Star Dou Great Forest, Outer Region.
"Is it right here?"
Wu Feng stopped, kicked a pebble aside in frustration, and looked up, her gaze piercing through the gaps in the treetops, trying to search for something in the azure sky above.
However, all she could see were a few clouds drifting by occasionally and some birds circling high above; there was nothing else.
"It's not here..."
Wu Feng rubbed her sore neck, her tone unable to hide her disappointment.
"Young Master, we haven't been deceived, have we? We've been looking for this floating Shrek Academy for half a day and haven't found anything."
Ning Tian stood to the side, her delicate face filled with confusion.
"No, it shouldn't be baseless."
Ning Tian shook her head and analyzed, "If only one person said it, it might be a rumor. But along the way, we have heard more than one group of people discussing this topic."
"If... if we really can't find it, let's go back."
Ning Tian bit her lip. In her mind, the ferocious face of Xuan Zi surfaced, along with the phrase "a piece of trash who can only cultivate to the seventh ring."
Unless there was no other way, Ning Tian would absolutely not choose to return to the Sect. After all... she had dropped out of that number one academy on the Douluo Continent; if she were to return like this, she would inevitably face looks of disappointment.
However, neither of them had the ability to fly into the high sky; they were both merely two-ring Spirit Master individuals (Ning Tian's level 31 Spirit Power was from three months after enrolling as a freshman).
They searched for a while longer, but still did not discover any special architecture. It seemed they had no hope of finding it.
Watching Ning Tian's eyes gradually dim, Wu Feng felt a sharp pain in her heart.
"I'm sorry, Young Master."
Wu Feng lowered her head, her voice choking up.
"It's my fault for dragging you into this...""Don't say that, Fengmei."
Ning Tian withdrew her gaze, reached out, and gently patted Wu Feng's shoulder, forcing a smile onto her face.
"It's not your fault."
"It's just that we are too weak."
"Perhaps... perhaps this is fate."
"Let's just... go back."
Just as the two were disheartened and preparing to turn away from this place of sorrow,
"Rustle, rustle, rustle—"
A rubbing sound suddenly came from the surrounding bushes. Immediately following that, a thick, fishy stench rushed toward them.
"Watch out!"
Wu Feng's reaction was extremely fast; almost subconsciously, she shielded Ning Tian behind her, and her Spirit Power erupted instantly.
"Spirit Possession!"
With a low shout, red dragon scales rapidly covered the left side of her body, and two yellow Spirit Rings rose from beneath her feet.
The next second.
"Hiss—!!!"
Accompanied by a shrill hiss, three massive gray-green figures suddenly lunged out from different directions, surrounding them in the center.
Those were three giant lizards, over three meters long, their bodies covered in scales as hard as rock!
"Blue Rock Lizard?!"
The moment she saw the attackers, Ning Tian's expression changed.
"With this size... the cultivation of these three Blue Rock Lizards is definitely approaching a thousand years!"
Blue Rock Lizards were a type of earth-attribute Spirit Beast with extremely strong defense and immense power. They usually lived in rocky areas and rarely appeared in the outer forest.
"Damn it!"
Wu Feng gritted her teeth, cold sweat seeping from her forehead.
Under normal circumstances, facing one Spirit Beast approaching a thousand years, she might have been able to use the dominance of her Red Dragon Martial Soul to maneuver against it, or even defeat it.
But now... three of them!
"Young Master, you run!"
Wu Feng roared, no longer hesitating, as her First Spirit Ring suddenly flashed.
"First Spirit Skill, Dragon's Fire!"
Blazing red dragon flames spewed from her mouth, turning into a pillar of fire that headed straight for the Blue Rock Lizard directly in front.
"How could I abandon you!"
Ning Tian did not run. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda instantly appeared in her hand, and the two yellow Spirit Rings shone brightly.
"Seven Treasures have fame, one is called: Speed!"
