Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Spinning Top, Explosive Warrior

What they didn't know was that the poison Tang San used in the Soul Arena wasn't ordinary realgar at all.

That was a special medicine he had specially concocted based on the Tang Clan's detoxification secrets. Combined with the domineering burning power of Ma Hongjun's evil fire, the two worked together to break Dugu Yan's Azure Scale Serpent Poison.

After all, the poison was the innate poison of the Jade Serpent Martial Soul, which was closely related to the Soul Master's own Soul Power, and Dugu Yan's Soul Power was not much higher than Tang San's.

Therefore, Tang San was able to win so decisively by having a calculated strategy against someone who was caught off guard.

Meanwhile, in the girls' dormitory at Shrek Academy.

It was late at night, and Zhu Zhuqing was about to rest when she suddenly heard a soft knock on the door.

Chapter 236 Beast Academy

Zhu Zhuqing quickly put on a coat and got up to open the door.

Standing outside the door was Ning Rongrong.

"Rongrong? What brings you here so late?"

Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat surprised.

"Ah, it's a letter from our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

Ning Rongrong smiled somewhat embarrassedly and explained, "The letter mentioned Wang Teng, and I thought I should come and tell you."

Zhu Zhuqing was taken aback for a moment, then stepped aside and said, "Oh, I see... then please come in quickly."

The two entered the room and sat facing each other on the bed, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"Um... Rongrong, actually, Wang Teng and I..."

Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say. She stammered, feeling inexplicably guilty in front of the Empress.

Ning Rongrong waved her hand and smiled indifferently, "I know about your affairs, but so what?"

“My father had more than just my mother by his side.”

"We at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will not make any demands on talented individuals like Wang Teng who have both ability and potential."

"Besides, the inheritance of a sect and the continuation of a family depend on the martial spirit."

"If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School could have another branch of the Netherworld Cat to strengthen the sect, I think that would be great."

After hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing finally felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She composed herself and asked, "What did the letter say? How is Wang Teng doing lately?"

“My father said that Wang Teng has now reached level 30 in cultivation and just went to the Star Dou Great Forest a few days ago to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings.”

As Ning Rongrong spoke, her smile deepened.

"Oh, right, my father also told me to return to the sect after I received the last few batches of Zhuge Repeating Crossbows."

"Zhu Qing, actually, the reason I came here tonight is to ask you if you want to come back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "I... haven't decided yet."

"I think you don't need to worry too much about the Star Luo Empire."

Ning Rongrong grasped her hand, her tone becoming serious, and said, "Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is one of the top three sects, so protecting one person shouldn't be a problem."

"Rongrong, I want to wait a little longer."

Zhu Zhuqing raised her head, her eyes filled with determination, and explained, "Didn't the dean say before that we were going to participate in the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament? I want to wait until after the competition to talk about it."

Why wait for that match?

Ning Rongrong was somewhat puzzled.

"I want to see for myself on the field just how big the gap is between myself and my sister."

Zhu Zhuqing's voice was soft, but it carried an unwavering determination as she said, "If... if I really can't beat her, then I'll join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

Ning Rongrong looked at Zhu Zhuqing for a long while before nodding gently and saying, "Alright then, I respect your decision."

Afterwards, the two talked intimately for a while.

As night deepened, Ning Rongrong finally got up and left.

The entire Shrek Academy gradually sank into a silent night.

……

After leaving Tiandou City, Wang Teng headed south, heading straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.

A month later, the moment Wang Teng stepped into the edge of the forest, his pace naturally slowed down.

Even in the outer areas of the Star Dou Great Forest, there are definitely a lot of soul beasts.

Wang Teng dared not be overconfident, so he could only slow down, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings while referring to the map, and cautiously approaching his destination.

Wang Teng has two target locations to search for this time.

One is the nest of the human-faced spider, and the other is the habitat of the night-soul bat.

Fortunately, the two locations were marked as being close to each other on the map, which saved him a lot of trouble.

