19: The Worst Outcome Is Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest Fighting to the Death!

As soon as the words fell, a violent gale suddenly swept through the forest beneath the night sky.

A massive black shadow flickered in and out among the clouds. It was an enormous jet-black dragon, its hundred-meter-long body covered in heavy scales, like a moving mountain. When its vast wings spread, they blotted out the sky, every scale gleaming with a cold luster in the darkness as if forged from the deepest obsidian.

Di Tian's fury and killing intent took tangible form. The sky was instantly shrouded in impenetrable dark clouds, swallowing the bright moon and stars completely. Heavy raindrops suddenly poured down without warning, pattering against the leaves. The temperature in the forest plummeted, as though winter had descended in an instant.

"Di Tian!" A trace of gravity flashed through Mu En's eyes, but he showed no fear. He took a step forward, and dazzling golden light erupted from his body. The Bright Holy Dragon Spirit manifested!

Golden scales surfaced across his body. His once-hunched frame seemed to be reforged within the light, becoming upright and majestic. Utterly pure light surged into the heavens like the dawn breaking over the horizon, forcibly dispersing part of the dark clouds overhead and bathing a small area once more in sacred radiance.

Light and darkness, two ultimate powers, collided and faced off within the forest. The air seemed to tear apart with a piercing hum.

Mu En knew very well that while the Bright Holy Dragon's attribute could restrain ultimate darkness, he stood no chance if they truly fought. After all, Di Tian's cultivation had already surpassed eight hundred thousand years, while he himself was still injured. If he wanted to achieve his goal, he could only rely on Shrek Academy's foundations and leadership.

What he did not know was that Di Tian was a descendant of the Dark Dragon King. That Dark Dragon King had been a genuine God King-level existence, someone even Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, could not defeat.

Di Tian had even inherited the Dragon God Claw from the Dragon God. His cultivation had long since reached the peak of Rank 99, the Limit Douluo realm, only one step away from godhood. Across the entire Douluo Continent, only a handful could contend with him.

But Mu En could not retreat. Bei Bei was still missing, and Tang Ya's death had been confirmed. As an elder, he had to seek justice for the children.

"Roar—!"

Di Tian let out an earth-shaking dragon roar as his massive body descended from the clouds. His four thick dragon claws landed upon the ground, making the entire forest tremble. His golden vertical pupils, like two dark suns, locked tightly onto Mu En, filled with undisguised killing intent. "Mu En, you brought a group of humans into the Star Dou Great Forest and even intended to attack Bi Ji. What exactly are you trying to do?"

His voice rolled like thunder, blasting the rainwater outward in all directions.

Mu En straightened his back, releasing the Bright Holy Dragon's pressure without reservation. It collided with Di Tian's dark pressure, sending rings of energy rippling outward. "I only want to ask you this: did you capture or kill a young man who possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit?"

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit?"

A flicker of confusion appeared in Di Tian's golden vertical pupils. He tilted his enormous head slightly and asked, "Who is that? Why would I capture him for no reason? The Star Dou Great Forest is not so lacking in amusement."

"He disappeared in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Mu En's voice was hoarse yet resolute as he answered, "The girl traveling with him has already died. We found no trace of him beside her body."

Upon hearing this, Di Tian seemed to have heard a joke. His low laughter echoed through the rainy night, thick with mockery. "If he disappeared, does that mean we must have done it? What if some other soul beast killed him?"

He suddenly stepped forward, his enormous dragon claw leaving a deep imprint in the ground. The killing intent in his golden eyes surged. "When Human Soul Masters enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts, they never consider that retribution might come. What? Now that something happened to one of your people, you rush over to cause trouble? You are allowed to kill us, but we are not allowed to strike back? What kind of logic is that?"

Bi Ji, standing to one side, also darkened. She had always advocated peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts, but even she could not help frowning now. "Mu En, Di Tian is right. Please understand one thing clearly: this is the Star Dou Great Forest, not the human world."

Though kind-hearted, she knew right from wrong. Shrek Academy had tried to seize her without determining the truth, even threatening to use her to force the other ferocious beasts. That had already crossed her bottom line.

Yet Mu En shook his head, his gaze sharp as a blade. "It could not have been an ordinary soul beast. The expert traveling with that young man was a Soul Sage-level powerhouse. To instantly kill a girl protected by a Soul Sage, while making both a young man of considerable strength and the Soul Sage himself vanish without a trace, would require at least a soul beast with more than fifty thousand years of cultivation."

He paused, sweeping his gaze across the dense forest around them. "And a soul beast of that level could never appear in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest—I know your rules. Therefore, this was absolutely a premeditated act of retaliation."

Di Tian's golden pupils narrowed slightly. Mu En was right. The Star Dou Great Forest had strict regional divisions. Soul beasts above fifty thousand years of cultivation were almost all concentrated in and around the core region, while the outer region at most had soul beasts around ten thousand years old. They truly did not possess such strength.

In that case, could there really be some hidden truth behind the people Mu En spoke of?

Di Tian fell silent for a moment. His massive head lowered slightly, his golden eyes fixed intently on Mu En. "Then what do you want?"

"Return him."

Mu En's voice was calm, but it carried unquestionable resolve. "As long as you hand over Bei Bei, today's matter can be forgotten."

Di Tian sneered, contempt flashing through his golden pupils. "What if he is already dead?"

Mu En's expression instantly turned icy. The light power around him surged sharply, nearly driving away all the surrounding darkness. He said each word distinctly, "If he is dead..."

"Then Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest will fight to the death!"

The final words pierced through the curtain of rain like icy blades, carrying the madness of mutual destruction. Rain struck his face, mingling with what might have been tears, making his aged features appear all the more tragic.

If they did not take action this time, how could Shrek Academy's other talented students safely hunt for soul rings in the future? Even the biological grandson of Dragon God Douluo Mu En had died in the Star Dou Great Forest, let alone anyone else.

In time, Shrek Academy would surely close down. As Shrek Academy's leader, he would never allow that to happen.

Di Tian's golden vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and even more terrifying killing intent radiated from his massive body. He could sense that Mu En was not joking. This pillar of Shrek Academy had truly prepared himself to go to war with the Star Dou Great Forest.

The rain fell ever harder, and the clash between light and darkness grew increasingly intense. The air was thick with the scent of gunpowder.

Bi Ji watched the two sides, poised to draw swords, her delicate brows tightly knit as unease rose within her. She vaguely felt that the matter was far more complicated than it seemed. Perhaps this conflict had targeted the wrong party from the very beginning...

But at this moment, neither Mu En's grief and fury nor Di Tian's rage was something she could easily quell.

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