"Xiao Le, step back a little. Don't worry, dealing with this trash won't take a moment."
Facing Xuan Zi's compromise, Di Tian strode forward without a care. At the same time, his already broad palm transformed into a dragon claw covered in pitch-black scales.
He looked every bit like he intended to seize Xuan Zi with one hand.
As for whether obeying a child's orders would damage his dignity as the Beast God?
What a joke. Compared to the future of the Soul Beasts, how much was Di Tian's pride worth?
Fate had practically taken his hand and walked him through it in person, and the Silver Dragon King had given her approval, too.
No time to hesitate!
So why think so much? Besides, Di Tian believed his choice couldn't be wrong.
If you were going all in, you had to look the part.
Bet! Let's do it!
(No bad influences intended! Gambling and drugs are dangerous! The public should stay away!)
Now that he was committed to this path, Di Tian carried out Fang Le's requests with the same force as if the Silver Dragon King had ordered him herself.
He was more than happy to do anything that could bring Fang Le closer to the Soul Beasts. The more they did now, the brighter the Soul Beasts' future would be!
While Di Tian reveled in the glorious future awaiting the Soul Beasts,
Xuan Zi, facing him, was horrified!
Nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—appeared around him and began to pulse rapidly. His Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul possessed him in an instant.
"What does the Beast God mean by this?! Does he really think Shrek is made of clay?! Shrek is under the Sea God's protection! My uncle-master is still alive! Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree is still standing! You..."
With every unhurried step Di Tian took toward him, Xuan Zi wished he could retreat ten zhang.
He was genuinely panicking. He might not want to admit it, but Di Tian was no opponent a mere rank-98 Titled Douluo like him could handle.
But his reckless words had triggered a few key phrases. Di Tian, who had been walking forward, actually stopped halfway.
"Uncle-master? Which uncle-master? That Mu En?!"
Di Tian's expression darkened, his face clouded with uncertainty.
Although the Ferocious Beasts had emerged and revealed their fearsome names to the world,
they spent most of their time cultivating in the Land of Great Evil and absorbing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. They didn't know much about what was happening outside.
They knew, in broad strokes, that humanity was advancing quickly and had invented all sorts of strange Soul Tools.
As for the strong among them...
Dragon God Douluo?! What a grand title!!!
By the time Di Tian finished cultivating and came out, news of Mu En's death had already spread far and wide. And with the Silver Dragon King injured, she couldn't leave the Star Dou Forest for long.
Otherwise, they would have dug up his grave and sent his relatives and friends—this so-called "Dragon God" included—to join him down below.
But from what Xuan Zi was saying, Mu En was still alive?
And he was using him to threaten Di Tian?
"Good! Very good! I never thought the legendary 'Dragon God' Douluo would still be alive! Hahahaha!"
Di Tian laughed aloud. Meanwhile, threads of nine-colored light slowly spread across his once pitch-black dragon claw.
"That's right! My uncle-master is still alive, and he has reached the Ultimate Douluo realm! I urge the Beast God to think carefully!"
Xuan Zi was a stubborn man. Seeing Di Tian gathering his strength, he mistook it for awe of Mu En's reputation and quickly added more fuel to the fire.
Mu En: I really fucking appreciate it!!
"Shrek has no wish to make an enemy of the Star Dou Forest, either. Those children were just young and hotheaded! I'll have them apologize right now!
You little rascals, hurry up and apologize to the Beast God!"
Seeing that Di Tian appeared to have no intention of attacking,
Xuan Zi wanted to wrap this up as quickly as possible so he could get away and eat a chicken leg to calm his nerves.
So he turned and barked at the Shrek students behind him.
However...
"Um... Elder Xuan? Is it just me, or does Senior Di Tian look a little off?"
Han Ruoruo, the oldest of the students, didn't apologize when Xuan Zi tried to force her to. Instead, she tremulously pointed at Di Tian.
"Hm? Off? What could possibly be wrong?"
