Peerless Douluo: Blood of the Black King Nidhogg!

Chapter 81: Return to the Misty Forest, Mysterious Gray Mist (Three chapters in one, 6K chapters!)
The Supervisory Pavilion is located at the outermost area on the west side of Shrek. It is an old wooden attic. Outside the building, several disciples who had just entered the inner courtyard last year were also accepting their upgrade assessment tasks.

After seeing Mo Yuan descending from the sky, they all greeted him enthusiastically. Ever since the fighting arena was split in two by Mo Yuan's sword, the inner court disciples had the same high respect for him as the outer court disciples.

In addition, Mo Yuan has always been kind and has a perfect personality. It can be said that he has a very high status in the hearts of students in the outer courtyard and many disciples in the inner courtyard, almost comparable to Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan and other senior students from the previous year.

Mo Yuan continued to respond to the disciples' greetings one by one.

The interior of the Supervisory Pavilion, like its exterior, appears quite old and simple. There is only one reception desk in the spacious lobby, and behind the desk is a wooden wall.

There are wooden signs with words written in different colors hanging on it. It seems that they are the monitoring tasks sent from various parts of the mainland recently.

Sitting behind the reception desk was a white-haired old man, whose white hair completely covered the left side of his face. Through the gaps in his hair, one could vaguely see a severe scar on the old man's left eye.

Although his hair and beard were all white, his eyes were as sharp as a sword, without any trace of age.

It is quite consistent with the violent institution of the Supervisory Council.

Mo Yuan came to the front of the stage and bowed to the old man. He had heard Han Ruoruo tell him some information about the Supervisory Office, so he knew the most basic information about this old man.

"Mr. Lu."

"Well, you must be Mo Yuan, right? Dean Yan told me that since the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is approaching, in order to save time for you as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, your monitoring mission from last year and the upgrade assessment will be combined and completed together."

Old Lu slowly stood up, looked Mo Yuan up and down with his single eye that was flashing with cold light, and showed a look of satisfaction.

Perhaps due to the influence of his environment and personality, although Mr. Lu tried his best to appear amiable, his tone was still a little stiff.

"You should have heard about the Supervisory Office's supervisory missions and upgrade assessments from your seniors, right? Generally speaking, these two types of missions are randomly selected by me within a specific range based on the disciples' abilities. The missions can be difficult or easy, and it all depends on luck."

"The mission difficulty is divided into five levels: purple, black, and red. Purple is the easiest and could involve expelling a hundred-year-old soul beast or exploring a soul beast forest. Black corresponds to Soul Emperors to Soul Saints. As for red, they are extremely rare and only Le Xuan, Wu Ming, and others can take them."

Mo Yuan nodded slightly when he heard this, but in his heart he was secretly complaining that Shrek Academy was treating its inner court disciples like people from the Sun and Moon Empire.

Monitoring missions inherently carry considerable risk, either involving fighting evil soul masters or expelling or hunting soul beasts.

As a result, in this situation where one could die even if they were not careful, Shrek Academy still implemented a random draw, where the results depended on luck.

Although the draw will be within a specific range based on the disciple's strength, what if you are unlucky and happen to draw a task that is beyond your ability?
That would be like pushing your disciples into the fire pit.

Moreover, what if the academy does something to deliberately target a certain disciple?
Elder Lu continued, "However, due to your special situation, you will not be randomly selected. Instead, Dean Yan will specially select a task from the Supervisory Office as your supervisory task and upgrade assessment."

Hearing this, Mo Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

The Sea God Pavilion might have just been discussing letting Huo Yuhao replace him not long ago, but now at this point in time, Yan Shaozhe specially sent Ma Xiaotao to tell him that he had to do the monitoring tasks and upgrade assessments.

He even specially selected tasks for himself in the Supervisory Council. If someone said that Yan Shaozhe was doing this for his own good, Mo Yuan would definitely not believe it.

