Wang Nan was lucky. A few days later, a team specifically responsible for helping Inner Courtyard Disciples hunt spirit rings was preparing to enter the Star Dou Great Forest, and the person leading the team "happened" to be Yan Shaozhe.
On the northern edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, a group of more than ten people were making preparations before entering.
Although the number and cultivation of Spirit Beasts on the northern side of the Star Dou Great Forest exceeded those on the southern side, making it far more dangerous for ordinary Spirit Masters, the Shrek group was clearly not composed of ordinary Spirit Masters.
Aside from the Super Douluo Yan Shaozhe leading the team, the others had also achieved impressive cultivations. Most of them, like Wang Nan, were there to acquire their sixth spirit ring, with the lowest cultivation being level 50 spirit power. The highest-ranked, Zhang Lexuan, even had the exaggerated requirement of an eighth spirit ring.
In fact, from the very beginning, Wang Nan had sensed that their team seemed a bit special. Zhang Lexuan was at the forefront, and familiar faces like Wu Ming were also in the team.
Although in his memory, one event was only briefly mentioned, it was a "tragedy" that occurred in the Inner Courtyard. Twelve Disciples entered the Star Dou Great Forest, and only four returned alive.
Wang Nan counted the number of people and involuntarily looked at Yan Shaozhe.
With his presence, the person leading the team became Yan Shaozhe. He shouldn't be like Xuan Zi, letting these students face a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, right?
It must be said that since Shrek Academy began promoting the use of spirit tools among Martial Soul Department Disciples, although progress was slow, there had still been some achievements. Yan Shaozhe looked at the Inner Courtyard Disciples in front of him. Besides various equipment, they also wore some defensive spirit tools on their bodies.
The more Yan Shaozhe looked, the deeper his frown became. In the end, he didn't say much, only turning his head away and not looking further.
A moment later, after all the Inner Courtyard Disciples were ready, Yan Shaozhe spoke, instructing, "You are all Inner Courtyard Disciples, and this is not your first time in the Star Dou Great Forest. I will not emphasize the usual precautions again; just be careful yourselves."
"Additionally, although I am accompanying you, this is also an opportunity to train your combat skills with Spirit Beasts. I will not intervene unless there is danger. You will choose the Spirit Beasts yourselves and allocate the spirit rings accordingly."
Saying that, Yan Shaozhe looked at Zhang Lexuan. "Le Xuan, you will still be in command this time."
Zhang Lexuan had led Shrek Academy to defend its championship in the previous All-Continent Soul Duel Tournament, so no Inner Courtyard Disciple would question such an arrangement.
The Disciples lined up and advanced into the Star Dou Great Forest. Wang Nan, as an attack system Spirit Master, was positioned on the far right of the team.
Wang Nan looked back uneasily. Seeing that Yan Shaozhe had no intention of interfering but was silently following behind the team, not disappearing directly, he finally felt a little more at ease.
A team of over ten people was already considered a considerable size in the Star Dou Great Forest. After entering, they quickly attracted the attention of many Spirit Beasts.
Zhang Lexuan, at the forefront, released her Spirit. The pressure of her level 80 spirit power spread around, causing some weak Spirit Beasts to immediately turn and flee.
Wang Nan walked on the far right of the team without releasing his Spirit, but his pace wasn't slow. Although he was a Tool Spirit Master, he had obtained his right arm bone four years ago, and relying on the characteristics of the Spirit Bone, such a long period of cultivation had made his physical strength even surpass that of some Beast Spirit Masters of the same cultivation.
And after the Break Evil Dragon within him awakened, it was equivalent to a second Spirit Awakening, once again greatly enhancing his body.
To some extent, the changes brought to him by the two Awakenings of the Coiling Dragon Staff were no less effective than twin spirits.
"Swoosh—"
It was indeed the Star Dou Great Forest. Just as they entered the Mixed Zone, Wang Nan heard a sound in his ear, followed by a putrid smell.
A golden light flashed, and Wang Nan subconsciously swung his Coiling Dragon Staff, but after clearly seeing what was attacking him, he quickly stopped and dodged it by turning sideways.
Wang Nan looked up. A group of Black-Palm Spider Monkeys, about forty of them, stood on a distant tree. They all appeared to have only a hundred years of cultivation.
Hundred-year Spirit Beasts were relatively rare in the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest. Those that could survive were like the spider monkeys in front of them, living in groups of dozens of Spirit Beasts.
And these spider monkeys survived in the Mixed Zone not only because of their group mentality but also because of their unique attack method: throwing feces at enemies.
It must be said that Spirit Beasts all have their own Dao of survival. With this "unique" attack method, although the attack power wasn't high, ordinary Spirit Beasts would not easily provoke them if they didn't have a way to quickly deal with dozens of spider monkeys.
What had just rapidly flown toward Wang Nan was feces thrown by one of the spider monkeys, which was why he quickly retracted his hand.
"Senior Sister, there are Black-Palm Spider Monkeys here."
Hearing Wang Nan's voice, Zhang Lexuan's expression also became somewhat grim. She had also heard of this Spirit Beast's reputation.
Black-Palm Spider Monkeys were timid Spirit Beasts. Under normal circumstances, they didn't actively attack. They only threw feces to intimidate others when their territory was invaded.
And now that one spider monkey had already attacked, it meant…
Sure enough, the next moment, dozens of dark brown unidentified objects fell toward their heads.
Wang Nan's expression changed, and his third spirit ring lit up. Accompanied by the flow of spirit power, the Break Evil Dragon in his sea of consciousness swam continuously, and a translucent figure appeared beside Wang Nan. His third spirit ring also turned purplish-gold. The Coiling Dragon Staff swung, and a Dragon shadow flew forward, smashing into mid-air.
Immediately, the space in front of Wang Nan seemed to shatter, and black cracks spread outward from where the Dragon shadow landed. The surrounding airflow also became chaotic. Even Wang Nan himself could feel the terrifying power contained within it, let alone those unidentified flying objects.
Not only the thrown feces, but with one strike from Wang Nan, the trees in front of him and the spider monkeys on them were all torn apart one after another, leaving only an empty area.
The complete awakening of the Break Evil Dragon had caused earth-shattering changes in Wang Nan's Spirit Abilities, and their power could no longer be measured by simple spirit ring age. But for his first attack to be against some unidentified flying objects made him feel a strange, unexplainable sensation.
"Continue forward, and pay attention to maintaining formation." Zhang Lexuan, seeing Wang Nan swiftly deal with the group of spider monkeys, organized the other Disciples to continue advancing deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest. However, Wang Nan always felt one or several gazes constantly sweeping over him.