The Fully Activated World-Destroying Black Lotus

The instant Tang Ya hit the ground, her body curled into a ball. Her already pale face lost all color, and even her lips turned bluish-black.

Her chest heaved violently, every breath accompanied by broken sobs. Inside her body, her Blue Silver Grass martial soul trembled frantically beneath the corrosive power of the World-Destroying Black Lotus. The blue-green vines wrapped around her body withered and shattered at a visible rate, dissolving into specks of green light in the air.

Her life force was draining away rapidly, like a punctured water bag, leaving no room to hold it back.

"Xiao Ya!"

Beibei's roar nearly tore his throat apart. He lunged over like a madman, his trembling hands carefully gathering Tang Ya into his arms. The skin beneath his fingertips was terrifyingly ice-cold, and the person in his embrace was as light as a feather, as though she might scatter into the wind the next second.

"Xiao Ya... hold on! Hold on!" Beibei's voice choked with sobs as tears uncontrollably splashed onto Tang Ya's face. "I'll take you back to the academy. Dean Yan will definitely find a way to save you! Don't sleep... don't you dare sleep!"

Tang Ya struggled to open her eyes. Her unfocused gaze fell upon Beibei's face, and she tried to curl the corner of her mouth into a smile, only to cough up a mouthful of black blood.

The blood landed on the back of Beibei's hand with piercing coldness, instantly burning several tiny bloody holes into his skin—the World-Destroying Black Lotus's corrosive power had infected even her blood.

"Bei... Beibei..." Her voice was faint as a thread, her breath weak. "Avenge... avenge me... Kill, kill him!"

Before she could finish, her head suddenly tilted to one side. The hand resting on Beibei's arm fell limply, and she went completely still.

The last wisp of Blue Silver Grass wrapped around her wrist turned into fluorescent light and scattered in the morning glow, like a kite with its string cut.

"Xiao Ya—!"

Beibei let out a despairing roar, the grief in his voice seemingly enough to shatter the entire forest. He held Tang Ya's gradually cooling body tightly, his nails digging deep into his own flesh. Blood streamed through his fingers, yet he did not notice it at all.

Those amber eyes, always burning with lightning, now contained only crimson madness, like a trapped beast that had lost everything.

Wang Dong'er stood frozen where she was. She looked at Tang Ya's lifeless face, then at Beibei's heartbroken expression. Her pale blue pupils abruptly contracted, and her stunning face was filled with shock and disbelief. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her throat seemed blocked, and no sound came out.

How could this... how could this happen?

Tang Ya had barely been able to stand just moments ago. How had she, in the blink of an eye...

"It's all your fault!"

Suddenly, Beibei looked up. His bloodshot gaze locked tightly onto Wang Dong'er, and the hatred in his voice was as sharp as a tangible blade. "If you hadn't hesitated! If you had acted just now! How could Xiao Ya have died?! You don't deserve to be a Shrek student! You don't deserve it!"

His voice was filled with hysterical madness. Before his words had even faded, a palm strike condensed with lightning blasted toward Wang Dong'er without warning!

"Pfft—"

Wang Dong'er did not react at all. She was sent flying like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily into the tree trunk behind her. A mouthful of blood burst from her lips, staining the front of her clothes red.

She slowly slid to the ground, clutching her painfully throbbing lower abdomen. The light in her eyes instantly dimmed. Her lips moved a few times, but she ultimately said nothing. She merely lowered her head and let her long hair cover her face.

"Have you gone insane?!"

Seeing this, Lu Jing could not help roaring, "What does this have to do with her?!"

He hovered in midair, the World-Destroying Black Lotus emitting an ice-cold aura. His gaze was as cold as ice. "She never made a move from beginning to end. She didn't help you, and she didn't help me. What right do you have to blame her? You couldn't beat me, so you take your anger out on someone else? Beibei, did lightning fry your brain?"

"If you're weak, train more. If you can't accept losing, don't come out and make a fool of yourself!"