If we were to ask who most wants Huo Yuhao to replace him, then Mo Yuan would probably only have Yan Shaozhe, and of course there might also be Xuan Zi.

After all, one of them is narrow-minded and of poor quality, which can negatively affect the top-grade martial spirit like the Bright Phoenix, while the other one is mentally ill and his IQ is almost zero in most cases.

Seeing that Mo Yuan had no objection, Mr. Lu turned around and took down a wooden plaque with black characters on it from the wall behind him and handed it to him.

Mo Yuan took the wooden sign and turned it over, revealing the back with a note attached, which contained specific task information.

Mission location: Misty Forest.

Specific task: Last week, an evil soul master with a strength of about Soul Emperor level massacred a village on the border of the Sky Soul Empire and fled into the Misty Forest.

Execution requirement: Kill the evil soul master.

Note: There is an extremely powerful mysterious soul beast deep in the Misty Forest. If it is not necessary, do not set foot there.

After looking through the specific tasks, Mo Yuan was a little confused. The difficulty of this task was indeed within the black level range, and was basically no different from an ordinary black level task.

But the problem is that this task looks too normal. There is no reason for Yan Shaozhe to pick a normal task specifically for him, right?

Could it be that I am overthinking it?
Mo Yuan laughed at the thought. Who was Yan Shaozhe? There was definitely something wrong with this seemingly ordinary mission.

But since he had already accepted it, there was no reason to return it, and Mo Yuan also had the confidence to protect his own safety.

After memorizing the specific information of the task, Mo Yuan handed the wooden sign back to Mr. Lu. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Mr. Lu suddenly called him.

Old Lu glanced around the Supervisory Office with his single eye and saw that Mo Yuan was the only one left behind. He whispered,

"Young man Mo, remember to go to the Treasure Pavilion after the mission is over."

After saying this, Mr. Lu immediately became the same as before. He casually put away the wooden sign and sat back on the recliner to take a nap.

Upon hearing this, Mo Yuan's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

The master of the Treasure Pavilion seems to be Elder Lin, one of the ten elders? She didn't choose Huo Yuhao, but sided with Moon and chose me?

Mo Yuan thought of this almost subconsciously. It is very rare for all decision makers in a big power to reach a consensus.

There are people like Yan Shaozhe who want to change their path.

Naturally, there are also people like Old Lin who are not optimistic about Huo Yuhao and want to continue following the same path as Moon and choose to continue investing in him.

Now the two sides are playing against each other. Don't think that everyone is like Moon who is devoted to the academy. Everyone has selfish motives.

Who wouldn't want someone they invested in to take the top job, so they could gain greater power and resources? Furthermore, the Shrek Academy elders were already experiencing considerable personal conflict with one another.

After figuring this out, Mo Yuan gathered his thoughts and left the Supervisory Office as usual.

……

One day later in the evening, Mo Yuan came to the Misty Town outside the Misty Forest again.

At this time, more than a month has passed since Ye Xuan appeared in the Misty Town. Because of this incident, people from the Tianhun Empire or the Xingluo Empire have come here from time to time to investigate.

And as the news that "Ye Xuan is a level 98 Super Douluo" spread among the upper classes of the four empires, it spread to the lower classes through gossip.

Who knows which genius came up with this:
'The evil soul master Ye Xuan's treasure is likely hidden in the misty forest, and the reason why he suddenly rose to become a powerful man is probably because of that treasure' This is an incredible guess.

As a result, over the past month, countless speculators have come to the Misty Town, trying to explore the Misty Forest and find out whether Ye Xuan is hiding something here.

After all, let alone a powerful being like a Level 98 Super Douluo that they could hardly even imagine, even an ordinary Titled Douluo was so elusive that they would hardly see him once in their lifetime.

Moreover, Ye Xuan's rise was too mysterious. He suddenly appeared, and no one even knew whether he was a man or a woman.