A beam of colorful light instantly merged into Wu Feng's body. Having gained the amplification of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Wu Feng's speed instantly surged.
"Boom!"
The dragon fire slammed into the Blue Rock Lizard, emitting an explosive sound.
However... the smoke cleared.
That Blue Rock Lizard merely shook its head; although the rock scales on its body were slightly charred, it had not suffered any substantial damage. The fierce light in its eyes became even more intense!
"Roar!"
The Blue Rock Lizard in front roared and opened its blood-stained maw to bite. At the same time, the other two Blue Rock Lizards on the left and right also moved.
They did not rush to attack; instead, they used their thick tails to sweep horizontally like iron whips, blocking all of Wu Feng's evasion space.
"Not good!"
Wu Feng's heart turned cold.
These three beasts actually knew how to coordinate?! Although the Red Dragon Martial Soul was powerful, she was, after all, only a two-ring Spirit Grandmaster. Facing three thick-skinned, well-coordinated Spirit Beasts nearing a thousand years, she had absolutely no chance of winning!
"Bang!"
Wu Feng barely managed to block the sweep of one tail with her dragon claws, but the immense impact still numbed her arms, causing her to stagger back a few steps.
And at that moment, another Blue Rock Lizard lunged from the side, its sharp claws aiming straight for Wu Feng's throat!
"Fengmei!"
Ning Tian let out a terrified scream.
It's over!
Just at this critical moment, a cool, detached voice suddenly rang in their ears.
"Dodge to the left."
This voice came too suddenly, but out of the instinct for survival, before Wu Feng's brain could even process the information, her body had already subconsciously reacted.
She lunged violently to the left and rolled on the ground.
"Swish—!"
The sharp claws of that Blue Rock Lizard grazed her scalp, taking away a strand of red hair. It was dangerously close!
Before Wu Feng could even rejoice at having escaped death,
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three dull, powerful explosions rang out in succession.
At the center of the eyebrows of all three Blue Rock Lizards, a burst of blood bloomed almost simultaneously!
One-hit kill!
Three defensive Spirit Beasts nearing a thousand years, instantly dead!
"This... this is..."
Wu Feng lay on the ground in a sorry state, her eyes wide, looking at the three corpses, her mind completely blank.
Ning Tian was the first to react; she turned her head violently to look in the direction the voice came from.
She saw that next to a big tree not far away, a figure had appeared at some point.
It was a woman.
She looked to be in her twenties, tall, wearing a black robe, and had long brown hair.
In her hand, she was holding a silver-gray metallic pistol. Clearly, the one that had just instantly killed these three Spirit Beasts was the short gun in this woman's hand.
"Many thanks to the senior for saving our lives!"
Ning Tian and Wu Feng quickly spoke to express their gratitude.
If this woman before them hadn't acted, the two of them would likely have become food for the Spirit Beasts. This was also due to their carelessness; previously, when hunting for Spirit Rings, they were always accompanied by elders from the Sect. Of course, the appearance of these three Blue Rock Lizards was also too strange. Under normal circumstances, this outer area was only the territory of ten-year and hundred-year Spirit Beasts.
"I am Ning Tian of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School; the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will remember this life-saving grace."
Ning Tian accepted the favor in the capacity of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After all, her, the Young Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, had been saved; representing the Sect was perfectly acceptable.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, is it?"
As the woman spoke, a small pagoda appeared in her hand.
When Ning Tian saw the small pagoda appear, her eyes were filled with shock.
Because she saw that the small pagoda in the woman's hand was actually the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda! It had a full nine levels!
Since the ancestor Ning Rongrong ten thousand years ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had never possessed a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda again, which was why the title of Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could not be kept.
She had even been humiliated by Xuan Zi not long ago, but... this person before her actually possessed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?
What was this person's identity?!
Could it be... the illegitimate child of the ancestor Ning Rongrong from ten thousand years ago?
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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