Prison Dragon Staff, Heavenly Evil Inverse Scale Dragon

Just then, a brilliant golden light erupted across the Sky Screen, displaying a real-time image of Qiangu Wangyan.

[Sky Screen punishment, dual-timeline synchronization broadcast...]

However, the words that followed on the Sky Screen caused the smiles on everyone's faces to freeze.

[First punishment: Distortion!]

[His ambition is commendable, yet his actions are contrary.]

[His heart leans toward the light, yet his methods are evil.]

[Now, by the power of the Heavenly Dao, I shall assist him in fulfilling his long-cherished wish, while also making him bear the cost.]

[Distorting martial soul into "Prison Dragon Staff", distorting martial soul true spirit into "Heavenly Evil Inverse Scale Dragon"!]

As soon as the words fell, a thick, black-gold bolt of lightning crashed down from the Sky Screen, striking Qiangu Wangyan's body with pinpoint precision!

"Ahhhhhhh--"

A shrill scream, sounding barely human, erupted from Qiangu Wangyan's throat!

The bones throughout his entire body crackled and popped, and his skin began to crack inch by inch.

Black flames and golden electricity collided and fused violently within him!

His Panlong Staff martial soul was forcibly pulled out from his body and suspended in mid-air.

A dormant golden dragon shadow roared in agony from within the staff.

It was the martial soul true spirit Qiangu Wangyan had dreamed of: the [Heaven Awakening Holy Golden Dragon]!

But under the infusion of the black-gold lightning, the holy golden dragon scales began to fall off one by one.

Replacing them were pitch-black inverse scales shimmering with an evil, dark light!

The dragon horns became hideous and twisted, and the dragon eyes turned blood-red, filled with an aura of violence and destruction!

The Heaven Awakening Holy Golden Dragon was completely distorted and mutated!

It had become the exact opposite existence--

[Heavenly Evil Inverse Scale Dragon]!

The Panlong Staff itself let out a groan of unbearable strain.

The dragon carving on the staff became even more ferocious, even sprouting sharp barbs, and the entire staff began to radiate a heart-stopping evil aura!

The Prison Dragon Staff martial soul!

"Ahhhhhhh--"

Through the close-up on the Sky Screen, everyone could see Qiangu Wangyan's twisted, pained face and hear his desperate wails.

The intense pain, which seemed to reach the very source of his soul, made everyone watching feel their scalps tingle and their bodies shiver.

But, amidst this extreme agony.

A massive surge of soul power erupted from within him!

Level 61, level 62...

Level 65...

Level 69...

Finally, it stabilized firmly at level 70!

Soul Saint!

This process, which felt worse than death, lasted for a full incense stick's time.

When the light faded, Qiangu Wangyan knelt on the ground, covered in blood, gasping for air.

But the light in his eyes was brighter than ever before!

He could feel a power within him that he had never experienced!

His martial soul true spirit had been awakened!

In a way he had never imagined!

Everyone was stunned.

"Is... is this a punishment?"

On Shrek Plaza, a student muttered to himself, voicing the thoughts of everyone present.

"Martial soul mutation, true spirit awakening, jumping straight from a level 60 Soul Emperor to a level 70 Soul Saint!"

"If this is a punishment, please let this punishment come to me!"

"Isn't the Sky Screen supposed to punish hypocrites?"

[Douluo I Period]

Yu Xiaogang's face, which had been flushed with excitement, now turned the color of liver.

He pointed at the Sky Screen, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

Finally, with a "pfft," he was so overcome with rage that he spat out another mouthful of blood!

"Xiaogang!"

Flender and Liu Erlong were horrified and rushed to support him.

"Absurd! Utterly ridiculous!"

Yu Xiaogang struggled, pointing at the Sky Screen and roaring.

"What kind of Heavenly Dao is this! What kind of justice is this!"

Inside the valley.

Tang San's expression was equally unsightly.

His fists were tightly clenched, his eyes filled with deep apprehension and a trace of bewilderment.

"This Sky Screen... it doesn't care about so-called good or evil at all; its standards of conduct are completely unpredictable."

In the Worship Hall, it was a different scene entirely.

Qianjun and Falling Devil Douluo went from despair to shock, and then to wild joy; the violent fluctuations of emotion made the two grown men unable to hold back their tears.