In this case, the place that Ye Xuan, a level 98 Super Douluo, personally went to might really be hiding something unknown.

What? You said Ye Xuan also went to the Far North. Why don't you search the Far North as well?
What a joke! At least everyone can explore the Misty Forest. If we go to the Far North, there will probably be a thousand people on the first day, and only five hundred left on the second day.

Everyone wants to find treasure and become stronger, not to die.

However, although these people came with a speculative mentality, due to the huge flow of people, the Misty Town developed rapidly within a month.

There are shops on both sides of the street, and people are coming and going on the street. It is very popular. Even the area it covers has at least doubled, like a small city.

It is no exaggeration to say that the original inhabitants of the foggy town can now be called "Mr. Fog".

Mo Yuan was in front of a shop selling healing potions, listening to several soul masters discussing the topic of "Ye Xuan's treasure". He was confused at first, and then felt a little amused.

Has he become Gol D. Roger?
But Mo Yuan was too lazy to explain anything. After all, he was now a genius disciple of Shrek Academy, not Ye Xuan.

As for whether there is treasure in the Misty Forest, who knows? Anyway, the most important thing is that the End Dragon is already in the Undead Demiplane.

Mo Yuan looked up at the sky and saw that it was already late. Entering the Misty Forest now would only increase the difficulty of the search, so he put down the potion in his hand and went to an inn in the city center.

At this time, Mo Yuan had already changed out of the red school uniform of Shrek Inner Court and put on his old black trench coat. At the same time, in order to disguise his identity,
He also activated the trunk bones of the Ice Blue Emperor Scorpion, turning his hair silver-white again. He also put on a bronze mask made with alchemy that could conceal his breath, and no one below the Soul Douluo could see through it.

After all, no one knows whether Yan Shaozhe has set a trap for him. If the evil soul master has some unknown trump card, he can fight the enemy with all his might without worrying about being associated with the evil soul master.

After entering the inn, Mo Yuan's appearance naturally attracted the attention of many people in the inn, but those people just glanced at him briefly and then looked away.

After all, the flow of people has increased significantly recently, and all kinds of people have come here. Not to mention people wearing masks, there are people wearing straw hats and carrying three knives.

Because this inn is located in the city center, it is built very large. The dining hall on the first floor alone has a ceiling height of five meters.

Mo Yuan glanced at the spirit masters dining in the inn in groups of three or four, then prepared to go to the front desk to request a room. At the dining table, which was the only way for Mo Yuan to get to the front desk, sat the largest group of people in the inn, all of them burly men.

When these people saw Mo Yuan coming in, their eyes suddenly lit up. They didn't even bother to swallow the food in their mouths. They all stared at Mo Yuan who was walking towards them.

"What do you guys say? Even though this guy is wearing a ghost mask, I can tell at a glance that he's definitely a woman. Look at that exposed skin. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, even the best girl in Tiandou City probably can't compare to him."

Li San's eyes revealed a lustful look as he commented on Mo Yuan to the other brothers.

As soon as these words were spoken, the other big men immediately nodded in agreement.

After all, even though Mo Yuan has nothing to do with women in terms of body shape or movements, he has an extraordinary temperament due to being a mixed-blood, and the ultimate ice attribute bestowed by the Ice Emperor's spirit ring and spirit bone.

This directly brought Mo Yuan's skin and temperament to the peak. Even Han Ruoruo and Ma Xiaotao would often feel secretly disappointed because their skin could not compare to his, but it also strengthened their beliefs.

Li San and his companions looked at Mo Yuan who was getting closer and closer to them. The lustful look in their eyes became more and more intense. They all rubbed their hands like flies, waiting for something.

The moment Mo Yuan passed by them, Li San and his buddies immediately reached out their hands to grab Mo Yuan with a wicked grin.

"court death."

A cold light flashed in Mo Yuan's eyes. How could he not know what these idiots were thinking? Although he felt helpless about it, he was more filled with murderous intent.