For convenience, Wang Teng set his first target on the human-faced spider.

That spider is only about two thousand years old and relatively weak, so it's safer to practice on it first.

So, after walking and stopping for almost half a month, Wang Teng finally reached the area marked on the map.

"boom!"

Just as Wang Teng was walking through the mountains and forests, a muffled sound suddenly came from ahead.

Wang Teng paused, immediately tilting his head to listen carefully.

That's the sound of soul skills clashing; someone's making a move up there.

"Boom!"

Then came several more explosions, making quite a commotion.

"Damn it, is someone hunting souls?"

Wang Teng frowned. Judging from the loud bombardment, it must be human soul masters attacking soul beasts.

Fights between spirit beasts are never this lively; they aim for a single, decisive blow and rarely engage in this kind of back-and-forth, attritional battle.

Wang Teng's heart tightened immediately.

The human-faced spider is in that area ahead; that's the external soul bone he's eyeing.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Teng decided to risk going to check it out.

He crouched low, using the bushes as cover, and silently crept towards the direction from which the sound came.

Before long, Wang Teng reached a point about a hundred meters outside the battle zone.

However, for necessary safety reasons, Wang Teng did not show himself rashly. Instead, he hid behind a patch of vines, closed his eyes, and tried to use his mental power to investigate the situation ahead.

This is all thanks to the "Looking-Through-Autumn-Water Dew" he took at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, which greatly boosted Wang Teng's mental strength.

Therefore, even though they are now so far apart, Wang Teng can still sense some specific details.

The moment his mental energy reached out, the scene ahead gradually appeared in Wang Teng's mind.

About a hundred meters away, seven young men and women in matching uniforms were fighting fiercely around two soul beasts.

One of the two soul beasts was a vine snake that was about 1,500 years old.

The other one was none other than the two-thousand-year-old human-faced spider that Wang Teng was looking for on this trip.

At this moment, the vine snake was coiled on the back of the human-faced spider, manipulating the vines to protect the spider.

The spider-faced creature, having lost a leg, is unable to move easily and can only transform into a turret, retaliating by spraying poison and spider webs.

"These two beasts are not of the same species, yet they can cooperate so well."

Wang Teng was somewhat surprised by the actions of the two soul beasts.

In fact, what Wang Teng didn't know was that the situation he was in was inextricably linked to him.

It turns out that ever since Wang Teng broke off one of the spider legs of this human-faced spider, the spider's hunting ability has been greatly affected.

Later, in order to survive, this human-faced spider cooperated with a vine snake spirit beast with eye problems.

It was precisely because these two soul beasts acted together that they attracted the group of people who were hunting souls in front of them.

Wang Teng recognized the group of young people in uniforms in front of him.

These are all students from the Beast Academy.

The reason why the students of the Beast Academy were able to gang up on two soul beasts and still gain the upper hand was because both soul beasts had physical ailments.

Chapter 237 The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Power

What made Wang Teng's eyelids jump even more was that among the seven people in front of him, there was one he had met once before.

That was Meng Yiran.

"People from the Beast Academy...are they here to hunt souls?"

Wang Teng squinted and sensed it carefully again.

Among these seven students, two had soul power fluctuations around level 30.

"Judging from their posture, their target is that 1500-year-old vine snake, not the human-faced spider?"

Wang Teng felt a little more at ease, but then another thought popped into his head.

Meng Yiran is here, so could the Dragon God and Snake Goddess be nearby as well?

Thinking of this, Wang Teng immediately spread his mental energy in all directions, trying to detect if there were any powerful figures around him.

Unfortunately, his mental energy had a limited range, and he didn't find anything unusual after scanning the area.

What Wang Teng didn't know was that this was the first time he had used his mental power to investigate others, and he had no idea that this method could easily be detected by experts.

At this moment, Wang Teng's mental probe yielded nothing.

Therefore, he was not discovered by the Dragon King and Snake Queen in the distance.