“Where’s Tang San?” Xue Lei Han slightly opened his left eye and glanced at everyone, but he didn’t see Tang San.
“Tang San wasn’t with you?” Dai Mubai sighed.
The successive blows had left his head somewhat dazed.
Zhao Wuji and Xiao Wu’s life and death were unknown, the strongest fighter Xue Lei Han was heavily injured, and Tang San’s whereabouts were unknown.
A heavy burden instantly pressed down on Dai Mubai’s shoulders.
Xue Lei Han closed his eyes, slightly regulated his breathing, and wrapped a strand of internal injury with soul power.
He couldn’t help coughing once, spitting out a mouthful of purple blood onto the ground.
“Go find Tang San and Teacher Zhao, then go save Xiao Wu.” Xue Lei Han shakily stood up, and the Azure Rose Sword reappeared in his hand.
“Good brother, help me out one more time.” After speaking to the sword, he sheathed it again.
During the time he was healing, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had already used fallen branches to make a stretcher.
Without another word, they carried Xue Lei Han onto it.
Xue Lei Han had lost too much blood and his head felt a bit dizzy.
In a hoarse voice, he told Dai Mubai the location where Zhao Wuji had fallen.
He seemed to remember something else.
“Mubai, find Tang San as quickly as possible.
At night in the Star Dou Great Forest, not only do thousand-year soul beasts appear, but ten-thousand-year soul beasts also come out of their nests to hunt for food.” Dai Mubai’s expression instantly became extremely ugly.
With their group, they were basically delivering themselves as food in front of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
After saying this, Xue Lei Han closed his eyes and began gathering soul power to heal his injuries.
He understood that he could not fall asleep.
Once he fell asleep, he would basically be unable to get up.
He endured the drowsiness and continuously used soul power to regulate his wounds.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun lifted the stretcher, and the group quickly ran toward the direction Xue Lei Han had pointed out, where Zhao Wuji had landed.
“You idiots!
Are you looking for death?!” Zhao Wuji’s furious roar echoed through the forest.
When they found Zhao Wuji, the Unmoving Bright King had already woken up and was recovering from his injuries.
Seeing Dai Mubai leading the group appear, he couldn’t help but roar in anger.
Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong stood in a row.
What greeted them was Zhao Wuji’s furious roar and specks of flying saliva.
Dai Mubai didn’t feel the slightest resentment or dissatisfaction.
He understood that Zhao Wuji was giving them a chance to escape.
What if that Titan Giant Ape suddenly returned and grabbed another student?
Zhao Wuji coughed lightly.
Having spoken so much in one breath had tired even the Unmoving Bright King’s throat.
“Where are Xue Lei Han and Tang San?” Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun quietly stepped aside, revealing half of Xue Lei Han’s body.
Zhao Wuji walked forward a few steps, his mouth opening wide.
He placed one warm hand on Xue Lei Han’s body and circulated soul power through it once.
“How did the Xue kid end up like this?
You guys encountered a ten-thousand-year soul beast?” Zhao Wuji sighed inwardly and continued asking.
The corner of Dai Mubai’s mouth twitched slightly as his gaze turned toward the massive black shadow in the distance.
Zhao Wuji grew furious.
“Why aren’t any of you speaking?
Speak!
What ten-thousand-year soul beast?!” Ma Hongjun stretched out one chubby finger and pointed at the black shadow in the distance.
Zhao Wuji immediately turned his head, looking at the black shadow that was moving farther away, then looked back at the sincere eyes of the Shrek group.
The Shrek group had clearly seen the collision between Xue Lei Han and the Titan Giant Ape.
The light produced by one person and one soul beast’s soul skills was simply too dazzling, allowing Dai Mubai’s group, who were rushing over, to see everything clearly.
“The Xue kid went to fight the Titan Giant Ape alone?” Zhao Wuji was stunned.
He didn’t dare imagine how Xue Lei Han had survived.
At that time, he had been in mid-air and had just activated his martial soul true body when he was slapped to the ground by the Titan Giant Ape.
If he hadn’t activated his soul skill, Zhao Wuji might have died on the spot from that slap.
“Where’s Tang San?” Zhao Wuji clearly remembered that another student was missing.
“Tang San ate a Mushroom Sausage and went after the Titan Giant Ape alone.
But according to what Xue Lei Han said and inferred, he didn’t see Tang San.
Tang San might have encountered a thousand-year soul beast or a ten-thousand-year soul beast.” “Then what are you waiting for?!
Hurry up and go find Tang San!” Zhao Wuji roared and led the group swiftly into the forest.
Inside Xue Lei Han’s heart, a sword was floating up and down.
It was an excessively beautiful sword, Xue Lei Han’s martial soul, the Azure Rose Sword.
It was now flashing with light.
Xue Lei Han’s body, which was still healing, emitted a faint fluorescent glow identical to the light of the Azure Rose Sword.
Break and then stand.
Is this what breaking and then standing means?
Xue Lei Han felt both amused and helpless.
Did breaking the martial soul once allow him to break through?
His sword had perfectly fused into his body and blood, gradually merging with the forty-level soul power within Xue Lei Han.
He had now broken through the forty-level bottleneck that had troubled him for half a year and stepped toward an even higher realm.
At this moment, an idea gradually took shape in his mind.
He wanted the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to merge with several other academies within Heaven Dou City.
It would be named Heaven Dou United Academy.
Watching the growth of the Shrek group, he couldn’t help sighing.
In the current Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, aside from the Heaven Dou Ten Elites, the rest were mostly mediocre noble children.
A large number of outstanding students were stopped at the door simply because of the words “Imperial” in Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
After returning, he needed to properly discuss this with his father.
For the sake of Heaven Dou, he wanted to do this.
