Two Crushed Opponents

"Xuan Zi, don't tell me you're scared. You don't dare take on a beast one-on-one."

Du Busi stretched his body, and the muscles all over him gradually swelled, looking like slabs of sturdy, hard granite. Unlike ordinary Body Martial Soul users, his Martial Soul was his entire body.

"How could that be? I've long wanted to catch a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and see what bear paws taste like."

Xuan Zi blew his beard and glared. The Body Sect had enraged the Fierce Beasts by going too far in killing Beast Kings, causing Shrek Academy grievous losses while resisting the Beast Tide. They had also always wanted to replace Shrek Academy as number one. The two factions had long been irreconcilable, and neither was willing to bow its head.

"Quit dawdling, you two trash. Come at me together. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll kill you with a single claw."

Xiong Jun rubbed his fists together, eager to fight. He extended his right claw and beckoned at the two of them, continuing to taunt them.

"Coward, I'm going first!"

Xuan Zi took another huge swig of wine. A mixed stench of alcohol and foul odor wafted from his body as blazing yellow light spread outward. Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—nine soul rings appeared around him, and his seventh soul ring began to flash.

A muffled boom echoed through the air. Within the yellow radiance, Xuan Zi emerged in an entirely different form.

A monster with the body of a goat, eyes beneath its armpits, tiger fangs, human claws, and a pair of enormous ox horns appeared out of nowhere.

It was over thirty meters long. Amid the surging dense yellow light, the nine soul rings became halos that continuously floated around the pair of ox horns, each over five meters long.

"Not bad, not bad. Now this is more like it."

Ferocious light flashed in Xiong Jun's eyes. Rather than fearing Xuan Zi after he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, he became even more excited. Something this huge would definitely be satisfying to fight. Moreover, the other party seemed to possess a trace of Dragon Race bloodline, which reminded Xiong Jun of Di Tian and made him even more exhilarated.

Du Busi did not make a move. He did not care what others thought of him. He could sense immense pressure from his opponent, so he would let Xuan Zi test him first. He was no reckless brute.

"Bear cub, die!"

The enormous Godly Taotie Bull roared at Xiong Jun, and dense yellow light filled half the sky.

"Come taste your Grandpa Bear's massive claws!"

Xiong Jun returned to his original form. Earlier, because Lu Wu was too small, they had all maintained smaller forms out of respect. Now that the battle had officially begun, Xiong Jun intended to fight to his heart's content.

The power within the earth continuously flowed into Xiong Jun's body. A pale yellow glow enveloped him, forming a suit of earthen-yellow armor covered in sharp spikes that glinted with icy light beneath the sun.

The auras of man and beast collided, and tremendous pressure continuously spread in every direction. The trees within several hundred meters all bent low.

"Damn it, I'm actually losing out."

Xuan Zi had long forgotten how their group had just been crushed by an aura. Like an egg striking a stone, his aura was mercilessly pulverized by Xiong Jun.

The yellow light behind Xuan Zi suddenly transformed into hundreds of orbs that shot toward Xiong Jun at blinding speed.

Xiong Jun did not dodge at all. He thrust out his chest, prepared to take the attacks head-on. With his endurance, he could afford to be this brazen.

A massive roar erupted, and the entire world was blanketed by the dust kicked up. Yet there was no excitement in Xuan Zi's eyes. He could feel that the opponent's aura had barely weakened.

A dark golden claw light suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust, reaching Xuan Zi in an instant. Strands of black "ribbons" drifted through the air in its wake. Du Busi, watching from the sidelines, recognized them at once—they were spatial rifts left behind by shattered space.

As the person directly facing that attack, Xuan Zi naturally sensed the terrifying aura it carried. Without the slightest hesitation, earthen-yellow light rapidly spread out, carrying him into the ground to evade the attack.

"You called me a coward, but aren't you the one who keeps hiding from attacks?"

Du Busi mocked Xuan Zi, who was cowering underground.

Xuan Zi cursed Du Busi for being shameless in his heart. If he had the guts, he could try taking that attack himself. Xuan Zi felt that even if it did not kill him, it would leave him crippled.

As the dust dispersed, Xiong Jun's towering body still stood upright, his aura undiminished.

Du Busi's gaze sharpened. He saw that Xiong Jun's armor had been slightly damaged, but it was constantly repairing itself beneath the earthen-yellow glow. In the blink of an eye, it had returned to normal, as though Xuan Zi's strike had not caused even the slightest harm.

"Stop watching the show. Come receive your Grandpa Bear's instruction as well."

Xiong Jun still found it unsatisfying. He stomped his right foot, and a thunderous boom rang out. The ground shook ceaselessly, and in the next instant, Xuan Zi was spat out by the earth like garbage, looking utterly confused.

That was indeed the case. He had been preparing to tunnel underground and launch a surprise attack from beneath Xiong Jun, but he suddenly felt the power of the earth slip beyond his control. Then immense pressure came from all directions around him, forcing him to burrow back out of the ground.

Although his Martial Soul was a mongrel, after years of cultivation, he had become highly skilled at controlling the earth element. Yet just now, it was as if the goddess he had painstakingly pursued for years had suddenly thrown herself into someone else's arms. It made Xuan Zi want to vomit blood.

At the same time, Xiong Jun controlled a massive chunk of earth and hurled it toward Du Busi.

The earthen mass was so enormous that Du Busi could not escape its range in time. It struck him directly and pinned him beneath it.

A green light suddenly burst through the earthen mass. Then the mass shattered into pieces, and a small green figure emerged from within. It flew into the sky and transformed into a green giant dozens of meters tall. It was Du Busi.

"Old Poison, you finally got what was coming to you."

Seeing Du Busi continuously shake his head, trying to shake the dirt fragments off it, Xuan Zi sneered and began mocking him.

"You're not doing any better. You couldn't even take one move from him. You hid underground, only to be driven back out like a homeless dog."

Du Busi finally cleaned himself off and promptly shot back at Xuan Zi. He did not know how to insult Soul Beasts, but he certainly knew how to be sharp-tongued with someone from Shrek Academy.

Within the interlayer space, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched the scene before her curiously, somewhat confused.

"Are they very powerful?"

"For humans, they're fairly powerful—at the very top of the second tier. But to us beasts, they're nothing special."

"Then why are they ignoring Xiong Jun? They're still chatting in front of him during a battle."

"Because that is humanity. No matter the situation, conflicts will always exist between people. Even if they are about to die the next second, they will still fight one another now."

"Hard to imagine. Humans aren't afraid of death?"

Even the Imperial Auspicious Beast, who had never suffered hardship, feared death greatly. She could not understand human thinking.

"It isn't that they aren't afraid of death. Among humans, there are those who cling to life and fear death, and those who bravely sacrifice themselves. Under different circumstances, humans view life and death differently. That old man might be willing to die to protect Shrek, but he certainly would not be willing to die right now."

Lu Wu calmly watched the two men bicker below and patiently explained.

"But if this continues, those two humans will definitely die once Xiong Jun gets angry."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion still did not understand. She only felt that these two humans were incredibly reckless.

"That is because they look down on Xiong Jun. They think that even if they cannot defeat him, they can still escape from his hands."

"Humans are creatures arrogant toward all living beings, including themselves."

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