Just as his right hand was about to touch the soul guide at his waist and he was about to draw out his long knife to chop off the dog paws behind him, a cold female voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"How dare you do such a disgusting thing in broad daylight!"

Along with the sound came a spear with a cold glow.

Whoosh!
The air was cut through, and the hands behind Mo Yuan were all pierced by the spears like candied haws and stuck on the floor.

Seeing this, Mo Yuan withdrew his hand that had touched the soul guide device and turned around to look.

At this moment, at the door of the inn, a woman with stunning appearance and heroic demeanor, wearing leather armor under a white fur coat, was striding towards them with cold eyes.

There were three more people behind her, the leader of whom was also a woman, with long silver hair like he did now.
Although she was wearing a slightly gorgeous long dress, it still couldn't conceal her noble temperament. However, the woman's face was covered by a thin layer of white gauze, so her specific appearance could not be seen clearly.

Behind her were two tall figures covered in white cloaks, guarding the woman on both sides like bodyguards.

Two Titled Douluo accompanied him, carrying with them a seventh-level peak soul guide. What a generous gesture...

Mo Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He saw through the background of these three people almost instantly and knew their specific identities.

After all, two of them are "acquaintances".

They were the two Titled Douluo who were covered in white cloaks. When he was in Tiandou City, he fought with them for a whole night as Ye Xuan. He was very familiar with their aura.

Now that we know this, the identity of the woman who allowed two Titled Douluo guards from the Tianhun Empire to accompany her is obvious.

Princess Vina of the Tianhun Empire and Muxue.

The big men whose palms were pierced like candied haws were stunned at first, and then they immediately screamed in pain under the severe pain, and at the same time threatened Mu Xue who had come to them.

"Ah!!! You, how dare you hurt us brothers! Do you want to die?!"

Before they could continue to curse, Mu Xue kicked each of them, causing them to bleed from their mouths and noses. After that, without waiting for Vina and Mu Xue to speak,
Immediately, a Titled Douluo came forward, grabbed them all and walked out of the inn, giving these idiots who had upset Her Royal Highness the Princess a friendly physical exchange.

"Are you okay, miss?"

After putting away the spear, Mu Xue looked at Mo Yuan's exposed skin with envy, and then asked with concern.

Hearing this, Mo Yuan's eyes twitched slightly, and after disguising his voice a little, he spoke in a light tone,

"Thank you for your help, young lady, but I need to correct you. I'm a man."

"what?!"

Mu Xue's expression was stunned, her eyes suddenly widened, and then she immediately lowered her head to look at Mo Yuan's neck and chest. After looking carefully for a while, she was sure that the person in front of her whose skin was better than Vina's was actually a man?

Mo Yuan, who had been misunderstood for so long, felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. He was too lazy to stay here any longer, so he went to the front desk to book a room and went upstairs immediately.

Seeing this, Mu Xue was about to chase after him and ask more questions, but Vina reached out and pulled her back.
"Alright, alright, Muxue, I've been misunderstood by so many people, it must be very embarrassing, so stop asking others questions. And he's wearing a mask, obviously trying to hide his identity. We're here for something, so don't cause any more trouble."

With Vina's persuasion, Muxue had to stop and go to the front desk to order food and book a room.

……

In the early morning of the second day, when the darkness in the east had just receded, revealing a hint of deep blue, Mo Yuan left the misty town and headed into the misty forest, facing the morning mist in the woods.

At the same time, Vina, Muxue and two Titled Douluo set out from the inn and headed towards the beginning of the Misty Forest.

Because of the need to place the End Dragon a few years ago, Mo Yuan was very familiar with most of the outer areas of the Misty Forest. After checking several places where people were likely to hide and failing to find the evil soul master, Mo Yuan went directly to the border between the outer areas and the core areas of the Misty Forest.

