Haotian Sect Strikes

While Xia Liang and the others battled Tang San, in the Shrek Academy second-year dormitory...

Under the shroud of two mysterious powers, the entire building had been completely cut off from the outside world. No one could enter the dormitory area.

Huo Yuhao waited anxiously for news from Xia Liang and the others.

That was Tang San... the strongest god from ten thousand years ago.

Huo Yuhao's palms were sweating with nervousness when a figure suddenly broke through space and appeared silently before him. There were no soul power fluctuations around the newcomer, no killing intent, not even the sound of breathing.

"Who?!"

Tianmeng reacted first. His spiritual domain erupted, and an invisible torrent poured forth from the Sea of Spirit. The Ice Empress followed immediately, unfolding her Ultimate Ice domain. Emerald-green frost rapidly spread along the floor and walls, forming a thin veil of frost in the air. The two domains overlapped around the figure.

Yet the other party did not waver in the slightest.

Strong.

Tianmeng and the Ice Empress exchanged a look. The newcomer was powerful—not a mortal.

"You two need not be so hostile. I merely came to invite young friend Huo Yuhao to be our guest."

A burly man appeared before the three of them.

"Invite him? Is this how you invite guests—by abducting them?"

The Ice Empress sneered as her true form emerged. Her tail hook lifted slightly, emerald frost gathering at its tip into an exceptionally bright point of icy light. If she and Tianmeng had not reacted quickly just now, Huo Yuhao would already have been taken.

"Bingbing, there's another one."

Tianmeng's spiritual domain detected another figure, though that person was not heading for Huo Yuhao.

"Wang Dong!"

When Huo Yuhao saw that Wang Dong had vanished from the bed, he immediately realized that they had come for both of them.

Although he did not know why Wang Dong carried Tang San's power, that was no reason for Huo Yuhao to stand by and do nothing.

"We are Dong'er's family. We will not harm him..."

The man in front said, but at that moment, another, rougher voice rang out.

"Why waste words on him, Big Brother? Can't we just take them?"

Before he could finish, another voice cut in from the side, filled with impatience. An even larger figure stepped out of the void. The newcomer's muscles were like cast iron, and a layer of fine dark-golden markings covered his skin.

He did not even spare Huo Yuhao a second glance. He simply stretched out his palm, fingers spread wide, and grabbed at Huo Yuhao with enough force to overturn the entire bed.

"You're courting death!"

The Ice Empress erupted, revealing her true form as a tail stinger stabbed toward the man's hand.

Clang—

The tail stinger struck his arm, producing a crisp metallic ring.

"Hiss, this little scorpion."

Hearing Titan's voice, the Ice Empress understood. Even if she had failed to break through his defenses, she had still hurt him somewhat. He did not seem to be a god, so the gap between them was not too great.

"Second Brother, don't be rude."

The first figure stepped forward and stopped him.

"I am Niu Tian, Sect Master of the Haotian Sect. This is Vice Sect Master Titan. Dong'er is the Haotian Sect's young sect master. We will not harm him."

Niu Tian spoke. The two had come for two reasons: to take Wang Dong away on Tang San's orders, and to bring Huo Yuhao back with them.

"Haotian Sect? You're Tang San's people?"

Huo Yuhao naturally knew of the relationship between the Haotian Sect and Tang San. That meant the two before him were enemies.

"We are not your enemies. Our purpose is to help you become a god."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's expression, Niu Tian knew that he had been regarded as an enemy.

"Become a god? Yuhao can do that himself. He doesn't need you!"

Tianmeng replied sharply. No longer wanting to speak with them, he unleashed his spiritual power. Thirteen level-98 puppet figures appeared and surrounded the two men.

Though Tianmeng was lazy and useless in a fight, his spiritual power was immense. Electrolux had specifically given Tianmeng several puppets to control, and Tianmeng could now command thirteen puppets in battle at once.

"This is troublesome."

Titan looked at the puppets around them. Although the two of them were Ultimate Douluo, facing so many powerful opponents at once was still troublesome.

"Since you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink a forfeit."

Seeing the situation, Niu Tian felt that peaceful resolution was no longer possible. They might as well seize Huo Yuhao directly. Once they returned to the Haotian Sect, Huo Yuhao would understand the painstaking intentions of Tang San and themselves.

Titan reached for Huo Yuhao, but as his arm neared him, a ripple of space appeared around Huo Yuhao's body.

