Fourteen-year-old Oscar became a Soul Master, and now, twelve-year-old Tang San is about to enter this level as well.

  Breaking through the 30th level means reaching another level of Soul Master, meaning that one's future is boundless. With the third soul ring, one's strength will take a qualitative leap. This is also why Ning Rongrong attaches great importance to Oscar breaking through the 30th level.

  Tang San, only twelve years old, was actually going to enter this level as well. How could the people present not be shocked?

  The only one who wasn't surprised by this was Tang San himself. In fact, he had already reached the 29th rank before leaving Noding Academy, and he had maintained this rank for a very long time, longer than it took him to cultivate any previous rank. The battle with Meng Yi today was an opportunity, but in reality, even without this battle, Tang San would still have broken through the 29th rank's shackles and entered the 30th rank realm in a short period of time.

  Zhao Wuji looked at Tang San seriously, "Tell me, how old are you this year, accurate to the month."

  "Twelve years and seven months."

  Zhao Wujie nodded, his gaze sweeping towards the others. "You all saw it. Especially those of you who haven't reached level thirty yet. You all saw it, right? Tang San is just as old as you guys, but he's about to enter a whole different realm now. This is the result of hard work. Twelve years and seven months... I think this record will forever remain in the annals of Shrek Academy. Forever."

  Tang San's batch of students might very well be the last batch of Shrek Academy, and although there were a few others who were younger than Tang San, Zhao Wuji absolutely did not believe that anyone else could enter the thirtieth level at an even younger age than Tang San.

  Oscar Road: "Teacher Zhao, I disagree with you. Tang San's breakthrough to the thirtieth rank isn't just a result of his hard work."

  Zhao Wuji glared at him, "Then tell me why this is?"

  Oscar smiled and said: "Because we are students of Slytherin, if you say that we are monsters, then he is the monster among monsters."

  After hearing Oscar's words, Zhao Wuji smiled, and the other students also laughed. Even Zhu Zhuzheng had a faint smile on his face.

  "Brother, congratulations!" Xiao Wu whispered in Tang San's ear, still excitedly hugging his right arm. "However, I'll catch up with you as soon as possible."

  As for Xiao Wu, Tang San never doubted her. After so many years had passed, every time although it was always Tang San who broke through first, but in the end Xiao Wu would catch up to his level in a short amount of time. Tang San always thought that if Xiao Wu trained with more diligence, her strength would definitely surpass his own.

  "Teacher Zhao, look, can we stay here and find a suitable soul beast for me?" Tang San asked tentatively.

  Zhao Wuji smiled slightly, "Of course, this is what you deserve. We not only need to find a soul beast for your third soul ring, but also need to find the most suitable soul beast for you. It seems that our stay in the Star Dou Great Forest will have to be extended."

  Oscar obtained the third soul ring, Tang San broke through to the 30th level from the 29th level, and everyone was overjoyed. After all, getting such a result on the first day of entering the Star Dou Great Forest was enough to satisfy everyone. Even those who didn't have much increase in their own strength gained a lot of experience after entering this forest. The relationships between each other also drew closer in this dangerous situation.

  Zhao Wuji didn't let everyone rest on the spot, as he feared that Long Wang would appear and come back with Snake Queen together. Although such a possibility was very small, it was better to be safe than sorry. That night, he led the seven Shrek Academy students in another direction for about ten miles, and only after covering all traces did they set up camp.

  Zhao Wuji's worries didn't amount to anything. A peaceful night passed. After a night of rest, everyone's energy had also recovered to its best state.

  The next morning, they began their continued search for the Soul Beast, only this time it was Tang San who obtained the Soul Beast, not Oscar.

  For his third soul ring, Master had already planned out what kind of soul beast Tang San should choose. Therefore, Tang San thought that finding a soul beast for himself would be easier than Oscar's. After all, among the several soul beasts in Master's plan, there were some relatively common ones. As long as the cultivation years matched, they could become his third soul ring.

  But contrary to their wishes, two whole days had passed, and despite Zhao Wuji's leadership in carefully searching, they still hadn't found a suitable soul beast for Tang San.