"Big brother! Did you see that!"

"Heaven has not forsaken my Qiangu family, nor has it forsaken my Martial Soul Hall!"

Before the crowd could recover from this absurd "punishment," the second punishment on the screen had already appeared.

[Second Punishment: Exile!]

[As a Gravedigger, one must depart from the old lands to begin a new chapter.]

[Exiling Qiangu Wangyan to—the Blood-Colored Gobi!]

A massive, blood-colored light gate radiating spatial fluctuations slowly opened behind Qiangu Wangyan.

Behind the gate lay a desolate, blood-colored desert where wild winds howled, filled with a murderous and deathly silence.

It was the uninhabited forbidden zone located in the northwest of the continent, near the border of the Sun Moon Empire!

"No!"

Xuanzi suddenly snapped back to reality and let out a heaven-shaking roar!

"You cannot let him leave!"

"He is a traitor to Shrek, his hands are stained with the blood and shame of Shrek, he must be judged by Shrek personally!"

"No one can take him away!"

The fear in his heart had reached its peak!

This Qiangu Wangyan had not only overturned Shrek's reputation, but he was also the greatest hidden danger deep within his heart!

Releasing a tiger back to the mountains would lead to endless trouble!

He must not be allowed to leave alive!

"Stay right there!"

The terrifying Taotie giant claw condensed once more, carrying world-destroying power, more violent than any previous strike, as it fiercely swiped toward the just-rising Qiangu Wangyan!

However, an invisible barrier silently blocked its path.

The Taotie giant claw slammed into it, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea, not causing even the slightest ripple.

[The judgment of the Sky Screen cannot be defied.]

These eight cold words declared that all of Xuanzi's actions were in vain.

[Douluo I Era]

Seeing this, the two Douluo, Qianjun and Falling Devil, finally let go of their long-held anxiety, their faces showing the relief of those who had survived a catastrophe.

Their descendant had survived!

And, he had even gained greater power!

Qian Daoliu also nodded slightly.

This Sky Screen truly acted in ways that exceeded all expectations.

[Dou Er Era]

Qiangu Wangyan slowly stood up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He stood where he was, his glasses long since shattered, his deep, pitch-black eyes scanning his surroundings.

His gaze finally settled on Han Ruoruo.

That look was complex and inscrutable, filled with guilt and pity, but in the end, it all solidified into a sheet of hard ice.

In his life, there was no turning back.

"Have you not heard that heaven never closes every door?"

"Shrek, we will meet again!"

He whispered to himself, then burst into loud laughter, walking toward the blood-colored light gate without the slightest hesitation.

The moment before stepping into the light gate.

He suddenly turned around, his gaze passing over everyone to take a deep look at the maddened Elder Xuan.

A brilliant yet eerie smile bloomed on his face.

He did not speak, but silently mouthed five words to Xuanzi.

"I, know, it, is, you."

Boom!

Xuanzi felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

He... he knows my identity?!

He must know!

This thought, like a poisonous needle, pierced deeply into the depths of Xuanzi's soul!

"You little beast! I will kill you!"

Extreme terror transformed into extreme rage.

Xuanzi went completely insane, launching another attack regardless of the cost, the phantom of the Taotie roaring toward the sky!

But it was all in vain.

Qiangu Wangyan's figure had already fallen backward into the light gate, leaving behind only a burst of wild laughter filled with rebirth and arrogance that echoed through the clouds!

"Haha... hahahahaha!"

The blood-colored light gate slammed shut, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

The entire Shrek Plaza was left in a deathly silence, save for the unwilling roar of Xuanzi.

However, just as everyone was still immersed in the shock brought by the departure of Qiangu Wangyan.

"Ah!"

A painful groan came from the ranks of the Shrek students.

It was Xu Sanshi!

He clutched his head, kneeling on the ground in agony.

He felt his martial soul, the Black Tortoise of Profound Darkness, emitting an uncontrollable, chilling aura, as if it were about to devour his own vitality!

"My martial soul... my martial soul is acting up too!"

On the other side, the female student whose martial soul was the Withered Vine also screamed, the vines on her hands faintly revealing an eerie blood-red color.

In an instant, everyone finally woke up from their stupor!

Qiangu Wangyan had been exiled.

But the hidden traps he had left inside their bodies were still here!

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