Beating Xuan Zi Senseless
No!
That wasn't right!
Hadn't he decided not to go to Shrek?
How had he ended up boxed in after just a few words?
[Du Busi: Great Sage Equal to Heaven, you fucking bastard!]
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven: Huh? Sect Master Du, why would you say that? I helped you out of the goodness of my heart, and all I got in return was your mockery. Sigh.]
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven: What a cold world; people's hearts aren't what they used to be...]
Jing Hongchen had been looking forward to this day for ages. As soon as the attack started, he joined in.
[Soul Engineer: What a shame, after all the thought the Great Sage put into helping you. Sect Master Du, why don't you apologize to him? Otherwise, who would dare help you again?]
[Du Busi: Apologize, my fucking *!!!]
[Du Busi: You'd better hide well! Don't let this old man find out who you really are!]
[Soul Engineer: Thank you for the reminder, Sect Master Du. I'll be sure to hide well.]
Grass (a plant)!
He never should have brought it up in the group. Now look what had happened!
The more Du Busi thought about it, the angrier he got. Red in the face and neck, he couldn't sleep a wink all night.
The next day, at the first hint of dawn, he shot into the sky and flew toward Shrek Academy!
Shrek Academy
Because of the holiday, there were hardly any students or teachers at the academy.
Suddenly, a bellow rang through the sky.
"Xuan Zi!!! Get the hell out here!!!"
The sound waves materialized and blasted apart the clouds. Soul Power poured from his body, staining the entire sky dark green.
Inside Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe, who had been meditating, opened his eyes at once.
Someone had come looking for trouble?
Looking for trouble with Elder Xuan?
What trouble had Elder Xuan caused this time?
Three questions flashed through Yan Shaozhe's mind in succession. No! I have to go see!
Yan Shaozhe had just gotten to his feet, ready to face the intruder.
Elder Mu's voice reached his ears.
"Stay where you are and keep quiet. Let Xuan Zi handle it himself!"
Elder Mu had long known about everything that had happened today.
He also planned to use Du Busi's hand to teach Xuan Zi a lesson!
At the same time, he could see Du Busi's trump card.
"Sigh..."
Mu En sighed, neither heavily nor lightly. The Body Sect had taken a calamity in Shrek Academy's place.
At that thought, Elder Mu continued transmitting his voice to the Titled Douluo of the Sea God Pavilion.
"As long as Xuan Zi is still breathing, there's no need to help him!"
As Elder Mu transmitted his message to everyone, an earthy-yellow light shone from Sea God Island.
The Godly Taotie Bull shot into the sky.
"Du Busi, you old bastard, are you itching for a beating? How dare you come to Shrek and run wild?!"
Du Busi was already seething with pent-up anger. Xuan Zi had come right to him, just as he wanted!
"Fuck you!" Without another word, Du Busi unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, on the spot.
Du Busi, who was already a head taller and broader than an ordinary person, promptly turned into a dark-green little giant.
Elder Xuan's pupils contracted, and his grease-stained beard quivered. "Du Busi, have you gone mad?"
Who started a fight by using their Martial Soul Avatar?
Du Busi's sudden attack caught Elder Xuan completely off guard. The little giant's fist, as big as a small hill, slammed straight into Elder Xuan's face.
Boom!!!
The sonic boom left ring after ring of Mach cones in its wake.
Xuan Zi was driven into Sea God Island like a cannonball.
If the gentle Sea God's Light hadn't protected Sea God Island, that blow alone would have cracked the island apart.
"Du Busi... you're courting death!!!"
"Roar!!!"
Xuan Zi immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into the Godly Taotie Bull. With all four hooves treading on air, he charged at Du Busi.
Du Busi snorted coldly. He hadn't come for an evenly matched fight. He was here to prove the might of the Body Martial Soul!
Body Martial Soul, Second Awakening.
Activate!!!
The giant stood a hundred meters tall in midair.
A brilliant green light burst forth, its edges gleaming with a golden halo. He looked like a majestic Buddha.
The first, third, fifth, and ninth Soul Rings flashed in succession.
Boom!!!
Du Busi sent Xuan Zi flying with another slap. This time, though, he didn't send him toward the Sea God Pavilion. Instead, he swatted the enormous Godly Taotie Bull high into the sky like a ball.
The giant body caught up with Xuan Zi in midair at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
A gigantic foot of who knew what size slammed into the Godly Taotie Bull's forehead with a bang.
Standing on the balcony of the little loft on Sea God Island, Shen Yichen and Zhang Lexuan looked up at the sky.
The dark-green giant batted the Godly Taotie Bull down from the sky to the ground, then back up again, as if bouncing a ball.
After being battered back and forth for more than ten minutes, the Godly Taotie Bull's enormous body no longer had an intact spot. It was a bloody mess, as though it had fallen into a bucket of red paint.
Whoosh!
Yan Shaozhe located Mu En and turned into a streak of golden light, arriving at his side.
"Teacher, are we still not going to step in?"
Mu En shifted his cloudy old eyes away from the battle in the sky and glanced at Yan Shaozhe, then slowly closed them again.
"There's no need. Du Busi knows his limits."
Boom!
Another tremendous crash rang out in the sky.
This time, with a smack, the Godly Taotie Bull in midair came apart.
Elder Xuan's hunched figure fell from the sky. Du Busi reached out and seized his bloodied body in one hand.
"Listen well, you old bastard. Watch yourself when you go out from now on. If your luck runs out and you run into me, I'll crush you and your students to death!"
Elder Xuan's dazed, vacant eyes instantly burned with fury and hatred.
His voice rasped like a broken bellows. "Du Busi... you dare!!!"
"Try me and see if I dare!"
With that, he gripped Xuan Zi and slammed him into Sea God Lake like a snap pop.
Boom!
Water sprayed dozens of meters into the air above Sea God Lake...
Du Busi was just about to throw out a few more threats when the Golden Ancient Tree suddenly lit up...
"Fuck!"
His Soul Power ignited instantly. Du Busi turned into a dark-green streak and vanished over the horizon in the blink of an eye.
After he disappeared, golden radiance filled the entire sky, an immense, surging presence bearing down...
After the golden light had "shown off its might" for a while, it slowly receded.
The battle had shaken heaven and earth. In Shrek City, there was no shortage of Soul Masters with a discerning eye.
In the battle between Elder Xuan and Du Busi, Elder Xuan had suffered a crushing defeat.
Yet when the golden light spread, Du Busi had fled at top speed.
Shrek could not be opposed by force!
Besides Xuan Zi, a Level 98 Titled Douluo, they had an even deeper trump card.
In outsiders' eyes, Shrek's prestige had not only remained undiminished; it had made them regard Shrek with even greater caution.
The only one whose reputation suffered was Xuan Zi.
Many had originally thought that, as fellow Level 98 Titled Douluo, even if Xuan Zi couldn't defeat Du Busi, he could at least fight him on roughly equal terms and keep the battle going.
Who would have thought that Du Busi, going all out, would kick Xuan Zi away like a stray dog by the roadside?
Xuan Zi was also to blame for letting his guard down and allowing Du Busi to catch him off guard.
But after being beaten so badly, even if he hadn't been careless, the result presumably wouldn't have been much different.
The meta was the meta.
In this era, only an Ultimate Martial Soul could contend at all with the Golden Awakening of a Body Martial Soul.
Even ten thousand years later, a Body Martial Soul that had undergone Golden Second Awakening still had a place of its own!