  Because of the previous encounter with Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang and her grandson, Zhao Wujie had some apprehensions in his heart. Adding to that, the dangers within the Starry Sky Great Forest itself made Zhao Wujie's strategy for finding the Soul Beast more conservative. He didn't venture deep into the forest, instead bringing everyone to search around the periphery.

  Although they had encountered a few thousand-year soul beasts along the way, those soul beasts were not suitable for Tang San. The remaining ones were all some hundred-year soul beasts.

  It's not that Zhao Wuji is being overly cautious in searching for the soul beast, after all, he's the only teacher on this trip. When they encounter low-level soul beasts, everyone can handle it, but once they encounter a powerful soul beast, Zhao Wuji isn't confident that he can protect every single one of them. These students are all little monsters from Shrek Academy, and some of them have extraordinary backgrounds, so Zhao Wuji doesn't dare to take risks. If anything goes wrong, it will be a fatal outcome.

  Two days have passed, although food supplies are not a problem for everyone, living in the crisis-ridden forest every day is still mentally highly tense and more prone to fatigue.

  However, as they ventured into the Star Dou Forest, it was precisely because of this crisis that the cooperation between the students gradually became more tacit. Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun were in charge of fighting against soul beasts when encountered. Zhu Zhuqing was responsible for scouting within a certain distance. Oscar and Ning Rongrong provided auxiliary support in the middle. Even without Zhao Wuxing's help, as long as it wasn't a thousand-year or above soul beast, they posed no threat to this small group.

  Tacit understanding is something that can only be possessed by constantly fighting together, and it's obviously the best training in this dangerous environment. Being able to enter Shrek Academy already proves the excellence of these students. The monsters are geniuses, they successfully converted pressure into motivation. With Zhao Wuji's guidance from the side, their soul power progress speed hasn't changed much, but their actual combat experience and overall strength have been quietly increasing.

  Night falls, and it's time to rest. In the Starry Forest, fires cannot be lit. Although most soul beasts fear flames, a small portion of them are extremely fond of flames, and this small portion is mostly made up of deadly creatures.

  No need for Zhao Wuji to direct, the male students were in charge of setting up temporary tents, and the female students were responsible for getting some food. Of course, Oscar was an exception, directly classified as a female student by Dai Mubai and Tang San.

  The tent was not large, and it was naturally impossible for everyone to lie down and sleep, but it was no problem for each person to sit and meditate. For them, maintaining the best combat state at all times was much more important than sleeping.

  As Zhao Wuji was a teacher, he naturally took on the task of keeping watch at night.

  After hastily eating dinner, Zhao Wuji let everyone else enter their tents to rest, but called Tang San to his side.

  "Xiao San, are you in a hurry?" Zhao Wuji smiled as he looked at the young man before him.

  Tang San shook his head and said, "Finding a soul beast is all about luck. Rushing won't help. Teacher Zhao, don't worry, I have patience."

  Zhao Wujie let out a light sigh and said, "Now even the Starry Sky Great Forest is starting to wither away. Many years ago, I still remember how bustling this place used to be. At that time, even on the outskirts of the forest, one could see thousand-year-level soul beasts everywhere. But now, there are far fewer soul beasts. I don't know if they've all gone to live in the depths of the forest or for some other reason."

  Tang San said: "Regardless of what reason, it is all caused by us humans. Soul beasts may be ferocious, but we humans are even more ferocious than them. Isn't that right?"

  Zhao Wuji was taken aback, "What do you mean by this?"

  Tang San said, "Teacher once said that although the number of Soul Masters is small, it only takes a few decades for a Soul Master to grow from the beginning of their cultivation to becoming a strong practitioner. In these few decades, a powerful Soul Master needs at least six or more Soul Rings. That means they need to hunt and kill six or more Soul Beasts. Among them will be hundred-year-old, thousand-year-old, and even ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts. The cultivation of Soul Beasts is much more difficult than ours, otherwise, their strength wouldn't be divided by age. Although there are many Soul Beasts, if we continue to slaughter them like this, their numbers will only decrease, especially the powerful ones - killing one means losing one. After many years, it's likely that we'll rarely see any thousand-year-old or above existences again."

  Zhou Wuji thoughtfully said, "The master is right. However, who among the soul masters would think of this problem? Who wouldn't want to make themselves stronger? Even if the Martial Soul Temple were to impose restrictions, it would probably be ineffective."