BOOM—!
The Phoenix Bird circling above the active volcano sensed the presence of a powerful being. It let out an ancient cry that rang across the entire Star Dou Forest.
In that instant, more than a dozen Titled Douluo formed a net from which there was no escape, sealing the Phoenix Bird in.
Du Busi charged at the very front and raised a hand, unleashing the poison of his Body Martial Soul.
Then Dragon Subduing Douluo shattered through space. His Eighth Soul Ring lit up, and he brought his staff crashing down from the heavens.
BOOM!
The Phoenix Bird's body plunged toward the ground, turning into a flaming meteor.
It had never imagined that one moment the sky would be clear and calm, and the next it would be trapped by more than a dozen Titled Douluo and ambushed by a Limit Douluo.
But the Phoenix Bird was a Super Soul Beast that had lived for a hundred and fifty thousand years. With the true blood of the Phoenix God King in its veins, how could it die so easily?
In an instant, golden flames ignited around the Phoenix Bird, and it rose again like a sun.
The power of rebirth—it was activating the power of rebirth within its body.
"Trying to be reborn? You've really underestimated me."
Du Busi stepped forward. His Ninth Soul Ring lit up, and the poison of his Body Martial Soul fused with his strength, forming a gigantic sphere that he hurled at the Phoenix Bird.
BOOM—!
The flames surrounding the Phoenix Bird were instantly engulfed by the poison sphere, forcibly interrupting its rebirth.
Seeing this, the other Titled Douluo increased their Soul Power output and kept the Phoenix Bird firmly bound.
Dragon Subduing Douluo raised a hand and shouted, "Fire Elemental Plunder!"
In an instant, Dragon Subduing Douluo took control of every element in the area. Even the Phoenix Bird's source flame vanished.
"Hahaha, we did it!"
Du Busi laughed heartily, the weight lifting from his chest. He turned to the others and said, "Mission accomplished. Everyone from the Body Sect, retreat!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Body Sect's powerful fighters streaked away like beams of light, heading for the edge of the Star Dou Forest. Leaving the Phoenix Bird in Dragon Subduing Douluo's custody was the safest option.
The whole battle had lasted only a dozen or so exchanges. They had completed their mission exceptionally well.
Before long, Du Busi and the others met up with Ye Que again, and they disappeared from the area in an instant.
Meanwhile, with the Phoenix Bird no longer absorbing energy, the flames and magma that had accumulated inside the active volcano for tens of thousands of years erupted. A full-blown disaster had begun.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The volcano erupted again and again, spraying flaming magma in every direction.
Xiong Jun and the other Ferocious Beasts, charging over from the Core Circle, were still a step too late. Ye Que and the others had already retreated, moving at an astonishing speed.
By now, Guangyu Douluo's Ten Thousand Feet in One Line was nothing short of monstrous.
Only an incredibly long line remained in the sky.
"Humans!!"
Xiong Jun, half a beat behind, stared at the backs of Ye Que and the others and let out an enraged roar. Its immense force snapped the trees around him.
The Star Dou Forest was shaken once more.
Soon, Di Tian heard Xiong Jun and the others' report as he emerged from seclusion. He was so furious that his lungs nearly burst.
Humans—those damned humans again!
Xiong Jun saw the bloodshot vertical pupils in Di Tian's eyes and felt the rage of Dragon's Wrath. He slowly took a step back and said, "Di Tian, don't be like this. You're scaring me..."
Di Tian kicked Xiong Jun more than a thousand meters away, then roared at the sky, "My Lord, Di Tian can't take this any longer! I'm going to slaughter Shrek!"
"Granted," Gu Yuena replied.
The next instant,
Di Tian transformed into his true form, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King. His gaze fixed on Shrek City as he recalled the humiliation of seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts being hunted down at once a thousand years ago.
And today, another two Hundred-Thousand-Year Super Soul Beasts had been hunted.
Di Tian had completely lost his reason. He roared furiously:
"Humans! Cunning humans!!"
"I gave ground again and again, and all I got in return was humiliation. I understand now. I finally understand!"
"The Beast God... should have the bearing of a Beast God. I was so terribly wrong before, but I won't make the same mistake again!"
