A Curse and a Blessing, Fusion on the Sky Screen!

After a round of explanations, Xiang Bei managed to bluff his way through.

He was from the Sun Moon Empire, so naturally he had no need to explain much to Shrek.

If anyone wanted to force answers out of him, they would have to ask whether his "die together with heaven and earth," a Level 9 Soul Cannon Shell, would agree.

"Xiao Yu, did you collect the data?"

"All collected and consolidated. According to our tests, this Soul Cannon Shell was made by using a Soul Cannon Shell's Core Array as a catalyst for a fusion reaction between tritium and deuterium. Its power exceeds level 8 and approaches level 9."

"When it explodes, it produces temperatures of over a hundred million degrees, enough to melt everything. Besides that, a special kind of curse energy spreads in large quantities. The closer one is to the core, the more severe its effects."

Xiao Yu recounted the data and conclusions gathered by the Soul Tool Satellite.

"Not bad."

Xiang Bei nodded inwardly. Ever since obtaining Controlled Nuclear Fusion, he had tried to make a technological weapon rather than a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell in the traditional sense.

But a hydrogen bomb needed an atomic bomb to detonate it. He hadn't been good at math, physics, or chemistry, so he only knew the principles, not how to put them into practice.

And so.

After numerous experiments, a special shell was born. It cost only one-tenth as much as a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell and was simpler to make.

"By the way, Master, I hacked into Shrek's points system, changed Shrek's original points limit, and expanded the search range. The points for all the Soul Beasts killed by the explosion during the beast tide were credited to you."

"How many?" Xiang Bei was genuinely curious.

"Thirteen million five hundred and sixty thousand. A Shrek student once exchanged points for a branch of the Golden Tree, priced at one million points."

That means I can exchange them for thirteen branches of the Golden Tree? That's almost enough to equal Mu En's wheelchair, Xiang Bei thought.

"Little Meng, come with me."

"Where are we going, Brother Bei?" Meng Hongchen came bouncing over.

"To plunder Shrek's treasury."

Star Dou Great Forest.

After experiencing the curse on the outskirts, the Soul Beasts that had joined the battle all showed some mutations in their bodies. The closer a Soul Beast had been to the core of the explosion, the more severe its mutation.

Lake of Life.

Di Tian stared at the extra dragon claw he had grown and fell silent.

"What happened? I have absolute control over my body. How could I grow an extra dragon claw out of nowhere?"

Splash!

Silver light rose and fell in the lake as a slender body swam beneath the water. A cool, clear voice rang out:

"Why have you summoned me?"

"My lord!" Di Tian lowered his head in respect. In a sense, the one before him was the Dragon God, the Soul Beasts' only god.

"Please look at my arm. This seems to be some kind of mutation. Even if I cut this dragon claw off, it still grows back, as though I was born with it."

The cool voice fell silent, and water gathered around Di Tian's arm.

"This is a mutation of your own core origin. Even I can do nothing about it. It is like a human's Martial Soul Mutation."

"Even you can't fix it?"

Di Tian was astonished.

This was the Silver Dragon King, the embodiment of the Dragon God's wisdom.

"From my perspective, this is a power that does not belong to this world. Still, it should have little effect on you."

Di Tian said nothing.

Indeed, it had little effect. In fact, the extra arm had increased his strength considerably.

It was just that he would look rather unsightly when he took human form in the future. He had always regarded himself as a true dragon descendant, and now what was this supposed to be?

Around the Lake of Life,

the fierce beasts that had joined the battle had all undergone mutations to varying degrees.

The Myriad Demon King had gained an extra pupil in each eye, giving him double pupils and greatly strengthening his Mental Attribute.

Xiong Jun was the opposite. The Behemoth bloodline in his body had undergone Ancestral Return, though no one knew which part had undergone it. Xiong Jun was now half his original size, and his strength had plummeted.

In Shrek City.

After Xu Sanshi left the battlefield, his Martial Soul had actually undergone a beneficial mutation, increasing the power of his Soul Skills by more than thirty percent!

"Hahaha!"

"Heaven would not have given birth to me, Xu Sanshi—bet you didn't expect this, Xiang Bei! My Martial Soul mutated, and now my strength has greatly increased. Just you wait, I'll win Nannan's heart!"

"Although you got Nannan's body, I believe you'll never get her heart."

Douluo Continent.

Shrek Academy.

"Haha! Did you see that? This is Shrek's strength in the future: dozens of Titled Douluo, nearly ten Super Douluo, and even a Limit Douluo!"

Yu Xiaogang grinned smugly, his mouth twisting to one side, and failed to watch where he was going.

As ill luck would have it, he stepped in poop and fell flat on the ground.

Yu Xiaogang got up, lifted his foot, and took a look.

"Ugh!"

"How disgusting! How did someone poop this out? It stinks to death!"

"A Grandmaster truly is a Grandmaster. I admire your knack for digging down to the roots. Even after stepping in dog shit, you have to ask for the recipe."

A man as burly as a bear spoke in a steady tone of admiration.

"You—**" Yu Xiaogang immediately swore. He looked up, instantly pulled his head in like a quail, and stepped back, putting Tang San in front of him as protection.

"Who are you?"

"I am Tai Tan, one of the continent's four Divine Craftsmen. I have come specifically to join Shrek Academy."

"A Divine Craftsman!" Tang San exclaimed under his breath.

It's actually Divine Craftsman Tai Tan. They say he has boundless strength and is skilled at forging. With him here, perhaps I can reproduce those legendary Hidden Weapons.

Star Dou Great Forest.

"In just ten thousand years, human research into Soul Tools has advanced to such a degree. Truly terrifying."

A powerful sense of apprehension rose in Di Tian's heart.

He had lived for seven hundred thousand years. A human lifespan was hardly worth mentioning to him.

Yet within that insignificant span of time, humans had started from nothing and developed a weapon capable of threatening him.

Such creativity.

"Damn it, what the hell is this? Why did my strength drop so much after my Ancestral Return?" Xiong Jun muttered in dissatisfaction.

Double pupils! They say those born with double pupils can be called sages. If I take human form, wouldn't I be called a sage too? the Myriad Demon King thought as he watched the Sky Screen.

Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged a glance.

"I wonder how the two of us will be doing in ten thousand years. It looks like only Di Tian and the others are left in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Big Brother, we won't be dead in ten thousand years, will we?" Er Ming asked.

"Probably not. Di Tian is alive and well, so there's no reason we should be dead," Da Ming reassured him.

While the various factions were holding discussions in private,

a sudden change occurred on the Sky Screen.

[In view of the considerable discussion among the people of the continent, special permission is now being granted. When the countdown ends, an identical shell will be dropped on the continent. After a powerful expert blocks the force of the explosion, the radiation will be preserved intact for one week,

during which you may try out the marvelous uses of radiation for yourselves.]