Tang San Reappears!

"Flashy but impractical."

Di Tian spoke unhurriedly, then raised one hand.

Purple Soul Power surged from his body, spreading in all directions like a tidal wave.

The golden chains reached Di Tian, but before they could touch his body, they merely brushed against that layer of purple Soul Power.

They melted instantly!

"How could this..."

Before Xuan Zi could finish speaking, an earth-shaking dragon roar rang through the heavens!

A colossal purple dragon formed from Soul Power erupted from Di Tian's body. Vivid and lifelike, it carried a world-destroying might as it charged straight at the Taotie Xuan Zi had transformed into!

The Soul Power dragon plunged headfirst into the enormous black sphere Xuan Zi had condensed.

Moments later.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The black sphere shattered inch by inch, turning into countless black fragments that scattered into nothingness.

Yet the Soul Power dragon had not dispersed!

After breaking through the black sphere, its momentum remained undiminished as it charged directly toward the Taotie Xuan Zi had transformed into!

Xuan Zi had no time to react before the Soul Power dragon sank into Taotie's body.

The next moment.

The enormous Taotie twisted its face in agony and let out a thunderous, pain-filled howl. The shrill cry spread across the entire battlefield.

Immediately afterward, Taotie's massive body, which blotted out the sky, began to slowly dissipate, its immense form turning into golden motes of light.

When it had faded halfway, the Soul Power dragon burst out from Taotie's body with Xuan Zi clenched in its jaws. It transformed into a purple meteor and crashed toward Sea God Pavilion in Shrek Inner Court!

"Elder Xuan!"

Everyone atop Shrek City's walls cried out in alarm!

Yan Shaozhe's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively prepared to rush out to rescue him.

But before he could move.

"The soul beasts are charging over! The beast tide is here!"

Someone pointed beyond the city, their voice filled with terror.

Everyone looked down and, sure enough.

On the plains outside the city, the soul beasts that had originally remained still were now charging toward Shrek City without regard for anything else!

Their eyes glowed red, saliva dripped from their mouths, and they surged forward like a raging tide!

The weaker soul beasts at the front were slightly slower, and the powerful soul beasts charging from behind trampled over them directly. Before they could even scream, they were reduced to clouds of blood mist.

"Defend! Defend!"

Having just lost their backbone, Shrek City's defenders fell into complete chaos.

The Soul Engineers frantically adjusted the angles of their soul cannons, soldiers raised their shields in panic, and officers roared themselves hoarse as they issued orders.

On the city wall, Xian Lin'er's face turned ashen. She abruptly spun around and shouted at the Soul Engineers still standing there in a daze:

"What are you standing around for?! Fire! Fire!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The soul cannons on the walls lit up one after another. Shells of Soul Power tore through the sky and landed amid the soul beast horde, slaughtering soul beasts as easily as chopping vegetables.

But there were simply too many soul beasts. One wave was killed, only for even more to rush forward, as if they could never be completely wiped out.

Shrek Inner Court, Sea God Pavilion.

As the most central location of Shrek Academy, this place should have been a sacred ground beyond violation.

Normally, it was suffused with dense auras of light and life, a cultivation ground countless soul masters dreamed of entering.

But now, the earth had split apart and lake water poured backward.

Under the aftermath of Di Tian's attack, all of Sea God Island had become a scene of utter devastation.

Pavilions and towers had become ruins, while the waters of Sea God Lake flooded through the cracks, submerging the broken walls and rubble.

Only the ten-thousand-year Golden Tree still stood tall at the center of the island, radiating holy light and remaining the sole relatively intact sight amid the ruins.

On the surface of Sea God Lake, Xuan Zi floated motionlessly, covered in wounds with his robes in tatters. Whether he was alive or dead was unknown.

Rumble!!

The sound of something continuously shattering rang out from the sky.

A crack appeared out of thin air in the otherwise empty sky above Sea God Island.

Then, the crack rapidly expanded, spreading outward like a spiderweb with piercing sounds of fracture.

Finally, space shattered with a thunderous crash, and a claw-shaped spatial rift appeared in midair.

Di Tian drifted out of it unhurriedly, his golden dragon pupils sweeping over the ravaged Sea God Island below.

As he appeared, a figure that seemed as though it might be blown away by the wind emerged above the Golden Tree's canopy.

That elderly figure radiated a faint golden glow. It was Mu En.

"Di Tian, you seem somewhat different."

Mu En's voice carried a hint of gravity.

"Have you taken that step?"

Di Tian did not deny it.

He merely stood with his hands behind his back, his purple dragon pupils calmly fixed on Mu En.

The absolute suppression in strength meant he had no need to conceal anything from Mu En.

Seeing that Di Tian had not refuted him, Mu En's expression instantly darkened.

Though he was already dead, with his soul coexisting with the Golden Tree.

Given the experience he had accumulated as a Level 99 Limit Douluo in life, how could he fail to sense the aura emanating from Di Tian, one far surpassing the Quasi-God level?

"Then with your current strength, what exactly is your goal?"

"The rise of soul beasts. Humanity will be an obstacle."

"Although Shrek represents humanity, with your God Level strength, Shrek could be destroyed with a flick of your finger. Why go to such lengths to launch a beast tide?"

Faced with Mu En's questioning, Di Tian fell silent for a moment.

Perhaps because he felt something for a former evenly matched opponent who was now dead, while he himself had attained the God Level, Di Tian gave him a rare response.

"Shrek is merely symbolic."

He paused.

"And my true goal..."

Before Di Tian could finish, he raised his head and looked toward the sky.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the clouds and reach the God Realm.

Following his gaze, Mu En's pupils suddenly contracted.

He instantly understood Di Tian's intentions. Di Tian was referring to the God Realm.

Though he did not know why Di Tian harbored designs against the God Realm, shock still appeared on Mu En's face.

A mere soul beast, after reaching the God Level, had actually set its sights on the God Realm?!

He intended to challenge the God Realm?!

"He's truly gone mad."

Mu En muttered.

At that moment, Di Tian lowered his head again, and a dangerous glint flashed through his golden dragon pupils.

"Then our chat should be over."

His tone allowed no doubt.

"If the Golden Tree is destroyed, your Shrek ancestor, Tang San, will appear too, won't he?"

The moment he finished speaking, Di Tian abruptly reached out.

The next instant, a purple dragon claw larger than all of Sea God Island appeared out of thin air!

The dragon claw blotted out the sky, its tips gleaming with blinding purple light and radiating world-destroying might.

Without the slightest hesitation, the dragon claw slammed down toward the Golden Tree, as though it meant to crush the tree and all of Sea God Island beneath it like an ant!

Mu En's gaze sharpened, and his illusory body suddenly flared with dazzling golden light.

He merged with the Golden Tree, and the gentle golden light atop its canopy instantly became sharp and dangerous!

Sea God's Light!

Mu En gave a low shout, and a golden beam of light shot from the Golden Tree's canopy into the sky, turning into a curtain of light between the dragon claw and the Golden Tree.

But Di Tian's purple dragon claw did not slow by even the slightest fraction.

The golden curtain was like paper before the dragon claw, shattering inch by inch the moment they came into contact.

The dragon claw continued descending, its might completely undiminished.

Crack!

The Golden Tree's branches began to break.

Golden leaves fell continuously like rain!

Just as the Golden Tree could no longer hold on and was about to collapse, a streak of golden light came flying down from the sky!

"Di Tian! You have chosen the path to death!!"