Lu Jing's voice was like an ice cone, stabbing viciously at Beibei as he sneered, "You're allowed to chase me down, screaming that you want to kill me, but no one else is allowed to fight back? You killed someone, and now you're upset? If you had killed me just now, who would have spoken up for me?!"

"Shut up!"

Beibei suddenly raised his head, the crimson in his eyes almost dripping with blood. "I'll kill you! I'll make you pay for Xiao Ya's life!"

He carefully placed Tang Ya's body on the ground and took off his coat to cover her. His movements were gentle, as though he were handling a priceless treasure. After finishing all this, he abruptly stood. Blue lightning around his body surged wildly, and an aura of destruction filled the air—he had completely lost his mind.

"Attack together!"

Beibei roared at the Man in Black atop the tree, his voice hoarse. "Today, we must make this brat die without a burial place!"

The Man in Black did not waste words. His seventh Soul Ring lit up again, and the phantom of a black wind dragon roared as it charged toward Lu Jing. It intertwined with Beibei's Lightning Power, forming an impenetrable net of death.

"Damn it, do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Lu Jing laughed in fury, a hint of resolve flashing through his eyes. "Tian Meng, let's go all out!"

"Let's go all out!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice was equally frenzied. "I can't lose the face of a million-year-old beast here!"

The platinum Soul Ring suddenly erupted with dazzling radiance. The petals of the World-Destroying Black Lotus fully bloomed, and a lotus phantom faintly emerged from the inky black mist. A terrifying aura far surpassing before burst from inside Lu Jing's body—this was the World-Destroying Black Lotus's origin power, fully activated!

Just as both sides' attacks were about to collide, a loud noise suddenly came from the sky, as though it had been torn apart by an invisible hand. A black light streaked across the heavens like a meteor, trailing a long tail of flame as it plunged straight toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, finally entering the body of an unconscious youth.

That youth lay in the grass, his features delicate and handsome. He was Huo Yuhao, who had accidentally entered the Star Dou Great Forest. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his body trembled slightly, as though he were enduring enormous pain.

Yet this earth-shaking phenomenon did not stop the slaughter in the clearing.

Beibei's Lightning Dragon Claw, the Man in Black's Wind Dragon True Body, and Lu Jing's World-Destroying Black Lotus collided with a thunderous crash!

"Boom—!"

Blinding light swallowed everything. Black mist, blue lightning, and pitch-black wind blades intertwined, forming an ever-expanding sphere of energy.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured all his spiritual power into it, fully merging it with the World-Destroying Black Lotus's origin power and unleashing strength far beyond his level.

At the peak of the radiance, a black pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth shot into the sky, enveloping Lu Jing, Beibei, the Man in Black, and the caught-up Wang Dong'er at once.

The four figures twisted and faded within the pillar of light. Finally, as the radiance dispersed, they vanished completely from where they stood, as though they had never existed.

Only the coat covering Tang Ya's body remained, trembling gently in the morning breeze, telling of the brutal battle that had taken place here.

Not long after, several powerful auras raced over from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and instantly appeared in the devastated clearing. At the front was a massive black dragon. His amber vertical pupils swept across the surroundings. It was Di Tian, who had rushed over in haste.

Several Ferocious Beasts followed behind him. Their gazes fell upon the bloodstains on the ground and the coat, then shifted to the lingering energy fluctuations in the air. Their expressions instantly became extremely grim.

"Sky Dream's aura... has disappeared." Di Tian's voice was low and solemn. "There is also the aura of Human Soul Masters, as well as... an unfamiliar, sinister power."

Another Ferocious Beast stepped forward, sniffing the scent in the air. He said gravely, "The energy fluctuations are chaotic. It looks like an intense clash took place here, and... there are traces of spatial tearing."

Di Tian looked up at the sky. The crack there had already healed, leaving behind only faint traces of energy. His brows knit tightly as a powerful sense of unease rose in his heart.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had vanished. The Human Soul Masters and that sinister power had disappeared together. And there was also that black light that had fallen toward the forest's outskirts...

The Star Dou Great Forest—even the entire Douluo Continent—seemed to be on the verge of upheaval.