He coughed once and woke up from the stretcher.
There was a trace of gloom in his eyes.
His body was recovering very slowly.
With his current soul power and combat strength, he estimated that he would be slapped to the ground and left lying there by the Titan Giant Ape with one slap.
“Lei Han, you’re awake.” Dai Mubai was sitting beside the stretcher, looking at this youth who was a few years younger than him with a trace of respect and concern.
Seeing him slightly wake up, he smiled.
“Where are Teacher Zhao and Tang San?” Xue Lei Han’s voice was still somewhat hoarse, and his eyes were still blurry, unable to see anything clearly.
“Xiao San is currently absorbing a soul ring.
I have to say his luck isn’t bad—he didn’t encounter a ten-thousand-year soul beast.” Knowing that Xue Lei Han’s eyes were tightly closed due to injury, Dai Mubai leaned closer and said softly, “Teacher Zhao is also fine.
He was just knocked unconscious for a while by the Titan Giant Ape.” “Xiao Wu… sigh.” Dai Mubai sighed, then gently patted Xue Lei Han’s shoulder.
“Lei Han, this isn’t your responsibility.
Don’t blame yourself too much.” Xue Lei Han also sighed softly and said in a low voice, “I once made an oath.
When I am the captain, I will not allow any of my companions to be harmed.
This is absolutely not allowed.” His voice carried a trace of powerless hoarseness.
Dai Mubai’s eyes grew hot upon hearing this.
He patted Xue Lei Han’s shoulder again, sat down cross-legged on the spot, and began recovering his soul power.
“Who!” Xue Lei Han suddenly shouted hoarsely.
He sensed a series of soft footsteps and immediately called out.
“Who’s there?” Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai stood up at the same time, searching the shadows of the forest.
They completely trusted Xue Lei Han’s senses, so they immediately went on alert.
“Teacher Zhao.” A slender figure ran out from the forest.
Seeing her, not only was Zhao Wuji stunned, but everyone else was also dazed.
The person who suddenly ran out of the forest was actually Xiao Wu.
“Lei Han, Xiao Wu is fine!
Xiao Wu is fine!” Dai Mubai shook Xue Lei Han’s shoulders repeatedly and said joyfully.
Xue Lei Han’s heart immediately relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
It’s good that she’s fine.
Seeing Xiao Wu run to Tang San’s side first, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who were beside Xue Lei Han, couldn’t help feeling a bit sour.
Lei Han had risked his life for Xiao Wu and was now heavily injured, yet she had beautifully ignored him.
“Sigh, it’s good that she’s fine.” Ma Hongjun sighed.
Seeing that Xue Lei Han didn’t speak, he quickly turned his head away.
“Why did he faint?” Zhao Wuji stepped forward, bent down, and felt the soul power within Xue Lei Han’s body.
“It’s nothing.
He’s just a bit tired.
Let him rest.” Looking at the youth before him, Zhao Wuji felt both admiration and heartache.
A few days later, Xue Lei Han was already able to use his Azure Rose Sword again.
Other than his face being somewhat pale, his soul power had even advanced slightly compared to before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
The enemy before him now was a ten-thousand-year soul beast that Zhao Wuji had specially led everyone into the territory of a wolf pack to find, the Azure Moon Wolf.
The Shrek Academy group surrounded Xue Lei Han and the Azure Moon Wolf in a circle, with Zhao Wuji personally guarding the perimeter to prevent the Azure Moon Wolf from escaping.
Ever since that night’s battle, he felt that his sword dao had reached mastery at the fortieth level.
Thus, he proposed to Zhao Wuji the request to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
At that time, everyone cheered in surprise, and Zhao Wuji laughed heartily three times.
Before Xue Lei Han regained consciousness, Tang San and Xiao Wu had already heard the story from Dai Mubai about Xue Lei Han fighting the Titan Giant Ape alone.
After all, the two of them were not heartless people.
Tang San felt dizzy listening to it, as if something had been added to his heart.
His gaze toward Xue Lei Han now carried a trace of heartfelt gratitude.
Xiao Wu had cried upon hearing it.
Although the little girl usually didn’t dare speak to Xue Lei Han, hearing that he had paid such a price for her sake filled her heart with emotion.
After waking up, Xue Lei Han’s personality seemed to have become less cold.
From this life-and-death battle, he had comprehended a principle for this life.
Laugh heartily when laughing.
Although personality could not be changed in a day or two, the current Xue Lei Han seemed somewhat different from the Xue Lei Han before entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
The ten-thousand-year Azure Moon Wolf before Xue Lei Han was now covered in sword marks from the Azure Rose Sword.
Blood dripped down drop by drop, but the wolf’s eyes were still filled with viciousness.
“Snow Killing Sword.” The Azure Rose Sword in his hand suddenly bloomed with a blue light.
Xue Lei Han flicked his wrist and swiftly swept past the side of the Azure Moon Wolf.
The Azure Moon Wolf’s body gradually trembled.
From its skull to its snout, a faint line of blood slowly appeared.
“Puff!” The Azure Moon Wolf’s body was sliced into two by Xue Lei Han’s sword.
Wolf blood spurted from that line, dyeing a wisp of crimson onto the green grass.
“Congratulations, Lei Han.” “Congratulations, Xue Lei Han!” “Congratulations, Brother Lei Han.” Seeing Xue Lei Han finish off a ten-thousand-year soul beast, the Shrek group came forward one after another to congratulate him.
Xue Lei Han sheathed his sword and smiled faintly at the others.
Everyone also noticed that after Xue Lei Han’s injury, he seemed to smile more often, and their hearts felt happy as well.
He quietly looked at the black soul ring before him, then placed his palm on it.