The other five members of the reserve team had never expected Su Yunlin to be this domineering. He had directly suppressed the inner court disciples until they submitted completely.
That black giant tiger just now… the Dark Devilgod Tiger!
Was that Su Yunlin's second Martial Soul? Or something else entirely?
Inside Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, chaos had already erupted.
The Skydream Iceworm cried out in shock, "My god! Why does that person feel so dangerous?! Yuhao, you absolutely have to be careful around him!"
The Ice Empress wore a grave expression. "A Dark Devilgod Tiger close to seventy thousand years old, and still in its peak condition! Though it seems to have a time limit. Even so, ten seconds would be enough for it to wipe out all those so-called inner court disciples.
"Just who is this person? How could an existence like the Dark Devilgod Tiger willingly help him? Skydream, did you notice it? The aura of that Dark Devilgod Tiger is similar to ours, yet it can move freely."
The Skydream Iceworm nodded. "Could that Dark Devilgod Tiger also be an intelligent Spirit Ring? But intelligent Spirit Rings were something I spent countless years figuring out! How could a creature that only knows how to devour understand something like that?"
The gray bead floating above the spiritual sea emitted faint ripples.
"What dense evil energy. It actually touches upon the laws of evil itself! There's even divine sense on his body. The owner of that divine sense must be unimaginably powerful!"
"Divine sense?"
Inside Su Yunlin's spiritual sea, the Dark Devilgod Tiger, which had been resting, suddenly rose to its feet.
"Su Yunlin, that brat beside you is spying on you! No… it's something inside his body that's spying on you!"
Su Yunlin turned his head and happened to meet Huo Yuhao's gaze.
At that moment, Su Yunlin's eyes were ice-cold and sharp. With just a single glance, Huo Yuhao felt a chill run down his spine.
Huo Yuhao immediately looked away, no longer daring to meet Su Yunlin's eyes.
Su Yunlin had long since noticed Huo Yuhao staring at him, but he did not care. It was merely Huo Yuhao. No matter how powerful the old monsters inside his body were, they could not wield much strength. Meanwhile, Su Yunlin's Dark Devilgod Tiger possessed a full minute of peak combat power.
The Shrek team soon set out.
Before heading to Star Luo City, they first needed to make a trip to the Mingdou Mountains. There was a vicious bandit group there that needed to be eradicated.
This bandit gang called themselves the Death God's Messengers, and their leader was an evil Spirit Master.
The so-called strongest Spirit King—the Death God's Messenger.
During a break on the road, Huo Yuhao took responsibility for cooking while Su Yunlin sat beneath a tree, staring into the distance.
Wang Dong walked over and sat beside him.
"Why did you expose all your trump cards today? Don't you like hiding them the most?"
She was genuinely curious why Su Yunlin had revealed such a hidden ace. It was an unbelievably powerful killing move—one that could even scheme a Titled Douluo to death.
Su Yunlin shook his head and took a deep breath.
"Maybe my emotions got the better of me. I acted on impulse.
"These past few days, after getting deeper exposure to Shrek, there are some things I truly can't stand seeing anymore. Sometimes I wish I were cold-hearted by nature.
"I could've just ignored whether they lived or died. It has nothing to do with me anyway. But since I've already decided to stay here for a very long time, I started wondering if I should change a few things… make some plans for the future."
Wang Dong clasped his hand.
"You've really decided?"
"Mm."
Wang Dong smiled softly.
"Then wherever you go, I'll go too. I'll always be your strongest support."
"Tch~ So cheesy. Two grown men acting like this…" Xu Sanshi complained.
Suddenly, a terrifying burst of killing intent exploded outward.
Bei Bei, who had been sitting beside Xu Sanshi, immediately leapt far away.
"Killing intent! Junior Brother Su, don't—!"
Su Yunlin ignored him completely. He threw a punch straight into Xu Sanshi's forehead, followed by a barrage of combo strikes that smashed Xu Sanshi straight into the ground.