Hearing that, Xuan Zi turned to look at Di Tian.
"Dragon God Claw!!"
Xuan Zi:!!!!!
"Uh-oh."
As Xuan Zi cried out in pain, nine-colored light burst in every direction.
Faced with a divine technique personally bestowed by the Dragon God, the Godly Taotie Bull, whose bloodline descended from dragons, suffered twice the suppression.
Xuan Zi was pinned to the ground and rubbed around like a rag doll.
Seeing this, Fang Le could only shake his head and mourn for him.
"Uncle Long, go easy on him. Don't beat him to death."
Why bring up Mu En at all? He was practically asking for it.
Still, surviving to over two hundred without being able to live up to the name of Dragon God... You had to admit, Mu En was one lucky bastard.
And he'd somehow escaped being killed by Di Tian and the others... Tsk, tsk, tsk!
"Ah! Brother Fang, what happened? Uncle Di Tian, what are you...?"
After chatting for a while with her sleeping mother, Jiang Nannan came out of the courtyard.
Then she saw Chang Wei beating Lai Fu.
Ah... No, wait.
She saw Di Tian beating Xuan Zi.
"It's nothing. Uncle Long's just playing with a spinning top. But the plan might have to change a little. Go get Rui'er, and bring Aunt Jiang, too. We'll leave together. It's... not very safe around here."
Fang Le glanced at Di Tian beating Xuan Zi off to the side and spoke to the little girl.
Things had already come this far. Fang Le definitely wasn't going to split up like some brainless characters in a horror movie.
They needed to stay together. Safety came first.
If Rui'er or Mother Jiang stayed behind and the other side took either of them hostage, that would be bad.
After all, Shrek had a history of doing that.
Or maybe it wasn't a history. A future history?
Anyway, Fang Le remembered a part in the original story where Rui'er had been captured by Xuan Zi.
Then she had been used to draw Huo Yuhao out, and had fallen prey to the God King's schemes. Tang San stole the Soul Beasts' fortune, and Rui'er herself became a sacrificial beast used to pave the way for Tang Wutong.
It was best to make sure that never happened.
"Okay! I'll do whatever you say, Brother Fang. I'll go get Sister Rui'er right now."
The little girl timidly glanced at Di Tian playing with his spinning top, nodded, and turned to head back into the courtyard to fetch Di Lingrui so they could leave together.
But before she could step through the gate, she saw the golden little beast pushing a wooden wheelchair outside.
Seated in it was Mother Jiang, still unconscious.
"Heave-ho! Heave-ho!"
"Xiao Jiang, come find something to prop it up with! The threshold's too high, and I can't push the chair out!"
"Coming!"
Jiang Nannan didn't waste time. She quickly found a few bricks and wedged them against both sides of the threshold. Then, together with the Auspicious Beast, she pushed Mother Jiang outside.
"Uncle Di Tian's so mean. Something as fun as playing with a spinning top, and he didn't even invite me! Hey, you over there, what are you staring at? Never seen such an adorable little beast? Stare all you want, I still won't let you pet me."
Looking at the chaos outside the courtyard, Rui'er sat down at ease and licked her paws. She also rubbed her head against Fang Le beside her.
Unlike Fang Le's relaxed group, Zhang Lexuan and the others were silent.
They watched Xuan Zi getting beaten, their faces heavy with worry.
"Will Elder Xuan be okay?"
"I think Elder Xuan's already halfway dead..."
But however worried they were, Di Tian's overwhelming presence still kept the Shrek students rooted to the spot.
"Capture the leader and the rest will scatter. That Beast God listens to that kid, doesn't he? If we kidnap him, we can make that bastard hold back..."
There was always someone with a bright idea in a crisis. Wu Ming, hot-tempered as she was, stepped up to take on this mission.
The more she spoke, the stranger the Shrek students' gazes toward Fang Le became.
Fang Le: This is bad! They're coming after me!
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