Zhang Lexuan

Bang!

Two fists collided in midair with a dull, thunderous boom!

The ground beneath Du Busi's feet instantly cracked, fissures spreading in every direction.

A blast echoed throughout Shrek City, heard by everyone in the entire city.

Shrek Academy, outer courtyard dormitories.

"What was that? What happened?!"

Huo Yuhao, who had been cultivating in his dormitory, was jolted awake by the tremendous noise. He sprang to his feet and ran straight to the open space in front of the dormitory building.

By then, small groups of students had already gathered in the clearing, staring toward the source of the blast and talking among themselves.

"Yuhao! Yuhao! This is bad! Something huge has happened in Shrek City!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shouted frantically within Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, his voice filled with tension.

"Brother Sky Dream, did something happen over there?"

Like the people around him, Huo Yuhao stood on tiptoe and looked toward the direction where violent collisions still rang out from time to time.

But apart from the occasional flashes of light in the distant sky, he could see nothing.

"According to my spiritual senses, two Title Douluo are fighting over there, and both of them are Level 98 Super Douluo!"

Tian Meng grew more agitated as he spoke, anxiously pacing in circles within the Spirit Sea.

"If people this powerful are going all out, there's a ninety-percent chance that enemies have attacked! Yuhao, get ready to run immediately if the situation turns bad!"

Huo Yuhao froze. He only knew that Level 98 was incredibly powerful, but just how powerful it was and how much impact it could have were beyond what he could imagine at his current level.

Still, trusting that Brother Sky Dream would not be wrong, he solemnly nodded.

At the center of the battle.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi were both the type to defeat their opponents through direct, frontal assaults.

Their battle had already reduced everything around them to ruins.

Bang!

The two clashed head-on once again. The instant their fists collided, a residential building beneath them became covered in dense cracks!

After they were knocked apart, the building finally gave way. With a boom, it collapsed into a pile of rubble!

No, if we keep fighting at full strength inside Shrek City, the destruction will be far too great!

Xuan Zi swept his gaze over the streets within several hundred meters, which had already become ruins, as well as the members of the Shrek Supervision Corps desperately rescuing civilians from the debris.

Du Busi, facing him, had similar thoughts.

If we keep fighting on the ground, Old Jin will never get a chance to act. I need to lure Xuan Zi into the sky!

Du Busi calculated quickly and immediately made his decision.

He bent his legs slightly, then kicked off fiercely, launching himself high into the air.

Martial Soul Avatar!

Du Busi gave a low shout, and his aura surged explosively.

A massive green phantom appeared behind him.

It was Du Busi himself, magnified dozens of times, his entire body radiating terrifying pressure!

The enormous phantom formed one hand into a palm, raised it high, then struck down indiscriminately toward Shrek City!

If that strike landed, the current damage to buildings would become a tragedy in which thousands of Shrek City civilians were killed or injured!

"You wish!"

Xuan Zi's eyes blazed with fury as he roared and charged at Du Busi.

Soul Power surged wildly through his body, and earthen-yellow Soul Power enveloped him completely.

Martial Soul Avatar! Godly Taotie Bull!

A colossal earthen-yellow bull, equally massive and imposing, appeared in the sky.

The Godly Taotie Bull threw back its head and let out an earth-shaking roar. Raising its pair of thick horns, it slammed viciously into the enormous palm of Du Busi's Martial Soul Avatar!!

Rumble!!

Two terrifying forces collided in the sky. Visible shockwaves swept outward like ripples, shattering every pane of glass within several miles!!

Amid the ruins.

At the instant the shockwave was about to arrive, Zhang Lexuan covered the ears of the child she had just pulled from the rubble.

After the shockwave passed, Zhang Lexuan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave with the child in her arms.

Then her vision blurred.

Golden light flashed around her body, and an immense force blasted her flying!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

She smashed through several damaged walls in succession before finally coming to a stop, crashing into a pile of rubble.

Zhang Lexuan struggled to open her eyes and looked down at her arms.

The child had already been knocked unconscious by the tremendous impact.

She reached out and checked the child's breathing. Once she confirmed that the child was still alive, she let out a breath.

Thank goodness. Still alive.

Then her gaze fell on the golden protective barrier around her body, which was continuously cracking, and shock filled her heart.

This was a Level 7 Invincible Barrier!

One had to know that an Invincible Barrier was an exceptional Soul Tool capable of defending against opponents above its level.

A Level 5 Invincible Barrier could withstand attacks from a Soul Douluo, let alone the Level 7 one in her possession.

And yet, even so, this Level 7 Invincible Barrier had nearly shattered from a single strike!

This Invincible Barrier had been given to her by Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of Shrek's Soul Tool Department, when he learned she would be acting as bait. He had handed it over with an expression of utter pain.

Apparently, Qian Duoduo had secretly traveled through the Sun Moon Empire and spent more than ten million Gold Soul Coins to purchase this life-saving Soul Tool.

Without that layer of protection just now, she probably would have lost all ability to move!

Zhang Lexuan laboriously climbed out of the rubble and turned to look at where she had been standing moments ago.

One of the Sea God Pavilion Elders, Lin Huiqun, had appeared there and was confronting a burly man.

Golden light radiated from the man's entire body. He was clearly the one who had just attacked her.

"Both the sect leader and deputy sect leader of the Body Sect have come. You really went all out, didn't you?"

Lin Huiqun summoned her Martial Soul, the Jade Ruyi, and spoke coldly to Jin Peng before her.

"Do you Sea God Pavilion Elders usually have nothing better to do? Every last one of you comes out to play bodyguard."

Jin Peng looked at the hand he had used to grab "Xiao Xiao," only to be forcibly knocked back by the Soul Power of the Invincible Barrier. It had merely been scraped slightly. He shook his head helplessly.

"You have no right to say that when even the Body Sect's sect leader and deputy sect leader came together to infiltrate Shrek!"

Lin Huiqun did not hold back, firing back bluntly.

"Then let our hands do the talking!"

Knowing that he could never outtalk anyone from Shrek Academy, Jin Peng glanced at Zhang Lexuan, who had already begun fleeing, his expression shifting uncertainly.

Elsewhere.

Having escaped the dangerous area, Zhang Lexuan was feeling a storm of mixed emotions.

She desperately wanted greater strength.

Although she was already the youngest Soul Douluo Shrek Academy had seen in nearly three thousand years, no matter how young she was, she was still only a Soul Douluo.

If I were a Super Douluo right now—no, even an ordinary Title Douluo—I wouldn't have been completely unable to fight back!

As Shrek's greatest genius, she had not experienced such crushing defeat in a very long time.

She took a deep breath and suppressed the distracting thoughts in her heart.

This was not the time to think about such things.

Holding the child, Zhang Lexuan strode toward a Shrek City guard who had just arrived to help.

"Take care of this child."

As she spoke, she handed the child in her arms over to him.

Once the guard reached out and accepted the child,

Zhang Lexuan turned around, preparing to return to the rubble and continue rescuing people.

But she discovered that the Shrek City guard had tightly gripped her wrist, leaving her unable to move.