A Snap of the Fingers

The Heavenly Soul Empire... no, it should be the Sun Moon Empire, in the western suburbs of Heaven Dou City.

Three months ago, the capital city of the Heavenly Soul Empire, Heaven Dou City, was captured, marking the official demise of the Tian Soul. Naturally, the Sun Moon Empire became the master of this land.

According to the original trajectory, five years should have passed in the Douluo Continent. By then, not only the Heavenly Soul Empire, but even the Dou Ling Empire would have been destroyed by the Sun Moon Army.

However, perhaps due to Zhou Huan's intrusion, a butterfly effect occurred, which slowed down the Sun Moon Empire's conquest of the Heavenly Soul Empire considerably.

Unfortunately, the strength of the Great Emperor was undeniable, and even with the delay, the Heavenly Soul Empire could not escape its eventual annihilation.

At this moment, in the western suburbs of Heaven Dou City, a handsome and burly young man and a petite girl in green were solemnly protecting the woman in black behind them.

Oh, right, there was also a long-armed man next to the three of them whose arms were constantly spurting blood, but that's not the point.

The key point is that they were facing a legion of over five hundred Sun Moon Soul Master Legion.

Not only that, in front of the legion, besides two level-nine soul masters, one of whom was Ye Yulin, one of the three great soul masters of the Sun Moon Empire, there were also two evil soul master super douluos: Zhang Peng, the sixth elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Wu Yun, the seventh elder, the Crow Douluo.

Ye Yulin was the first to speak, her tone carrying a hint of advice. "You two are both the pride of Shrek Academy, having already become Titled Douluo at such a young age. Why throw your lives away for a princess of a fallen kingdom? Hand over Princess Vina, and I guarantee you'll leave safely."

Before the other party could answer, Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, frowned and said coldly, "Commander Ye, this is against the rules. If it weren't for Shrek Academy's obstruction, we would have already taken over the Heavenly Soul Empire. Why would we have wasted so much time? Now that we've finally encountered a genius from Shrek Academy, how can you let him go?!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yulin replied just as bluntly, "You yourself said that I am the commander of the Soul Master Legion, and military strategy is my decision. If you are dissatisfied, you can report to His Majesty. But here, I am the one who calls the shots."

The cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult was only temporary. Considering his upright life and his status as one of the three great Soul Engineer of the Empire, Ye Yulin actually disdained associating with Evil Soul Master like Zhang Peng.

Unfortunately, lacking high-end combat power, His Majesty had no choice but to seek help from a powerful enemy.

Moreover, Ye Yulin felt that Shrek was not a true enemy, because once the Sun Moon Empire unified the Douluo Continent, Shrek would still just be Shrek, an academy and a city, nothing to fear.

At that time, Shrek might even become the Shrek of the Sun Moon Empire.

Furthermore, and most importantly, Ye Yulin knew that she couldn't fight Shrek to the death, and under certain circumstances, she couldn't kill Shrek's talented Disciple indiscriminately, because after the war, she might have to cooperate with Shrek Academy to eliminate the Evil Soul Master.

Therefore, for various reasons, Ye Yulin was unwilling to kill the two Shrek geniuses in front of her, and unwilling to become a mortal enemy of Shrek, but she had to keep Vina, the Heavenly Soul Princess.

Faced with Ye Yulin's tough stance, Zhang Peng, despite being much stronger, couldn't openly defy Ye Yulin's orders as the legion commander, since military operations did indeed have to be carried out under Ye Yulin's command.

However, Zhang Peng sneered inwardly, "Hmph! If I don't kill them now, can't I wait until they leave and then chase after them to kill them? If we take down Heavenly Soul Princess first, and then deal with the Shrek two, that won't be a military operation, but rather a conflict between the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek."

However, regardless of whether Ye Yulin and Zhang Peng have conflicting opinions, it is clear that the two members of Shrek cannot give up Princess Vina.

The little girl in green, who looked like a little loli, said expressionlessly, "Alright, enough nonsense. If you want to fight, then fight. Shrek has never had anyone who retreats without a fight."

He was about to make a move when the woman in black behind him immediately pressed a hand on his shoulder. "Xiao Xiao, Brother Wen, you should leave. I can't drag you down with me."

After a pause, the woman in black continued dejectedly, "With the country destroyed and my family ruined, I should have died long ago. It's a pity I couldn't avenge Aotian."

