29 Phoenix Tail Crest Serpen

Then principal looked at everyone and clapped to gather everyone's attention and said, "Alright everyone, today everyone of you have to try & eat Oscar's smelly tofu." Everyone groaned when they heard his words, it was like they heard their death sentence.

Ryusei thought, 'This guy chose such a great timing that no one can refuse his request because we were just talking about making a group of best friends and all and it wouldn't look good if anyone refuses to that smelly tofu. Such a cunning old owl.'

But was happy as well because now everyone who were running away from his smelly Tofu has to try it, so they could finally experience the benefits it had for them. Even he had to admit that it was extremely beneficial for everyone in team battles. It was quite impressive for a Auxiliary Food System Spirit Master.

He looked around to see everyone eating the smelly Tofu with a reluctant face, then he too grabbed a smelly Tofu from Oscar's hand and ate it. His eyes widened with surprise as he smiled and said, "Congratulations Oscar, looks like you broke through to 30th Level."

Oscar rubbed the back of his head while grinning and said, "Well, I reached this level while meditating this morning." Ryusei nodded and looked towards Principal and said, "Principal Flender, it seems that we need to make a trip to Star Dou Forest for Oscar's 3rd Spirit Ring."

The Principal nodded and replied, "Alright, go with Zhao Wuji, he can protect you while you searching in Star Dou Forest." Ryusei nodded as there were still many Beasts in there that he couldn't fight against head on while protecting his friends at the same time. He could run away from them but protecting everyone else is not possible as they were too strong even for him because of difference in size and power between him and the beasts.

Principal left as all of them were waiting for Zhao Wuji. Zhao Wuji arrived in front of them with a frown on his face and said, "Let's go, we have to reach their before night to stay in inns."

Ryusei nodded and then said, "Alright, let's go." With that everyone departed towards the Star Dou Forest, one of the three most dangerous places on the continent. It took an entire day to travel to the Star Dou Forest.

After arriving at the entrance of the Forest, Ryusei and Zhao Wuji led them inside the forest, it was because Ryusei and Zhao Wuji were the most familiar with the Star Dou Forest as Ryusei spent four years training here with Tang Hao while Zhao Wuji occasionally came here for the Spirit Rings for the students of the Shrek Academy.

Everyone else followed them, after some time they came across some bug type Spirit Beasts, Dai Mubai activated his Evil Eyed White Tiger transformation and was about to kill them all when suddenly Ryusei stopped him and said, "No, don't kill them."

Dai Mubai was confused as he asked, "Why, these are only 10-year-old Beast spirits. It wouldn't matter even if we kill them." Ryusei shook his head and said, "No, it not necessary to kill them. Perhaps after 10,000 years they can become strong spirit beasts for someone. I know what you're thinking Dai Mubai, 6-years-ago, I too was like that as I killed many beasts at that time but now, now I think that we should give them a chance to grow. Let them grow so that Spirit Beasts won't be extinct from this world."

Ryusei said this as this was what he truly believed in. He felt that if the Spirit Beasts were killed blindly, then it wouldn't be long before they go extinct. He noticed a small smile on Xiao Wu's face as she heard him saying this. Now, he was sure that what he saw with his Azure Dragon Spirit wasn't an illusion and that Xiao Wu was in fact a Spirit Beast.

Soon enough, they encountered another Spirit Beast, it was a Phoenix Tail Crest Serpent Spirit Beast. Tang San said, "It's a Phoenix Tail Crest Serpent and it looks about 1300 years old, it should be perfect for Oscar."

Ryusei turned towards Oscar and said, "Well, looks like you are quite lucky. It is pretty rare in these parts to find a rare beast like this serpent. Normally we have to go even deeper for a Spirit Beast like this and from the way it is flying around and from the wounds on its neck, it is as if it is running from someone."

Ryusei then looked at them as he wanted to see how they would fight against this Beast without him, he wanted to see their coordination with each other.

He looked at Zhao Wuji and signalled him to stay out of this fight. Zhao Wuji nodded as he knew that these little monsters could handle themselves quite well and if anyone is in danger then Ryusei should be able to save them with his Lightning Flash.

He said to Tang San, "Tang San, since you know so much about this Spirit Beast, lead the team in my stead, I want to see your capabilities."

Tang San nodded as he looked at Ma Hongjun and said, "Fatty, use your Spirit and attract its attention towards you."

Ma Hongjun nodded as he used his Spirit, the Evil Fire Phoenix and jumped up in the air and used his Phoenix Fire Wire and a torrent of flames went towards the Phoenix Tail Crest Serpent. The Serpent glared at him as it was cautious of the Bird Type Spirits and Ma Hongjun's Spirit was quite powerful even amongst Bird Type Spirits.

When the Serpent turned towards Ma Hongjun, Tang San tried to bind its tail with his Blue Silver Grass. But Serpent realized that its tail was about to be trapped and slipped away from it. It was about to fly away when it saw Dai Mubai standing in front of it in his Beast Spirit form.

The Aura it felt from his body was dangerous so it turned around was about to run away by flying, Zhu Zhuqing appeared and used her Hell Stab Ability, as she stabbed the Serpent multiple times but it didn't affect the Serpent due to its strong scales.

Suddenly, the Serpent opened its mouth a released a purple mist which engulfed Zhu Zhuqing, it was quite dense and seeing this Dai Mubai was angered as he rushed towards Zhu Zhuqing in his Beast Spirit Form.

He thought about various things, his memories with Zhu Zhuqing from when they were kids, then he got boosted by Rongrong's Spirit Ability Speed. With his increased speed he finally caught her in mid air and then came Rongrong's second boost, Spirit Ability Strength. He instantly felt the increase in his Strength and looked towards the Serpent with hate clouding his eyes that he didn't see the tail of Serpent that was about to hit him.

It would have hit if not for the Purple Flash in front of him, Ryusei was standing in front of him and calmly said, "That mist was not poisonous but if I was late even by a second then that serpent would have pounded you to the ground so I intercepted because I didn't want you to suffer heavy injuries."

Dai Mubai seemed to be in a trance as he said, "The mist isn't poisonous." He looked down and saw Zhu Zhuqing opening her eyes and got out of his hands as they both landed on the ground and, Dai Mubai looked at Zhu Zhuqing as she slowly said in a soft voice to him, "Thank you."

Dai Mubai smiled as he felt much better when he heard her words and then saw Tang San trapped the Phoenix Tail Crest Serpent completely with his Blue Silver Grass. Then, Ryusei used his Thunderfire Dragon but he reduced its power as much as possible because he didn't want to kill the serpent.

He had already seen all that he wanted to see and knew that they still had a lot of work to do on their teamwork. Zhao Wuji gulped down as he saw the Thunderfire Dragon and even though he knew that it wasn't at its full power, he was still terrified of its effects of leaving Thunder and Fire energy in the enemies body which would be ravaging the opponent from their insides. A very terrifying ability indeed!

The Thunderfire Dragon hit the Serpent and it fell to the ground in a critical state. He looked towards Xiao Wu and saw her crouching down, looking worriedly at the Serpent, he said to her, "I like the fact that you don't want to kill Spirit Beasts but remember that it is a world where the Strong rules the weak and if the Spirit Beasts was stronger than us then the result would have been totally opposite."