A gentle breeze blew.
None of the Shrek elites paid any attention, but only Su Wen knew that danger was approaching.
Only then did Su Wen understand why Huo Gua had been so popular since entering the inner courtyard, especially after the first Sea God Pavilion matchmaking competition, when he teamed up with Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
A spirit detection type soul master could play a crucial role in this kind of environment.
Especially in an era before soul tools were widespread, such a spirit-type soul master was simply a treasure in the palm of the team.
When he has the ability in the future, he will definitely get a spirit-type pet beast.
"Senior Sister Le Xuan! A powerful enemy is approaching!"
With these thoughts surging in his mind, Su Wen hurriedly shouted.
But in an instant, the entire camp fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Su Wen. Zhang Le Xuan looked surprised, turned around and went to Su Wen's side, and asked without wasting words: "Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes!"
Su Wen's face was solemn as he took out the fan left by Xuan Zi.
The red crystal inlaid in the handle emitted a dazzling light.
Su Wen explained, "This is a soul tool that Elder Xuan left me before he left. It's a high-level soul tool that integrates danger detection, aura simulation, and defense. The red light flashing on it most likely means that an extremely powerful being is approaching us."
"..."
Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath.
She recognized the fan's origin at a glance.
Without further ado, she displayed the decisiveness of a leader: "Retreat!"
"Senior Sister Lexuan, is it possible that it's not aimed at us?" an inner court disciple hesitated.
"Whether it is or not, retreat,"
Zhang Lexuan said succinctly.
She knew that Elder Xuan's jade fan was an extremely precious treasure of the Sea God Pavilion, said to be rated as a level nine soul tool according to the standards of the Sun Moon Empire!
The only thing capable of making it glow red could be someone above the Title Douluo level.
And this was the Star Dou Great Forest, a lair of soul beasts; it was obvious who was heading their way.
Encountering a 100,000-year-old soul beast, without Xuanzi's protection, their team would have little chance of escape!
"Yes!"
The camp remained untouched, because facing a being that was highly likely a 100,000-year-old soul beast, its keen sense of smell was something they couldn't conceal in a short time.
Rather than wasting time, they should escape as quickly as possible.
"Ruoling, you take Xiaotao, I'll take Xiaowen, and we'll rush towards the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest with all our might!
Elder Xuan is connected to this soul tool; he sensed the danger and must be heading back. If we can hold out until Elder Xuan returns."
Zhang Lexuan glanced around.
Her exquisite face, illuminated by the faint moonlight, appeared exceptionally beautiful.
"Ugh"
Su Wen hadn't even reacted before he was pulled into an embrace, his nose filled with a fragrant scent, mixed with a sense of nervous excitement.
Although he knew he was about to face a life-or-death crisis, at this moment, only his adrenaline surged, and excitement masked his fear.
"Sigh, I really want to hug that little guy."
Another long-legged senior smiled, her arm tucked around the sullen Ma Xiaotao, her straight, slender legs slightly bent, and she shot into the sky like a cannonball.
Just as her upward momentum was about to disappear and she was about to fall, wings sprouted from her back, and she transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the night sky.
"So big"
Ma Xiaotao felt a little stifled.
"Hehe, Xiaotao, don't give up on yourself. Although you may not be able to reach my level in the future, you won't be too bad either. At least you'll be much bigger than Zhang Wen's flat-chested body."
Ruoling said with a mischievous smile.
"Ruoling, you're so damn sharp-tongued!"
Another "flat-chested" senior jumped on the top of the ancient tree at great speed, but complained angrily.
However, it was clear that while everyone evacuated in an orderly fashion, they weren't overly tense.
Perhaps only Su Wen, who knew the original plot, and Zhang Lexuan, who wore a solemn expression, were truly on edge.
The surrounding scenery flashed by, the wind whistled past their ears, and a delicate fragrance filled their nostrils.
At only six years old, Su Wen was barely 1.3 meters tall, while Zhang Lexuan was a full 1.78 meters.
In an awkward position, Su Wen could only feel the vast expanse above him, his hands tightly clasped around Zhang Lexuan's slender waist due to his fear of heights, his face burning red, afraid to look up for fear of bumping into something above.
"As expected!"
Zhang Lexuan's pretty face turned serious.
She held Su Wen with one arm and a jade fan in the other.
Only the one holding the object could sense the urgency, the impending danger.
"Lexuan, is there really a 100,000-year-old soul beast?" Zhang Yi asked grimly from the side.
"Even if not, it's at least a human powerhouse of the same level. It's just that we're not sure if its target is us, or if it just happened to be passing by."
Zhang Lexuan said in a low voice.
"Then let's not have any illusions and prepare for the worst."
Zhang Yi exhaled a breath of stale air.
Compared to human powerhouses, they would rather encounter a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
Although neither was easy to deal with.
"Not good, its speed has increased too!"
Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes narrowed sharply.
The jade fan in her hand even became slightly hot, the red crystal emitting a dazzling warning.
Only one word:
Escape!
...
Star Dou Great Forest.
A core area.
A vast grove of ancient cedar trees absorbed all the sunlight from the ground. Beneath the dense foliage, Xuanzi stared longingly at the nearly cooked snake meat, its aroma irresistible.
He swallowed hard, his throat bobbing.
"Almost done, almost done."
"It's a pity these venomous snakes are so hard to find. I searched for ages before finally finding a thousand-year-old one. It would be perfect with rice wine, but it's almost time..."
Xuanzi lamented.
"I'll have to go back and ask the kitchen for rice wine. I'll probably have to abstain from alcohol for a while, hmph~"
Just as he was humming a tune and taking a bite of the snake meat,he suddenly jumped up.
"Damn it! Su Wen is in danger!"
"Isn't it the edge of the core area? How could there be a 100,000-year-old soul beast there."
Xuanzi abruptly stopped speaking, because he suddenly remembered that it was already the core area, where the probability of encountering a 100,000-year-old soul beast was more than ten times higher than on the outskirts...
"Hopefully I can make it in time, I hope..."
Xuanzi transformed into a streak of yellow light and flew rapidly towards the horizon.
Only a campfire remained, along with snake meat nearly charred on a branch.
...
"Closer!"
Zhang Lexuan's expression was grim.
She reported an accurate figure: "It's still 10,000 meters away from us, but its speed is astonishing. According to our estimation, we should catch up in about three minutes."
Clearly, only high-level Soul Masters could fully utilize this Soul Tool; Su Wen had only used a fraction of its power.
Actually, this wasn't absolute.
Because with Zhang Lexuan, Ruoling, and the other Soul Saints running at full speed, this time could be extended two or three times, but there were also Soul Kings "dragging their feet" in the team, as well as Su Wen and Ma Xiaotao, who would also affect Zhang Lexuan's speed.
(End of Chapter)