Three Months, Three Divine Skills!

The image slowly appeared on the Sky Screen.

[This time, Shrek City appeared on the Sky Screen.

Yet Shrek City was utterly different from its usual self.

The streets were empty, every household's doors and windows tightly shut. Not even a dog's bark could be heard.

Dark clouds blanketed the sky, pressing down over Shrek City and filling the entire city with a suffocating atmosphere.

Only the fleeting figures of Soul Masters racing through the streets occasionally broke the stillness.]

A line of text slowly appeared beneath the Sky Screen.

[Three months later]

[Clearly, the events shown on the Sky Screen this time took place three months after Di Tian's battle with Tang San.

Several figures stood solemnly atop Shrek City's main gate.

On the city walls, aside from the late Mu En, the Elders of Sea God Pavilion had gathered here along with some of the academy's ordinary Title Douluo.

Everyone here represented Shrek Academy's greatest fighting strength.

Yet at this moment, every one of them wore a grave expression, their eyes fixed firmly on the area beyond the city.

Following their gazes.

Ten li beyond the city lay a vast, black mass of Soul Beasts, densely packed as far as the eye could see.

Countless Soul Beasts had poured in from the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, spreading across the plains ten li outside the city.

From ten-year to ten-thousand-year beasts, from land animals to birds, nearly every kind was present.

Some ten-year Wind Baboons could even be seen holding ten-year Lone Bamboo, like human soldiers brandishing weapons.

Among the Soul Beast hordes farther back, there were also the enormous figures of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, their massive bodies especially conspicuous amid the beast tide.

Yet regardless of their cultivation, every Soul Beast currently wore a savage expression, their eyes bloodshot and their mouths constantly issuing low growls.

Their frenzied, bloodthirsty beastly nature had clearly been deliberately provoked.

"Are they only planning to attack the main gate this time?"

Xian Lin'er watched the Soul Beast horde outside the city, a trace of doubt in her eyes.

As the vice dean of the Soul Tool Department, she was accustomed to troop deployments on the battlefield, but something about the formation before her felt off.

"It certainly seems that way."

Yan Shaozhe stroked his chin, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Could they have some new strategy?"

They could hardly be blamed for being suspicious.

Although the last large-scale beast tide had occurred more than a century ago, throughout Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year history, they had dealt with Soul Beasts plenty of times.

Ordinarily, Soul Beasts would attack all four gates of Shrek City simultaneously, dispersing Shrek's defenses and increasing the pressure on those defending the city.

But this time, every Soul Beast had gathered at the main gate, forming a vast black mass without the slightest intention of spreading out.

Where something was abnormal, there had to be a reason.

The people atop Shrek City's gate pondered the Soul Beasts' intentions, their expressions growing increasingly grim.

Meanwhile, outside the city, several Ferocious Beasts leading the beast tide were also in discussion.

"Di Tian, why did you suddenly launch such a massive beast tide? What exactly happened three months ago?"

Bi Ji led the other Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest over to Di Tian's side. After assuming human form, she asked anxiously.

Her voice carried a hint of urgency. After all, even humans who regarded her as an enemy called her the "kindest Soul Beast."

Launching a beast tide to wage war against humanity would cost the lives of tens of thousands of Soul Beasts. She had no choice but to get to the bottom of it.

Upon hearing this, Di Tian glanced toward Shrek City.

"Humans have treated Soul Beasts as consumable materials for who knows how many years."

He said in an unquestionable tone, "Today marks the beginning of our Soul Beasts' revenge."

After speaking, he swept his gaze across the surrounding Ferocious Beasts. Seeing that they still looked confused, he explained in detail how he had absorbed the Dragon Vein and attained God Level.

The Ferocious Beasts' expressions shifted continuously as they listened.

Xiong Jun in particular, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear who had always challenged Di Tian, could not help feeling dejected upon learning that Di Tian had attained God Level.

Damn it! I already couldn't beat him. Now I'm afraid I won't even be able to get close to him!

At the same time, though, he could not stop himself from calculating.

If the tiny Dragon Clan has a Dragon Vein, could my Great Bear Clan have some kind of "Bear Vein" sleeping somewhere too?

Just as Xiong Jun's thoughts ran wild, Di Tian continued speaking.

"We will use Shrek as a sacrificial banner. That Sea God called Tang San will definitely step in to stop us."

"To deal with him, during my three months in seclusion, I developed three more divine skills."

He paused, raised his hand, and several streams of purple Soul Power flew from his palm into the bodies of Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Scarlet King before him.

The purple Soul Power instantly enveloped the Four Great Fierce Beasts, as though draping them in a layer of purple armor.

As the Four Great Fierce Beasts sensed what Di Tian had poured into their minds, astonished expressions appeared on their faces.

Scarlet King swallowed and muttered involuntarily, "This is... the power of divine skills?!"

Just then, Di Tian had temporarily bestowed two of the three divine skills he had created during seclusion upon them.

Though they only had the right to use them once.

The terrifying effects still gave them a profound understanding of the gulf between gods and mortals.

Hearing Scarlet King's words, Di Tian smiled.

"Even among divine skills, there are considerable differences."

He thought of Sea God Tang San, who had fought him earlier.

At the very least, compared with the divine skills Sea God Tang San had used against him, the divine skills he had created by combining the powers of time and space within the Dragon Vein were simply on an entirely different level.

At that moment, an explosive shout came from Shrek City.

"Di Tian! Come out and talk!"

The Ferocious Beasts looked toward the voice and saw that it was Xuan Zi, Shrek Academy's current master of Sea God Pavilion, the Taotie Douluo.

Just as Di Tian was about to respond, Xiong Jun stepped forward, his face full of eagerness.

"Di Tian, that brat shouting over there is only Level 98. To you now, he's just an ant you could swat to death with one palm."

"Why not leave him to me, so I can test the divine skill you gave me?"

Di Tian nodded slightly.

Understanding, Xiong Jun immediately charged excitedly toward Xuan Zi.

He had always been battle-hungry, and now that he had Di Tian's divine skill, he had long been itching for a fight.

On Xuan Zi's side, a violent sound of air tearing apart erupted, and a gale instantly swept forth.

A golden giant bear dozens of meters tall descended from the sky, crashing heavily down before Xuan Zi and making the ground tremble.

Xuan Zi narrowed his eyes. The fierce winds around him could not affect him in the slightest.

He stared at the giant bear before him, whose entire body was covered in purple Soul Power, and said in a low voice:

"Xiong Jun, why are you the one who came out? Is that old dragon Di Tian about to die?"

As he spoke, he warily observed the purple Soul Power covering Xiong Jun's body.

Naturally, he knew Xiong Jun and knew what he looked like.

But what was this purple Soul Power covering his entire body?

He did not believe a Ferocious Beast would add something unnecessary to itself for no reason.

"Heh heh."

Xiong Jun gave two unfriendly laughs.

"With your strength, killing you doesn't require Di Tian to act."

"Say, if I kill you, the new master of Sea God Pavilion, will Shrek's morale collapse immediately?"

"Hmph, it's still uncertain who will kill whom!"

Xuan Zi snorted coldly. The robe covering his upper body instantly burst apart, revealing his powerful torso.

"Godly Taotie Bull!"

He shouted lowly, and a massive earthen-yellow bull phantom emerged behind him.

The giant bull threw back its head and bellowed, radiating a primordial aura.

Before the two armies, two enormous figures faced one another.

A great battle was on the verge of eruption.]