The Second Batch of Explorers! Dai Mubai!

The base of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Inside the Thunder Hall, the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

"No--!!!"

A shrill, furious roar shattered the dome of the hall, echoing across the entire mountain peak.

The current patriarch, Yu Yuanzhen, stood up abruptly. A surge of extremely violent lightning power erupted from his body, instantly reducing the surrounding rosewood chairs to charcoal.

His eyes were bloodshot, staring fixedly at the now-dim screen of the Sky Screen, his teeth grinding together with a rattling sound.

"Tianheng... my Tianheng!"

Yu Yuanzhen's heart was bleeding.

Yu Tianheng was his own grandson!

His eldest son's eldest son!

He was the most outstanding disciple of their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's current generation, a core descendant being groomed as the future sect master!

He possessed the purest Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bloodline and had infinite potential!

To die so inexplicably under the aftermath of a shockwave?

For the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, this was undoubtedly a massive blow, almost equivalent to severing their future!

"Damn it! What in the hell is that world!"

The Second Elder, Yu Luomian, was also trembling with rage.

In contrast, look at the other two deceased explorers.

One was a farmer from some unknown village, and the other was a lowly deacon from the bottom ranks of Spirit Hall.

The deaths of these two people were not even a drop in the bucket for the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall; it was completely painless and irrelevant to them.

Why should their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect have to suffer such a tremendous loss?

Yu Yuanzhen breathed heavily, a fierce, malevolent aura gradually emerging in his eyes.

"Someone come!"

Yu Yuanzhen shouted, his voice shaking the hall.

"Assemble the men immediately and follow me to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to demand an explanation!"

The Second Elder was stunned for a moment, asking with some hesitation, "Big Brother, Tianheng was chosen by that mysterious Sky Screen. Going to the Royal Academy, this..."

"What 'this'!"

Yu Yuanzhen turned his head sharply, his eyes scarlet as if they were dripping blood.

"It is true that Yu Tianheng was chosen by the Sky Screen, but do not forget, he disappeared on the grounds of their Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

"He was studying at the Royal Academy, so they had the responsibility to protect his safety. Now that he is gone, the Royal Academy cannot shirk the blame. Regardless, we must make the Heaven Dou Empire provide an explanation!"

The elders in the hall looked at each other.

They all knew in their hearts.

To put it bluntly, Yu Yuanzhen's words were merely an excuse to use this incident to extort the Heaven Dou Empire and demand massive compensation.

In this cruel world of spirit masters, a genius who has already died is no longer a genius.

Even if this person was the grandson of the current Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect patriarch, the eldest son of his eldest son, and there was blood thicker than water, dead was dead.

The dead had no value.

For the sect, what was lost could not be recovered; the deceased Yu Tianheng could only serve as a bargaining chip to exchange for more resources to compensate for the sect's losses.

This was reality.

Meanwhile.

Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The spacious training ground was permeated with a sorrowful atmosphere.

Dugu Yan, with her short emerald-green hair, was currently squatting on the ground, her hands covering her face, her shoulders heaving violently.

"Tianheng..."

Inside a tall building next to the training ground.

The three education commissioners of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy—Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin—were sitting around a round table, the expressions on all three of their faces extremely grim.

"We are in big trouble now."

Meng Shenji rubbed his throbbing temples and sighed, "Yu Tianheng was chosen by the Sky Screen while at our academy and ended up dying miserably in another world. Those protective lunatics from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will absolutely not let this rest."

The smile had also vanished from Bai Baoshan's round face.

"On one hand, we must find a way to deal with that old fellow Yu Yuanzhen and give him an account. On the other hand..."

Bai Baoshan glanced out the window at the grieving Dugu Yan.

"Yu Tianheng is a junior whom our academy has poured a great deal of effort into cultivating; he is the absolute core of our team for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament."

"Now that the core is gone, it is a severe blow to both our academy's reputation and our strength."

"It will also be difficult for us to explain this to Emperor Xue Ye."

Zhi Lin could only offer a bitter, repeated smile.

"We had originally hoped that by cultivating Yu Tianheng, we could build a deep friendship with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect in the future and secure a powerful ally for the empire."

"But now, with him dying on our turf, instead of a friendship, we have forged a feud."

Just as the three committee members were furrowing their brows in distress, the grand voice from the firmament rang out once more, merciless and cold.

[The first batch of explorers has been completely wiped out.]

[The selection for the second batch of explorers begins. The quota for this selection remains three people.]

Hearing these words, everyone's hearts leaped into their throats once again.

[Countdown initiating.]

[Three, two, one.]

[Selection complete!]

Accompanied by a flash of dazzling light, the Sky Screen instantly split into three independent windows. Three brand-new names, along with clear silhouettes of the individuals, hung brightly in mid-air.

[Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy, Level 37 Battle Spirit Grandmaster, Dai Mubai!]

[Spirit Hall, Golden Generation, Level 52 Battle Spirit King, Yan!]

[Heaven Dou Empire, Soto City commoner, Cuihua!]

Seeing these three names with such vastly different statuses, the eyes of the entire Douluo Continent instantly converged upon them.

On the Shrek Academy playground, the atmosphere turned exceptionally bizarre.

"Cuihua?"

Ma Hongjun, who had just been shocked by Tang San's cultivation progress, looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He pointed blankly at the chubby girl on the Sky Screen, who was dressed in coarse linen clothes and possessed an ordinary appearance.

"Isn't that... isn't that my ex-girlfriend?"

Ma Hongjun swallowed hard, feeling as though his brain couldn't quite process the situation.

That ordinary village girl, who had broken up with him because she couldn't handle his evil fire, had actually been chosen by the Sky Screen to go to that high-dimensional world where gods fought?

But at this moment, the members of Shrek had no heart to pay attention to a village girl.

Everyone's gaze was focused entirely on the blond youth standing at the very front of the line.

Dai Mubai's entire body stiffened for a moment before he slowly exhaled a long breath.

A flash of astonishment crossed his handsome face, immediately replaced by an intense surge of arrogance and fighting spirit.

"Good! Being chosen is perfect! I, too, want to see what that so-called other world is like!"

Flender stepped forward quickly, reached out to pat his shoulder, and earnestly exhorted, "Mubai, be careful in everything."

"The power system of that world is too bizarre; you must not use the common sense of our Douluo Continent to speculate about them. If you encounter danger, do not force a confrontation. As long as you can survive for one year, you will be Shrek's greatest hero."