Chapter 332
Let's go together!
Oscar's voice was extremely low, yet it rang exceptionally clearly in his own ears.
Pink light gathered in his palm, and a sausage with dreamy pale red transparent wings quickly took shape.
Just as Oscar was about to secretly hand the mushroom sausage to Tang San—
"Okay, stop whispering."
A voice, calm to the point of indifference, echoed clearly through the deathly silent camp, like a pebble thrown into a still lake.
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power and an undeniable majesty, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Lin Xia had already retracted the hundred-meter-high Bangiras at some point, and the terrifying sandstorm that had changed the world had long since subsided, leaving only a devastated land and the smell of sand in the air.
He stood in the middle of a wrecked clearing, his clothes spotless, as if the earth-shattering battle with the king of the forest had just been an illusion.
A faint smile played at the corners of his lips, and his deep, all-knowing gaze landed precisely on Tang San and Oscar, who were about to conduct a secret transaction.
"We're all Soul Masters, so we can still hear this little bit of noise."
Lin Xia's tone was playful as she glanced at Tang San's still blood-red, eerie eyes, then at the pink mushroom sausage with small wings in Oscar's hand that he hadn't had time to hide yet.
"Are we going to rescue Xiao Wu?"
Lin Xia's voice was calm, yet it resounded like thunder in everyone's ears.
Tang San's body stiffened abruptly, his blood-red pupils fixed on Lin Xia, filled with vigilance, hostility, and a hint of embarrassment at being seen through.
Oscar was so startled that his hand trembled, and he almost dropped the mushroom sausage on the ground. His face turned deathly pale instantly.
Flander, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and the others finally snapped out of their shock and focused their gazes on Tang San and Oscar, filled with astonishment and disbelief.
They then realized that Tang San had actually intended to chase after the Titan Giant Ape alone!
"Lord Lin, you..."
Flander was about to speak when Lin Xia raised her hand to stop him.
Lin Xia's gaze returned to Tang San, the curve of her lips seeming to deepen slightly, carrying an indescribable scrutiny and... expectation?
"Their courage is commendable, and their loyalty is truly touching."
Lin Xia spoke slowly, her tone neither praising nor criticizing.
"However, do you really think you can catch up with and rescue people from that giant ape deep in the Star Dou Great Forest with just a one-minute flight time using a mushroom sausage?"
He shook his head, as if stating a very simple fact.
"It's nothing short of a pipe dream. You won't even be able to catch its shadow, and you'll either exhaust your soul power and fall to your death in some unknown corner, or become dinner for other soul beasts."
Tang San clenched his fist instantly, his nails digging deep into his palm, blood seeping out between his fingers, but he was completely unaware.
Lin Xia's words were like a cold knife, precisely dissecting the cruel reality he was unwilling to face in his impulsiveness.
But the bloodlust in his eyes did not fade; instead, it became even more stubborn after being exposed, like a ferocious beast on the verge of despair, ready to devour anyone it could.
"So what? Am I supposed to just sit here and wait to die?!"
Tang San's voice was hoarse, filled with a desperate madness.
"Wait to die? Of course not."
Lin Xia suddenly changed the subject, and the smile on her lips became clear and meaningful.
"Since we're going, let's go together."
"what?!"
"Going together?!"
"Lord Lin, you mean..."
Lin Xia's words were like a drop of water thrown into a pot of oil, instantly causing an uproar in the camp! Flander, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, including Snake Granny Chaotianxiang and Dragon Duke Meng Shu who had just arrived due to the huge commotion, all showed expressions of extreme shock and disbelief.
Go after the Titan Ape?
What's the difference between that and mass suicide?!
"Lord Lin, please reconsider!"
Flanders said urgently, his voice trembling.
"That's the King of the Forest! A 100,000-year-old soul beast! And us..."
“I know what it is.”
Lin Xia interrupted Flander, her tone still calm, yet carrying a sense of confidence that she was in control of the situation.
"The commotion just now must have alerted some beings in the heart of the forest. The Titan Ape kidnapped Xiao Wu for unknown reasons, but it may not be to kill her immediately. We still have time."
His gaze swept over everyone, finally settling on Tang San, whose expression was uncertain, and he slowly said:
"Many hands make light work, and it's always better to support each other than to go and die alone. Oscar's mushroom sausages are key, but there's a limited quantity, so we must use them wisely."
"Flander, and seniors Dragon Lord and Snake Lady, you can bring people."
"I'll take Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong with me."
Lin Xia was very organized and quickly assigned tasks, as if she had already rehearsed them countless times in her mind.
He looked at Oscar.
"Oscar, stop holding back. Now, squeeze out all your soul power and make as many mushroom sausages as you can! The faster the better!"
Oscar did not hesitate after hearing this.
They immediately started mass production!
Tang San watched this scene, a complex emotion flashing in his blood-red eyes.
He didn't expect Lin Xia to take the initiative to go together, and he was even more surprised that he could organize it so efficiently.
This unexpected help slightly suppressed the madness and despair in his heart, replacing it with a deeper and colder scrutiny.
Lin Xia... what exactly is he trying to do? Is it really to save Xiao Wu?
Or... is there another motive?
But at this moment, any glimmer of hope to save Xiao Wu was like a drowning person grasping at a straw, and he couldn't refuse it!
Lin Xia took in the fleeting doubt and struggle in Tang San's eyes and smiled silently to herself.
He knew, of course, that the Titan Ape was taking Xiao Wu home and that her life was not in danger.
His real purpose in suggesting that they go together was to see if this chosen one, whose third soul ring trajectory had been forcibly altered by him and who had lost the opportunity of the Eight Spider Soul Bone, could still be favored by so-called luck and encounter other opportunities in this perilous core area of the Star Dou!
'Tang San, let me see just how strong your protagonist's halo really is? In this depths of the Star Dou world, which has deviated from the original script, can you still create miracles? Or rather…'
Lin Xia's gaze fell upon the depths of the dark forest, like the maw of a giant beast, where the Titan Ape had vanished, a hint of cold amusement in his eyes.
"action!"
Lin Xia said no more, her voice resolute, breaking the deathly silence of the camp.
With Lin Xia's command, the entire camp instantly sprang into action like a precise machine.
Oscar frantically made mushroom sausages, which Flander and the others quickly took over and distributed.
Tang San took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the bloodlust and surging killing intent in his eyes, tightly gripping a mushroom sausage in his palm, his gaze fixed on the depths of darkness.
Lin Xia took the lead, his figure blending into the night like a ghost, rushing towards the direction where the Titan Ape had disappeared. (End of Chapter)