Body Sect's Fury

In the months before and after Long Zhanye's incident.

The atmosphere among the Body Sect's upper ranks had been so grave it was suffocating.

The lights in the Council Hall often burned through the night—fierce arguments, roars, analysis, and silence after weighing the pros and cons...

The cycle repeated endlessly.

The Shrek Inspectorate had brazenly committed violence right at the Body Sect's doorstep, crippling a peerless genius in whom the sect had placed great hopes!

This was not merely a personal tragedy; it was also a trampling of the entire Body Sect's dignity and a devastating blow to the sect's future.

Humiliation, fury, and the need for a forceful response!

However.

Shrek Academy was no ordinary force. Its foundations ran deep, and its influence was vast enough to inspire fear.

Should they go to war? How should they fight it? How far should they take it?

Sect Master Du Busi was still in seclusion, and the weight of this decision made every elder exceptionally cautious.

Arguments, compromises, then more arguments... Time slipped away amid verbal sparring and calculations of interest.

Until this day.

After yet another long and heated secret meeting, a decision capable of shaking the continent was finally reached with great difficulty.

The Body Sect's eleven core elders reached their final resolution through a rare unanimous vote:

Launch a campaign against Shrek!

They had to use the toughest stance and the most direct action to demand an explanation for the Body Sect's genius!

They would use Shrek's blood to wash away the sect's unparalleled humiliation!

Once the resolution had been passed, the elders' fury and fighting spirit, suppressed for months, ignited in an instant.

The atmosphere in the Body Sect's Council Hall was grim and murderous.

Jin Peng, the Vice Sect Master and also the First Elder, the Golden Body Douluo, stood at the head of the hall.

He was built like a mountain, his features hard as though carved by blade and axe, and his cultivation had reached level ninety-six.

Within the Body Sect, his strength was second only to the Sect Master!

His sharp eyes swept across every elder and steward below.

The rage pent up in his chest finally erupted into a roar that shook the roof tiles. "The Shrek Inspectorate—arrogant and utterly lawless!"

"They dared to commit violence beneath the gates of our Body Sect and completely destroy a peerless genius our sect might see only once in a century, perhaps once in a millennium!"

"This is the greatest humiliation the Body Sect has suffered since its founding! The utmost disgrace!!!"

His voice rang with the clangor of metal, brimming with boundless fury:

"Our Body Sect stands proudly upon the continent through our own strength. When have we ever been bullied to such a degree?!"

"That Xuan Zi merely took advantage of Sect Master Du Busi's seclusion, believing the Body Sect could be bullied and that he could act however he pleased without restraint!"

"Today!" Jin Peng abruptly stepped forward. Fine cracks spread across the hard ground beneath his feet as his voice thundered through the heavens, resolute and absolute.

"In the name of the Vice Sect Master, I command all experts at Soul Saint rank and above within the sect to gather immediately! Follow me—on an expedition to Shrek City!"

"Claim the blood debt and set the record straight!!"

"Dong—! Dong—! Dong—!"

At noon that day.

Elder Xu had been taking small sips of clear tea in his own quarters.

He was suddenly jolted awake by a burst of heavy, urgent bell tolls!

The tolls were vast and mournful, instantly spreading through every corner of the Body Sect and making even the roof tiles tremble and rattle.

"The Sect Warning Bell?!" Elder Xu's hand shook.

Tea spilled from his cup, but he did not notice. His face was instantly overtaken by extreme shock.

This great bell would never ring lightly unless the sect faced a crisis of survival or had decided to wage a large-scale external war!

Throughout his long life in the sect, he had heard of it ringing only a handful of times!

The next instant.

A clearer, more urgent Soul Power voice transmission rang in the ears of every expert above Soul Saint rank and every Combat-Ready Disciple.

"All Combat-Ready Disciples! All stewards and elders at Soul Saint rank and above! Assemble urgently at the Martial Arts Arena! Immediately!!!"

Elder Xu did not hesitate for another moment. He did not even have time to set down his teacup before his figure shot from his seat like a gray bolt of lightning!

With a whoosh, he had already rushed through the door.

He was so fast that the gust he kicked up slammed the two heavy wooden doors violently against the walls, making them sway back and forth.

Long Zhanye, who was inside the quarters, was startled to his feet by the sudden development, his face blank with confusion.

In the more than ten years he had lived in the Body Sect, he had never heard such urgent bells, bells so laden with the meaning of war.

The noisy footsteps outside and the tense, murderous atmosphere spreading through the area filled him with instinctive alarm and confusion.

Body Sect, Martial Arts Arena.

It was already bustling with voices, yet strict order prevailed.

A dense crowd quickly formed ranks according to cultivation level, their surging Soul Power fluctuations intertwining.

Upon the high platform, Elder Jin Peng stood like a god of war.

He did not say much. He merely swept his flame-filled gaze over every face below—some angry, some resolute, some tense.

When he saw that nearly everyone had arrived, he spoke again:

"Elders and disciples, heed my command!"

The entire arena fell silent at once, all eyes fixed upon him.

"Set aside all matters at hand! End all seclusion! Halt all activities!"

Jin Peng's voice suddenly rose, filled with an unyielding decisiveness and murderous intent.

"Target—Shrek City! Expedition—punitive campaign!"

Boom!

The command had been issued, and fighting spirit soared into the sky!

In an instant.

More than fifty powerful figures rose into the air above the Martial Arts Arena at the same time!

The weakest among them were Soul Saints. There was no lack of the formidable aura of Soul Douluo experts, and several Titled Douluo-level elders were among them as well!

The light of the Soul Power they released interwove, forming a dark, dense "cloud" that radiated suffocating energy fluctuations!

It hovered above the sect, blotting out the sky and sun!

Elder Jin Peng took the lead. Golden light erupted from his body.

Like a golden rainbow tearing through the sky, he shot first toward Shrek City!

Behind him, more than fifty top experts of the Body Sect followed like a flock of birds trailing their lead goose, carrying overwhelming momentum.

They surged onward in a vast and mighty procession, following close behind through the air!

The sight was like a destructive torrent of steel leaving its nest and charging fiercely toward that colossal target in the distance.

The air screamed from the violent friction, while the powerful pressure forced the branches and leaves of the forests below to bow low.

Meanwhile, the disciples who remained in the sect, those below Soul Saint rank, did not relax in the slightest because the experts had departed.

On the contrary, under the command of stewards at every level, they swiftly entered the highest level of combat readiness.

At every vital point throughout the sect, open sentries and hidden watchers stood everywhere. Patrols moved ceaselessly through the grounds, vigilantly watching every direction beyond the sect.

The entire Body Sect had entered a state of war readiness, guarding against any enemy that might try to exploit their weakness.

Long Zhanye stood blankly in the open space outside his quarters, looking up at the torrent of experts rapidly vanishing beyond the distant horizon,

and at the sect's atmosphere of grim, tense preparation for war, while his mind went completely blank.

Body Sect... what was happening?

Who were they going to war against?

The scale was so immense, the resolve so absolute...

At that moment, he had no idea that this earthshaking assembly and expedition, which had shaken the entire sect,

that overwhelming fighting spirit and fury aimed at Shrek, the continent's foremost academy, had been sparked in the first place because of him.

To seek justice for him—a "justice" that had long since been soaked in blood.