The gray circular magic circle was spinning rapidly on the grass, accompanied by an extremely evil aura, and hundreds of deformed and twisted monsters appeared in this world.

A month later, this group of deadpools who were born and raised in the Misty Forest returned to their hunting grounds again.

"Go find a living person with the same aura as you, and bring him back to me."

At Mo Yuan's command, these hungry and thirsty Deadpools immediately swarmed out and moved quickly towards the depths of the misty forest like locusts sweeping the ground.

This is a foggy forest full of dangers, and it is still early morning. Logically speaking, there are generally no soul masters in it, and even if there are, they are basically very powerful, so there is no need to worry about being torn apart by Deadpool.

After sending Deadpool out, Mo Yuan sat down on the spot and began to meditate and practice. All he had to do now was wait for news from Deadpool.

But Mo Yuan waited and waited, until the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, but still no news came.

This made Mo Yuan wonder, could it be that this evil soul master had already escaped before he arrived? Had he already bypassed the Misty Forest and made his way to the Sun-Moon Empire?
Just as he was thinking about whether to call back Deadpool and send out a larger army of the undead to search, a wisp of gray mist suddenly floated in from the depths of the forest.

Mo Yuan, who noticed this, suddenly opened his eyes, and his figure disappeared in an instant. When he reappeared, he had already arrived in front of the wisp of gray mist floating in the wind.

This wisp of gray fog is very strange. It does not appear in clumps like ordinary fog, but is like a piece of silk thread. No matter how the wind blows or the sun shines on it, there is still no sign of it dissipating.

"This gray fog..."

Mo Yuan stared at the gray mist closely, and thought of a legend that had been circulating in the misty town for a long time.

It is rumored that deep in the Misty Forest, there lurks a terrifying soul beast that is over a hundred thousand years old. It is shrouded in gray fog and has slimy black tentacles.

In addition, the last hint on the mission from the Supervisory Office also shows that the depths of the Misty Forest are indeed very dangerous.

Thinking of this, a terrifying guess suddenly emerged in Mo Yuan's mind. Could this wisp of gray mist be emitted by the soul beast in the depths?

And since its mist is floating in the forest again after so many years, does it mean that it has started to move again?

The more Mo Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that this guess was very likely. Since he had no idea about the specific information of the soul beast in the Misty Forest, to be on the safe side, he decided to take Deadpool back first.

But after Mo Yuan lit up his golden eyes and emitted the scent of dragon blood, he still didn't see any trace of Deadpool for a long time.

At the same time, more gray fog suddenly floated around the forest. The fog initially drifted close to the ground, but as time went on, Mo Yuan saw that the forest at the edge of his sight was already filled with gray fog.

Moreover, the roars of various beasts that were heard from time to time disappeared, and the entire forest became extremely silent. Not even the sound of the wind could be heard. It was so quiet that it was eerie.

Mo Yuan's frown deepened. He was now certain that his disappearance as Deadpool was definitely related to the gray fog, and the rumors that had been circulating in the foggy town for a long time were basically true.

"What kind of soul beast has the characteristics of having slippery tentacles and can continuously emit gray mist?"

As he retreated, he wondered about the species of the mysterious soul beast in the misty forest.

Just as Mo Yuan passed by a towering tree, he suddenly lowered his head to look at the ground, and at the same time stomped his foot hard on the ground below.

boom!
Debris flew and dust flew.

When the dust settled, Mo Yuan's expression became increasingly solemn. In his heart, he was holding a ground-dwelling golden rat that was no more than ten years old.

Just when Mo Yuan was puzzled as to why this timid, earth-dwelling golden rat, which was only a little over a decade old, dared to attack him, he suddenly realized something.
Turning his head to look around, he saw hundreds of deformed and twisted black shadows quietly emerging from the gray fog that was slowly moving in the forest, and were approaching him rapidly.

It was the long-lost Deadpools...

(End of this chapter)