"Enough."
A slightly hoarse voice, carrying a hint of drunkenness yet heavy as a mountain, slowly rang out.
The crowd automatically parted to form a gap. A tall, unkempt old man sauntered out.
His hair was disheveled, and his beard untrimmed.
He wore a loose, old robe with blue-gray stripes, with an enormous wine gourd hanging at his waist.
He looked like a down-and-out wandering Taoist.
Yet when those seemingly muddy but actually profound eyes of his lifted—
And turned toward the sky, an indescribably terrifying pressure quietly spread forth.
He was none other than Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi, one of the elders of Sea God Pavilion.
Step by step, he appeared to move slowly, yet in the blink of an eye, he had reached the front of the group, facing Jin Peng in the air from afar.
"Release Xiao Yan." Xuan Zi's voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable dominance.
"Then everything can still be discussed. But if you dare harm a single hair on his head..."
His gaze suddenly turned sharp as he swept it across Jin Peng and the mass of Body Sect experts behind him.
"None of you from the Body Sect who came here today will be leaving. Every last one of you will stay behind for this old man!"
"Good! What an arrogant and domineering Xuan Zi!" Jin Peng laughed in fury, his voice shaking the surroundings.
"Taking advantage of our sect master's seclusion, you think the Body Sect can be bullied? That you can humiliate us at will and slaughter the future hopes of our sect?!"
"Pah!"
"The Body Sect stands tall on this continent through our fists and bones. We have never been soft persimmons for others to knead as they please!"
Before his words had even faded, his right hand clamped around Yan Shaozhe's throat suddenly tightened!
"Urgh...!" Yan Shaozhe groaned, his face instantly flushing red and purple.
Veins bulged from his neck, while the golden phoenix wings around him swayed violently, flickering as though they might go out at any moment.
He struggled in agony as golden feathers continuously drifted from the cracks in the wall of light.
"I told you—release him!" Xuan Zi's pupils contracted sharply as rage and terrifying Soul Power erupted!
"Roar—!"
A bellow resounded through heaven and earth!
Xuan Zi's body suddenly expanded, his muscles bulging as his clothing shattered.
Behind him, the massive, savage phantom of a Godly Taotie Bull condensed into being!
The overwhelming pressure of a Level 98 Super Douluo stirred ripples through the air, spreading relentlessly toward the Body Sect members in the sky!
"Hmph! Do you think this old man fears you?!"
Though Elder Jin Peng was only Level 96, he showed no fear in the face of Xuan Zi's terrifying aura. Instead, his fighting spirit surged higher!
Golden light flared around him, and his entire torso seemed to turn into pure forged gold, radiating a brilliant glow that illuminated everything for miles.
This was actually the strongest Gold-Level Awakening of the Body Martial Soul Secondary Awakening!!!
While confronting Xuan Zi, Jin Peng shouted sternly, "Xuan Zi! This old man once had some friendship with Mu En, the master of your Sea God Pavilion!"
"If not for the sake of that old man's reputation, do you think I would still be wasting words with you here today?!"
"This old man would have long since flattened Shrek Academy and made you repay the blood debt in blood!"
"You dare?!" Xuan Zi's beard and hair bristled as fury nearly burst from his eyes.
"Old Poison may be in seclusion, but a nobody like you dares act so wildly before this old man?!"
"Take my fist!"
Before his words had faded, Xuan Zi's fist, empowered by his Martial Soul Avatar, had already smashed toward Jin Peng's chest with terrifying force!
"This old man wasn't raised to be scared!" Jin Peng roared wildly, utterly fearless as the golden light around him reached its peak.
His entire torso seemed to transform into indestructible divine gold, dazzling and radiant, as he likewise threw a peerlessly fierce golden heavy punch!
Boom—!!!
The two fists collided like two metal mountains crashing together at extreme speed!
The deafening explosion became a visible ring-shaped shockwave that spread madly in every direction.
It shook the buildings of Shrek Academy below, sending tiles flying and windows shattering!
If they continued fighting, this entire area would likely be razed to the ground!
Although both were Super Douluo, Xuan Zi's Level 98 Soul Power was a full two levels above Jin Peng's Level 96.
At the Titled Douluo level, the gap between every level was like a heavenly chasm. The total amount of Soul Power and the qualitative changes in one's Martial Soul were vastly different.
However, Jin Peng relied on the Body Martial Soul Secondary Awakening—the Gold-Level Awakening!
In an instant, it forcibly raised all his attributes to 200–300% of their original level!
His entire aura was like blazing golden flames.
For a short time, he actually stood evenly against Xuan Zi's terrifying Level 98 pressure, without falling the slightest bit behind!
"Martial Soul Avatar!" Jin Peng pressed his advantage.
The enormous golden torso phantom around him suddenly solidified and fused with his body!
He brought his fists together before his chest. Golden light gathered, as though he had grasped the radiance itself, before transforming into a golden streak capable of splitting heaven and earth and smashing viciously toward Xuan Zi's head!
"Roar!" A savage glint flashed through Xuan Zi's eyes, yet he neither dodged nor evaded.
His enormous Taotie head lowered slightly and rammed headlong into that golden fist of destruction!
Thud—!!!!
This collision was even duller, yet even more terrifying!
Soul Power fluctuations ten times stronger than before suddenly erupted, forming a destructive force field over a hundred meters wide with the two men at its center!
The waters of Sea God Lake were thrown into waves dozens of meters high, while the Golden Ancient Tree on the shore rustled as golden leaves rained down from the sky!
The entire Shrek City shook violently beneath the aftershocks of the clash!
As the smoke, dust, and chaotic energy currents gradually dispersed, the two figures were revealed.
Jin Peng was sent staggering several steps backward by the enormous recoil.
Every step created golden ripples in the sky. His arms trembled slightly, and his blood churned within him.
Xuan Zi, meanwhile, remained where he stood.
His enormous head swayed, a momentary dizziness flashing through his eyes. A tiny crack had actually appeared in the skin at his temple!
That strike had ended in a draw!
At least in that direct clash, Jin Peng had used the explosive force of the Gold-Level Awakening to block Xuan Zi's furious blow!
After steadying himself, the fighting spirit in Jin Peng's eyes did not weaken. Instead, that strike completely ignited it.
He suddenly turned around and roared hoarsely at the Body Sect members behind him, whose Killing Intent had long been boiling over. "This old man has changed his mind!"
"Today—we will bathe Shrek in blood! Leave not even chickens or dogs alive!!!"
"Yes!!!"
An earthshaking roar burst from the throats of more than seventy Body Sect experts!
The sound shot into the heavens, even churning the clouds overhead!
A nearly sinister grin appeared on Elder Jin Peng's face.
He stared at Xuan Zi, whose expression had turned livid. "Today, I will make the glory your Shrek has held for ten thousand years crumble completely beneath the feet of my Body Sect!"
"I'll let a scoundrel like you know what it means to repay blood debts with blood!!"
"You think you're worthy?!" Xuan Zi threw back his head and roared, his voice shaking the universe.
"Elders of Sea God Pavilion, heed my command! Kill without mercy anyone who is not of our pavilion!!"
With both sides' orders issued, slaughter began at once!
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