Bait?

"Hmph!"

Zhongli Wu snorted coldly, his voice especially clear in the darkness.

"Pass down the order. Have all soul masters below Soul Saint rank within the Holy Spirit Cult in the Heaven Dou Empire stay away from Sunset Forest. At the same time, summon all the Elders!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a deep voice came from the darkness.

"Yes!"

Zhongli Wu's gaze returned to the Sky Screen, a trace of greed flashing through his eyes.

His target was not the Sea God's divine inheritance.

After all, that was the god of an enemy faction. It was not something he could touch.

But the Immortal Herbs, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and that Dragon Vein which had allowed Di Tian to step into the God Level in one leap—and which Sea God Tang San had said possessed the strength of a First-Level God among God Levels—were still worth fighting for.

He had been stuck at Level 98 for a very long time.

Somewhere within the Holy Spirit Cult.

Long Xiaoyao sat cross-legged.

"That brat Zhongli Wu has started moving too."

He muttered softly, his voice carrying a hint of melancholy.

Then, the image of Tang San and Di Tian displaying their overwhelming might on the Sky Screen surfaced in his mind, and regret flashed through his eyes.

Brother Mu, with your talent, perhaps the ancestors of your Shrek from ten thousand years ago might have taken a liking to you.

Unfortunately, I'm going to fall behind you again.

Long Xiaoyao gently shook his head and slowly closed his eyes.

Shrek Academy.

At this moment, Shrek Academy was buzzing with excitement.

Ever since the Sky Screen had revealed Sea God Tang San, leader of Shrek Academy's First-Generation Shrek Seven Devils.

Every teacher and student in Shrek had felt immensely proud and cheered him on!

Although Tang San had ultimately lost, that had only been an avatar!

More importantly, in the end, Ancestor Tang San had even spoken out to intimidate Di Tian.

He had been willing to violate the rules of the God Realm just to protect Shrek!!

"Next time, we have to kill that inherently evil Di Tian!"

Yan Shaozhe, who had just brought Xiao Xiao and Wang Yan to Sea God Pavilion, was flushed with excitement. His voice was full of fervor, completely lacking the usual composure of the Martial Soul Department's dean.

Mu En lay on a recliner. He glanced at him, then swept his gaze over everyone else present.

These Sea God Pavilion Elders, who usually held positions of great authority, were all flushed with excitement, their eyes brimming with exhilaration.

Faced with a god, as well as Ancestor Tang San's fiercely protective words, they too found it hard to remain calm.

God Level...

Mu En watched the battle on the Sky Screen, feeling rather emotional.

He sensed the Dragon Core within his body that he had suppressed, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

If I had successfully absorbed this Dragon Core back then.

Perhaps one of the Shrek Seven Devils who became gods ten thousand years ago might have taken a liking to me and granted me an inheritance of Godhood.

But now... I'm afraid even Brother Xiaoyao is more likely than I am to gain a god's favor and become a god.

Brother Xiaoyao, where are you now?

Mu En's gaze passed through the doors of Sea God Pavilion and toward the distant sky.

And in the faraway Sun Moon Empire.

Long Xiaoyao seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.

Separated by thousands of miles, the two echoed one another from afar.

Two days quietly passed.

Over those two days, the entire continent kept its eyes firmly fixed on three places.

Heaven Dou City, Sunset Forest, and Shrek Academy.

The first two needed no explanation.

The information revealed by the Sky Screen—the Dragon Vein, Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—every single one of them was a major event capable of shaking the continent.

The Heaven Dou Empire's royal family mobilized troops overnight. The Body Sect dispatched all its elites, imposing martial law across a hundred-mile radius. Not even a fly could get in.

As for why Shrek Academy had become a focal point, it was because of one person—Xiao Xiao.

The three conditions for undoing the Dragon Vein's seal were human, soul, and dragon.

The dragon had to be a Pure-Blood Dragon with a pure bloodline. The soul was the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. And the human was her.

It could be said that Xiao Xiao was currently the person on the entire continent most likely to face danger.

"Crack."

A crisp sound rang out, the sound of breaking bones especially clear in the silent alley.

Xuan Zi shook his hand and expressionlessly looked at the corpse on the ground, which no longer showed any sign of life.

Black night clothes, an ordinary face, and not a single item on the body that could prove its identity.

Was this the sixteenth or seventeenth one in the past two days?!

Over the past two days, more and more people had tried to sneak into Shrek City and fish in troubled waters.

Some were desperadoes hoping to abduct Xiao Xiao amid the chaos. Some were ambitious schemers coveting the Dragon Vein's power. Others did not even understand their own purpose.

In just two days, he had personally taken down no fewer than five Soul Douluos.

As for the small fry at Soul Saint and Soul Emperor rank, they were too numerous to count.

Xuan Zi sighed, pulled out the half-eaten drumstick from his robes, glanced at it, then stuffed it back.

Even the drumstick no longer smelled appetizing.

He raised his head toward the translucent Sky Screen overhead and shook his head.

According to the pattern from last time, when the Sky Screen appeared once every two days, it should reveal something again today.

The Sky Screen had previously said that Di Tian was the God Slayer, and those earlier scenes had all shown the process of Di Tian becoming a god.

Next, it would probably show Di Tian slaying a god.

At that thought, Xuan Zi's gaze darkened.

But the problem was that they still had not found that Super Douluo called Wu Wei.

Shrek City was neither particularly large nor particularly small, but if a Level 95 Title Douluo deliberately wanted to hide, how could he be so easy to find?

"Are we really going to use those kids as bait?"

Xuan Zi muttered under his breath, his brows tightly furrowed.

A day earlier, he had returned to Sea God Pavilion and reported the latest progress in the hunt for Wu Wei to the other Elders.

After the meeting ended, he encountered Xiao Xiao in Sea God Pavilion and formally accepted her as his disciple.

Even without the Sky Screen, Xiao Xiao's talent as the owner of twin top-tier martial souls made her more than qualified to become his disciple.

Even studying under Mu En would have been entirely fitting for her.

After becoming his disciple, Xiao Xiao saw that he was troubled. Though she was still somewhat afraid, she had taken the initiative that day to suggest a plan.

She would use herself as bait to lure Wu Wei into making a move.

Xuan Zi rejected it on the spot.

Although Wu Wei was not as strong as him, he was still a Super Douluo.

Xiao Xiao was not even a Soul Ancestor. The gap in strength was far too great. What if something happened and he did not have time to react?

Just when they were at their wits' end, Zhang Lexuan, the senior disciple of the Inner Court, stepped forward.

"Let me do it."

"I'm an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo. I have a certain degree of ability to protect myself."

"Then we can ask Vice Dean Qian from the Soul Tool Department to make a disguise Soul Tool. If I masquerade as Xiao Xiao, it will be convincing enough to pass for the real thing."

Xuan Zi looked at her and fell silent for a moment.

Zhang Lexuan, Shrek Inner Court's chief disciple, had become an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo in her twenties, breaking Shrek Academy's record of nearly three thousand years.

Her strength and experience were indeed far beyond Xiao Xiao's.

"I'll think about it," he had replied at the time.

And now, he was still calculating the feasibility of that plan, unable to make up his mind.

He feared a tragedy repeating itself, yet he also feared that Wu Wei would continue lurking within Shrek City and cause even greater harm to the academy.

After all, one could be a thief every day, but one could not guard against thieves every day.

Just then.

The Sky Screen lit up once more.

The Sky Screen, which had been silent for two days, suddenly burst forth with golden light without any warning.

Xuan Zi abruptly raised his head.

It was here!

At the same time, countless people across Douluo Continent raised their heads in unison.