Qian Yu Takes Action! Shrek Panics! Jixia Academy!

Star Dou Great Forest.

Core Area, Life Lake.

The dense life energy here had nearly condensed into emerald-green mist, lingering over the lake's surface.

Several figures stood by the lakeshore, their gazes fixed tightly on the golden ranking suspended high in the heavens.

The woman standing at the forefront had silver hair and purple eyes, her noble bearing too imposing for anyone to meet her gaze directly.

She was Gu Yuena, the Lord of Soul Beasts, the Silver Dragon King.

At this moment, deep shock rarely seen in her usually calm purple eyes had surfaced.

"Spring Autumn Spirit Brush..."

Gu Yuena parted her red lips and quietly repeated the name.

"What kind of Spirit was this?"

"Even within the God Realm's ancient memories, I had never seen a Weapon Spirit possessing such power over laws."

Standing behind her was Di Tian, the Beast God, broad-built with black hair cascading over his shoulders.

The king of ferocious beasts, hailed as the continent's strongest being, wore an especially vivid expression at this moment.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes were filled with confusion and wariness.

"Shangguan Wan'er..."

Di Tian spoke in a deep voice.

"My liege, I have never heard this human's name before."

"Even the Great Tang Empire was completely unknown to us before the Heavenly Screen exposed it."

"Since when had so many terrifying beings been hidden in the human world?"

Bi Ji, standing nearby in an emerald-green gown, was gentle and beautiful. She covered her mouth, her lovely eyes wide open.

Looking at the description of "Airborne Invincibility" on the Heavenly Screen, even her voice trembled faintly.

"Look at that description."

"While in the sky, she can enter an invincible state for a period of time, unaffected by anything."

Bi Ji took a deep breath and looked toward Gu Yuena.

"What did that mean?"

"It meant that as long as she was flying in the air, even if you personally attacked, my liege, you would be unable to harm her in the slightest?"

"That was far too outrageous!"

"It simply defied all reason!"

At her words, the light in Gu Yuena's eyes flickered uncertainly.

She was the Silver Dragon King, controlling multiple elemental laws. Her understanding of space and time far surpassed that of ordinary beings.

Yet even so, the words "invincible" still weighed on her heart like a mountain.

"A Super God Level Detached Weapon Spirit..."

Gu Yuena slowly spoke, her tone grave to the extreme.

"The law power of that 'Word Spirit · Guard' seemed to transcend everything."

"If it truly worked as described..."

She paused, and her gaze sharpened.

"Not even I could do anything."

"Even if those God Kings of the God Realm descended in person, they likely could not harm her in the slightest during the time she possessed Airborne Invincibility."

As soon as she said this.

Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Xiong Jun, the Dark Gold Claw Bear who had not dared speak all this while, all sucked in a cold breath.

"What?"

Xiong Jun's bear eyes, as large as bronze bells, widened in utter shock.

"Not even God Kings could hurt her?"

"Didn't that mean that as long as she flew in the sky, she would truly be immortal?"

"How the hell was anyone supposed to fight that?"

A deep sense of helplessness spread through the hearts of the ferocious beasts.

Outside Jialing Pass.

Heaven Dou Empire camp, Central Military Tent.

The atmosphere, which had only slightly eased because of Yu Xiaogang's proposed "joint operation plan," grew heavy as lead once more as the Heavenly Screen Ranking updated.

Everyone's eyes remained fixed on the Heavenly Screen.

The expressions on the faces of the Shrek group were filled with shock and confusion.

"Eighth on the Spirit Ranking, the Spring Autumn Spirit Brush?"

Dai Mubai frowned and muttered to himself.

"I've never heard of this Spirit either."

"Could it be a brush used to draw pictures and kill people?"

Yu Xiaogang stared fixedly at the written introduction on the Heavenly Screen, his hands clasped behind his back as he paced back and forth.

His brows had nearly twisted into a deep frown.

"Invincible as long as she is in the air?"

Yu Xiaogang's voice rose, filled with intense astonishment.

"A god of the skies?!"

"That was far too outrageous!"

"According to theory, every soul skill has a flaw, and every defense has a limit."

"But the word 'invincible' shattered all rules!"

He suddenly stopped and turned to Tang San.

"Little San, did you understand?"

"Did it mean that as long as she was in the air, no one could truly hit her?"

"If so, wouldn't Shangguan Wan'er be born unbeatable on the battlefield?"

Tang San's expression was equally grave.

His fists clenched tightly. Rather than retracting his Purple Demon Eye, he pushed it to its limit, as though trying to see through the mysteries behind the Heavenly Screen.

"Teacher, this is indeed inconceivable."

Tang San spoke in a low voice.

"Brush Falls Startling Wind and Rain, Words Follow Law, Can Sever Spring and Autumn."

"That twelve-character evaluation was far too high."

"Was Shangguan Wan'er's Spirit Brush truly this powerful?"

Xiao Wu stood beside Tang San, her rabbit ears drooping weakly.

She bit her lip and spoke with some unwillingness.

"Brother..."

"My Fourth Soul Skill, Invincible Golden Body, can also make me invincible, but it has a time limit, and I can only use it a few times a day."

"But Shangguan Wan'er only needed to fly into the sky to become invincible..."

"My Invincible Golden Body was simply insignificant compared to hers."

Ning Rongrong also wore an expression of utter disbelief. She covered her chest, feeling her heart pound violently.

"What a powerful Spirit!"

"A Spirit like this was only ranked eighth?"

"It was truly unbelievable."

"What kind of monsters, then, were the seven people ranked above her?"

A trace of deep concern flashed through Zhu Zhuqing's cold eyes.

She leaned against a tent pillar, her arms crossed over her chest.

"I wonder what the first seven Spirits are."

"Especially the Spirit ranked first. How heaven-defying would it be?"

At that, everyone's breathing involuntarily stalled.

The eighth-ranked one already possessed rule-level invincibility. Could the first-ranked one split heaven and earth apart?

Just as everyone was immersed in shock.

A hurried, frantic set of footsteps suddenly came from outside the tent.

Then, the tent flap was violently thrown open.

Sweat covered Flender's usually shrewd face, and he did not even have time to straighten his crooked glasses.

He panted heavily and shouted between gasps.

"This is bad!"

"Something huge has happened!"

Everyone's hearts jumped, and they hurriedly looked at Flender.

Yu Xiaogang strode forward and supported Flender.

"Flender, calm down. What happened?"

Flender gulped for breath, his eyes full of terror.

"The Great Tang Empire... the Great Tang Empire's army has already attacked our right flank from the east!"

"They were too fast!"

"And the commanders leading them were the King of Thunder, Si Kongzhen, from the Heavenly Screen, and... and that Shangguan Wan'er who had just entered the ranking!"

Boom—!

The news exploded through the tent like a bolt from a clear sky.