"By my command, unleash the beast tide! Slaughter Shrek City and avenge our people!!!"
As the Beast God's roar rang across the Star Dou Forest, every Ferocious Beast under Star Dou went berserk. The Soul Beast army assembled once more, launching a frenzied massacre of the humans within the forest as they charged toward Shrek City.
Scarlet King, King of Ten Thousand Demons, Bi Ji, and Xiong Jun all transformed into their true forms and led the Soul Beast army into battle.
Meanwhile, the Shrek squad hunting for Soul Rings in the mixed zone had come face-to-face with the beast tide. Countless Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts rampaged, while Thousand-Year Soul Beasts charged at them without regard for their lives.
Ma Xiaotao and the others were all badly wounded.
They had never expected the usually peaceful Star Dou Forest to suddenly erupt into chaos, unleashing a beast tide unseen for a thousand years.
But now, their Xuan Lao was nowhere to be found.
As Ma Xiaotao fought off the encircling Soul Beast army, she wept in anguish. "Xuan Lao... Xuan Lao, where are you? If you don't come soon, we'll be wiped out! Where are you?!"
Before she could finish, a fifty-thousand-year-old Flame Lion King broke through the Shrek squad's defenses and swallowed an inner-court student whole.
That was already the third student to die in this Soul Hunting Operation.
Dai Yueheng, Ma Xiaotao, Wu Ming, and the others turned deathly pale.
Were they going to die here today, too?
Facing the Soul Beast army's assault, if Xuan Zi and a Super Douluo didn't come to save them, not a single person here would survive.
Just as everyone was falling into despair, Xuan Zi flew over like a child who had done something wrong. His power as a Level 98 Super Douluo erupted, and a single punch blasted the surrounding Soul Beasts into a mist of blood.
Ma Xiaotao and the others were so frightened they burst into tears.
He was here. Xuan Lao had returned!
But why had he only come now? Where had he been before?
At that moment, the Soul Beast army attacked again, showing no fear of a human Soul Master as powerful as a Level 98.
Even Xuan Zi, who had seen plenty in his time, couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath.
The beast tide had startled him awake, but he hadn't expected every one of these Soul Beasts to be completely mad, not even afraid of dying.
Still reeling from the shock, Xuan Zi decisively activated his Martial Soul Avatar and swept all the children into the sky.
"What happened?" Xuan Zi asked.
Ma Xiaotao wiped away her tears and sobbed. "We were hunting Soul Beasts for our junior schoolmates when something seemed to happen in Star Dou's Core Circle. We sensed more than a dozen Titled Douluo flying right over us."
"Then, before we could react, we heard the Beast God Di Tian roar, and the beast tide broke out."
"We've already lost three students in all this."
Xuan Zi's expression changed at once.
More students had died, and three inner-court students at that. How could he explain that to Mu En?
Drinking—drinking had caused all this trouble!
It was all his fault. If only he hadn't dozed off.
But this wasn't the time to think about that. Shrek City must already be preparing its defenses. He had to get back to the academy as fast as possible.
Yet the instant he turned around, a roar suddenly came from the sky.
"Xuan Zi, damnable human!!"
Xuan Zi's expression changed drastically. In a flash, he shielded all the children, the power surging from the horns on his head.
The next moment, a Dragon King Claw tore through space and slammed into the head of the Godly Taotie Bull.
SPLURT—!
The Godly Taotie Bull spat blood on the spot. Its pair of horns were wrenched off by the dragon claw, and the Beast God Di Tian's true form emerged from the clouds.
Everyone looked up, their souls trembling with fear.
The black dragon's vertical pupils had turned completely blood-red, and a violent, murderous aura swirled around him.
That was Di Tian—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, completely gone mad.
Xuan Zi shouted furiously, "Di Tian, you dare hurt me? Aren't you afraid Shrek will make you pay?"
Not only was Di Tian unafraid, but he grew even angrier. He said each word deliberately: "Shrek. What a Shrek. Today, I'll slaughter Shrek!"
"Ten Thousand Dragon Flames!"
With almost no windup, violent golden flames blasted out from the Black Dragon King's head.
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