Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Xiao Wu!

The abruptly appearing sea of Blue Silver Forest plunged the entire battlefield into an eerie silence.

The shock on Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's face gradually faded, replaced by an extremely complicated expression. He stared fixedly at a figure that had silently appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

The figure wore black robes, stood tall and straight, and had a handsome, unworldly face. It was none other than Fu Shiyan.

He stood in midair, his calm gaze sweeping over the black-clad men trapped below by the Blue Silver Forest before finally settling on Yue Guan.

"Yue Guan, it has been a long time. Your temper is still as impatient as ever."

Fu Shiyan's voice was clear, carrying a faint hint of teasing.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan looked at the newcomer with a complicated expression and said in a low voice:

"It is you, Little... Fu Shiyan!

Are you going to interfere in Spirit Hall's affairs?"

Fu Shiyan smiled faintly. Rather than answering directly, he said pointedly:

"Spirit Hall wants to harm my people. How could I possibly stand by and watch?"

Yue Guan naturally knew whom Fu Shiyan meant by "my people."

Thinking of Long Gong Meng Shu's meaningful warning earlier, along with the unfathomable methods Fu Shiyan had displayed, which even he found inscrutable, Yue Guan could not help but feel chilled.

"No wonder that useless Long Gong suddenly acted so differently. So it turns out...

Shiyan, this matter is of great importance. It is no trivial matter!

Are you truly going to make an enemy of Spirit Hall over one boy?"

Yue Guan tried to make one final appeal, his tone even carrying an almost imperceptible warning.

Fu Shiyan shook his head. His tone remained calm, yet held an unquestionable firmness:

"I have no wish to be anyone's enemy. But if someone insists on harming my disciple, then that person is my enemy."

In the end, Yue Guan seemed to sigh "helplessly," a flash of "resolve" passing through his eyes:

"Since you insist, then do not blame me for disregarding our past friendship!"

Before his words had even faded, the two figures suddenly collided!

For a moment, dark-blue Blue Silver light and brilliant golden chrysanthemum petals intertwined and exploded in the air, unleashing deafening roars.

Powerful Soul Power fluctuations swept in every direction, forcing Long Gong, She Po, and the Shrek group to retreat again and again.

The battle lasted roughly the time it took to burn an incense stick. Then, accompanied by a violent surge of energy, the two figures abruptly separated.

Yue Guan seemed to have suffered a slight loss. He snorted coldly and gave Fu Shiyan a deep look.

"Fu Shiyan, you... take care of yourself!"

With that, he actually ignored the thousand subordinates whose fates were unknown. His body turned into a streak of golden light and instantly fled into the distance, vanishing beyond the horizon.

As Yue Guan retreated, the immense dark-blue forest slowly began to contract before finally sinking into the earth, as though it had never appeared at all. Only the wreckage scattered across the ground and the unconscious or heavily wounded black-clad men remained.

The crisis was temporarily resolved, and everyone let out a long breath of relief.

"Master!" Tang San hurried forward, looking at Fu Shiyan with concern.

Fu Shiyan waved a hand, indicating that he was unharmed.

Looking in the direction Yue Guan had departed, he explained to Tang San:

"There is no need to wonder.

Yue Guan may be an elder of Spirit Hall, but he is obsessed with flowers and plants, especially the study of medicinal herbs of the immortal grade.

We met by chance while discussing herbal knowledge, so we have... some friendship.

Though he appeared ruthless today, he had secretly held back. Otherwise, Long Gong and She Po alone could never have kept all of you safe.

That battle just now was merely a performance for others to see."

Only then did Tang San understand.

Tang San, who had been watching, was even more shaken. So that was it! Master actually knew Chrysanthemum Douluo, and they met because of herbal knowledge! No wonder... Master must have found or cultivated those Immortal Herbs before giving them to us!

This guess was confirmed during the later journey to Spirit City through conversations between Fu Shiyan and Tang San.

Afterward, the finals were held in Spirit City as scheduled.

The process was full of twists and turns, but through the combined efforts of the Shrek Seven Devils, they ultimately relied on their formidable strength and seamless coordination to successfully claim the championship of this Soul Master Tournament!

However, an unexpected incident suddenly arose during the award ceremony!

Because Xiao Wu had accidentally dropped the Lovesick Heartbreak Red earlier, exposing her Soul Beast aura, Pope Bibi Dong and several Title Douluo present immediately detected it with their sharp senses!

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form?!" Astonishing light and killing intent erupted from Bibi Dong's eyes!

In an instant, Spirit Hall's attitude changed drastically, and all eyes turned toward Xiao Wu!

Tang San stepped forward without hesitation, shielding Xiao Wu behind him and vowing to protect her with his life.

The situation instantly spiraled out of control!

Several powerful experts from Spirit Hall attacked at once, targeting Xiao Wu and Tang San, who stood in their way!

A powerful Spirit Skill tore through the air, about to swallow Tang San whole!

"Roar—!"

At that critical moment, a dragon's roar rang out!

A massive Blue Silver Wood Dragon, formed entirely of dark-blue wood, with distinct scales and lifelike features, burst fiercely from the ground before Tang San. Its enormous body coiled upward and crashed head-on into the deadly Spirit Skill!

Boom—!

The energy storm exploded. The wooden dragon's body shook violently, but it firmly blocked the attack, protecting Tang San and Xiao Wu behind it.

"Master!" Tang San cried out in surprise and delight. At a glance, he recognized it as his master's Self-Created Soul Skill—the Blue Silver Wood Dragon!

Fu Shiyan had appeared on the arena at some unknown time, standing between Tang San's group and the many Spirit Hall experts.

He had been watching from the spectator stands with Flender and the others. The moment he saw Tang San in danger, he acted immediately.

"Fu Shiyan, are you going to become an enemy of my Spirit Hall again?"

Murderous intent filled Bibi Dong's phoenix eyes as she stared coldly at the man who had repeatedly ruined her plans.

Fu Shiyan did not answer. He merely looked at her calmly.

"Since you insist on courting death, I shall grant your wish!"

Bibi Dong no longer hesitated. With a wave of her jade-white hand, she ordered, "Take them down! Kill without mercy!"

In an instant, seven Spirit Hall Title Douluo, including Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, erupted with terrifying Soul Power pressure at the same time!

Among them, Yue Guan and Gui Mei had both reached level ninety-five!

The multicolored glow of Spirit Rings painted the space before Pope Palace in a dreamlike radiance, yet the killing intent permeating the air made everyone feel as though they had fallen into an ice cellar!

Faced with such desperate circumstances, Fu Shiyan finally stopped holding back.

He took a deep breath, and an aura far more vast and majestic than before slowly spread from within him.

Then came a sight that left all of Spirit City, and indeed the entire Soul Master world, speechless—

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red!

Nine dazzling Spirit Rings appeared beneath Fu Shiyan's feet in perfect order from bottom to top, like planets orbiting a star!

Especially the final three—the scarlet Spirit Rings that seemed to have condensed from endless blood—radiated a terrifying pressure that made souls tremble!

A Title Douluo!

A Title Douluo with three hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings!

And a Title Douluo with an unprecedented Spirit Ring configuration: a thousand-year second ring and a ten-thousand-year fourth ring!

Yet he was only twenty-six years old this year!

"Hiss—!"