Yes, these three are Princess Vina, Xiao Xiao, and Wen Xiaoshuai.

Oh, and there's also an unnamed guy whose arm is bleeding profusely, but he's not the point.

But who is Xiao Xiao? How could she abandon someone? If we hadn't run into her, it would have been fine, but now that we've stumbled upon her, at worst... at worst, we can just summon Aunt Ling.

At this point, Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, was too lazy to tolerate it any longer. After all, it was your refusal to leave that made him so. You became Title Douluos in your twenties; what would happen if you continued to cultivate like this?

Then, Zhang Peng moved. The aura of a level 96 Super Douluo erupted instantly, and a massive black shadow of Scorpion Tiger appeared behind him, immediately charging towards Xiao Xiao and her companions.

Just as Xiao Xiao was about to unleash the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, a jarringly bright snowflake, almost blinding to everyone's eyes, drifted in and landed squarely on the black Scorpion Tiger.

The next instant, not only the Scorpion Tiger Martial Soul, but Zhang Peng himself was turned into an ice sculpture. The aura of Super Douluo vanished, as if he had never existed.

It's basically like a bubble popping up, and then nothing happens.

For a moment, both Ye Yulin's group and Xiao Xiao's group were stunned, their eyes fixed on the ice sculptures of Zhang Peng and the ice scorpion Scorpion Tiger in mid-air.

After realizing what had happened, Xiao Xiao's first thought was, "Why does this ice sculpture look so familiar?"

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Xiao's big, round eyes widened in disbelief, because she saw a very familiar figure who had come right in front of her in just one step.

The ordinary, generic face revealed the same familiar, smug smile, "What's wrong? Did my dazzling entrance stun your eyes? Hahaha."

That laughter, that tone, it's still so cheeky.

That's right, it's Master Zhou.

Instantly, the little girl felt a stinging sensation in her nose, and her vision became blurry.

For the first time, she didn't want to argue with this foul-mouthed guy, afraid it was all an illusion.

Then, the little girl felt a tap on her forehead. Ouch! That hurts!

Zhou Huan looked helplessly at the dazed little girl. "What's wrong? Don't you recognize me? This is real, you're not dreaming."

Then, Zhou Huan gently punched Wen Xiaoshuai on the shoulder, who was also somewhat dazed, and said, "Old Wen, long time no see."

There's no need for men to be so sentimental.

After regaining his Wen Xiaoshuai forced a calm reply, "Yeah, long time no see, it's good to see you back."

"Zhou... Zhou Huan?"

At this moment, Princess Vina, who was behind Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai, finally realized what was happening. But she never expected that Zhou Huan would become so ridiculously strong after not seeing him for several years!

Vina, of course, had no idea that Zhou Huan had disappeared; she thought he was in seclusion at Shrek, cultivating his skills.

Zhou Huan nodded slightly to Vina: "Princess Vina."

Upon hearing this, Vina gave a bitter smile, "The Heavenly Soul Empire has been destroyed, so there's no princess left. Even Aotian... is gone too."

Zhou Huan was speechless, because there was really nothing to say about it, and he couldn't even offer any comfort. After all, he could never truly understand Vina's feelings, and any words of comfort would only seem pale and powerless.

So Zhou Huan asked, "Do you want revenge?"

A glint immediately appeared in Vina's eyes. "Of course, I came back this time to take revenge, but unfortunately, I ran into them."

At the same time, Vina's gaze swept over Zhang Peng in the ice sculpture, Wuyun, the Seventh Consecrate of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Ye Yulin, the Starry Sky Douluo, and finally stopped on the unknown Rank 9 Soul Master of the Sun Moon Empire, her eyes filled with hatred.

Seeing this, Zhou Huan understood the general idea and confirmed, "Did he kill Brother Long?"

"Yes."

Vina's voice was hoarse and sorrowful.

"Understood."

Zhou Huan nodded, then slowly raised his right hand, about to make a move, when Ye Yulin opposite him immediately spoke up, "Wait..."

Zhou Huan ignored him. With a snap of his fingers, the Rank 9 Soul Master, who didn't even have a name, was instantly blown into a cloud of snow mist before he could react. Yes, it was white snow mist, leaving no trace of his body.

With just a snap of his fingers, he killed a Rank 9 Soul Master. Is that really something a Soul Master could do?

Seeing this, not only Vina and the others stunned once again, but Ye Yulin also did not expect that his deputy commander would die so swiftly and decisively.