A wisp of Tang San's consciousness followed the ripple of divine sense and descended precisely onto Douluo Continent.
Through the wisp of divine sense sleeping inside Wang Dong, he took in the entire scene in Shrek Academy's Soul Fighting Zone.
The place was a wreck, battered by battle.
Several holes had been blasted into the Soul Fighting Platform, and pale-faced students were sprawled across the surrounding stands.
Zhuang Yusen, Lin Huiqun, Song Yunzhi, and several other Sea God Pavilion Elders were releasing their Martial Souls with all their might. Grim expressions were written across every face.
And opposite them hovered a woman with hair as fiery as a flame.
Five Soul Spirits at the Titled Douluo level floated behind her. Her blazing red hair whipped wildly in the gale, and scorching Battle Intent burned in her phoenix eyes.
"Limit Douluo!"
And not just any Limit Douluo!
What the hell was this?
Tang San's divine sense swept across the Soul Fighting Platform.
Huo Yuhao lay in a pool of blood, a horrifying wound gaping across his chest.
A black-haired, black-eyed boy stood beside him, about to finish him off.
Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.
"Damn it! What on earth happened?!"
Huo Yuhao was the Child of Destiny he had chosen, the most crucial link in his entire plan!
That kid absolutely couldn't die now!
And the boy beside him looked about six years old, yet a pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring circled beneath his feet.
A Ten Thousand Year first ring!
Since when had Douluo Continent advanced this quickly?!
Tang San's heart sank.
Where had this genius come from?
An unknown Limit Douluo had brought a six-year-old child with a Ten Thousand Year first ring to wreak havoc at Shrek Academy.
And this was just when Huo Yuhao had obtained the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and his destiny had begun to rise.
By rights, the Child of Destiny's early path might have a few bumps, but it shouldn't have veered so far beyond his control.
At this rate, Tang San could hardly tell who the Child of Destiny was anymore!
Tang San didn't hesitate.
He made his move.
He fully activated the wisp of divine sense he had left inside Wang Dong.
In the central plaza of Shrek Academy, the towering Tang San Statue suddenly lit up.
A faint blue-gold radiance appeared across its surface.
A vast pressure, enough to suffocate anyone, spread from the statue.
A God King had descended!
An ethereal voice rang in everyone's ears.
"Stop!"
Mu En's hands trembled. He looked up at the glowing statue, disbelief surging in his cloudy old eyes.
Zhuang Yusen, Lin Huiqun, and Song Yunzhi withdrew their Martial Souls one after another.
Xuanzi was charred all over, but when he heard the voice, he struggled to raise his head.
On the Soul Fighting Platform.
At the sight of this, Gu An knew Tang San had made his move.
A surge of unwillingness welled up inside him.
He'd been so close.
So close to completely crippling Huo Yuhao.
But he knew very well that now that Tang San had intervened, forcing the fight would be suicide.
Still, he had more or less accomplished his goal.
Huo Yuhao was gravely wounded, Wang Dong had been crippled, Xiao Xiao had been taken away, and he'd secured compensation.
This trip to Shrek Academy had yielded far more than expected.
Gu An kicked Huo Yuhao hard, flipping the unconscious boy onto his side.
Then he lifted his head and looked at Leng Yaozhu.
"Sister Yaozhu, let's go!"
Leng Yaozhu's expression was equally grave.
She had naturally felt the pressure of a god.
But she didn't take Tang San seriously at all.
If a God King had descended in person, she might have been wary.
But right now, he was only putting on a show with a wisp of divine sense.
Even so, they still had to run.
She wasn't willing to take the risk.
With a flash, she landed beside Gu An and scooped him and Xiao Xiao into her arms.
The Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul's wings beat fiercely. She became a streak of fiery red light and shot out of Shrek Academy.
She moved at blinding speed.
In the blink of an eye, she vanished into the distance.
The people at Shrek Academy watched the streak of light fly away, but not one of them pursued it.
It wasn't that they didn't want to. They couldn't catch up.
And they didn't dare.
As for everyone else at Shrek Academy, hearing Tang San's voice, witnessing his God King methods, and seeing the lifelike Tang San Statue gleaming with golden light left them filled with reverence.
Mu En bowed deeply toward the statue.
Zhuang Yusen, Lin Huiqun, Song Yunzhi, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, Gong Changlong—all the Elders bowed in respect.
The students knelt one after another.
The Tang San Statue hovered in midair, wreathed in golden light.
His face, meanwhile, had never been darker.
He was a dignified God King, descending in person, and those two had still run away.
They hadn't even given him a chance to speak and stop them.
But he still didn't know exactly what had happened.
So he put on the airs of a God King, his voice ethereal and imposing.
"What happened at Shrek?"
Mu En didn't dare conceal anything. He recounted the whole affair from beginning to end.
Tang San fell silent for a long while.
None of this had been part of his plan.
But now Huo Yuhao was gravely wounded, Xiao Xiao had been taken away, and someone had ground Shrek Academy's dignity into the dirt.
Far too much had gone off script.
Tang San's thoughts were unreadable.
His gaze fell on Huo Yuhao, lying in a pool of blood on the Soul Fighting Platform, then shifted to his daughter at 0.5 portions.
At length, he spoke again.
"I have great hopes for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. Only the two of them can deal with the person who was here just now."
"You must nurture them well."
With those words, Tang San withdrew his divine sense from the statue.
If he unleashed his divine power again, Destruction would probably come looking for a sparring match.
This hadn't been part of the plan. He hadn't needed to personally concern himself with a mere Huo Yuhao.
But given Huo Yuhao's condition, if Shrek Academy didn't nurture him properly, he'd probably be doomed the next time.
As for why the consciousness of Douluo Planet hadn't stepped in to stop all this—
Tang San wasn't sure.
He had even less idea what Tang Hao was doing. How had that guy still not completely devoured the consciousness of Douluo Planet?!
What a load of crap!
The golden light on the statue slowly faded.
Tang San's presence vanished completely from Shrek Academy.
Mu En and the others were speechless.
He was just leaving?
Then what had he come for?
Meanwhile.
Still shaken, Leng Yaozhu had already flown far away from Shrek Academy with Gu An and Xiao Xiao.
Leng Yaozhu glanced down at Xiao Xiao in her arms. She had knocked the little girl unconscious, and now she rested her head against Leng Yaozhu's shoulder, breathing evenly.
Leng Yaozhu lifted her head and looked at Gu An.
"I didn't think Tang San would really step in. Shameless."
"Looks like he really does care about his daughter and son-in-law."
"Xiao An, how was the haul this time?"
Gu An gave a cold laugh.
"Care? If he cared, he wouldn't have split his daughter in two and sent her down here to seduce Huo Yuhao."
"What kind of good father splits his daughter in half?"
"But that doesn't matter."
The corners of his mouth lifted high, and the delight in his eyes was impossible to hide.
"This haul was excellent!"
"We got a huge boost to the World Origin, ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, a Dragon Core, and even managed to take Xiao Xiao with us."
"We really ought to thank Huo Yuhao for being so generous!"
That was how the Child of Destiny should be—generous!