Xuanzi's Bad Luck

His entire body burned, steam rising from him.

At the same time, five soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—were released uncontrollably. A phantom White Tiger appeared behind Dai Mubai.

Dai Yuhao had just sat down cross-legged and had not yet entered meditation when he saw Dai Mubai's fifth black soul ring gradually fade away, replaced by a green soul ring.

A green soul ring that had never been heard of or seen before.

Looking again at the White Tiger Martial Soul, it had somehow turned into a strange creature with a tiger's head and an ape's body.

"Ah, Big Brother, what happened to you?"

Dai Yuhao had never seen such a scene before. He screamed in fright, waking Huo Yun'er, who had been resting in the inner room.

"Yuhao, what happened outside?"

Afraid of disturbing his mother and worsening her condition, Dai Yuhao hurriedly said, "N-Nothing. Please get some rest. Big Brother was just showing me his martial soul, and it startled me."

Only then did Huo Yun'er relax. "Oh, I see. Then cultivate properly with your big brother."

"Yuhao, what's wrong? Why did you stop cultivating?"

An urgent, ghostlike voice, mixed with scorching breath, sounded beside Dai Yuhao's ear.

"Let go of me! Let go, Big Brother! You're hurting me..." Dai Yuhao felt two powerful hands clamp down on his right shoulder and left wrist.

Enduring the soreness in his body, he turned to look at Dai Mubai, only to find him staring back with an unusually fervent gaze.

He immediately sensed that something was terribly wrong.

But in order not to alarm his mother, he could only lower his voice as much as possible.

"What is it, Yuhao? Do you need something?"

To his surprise, Dai Mubai actually let him go.

"Mm, I'm a little hungry. I want to get something to eat."

To Dai Yuhao, the Dai Mubai before him looked like a savage beast.

One wrong move, and he would be swallowed whole.

As for going to find his mother, that was absolutely impossible. If Dai Mubai in this state saw what his mother looked like, that would be disastrous.

His mother might be frightened to death on the spot.

"I see. Then go ahead." Dai Mubai agreed.

Afraid that Dai Mubai would change his mind, Dai Yuhao turned and started walking, ready to flee as fast as he could.

Watching Dai Yuhao's bedraggled retreating figure, a teasing expression appeared on Dai Mubai's flushed face.

Dai Yuhao had not even taken more than a few steps before he was pounced on and knocked to the ground.

This was accompanied by the sound of tearing cotton and a roar that sounded both ape-like and tiger-like.

Dai Yuhao let out an "Ah!" and could not hold back a miserable scream.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Dai Mubai's fifth soul ring.

(The Tier 2 Union Ape Magic Core has automatically been converted into a soul ring to replace Dai Mubai's fifth soul ring.

Dai Mubai's fifth soul ring has been converted into an artificial soul ring.)]

"Tsk, tsk. Dai Mubai's fifth soul ring has become a Tier 2 Union Ape Magic Core soul ring."

"Too bad this kid has already become a god. Otherwise, I really would have liked to see what his mutated martial soul looked like."

Looking at the black bead that had appeared before him, Gu Yuan shook his head regretfully and continued reciting in his heart, "System, continue the exchange."

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Yan Shaozhe's seventh soul ring.]

"Although Yan Shaozhe is pathetic and doesn't even have a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, his seventh soul ring should be around fifty thousand years. Even if it isn't, it won't be far off."

"A fifty-thousand-year soul ring turned into a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"Now this is getting interesting."

"System, continue the exchange."

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Xuanzi's ninth soul ring.]

Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.

A voice filled with fury and killing intent suddenly resounded throughout Shrek Academy.

"Yan Shaozhe, get your ass out here!"

The voice was thunderous, like a dragon's roar. The terrifying sonic boom directly shattered the windows of Shrek's teaching buildings.

Many students were caught in the blast. Clutching their ears, they crouched on the ground in agony, clearly suffering immense mental pressure.

"Old Monster Poison, have you lost your mind? You've smashed all the windows at my Shrek Academy."

A bright yellow beam shot into the sky. Its dazzling radiance instantly enveloped the entire academy.

It barely blocked the assault of the terrifying sound waves.

At the same time, one thick beam of light after another shot into the sky.

They stood in confrontation with more than twenty beams of different colors on the opposite side.

Yet beyond those twenty-odd beams stood a dense mass of figures surging forward like a tidal wave. By rough estimate, there were at least two or three thousand of them.

"Old Monster Poison, your Body Sect has mobilized in full force today. Are you planning to wage war against my Shrek?"

The bright yellow pillar of light receded, revealing Xuanzi. His right eye was already blind, replaced by a flesh ball the size of a pigeon egg.

After hearing that voice earlier, he had merely taken out the flesh ball and wrapped it up hastily. He had rushed over without even having time to wipe the blood from his face.

When he saw how many people had come from the other side, he was thoroughly startled.

"Get lost, Xuanzi. I came to settle accounts with Yan Shaozhe. Tell him to hand over the Secret of the Body, the Body Sect's inherited ultimate art, and then kill himself to atone for his crimes. Otherwise, I will fight your Shrek to the death."

Among the more than twenty beams of light opposite them, the thickest dark green beam at the forefront receded.

It revealed a burly dark green figure. It was none other than Du Busi, the Body Sect's leader.

"The Secret of the Body? When did Shaozhe take your Body Sect's Secret of the Body?"

Xuanzi was utterly stunned.

He had no idea what was going on. In a single day, not only had the Spirit Department's treasury been robbed and nearly two hundred million Gold Soul Coins vanished without a trace.

Only a seventy-thousand-year right arm bone worth at most forty or fifty million Gold Soul Coins had been left behind.

His right eye had also suddenly gone blind.

It had turned into an unknown flesh ball.

And now the Body Sect had mobilized in full force and come knocking. What the hell was happening today?

Du Busi laughed in extreme anger. "Good, good, good... You refuse to admit it, huh? Looks like we'll have to fight today."

As he spoke, he roared.

Nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—flashed into existence. Dense dark green light surged into the sky, and Du Busi's body instantly expanded more than tenfold.

The radiance blooming from his body dyed half the sky dark green.

Xuanzi did not dare relax in the slightest. His single eye narrowed, and he also shot into the sky. Intense yellow light burst forth, dyeing the other half of the sky bright yellow.

His soul ring configuration, however, was two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, clearly inferior to Du Busi's.

But just as Du Busi was about to make his move, a sudden change occurred. The sole hundred-thousand-year red soul ring on Xuanzi's body—

Unexpectedly and bizarrely lost its original red color. In the blink of an eye, it turned black.

At the same time, Xuanzi's aura withered, dropping by a full half.

Du Busi saw through the situation at a glance.

The power of Xuanzi's blackened ninth soul ring was now, at most, around fifty thousand years.

Xuanzi's Soul Power Level had fallen from Rank 98 to Rank 97.

"Hahaha, old man, you've gotten weaker."

After a moment of astonishment, Du Busi sneered.

He had no idea why this had happened, but his opponent becoming weaker—

Was always a good thing.