erming. Do you really want to fight it?"
Hao Yun nodded, then said to Xiao Wu, "Have him take me to find Daming later. I want to fight Daming."
Xiao Wu gave Hao Yun a strange look, then turned to Er Ming and gave him some instructions.
"Then I'll go first. We'll wait for you in the town outside the forest."
Hao Yun thought for a moment and nodded to indicate that he understood. Anyway, it wouldn't take him long to fight Da Ming and Er Ming, so it would be fine to go back to the academy together.
After Xiao Wu left, Hao Yun and Er Ming got into a fight, and Hao Yun narrowly won.
The Titan Ape has excellent talents; it can use gravity fields and is tough and durable.
After the fight, Hao Yun went to find Da Ming. As soon as they clashed, Hao Yun knew he was no match for him. In order to get the system reward, Hao Yun used a little trick and narrowly defeated Da Ming as well.
As Hao Yun left the Star Dou Great Forest, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was thankful that he hadn't gone to the sea to hunt 100,000-year-old soul beasts, or he might have already met his end.
Hao Yun led the seven-member group back to Shrek Academy. The group's grueling training continued, but now it was not Hao Yun leading them, but Master.
Hao Yun absorbed the 100,000-year soul ring rewarded by the system and successfully became a four-ring Soul Master. Hao Yun used all the energy provided by the soul ring to temper his physical body. Now, Hao Yun's Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Chapter 5 is nearing completion.
Since there was no need to hunt down 100,000-year-old soul beasts, Hao Yun set his sights on Poison Douluo's herb garden.
"Find the seven-person team that is training," Hao Yun said to the master.
"Master, could you lend me Tang San for two days? I need to take him out with me."
The expressionless master nodded, and without asking Hao Yun why he took Tang San out, he let the two leave.
Tang San, looking completely bewildered, was led by Hao Yun all the way to Sunset Forest.
"Why did you bring me here? I'm not level 40 yet, I don't need to hunt soul beasts."
Seeing Hao Yun constantly hunting down spirit beasts, Tang San frowned and asked Hao Yun about the purpose of bringing him out.
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
After wandering around the Sunset Forest for a long time, Hao Yun finally found the valley shrouded in miasma.
"Do you have any antivenom? If so, take one. We need to go in now."
Tang San shook his head, wandered around for a while, and found a few herbs to put in his mouth.
"Do you want the antidote?"
Hao Yun shook his head. His body was already immune to all poisons, and this little bit of miasma couldn't harm him at all.
Chapter 63 Stealing Herbs
The two entered the miasma-shrouded area and were soon blocked by a stone wall. Hao Yun grabbed Tang San's collar and jumped up.
Tang San, who was being held in Hao Yun's hand, stood on the cliff. After seeing the scene below, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire!"
Tang San had always thought that this peculiar landform only existed in legends, never expecting that he would actually have the opportunity to see it.
"Why are you shouting so loudly? Shh, let's sneak in quietly."
Hao Yun slapped Tang San on the back of the head. He wondered if Poison Douluo was there. If not, he wondered if Poison Douluo would be furious when he returned after he had pulled up all the herbs here.
Tang San glared at Hao Yun, then stopped talking and let Hao Yun carry him into the valley.
Upon entering the valley, Tang San's mouth watered; there were so many rare and precious herbs!
"Hurry up and go in to gather herbs. Once you're done, retreat. Don't waste any time."
Hao Yun surveyed the area and, seeing that Poison Douluo was not there, a wicked smile appeared on his lips. He urged Tang San to make his move quickly.
"Is this land owned? If so, aren't we stealing?"
Coming out of his excitement, Tang San sensed something was amiss from Hao Yun's words.
"What stealing! We call this picking. Even if it belongs to someone, they just use this place as a garden. Such good herbs are being wasted. We're making the most of them!"
Under Hao Yun's twisted logic, Tang San was persuaded. Many of the herbs here were what he wanted. Anyway, if anything went wrong, Hao Yun would take the blame, and he was just forced into it.
With a change in mindset, Tang San rolled up his sleeves and started digging. Hao Yun had already prepared all the tools, as well as a large number of jade boxes and wooden boxes.
It has to be said that Tang San's hands were fast enough; in just over ten minutes, the herb garden was dug up and full of holes.
Half an hour later, this treasure land formed by the creation of heaven and earth was completely barren after Tang San dug it up. He dug up any medicinal herbs that were even remotely useful.
However, Tang San still had some conscience; he left the herb seeds in the soil.
Hao Yun collected all the medicine boxes piled up on the ground, grabbed Tang San by the collar, and quickly retreated.
On their way back to Shrek Academy, Poison Douluo returned to the herb garden and was dumbfounded when he saw the pitted and uneven ground.
"Who the hell did this?!"
With bloodshot eyes, Poison Douluo frantically searched for suspicious individuals in Sunset Forest.
Unfortunately, he returned too late; Hao Yun and Tang San had already run over a hundred kilometers away.