Shrek City.
This greatest city on the continent, a holy land for Soul Masters, had now fallen into a deathly emptiness.
The bustling markets, the thriving academy, the streams of passing people...
Every trace and sound of humanity had vanished completely.
Under Xia Ming's unquestionable orders, an unprecedented evacuation had been completed.
Whether they were academy students, residents who had lived in the city for generations, or any affiliated personnel,
all had withdrawn to a safe zone over a hundred li away.
Today, this place would be designated a forbidden zone.
Even Shrek Academy's Title Douluo, including Mu En, who had already touched the threshold of God Rank, were no exception.
Xia Ming had personally stepped forward and expelled every powerful expert with near-forced resolve.
Mu En stood atop a distant mountain, gazing toward the empty city. His aged eyes held only solemnity and a trace of helplessness.
He understood Xia Ming's intentions.
What was about to erupt here would be no ordinary conflict.
It would be a battle that had completely reached the domain of gods—perhaps even one at the level of Second-level Gods!
Though he had one foot in the God Rank,
rashly approaching such power would not make him an asset. He would only become a burden, perhaps even be crushed by the aftershocks of battle.
That battlefield was no longer somewhere mortals could set foot.
At this moment, with Shrek City at its center, all life had vanished within a hundred li. Everything was utterly silent.
Only the mournful whistling of the wind through the empty streets and buildings, along with the rustling of the Golden Ancient Tree's leaves despite the lack of wind, remained.
They accentuated the final suffocating calm before the storm.
Within that absolute silence, Xia Ming alone stood like a reef that