Outside Shrek City.
An old man with white hair slowly descended from the night sky.
"Not bad. It seems this newly developed stealth Class 9 Soul Tool of mine..."
"Works perfectly!"
This man was none other than the master of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen.
His goal in infiltrating Shrek was naturally to retrieve the Sword of Judgment that Huo Yuhao had taken during the tournament.
And while he was at it, he would also see whether there were any "talents" in Shrek City whose martial souls possessed dark or evil attributes, people who could serve as bargaining chips in his dealings with the Holy Spirit Cult.
"Hmm?"
Jing Hongchen had only just raised his head when his gaze suddenly sharpened.
"That is..."
"A member of the Akatsuki?"
In his line of sight, a figure wearing a full white mask and a black robe patterned with red clouds was flying at extreme speed from midair toward the Golden Tree at the center of Shrek.
Then he saw the man clench his right hand in the air, abruptly materializing a Purple Chakra Naginata.
With a light flick of his wrist, a raging bolt of purple lightning crashed down.
Boom!
The building of the Sea God Pavilion embedded within the Golden Tree was actually destroyed by more than half under that single strike!
Watching from the shadows, Jing Hongchen's pupils shook violently, and he sucked in a cold breath.
Shrek City was filled with experts. Even he, the mighty master of Mingde Hall, only dared to rely on a Soul Tool to sneak quietly into this place.
Yet this member of the Akatsuki actually dared to make such a blatant move, even destroying the Sea God Pavilion's building in public...
These people of the Akatsuki were truly a pack of complete and utter