Chapter 135: Shrek's Return and Tang San's Change in Strength.
Seeing the attitudes of Xiao Fei and the others, Xue Di seemed to realize she couldn't stop them.
"Then I wish you a speedy arrival at the Ice God Palace. Remember not to destroy the Far North, nor harm it."
With that, Xue Di and Bing Di leisurely departed, their two spirit beasts reluctantly following.
The seven discussed for a while, and Yang Pojun built a house nearby, which could be used for a fire and shelter.
As for how to enter the Ice God Palace, only Xiao Fei, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu could inflict significant damage to the ice, and they were all Titled Douluo of the Fire Element. The others practiced in their rooms, as they couldn't adapt to the Far North's temperatures alone.
Thus began Xiao Fei's days of shaved ice, using a 90,000-year-old Flame Lion King claw bone imbued with ultimate fire to deal significant damage to the ice. Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, on the other hand, primarily used flames to melt the ice. Xiao Fei also became the first Peerless Douluo to become a master of burrowing!
It was estimated that it might take a month to open the passage to the Ice God Palace. Ruofei and Xiaofei had already reached the 99th level of Ultimate Douluo, and there was no way they could enter the Ice God Palace.
While the seven of them were in the far north, many major events unfolded on the Douluo Continent.
First, Bibi Dong continued her soul hunting operation. Although she failed to locate the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python, two 100,000-year-old soul beasts, she led six Titled Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts.
The center of the Lake of Life was shrouded in fog, making visibility extremely low, even significantly reducing perception. Outsiders could not find the flat land in the center of the Lake of Life. Even the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python were confined to the edge, where a maze prevented them from moving.
After searching the center of the Star Dou Great Forest, although no 100,000-year-old soul beasts were found, several older soul beasts were found. Ultimately, by absorbing multiple older soul rings, Bibi Dong reached the power of the 99th level of Ultimate Douluo.
The Titan Ape and the Azure Bull Python, on the other hand, sensed the presence of Bibi Dong and her group hunting spirit beasts at the edge of the Lake of Life. They trembled with fear.
After Bibi Dong and her group left the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San and his group finally completed the seventh trial of the Sea God Assessment, departed Sea God Island, and returned to Vast Sea City.
The seven seemed significantly inferior to the original. Although Tang San had reached level 83, he only had two 100,000-year-old spirit bones. One was sacrificed by Xiao Wu, and the other was obtained while hunting the Deep Sea Mermaids during the fourth Sea God Assessment. Strangely, the location of these bones matched the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's spirit bone: a 100,000-year-old left leg bone.
Tang San's divinely gifted spirit ring also wasn't 100,000 years old, only the 80,000-year-old seventh spirit ring. This gave Tang San's spirit rings a rather strange appearance, with yellow, purple, black, and red hues.
The strength of the other seven Shrek members was also significantly lower than in the original. Only Dai Mubai reached level 79, Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar reached level 74, Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong reached level 72. Bai Chenxiang was only level 55.
This time they did not separate as in the original novel, but went to the Star Dou Great Forest together.
After the eight people entered the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, they always felt that something was wrong. Finally they arrived at the Lake of Life. There was no sign of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Blue Bull Python.
But when Tang San released Xiao Wu from his pocket, a huge roar immediately came from the center of the Lake of Life.
Then the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Blue Bull Python came to the edge of the Lake of Life. Seeing these two 100,000-year-old soul beasts, Xiao Wu seemed to be much more sober.
Tang San was a little surprised: "Da Ming, Er Ming, why did you run to the center of the Lake of Life?"
"About half a year ago, a group of people came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts. One of them was a man named Wang Xiaofei. He told us that within the next year, a woman might come with several Titled Douluo to hunt us."
"After Erming and I heard this, we felt that he had no reason to lie to us. And I definitely felt like someone was searching for us. So we hid in the center of the Lake of Life."
"About less than a month ago, there was indeed a group of Titled Douluo who came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts. There were as many as seven of them. Er Ming and I were so scared that we didn't dare to reveal any breath. We finally hid away."
Tang San said quickly: "The people who came to hunt soul beasts you said, are they Bibi Dong, the emperor of the Spirit Empire."
Daming shook his huge bull head: "Er Ming and I didn't dare to look at them. We only made sure that they had seven Titled Douluo. The leader of them was very powerful, stronger than me. It seems that there was also a Titled Douluo with the spirit of a flame eagle who looked for us over the Lake of Life." The eight people from Tangshan were scared. The seven Titled Douluo could definitely kill Daming and Er Ming. Fortunately, they missed Bibi Dong, otherwise everyone would be in danger.
"Daming, Erming, do you know of any high-age spirit beasts nearby? I need to add a few spirit rings to my Clear Sky Hammer spirit."
"Recently, many people have come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt high-level spirit beasts. Most of the spirit beasts over 80,000 years old have been killed. I do know of some high-level spirit beasts 70,000 or 80,000 years old, but I'm not sure if they'd be suitable for your spirit."
Tang San gritted his teeth, "Tell me where they are first. I need to reach Titled Douluo first. Then I can revive Xiao Wu right away."
"Daming, Erming, have you been in the Star Dou Great Forest for so long? Have you obtained any spirit bones or anything like that?"
"Spirit bones are useless for us 100,000-year-old spirit beasts, so we don't collect them specifically. I did lose quite a few at the bottom of the Lake of Life, though. I don't know if they're still usable. It's been a while since I last saw them."
Not to mention that Daming found over ten spirit bones in the Lake of Life, but most of them had lost their effectiveness due to age. Only three were decent enough to be used, but without the right arm spirit bone, Tang San probably wouldn't have much of a clue.
For the next few days, the Shrek crew helped Tang San hunt spirit beasts in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang San finally reached level 91 by absorbing five spirit rings approximately 70,000 years old. Four of these were absorbed by the Clear Sky Hammer and one by the Blue Silver Emperor. Among them was the White-Eyed Demonic Tiger King from the original story, and Tang San also obtained the right arm spirit bone he so desperately needed.
Ultimately, protected by Da Ming, Er Ming, and the rest of the Shrek crew, Tang San resurrected Xiao Wu.
However, Tang San's strength was significantly lower than in the original story. Although he had reached level 91, he had lost the five 100,000-year spirit rings of the Titan Ape, Azure Bull Python, and Thousand-Tier Ant King. He also lacked the left and right arm spirit bones of the Titan Ape and Azure Bull Python.
Xiao Fei's Lao Liu manipulated Tang San's strength with a few words, and he likely earned the gratitude of Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Meanwhile, Xiao Fei was still struggling to make shaved ice, but his goal was within reach, as he could already sense the majestic aura of the Ice God Palace.
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