Naturally, Su Yunlin had restrained himself. He would not seriously injure Xu Sanshi, but making him hurt for a few days was perfectly possible.
Served that bastard right for interrupting at his most emotional moment.
Bei Bei slowly walked over and looked at the miserable Xu Sanshi.
"Tsk tsk. You just had to ask for it. Besides, they're already a couple. Why are you meddling? You deserved it."
"Huh?"
Everyone from the Tang Sect, including the inner court disciples, was stunned.
A couple?
Two men?
Bei Bei slapped his forehead. He had spoken too quickly and let it slip. In that instant, he felt a chill crawl up his back.
Su Yunlin was staring at him.
"Ahem… well, um… Wang Dong is actually a girl. The academy higher-ups all know about it, so their relationship is perfectly normal."
"Huh?!"
"What?!" Xiao Xiao reacted the strongest. She immediately rushed over to Wang Dong. "Wang Dong, you're a girl?!"
Wang Dong removed the disguise concealing her face, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful appearance.
"That's right This young lady is a girl"
"Then you and the class monitor…" Xiao Xiao glanced between the two of them. A man and woman sharing a room together…
"That was an accident. But it was also because of that accident that we met." Wang Dong tightly held Su Yunlin's hand.
Xiao Xiao immediately ran away.
"Ugh! The stench of romance!"
Before long, everyone finished eating. After resting briefly, they continued onward.
Wang Yan accompanied them the entire way. It was obvious he was here to earn merits and polish his credentials. As expected of Elder Xuan's disciple's disciple—such a good opportunity had landed right in his lap.
Afterward, the group entered Star Luo Empire territory and went to meet the White Tiger Duke.
Su Yunlin, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao remained at the very back of the group.
Su Yunlin observed Huo Yuhao carefully. The instant the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, appeared, Huo Yuhao's entire body began trembling uncontrollably.
Smack—
Huo Yuhao's eyes rolled back and he collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
The Shrek group was utterly baffled.
What just happened?
The culprit, Su Yunlin, coughed lightly.
"Probably the aftereffects from Elder Xuan carrying everyone while flying earlier. Kids need a lot of sleep."
Everyone was speechless.
You seem to be only a few days older than Huo Yuhao yourself, don't you?
Wang Dong stroked her chin with an expression that said, So that's how it is.
Su Yunlin's earlier guess had indeed been correct. Huo Yuhao really was the White Tiger Duke's illegitimate son. No wonder his reaction had been so intense.
Wang Dong could not help but complain inwardly. How could two dukes have such drastically different family situations?
Su Yunlin's family was incredibly harmonious. She could tell his family members all treated him exceptionally well.
And Dark Night Duke, Su Jinming, only had one wife. So why was the White Tiger Duke such a mess? He even had illegitimate children?
Suddenly, Wang Dong remembered something.
Her Seventh Aunt had once complained to her that her eldest uncle had been far too promiscuous when he was younger, and warned her never to find a man like him in the future.
Wang Dong nodded thoughtfully.
So it runs in the family.
Yunlin is definitely better!
After obtaining intelligence on the Death Bandit Group from the White Tiger Duke, the group advanced toward the central region of the Ming Dou Mountains.
"Everyone, activate your defensive soul tools. If anyone refuses and ends up crippled or dead later, don't blame me for not warning you."
Su Yunlin spoke indifferently.
The seven main attackers from the inner court truly could not understand why Su Yunlin was insisting on this so strongly. They had completed plenty of inspector missions before without any problems.
It was just a mere Spirit King.
Still, they obediently activated their soul tools anyway.
After all, if Su Yunlin got angry and beat them up again later, that would be troublesome.
Of course, Ma Xiaotao remained in command for this bandit suppression mission. Su Yunlin lacked sufficient experience fighting evil Spirit Masters head-on. He had never participated in inspector missions before either—he was an outsider in this regard.
In operations like extermination missions, the greatest taboo was having amateurs direct professionals.
Thus, Su Yunlin did not interfere with how the official team members fought. He merely instructed them to activate their soul tools.
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