As soon as the words fell, a fierce gale suddenly swept through the forest in the dead of night.
A colossal black shadow flickered in and out of the clouds. It was an enormous pitch-black dragon, its hundred-meter-long body covered in heavy scales like a moving mountain. When its massive wings spread, they blotted out the sky and sun. Every scale glinted with an ice-cold sheen in the darkness, as though forged from the deepest obsidian.
Di Tian's fury and killing intent became tangible. The sky was instantly shrouded in dark clouds so dense they seemed impossible to disperse. The bright moon and stars were completely swallowed, and bean-sized raindrops suddenly poured down without warning, pattering against the leaves. The temperature in the forest plummeted, as if it had fallen into the depths of winter in an instant.
"Di Tian!" A trace of gravity flashed through Mu En's eyes, but he showed no fear. He stepped forward, and dazzling golden light erupted from his body. The Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul possessed him!
Golden scales surfaced across his body. His formerly stooped frame seemed to be reforged within the light, becoming upright and imposing. Extreme Light Power surged into the heavens like the dawn breaking through the night, forcefully dispersing part of the dark clouds overhead and bathing a small area in sacred radiance once more.
Light and darkness, two extreme powers, collided and confronted one another in the forest. The air seemed to tear apart with a piercing hum.
Mu En knew very well that while the Holy Dragon of Light's attribute could restrain Extreme Darkness, he stood no chance if they truly fought. After all, Di Tian's cultivation had already reached more than eight hundred thousand years, while Mu En himself was still injured. If he wanted to achieve his goal, he could only rely on Shrek Academy's foundation 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; even Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, had been no match for him.
Di Tian had even inherited the Dragon God's Dragon God Claw. His cultivation had long since reached the peak of a level 99 Limit Douluo, only one step away from godhood. Across the entire Douluo Continent, there were only a handful who could contend with him.
But Mu En could not retreat. Beibei's whereabouts were still unknown, while Tang Ya had been confirmed dead. As an elder, he had to seek justice for the children.
"Roar—!"
Di Tian let out an earth-shaking dragon roar as his enormous body descended from the clouds. His four thick dragon claws landed upon the ground, making the entire forest tremble. His golden vertical pupils were like two dark suns, fixed firmly on Mu En 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 do you want?"
His voice rolled like thunder, shaking the rainwater into splashes in every direction.
Mu En straightened his back, releasing the Holy Dragon of Light's pressure without restraint. It clashed with Di Tian's dark pressure, sending ripples of energy outward. "I only want to ask you this: did you capture or kill a youth with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul?"
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul?"
A trace of confusion flashed through Di Tian's golden vertical pupils. His massive head tilted slightly as he asked, "Who is that? Why would I capture him for no reason? The Star Dou Great Forest is not so lacking in entertainment."
"He disappeared in the Star Dou Great Forest."
Mu En's voice was hoarse yet firm as he answered, "The maiden traveling with him has already died. We found no trace of him beside her corpse."
Upon hearing this, Di Tian seemed to have heard a joke. A low laugh echoed through the rainy night, thick with mockery. "Just because he disappeared, it has to be our doing? What if another Soul Beast killed him?"
He abruptly took a step forward, leaving deep marks in the ground with his massive dragon claw. Killing intent surged in his golden eyes. "When Human Soul Masters entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, they never considered there would be retribution. What, now that something happened to your people, you hurried over to cause trouble? You are allowed to kill us, but we are not allowed to fight 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 make one thing clear: this is the Star Dou Great Forest, not the human world."
She was kind-hearted, but she could still distinguish right from wrong. Shrek Academy had tried to capture her without any justification and had even threatened to use her to coerce 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 powerful person traveling with that young man was a Soul Sage. To instantly kill a girl under a Soul Sage's protection, then make both a similarly capable young man and the Soul Sage himself vanish without a trace, would require at least a Soul Beast with more than fifty thousand years of cultivation to act."
He paused, sweeping his gaze across the surrounding dense forest. "And a Soul Beast of that level could never appear on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest—you have rules, and I know them. Therefore, this was absolutely a premeditated act of revenge."
Di Tian's golden pupils contracted slightly. Mu En was right. The Star Dou Great Forest had strict regional divisions. Soul Beasts over fifty thousand years old were almost all concentrated in and around the Core Area, while the outskirts had, at most, Soul Beasts around ten thousand years old. They truly did not possess such strength.
In that case, could there really be some hidden reason behind the people Mu En mentioned?
Di Tian fell silent for a moment. His enormous head lowered slightly, his golden eyes fixed on Mu En. "Then what do you want?"
"Return him."
Mu En's voice was calm, yet carried unquestionable resolve. "As long as you hand over Beibei, today's matter can be forgotten."
Di Tian sneered, a trace of disdain flashing through his golden pupils. "What if he is already dead?"
Mu En's expression instantly turned ice-cold. The Light Power around him surged explosively, nearly driving away all the surrounding darkness. He said word by word, "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 Ice Cones, carrying the madness of mutual destruction. Rainwater struck his face, mixing with what could have been rain or tears, making his aged features appear even more tragic.
If they did not take action this time, how could Shrek Academy's other Genius Students safely hunt Soul Rings in the future? Even Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo's biological grandson, had died in the Star Dou Great Forest, let alone anyone else.
Given enough time, Shrek Academy would certainly close down. As Shrek Academy's leader, he would never allow that to happen.
Di Tian's golden vertical pupils suddenly shrank, and even more terrifying killing intent radiated from his colossal body. He could sense that Mu En was not joking. This Stabilizing Needle of Shrek Academy had truly prepared himself to go to war with the Star Dou Great Forest.
The rain grew heavier and heavier. The clash between light and darkness became increasingly intense, and a dense gunpowder smell filled the air.
Bi Ji watched the two sides, on the verge of battle, with her beautiful eyebrows tightly furrowed. Unease rose in her heart. She vaguely felt that this matter was far more complicated than it appeared. Perhaps they had chosen the wrong target from the very beginning...
But at this moment, neither Mu En's grief and indignation nor Di Tian's fury was something she could easily calm.
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