He missed?

Before Titan could think further, a puppet wielding a crimson longsword had already charged at him.

He raised his hand to block it, only to feel a searing heat. Titan was actually forced back several steps.

"Good heavens, Ultimate Fire!"

Titan lightly rubbed his wounded arm, and the cut quickly vanished.

"Be careful. These should be methods of those two foreign gods."

Niu Tian looked at the puppets around them. These things clearly were not products of the Douluo Continent, and they did not look easy to handle.

"Big Brother, hold them off for me. I'll capture this brat."

After speaking, Titan locked onto Huo Yuhao with spatial power and charged straight at him.

With spatial power this time, Titan refused to believe he still could not catch this little soul master!

The Ice Empress's ice could not stop him at all. Tianmeng was about to control the puppets, but he was directly suppressed by the lightning around Niu Tian. Their strength was still insufficient.

Huo Yuhao only felt an extreme sense of danger envelop him. Then the Shield Scepter appeared before him, directly blocking Titan's outstretched arm.

"What is this?"

Titan felt himself seize something hard. Looking down, he saw yellow light enveloping Huo Yuhao.

"Hmph. You think this can stop me?"

Titan was about to exert force when a stream of frigid air fell upon his right arm.

Crack—

Titan reacted with astonishing speed. His left hand formed into a blade, and he cleanly severed his own right arm at the shoulder. The instant the severed arm left his body, it turned into a heap of shattered ice and crashed onto the floor. Ice shards scattered everywhere, with traces of blood still clinging to their edges.

He clutched his shoulder and retreated to Niu Tian's side, his expression turning completely grim.

"Divine power."

Titan's right arm was now gone. If he had not decisively cut it off just now, he would likely have become an ice sculpture.

"Attack together."

Niu Tian was about to join Titan when a message entered his mind.

"Leave!"

Before Titan could react, Niu Tian grabbed him and departed. This was no place to linger!

"Phew..."

Huo Yuhao dropped to one knee, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.

"Damn it..."

The Ice Empress now felt her own weakness. She could only watch those two humans leave and could do nothing about it.

"It's fine, Bingbing. We'll take revenge together someday."

Tianmeng spoke. He was furious at having let the two leave, but their strength truly was insufficient to stop them.

After Titan and Niu Tian departed, the strange force shrouding the dormitory building also disappeared. Xia Liang brought Electrolux back to the real world, while the Snow Empress returned to the inheritance space of the Ice God's divine seat. After all, she was now a true god and could not walk the mortal world.

"My lord World."

The elders of the Sea God Pavilion appeared nearby, forming a circle and sealing off the surroundings so tightly that not even water could pass through. After all, this was an apparition of the Sea God!

"Your Shrek certainly has a lot of trouble. I'm starting to regret letting Huo Yuhao come here."

Xia Liang spoke. Hearing this, the elders looked at one another, unsure of what to say. This time, the Sea God's Light was no longer something they could control.

"Seniors, Wang Dong was taken away by two men who called themselves the Sect Master of the Haotian Sect."

Huo Yuhao said what Xia Liang had taught him to say.

"The Haotian Sect?"

The elders froze upon hearing the name, but did not think too deeply about it. Outsiders might not know, but they knew Wang Dong's true identity.

"Was there anything else?"

"No. I fainted afterward."

"Mm, then..."

The elders still wanted to ask something, but Xia Liang had no time to waste here.

"If anything happens to Huo Yuhao, just wait and see."

"Uh... that won't happen."

One of the elders did not know what else to say.

"Yuhao, go find a hotel and rest."

Xia Liang could not be bothered to say anything more to the people before him and vanished directly.

The elders could only watch Xia Liang leave, not daring to stop him.

If Mu En had been present, they might have said something. But Mu En was not here now.

"Seniors, I'll be leaving."

Huo Yuhao gave them a bow and left.

The elders did not dare stop him. They could only investigate the area for traces left behind by divine miracles.

"Are we leaving Shrek?"

After booking a room at a hotel, Huo Yuhao entered the Sea of Spirit. Everyone inside was holding a meeting.

Leaving Shrek seemed like the best choice now. With Xia Liang around, they could go anywhere.

"No."

Whether they left or not was naturally Xia Liang's final decision. He had originally intended to leave as well, but after obtaining a piece of information, it was no longer convenient to do so.

Tang San possessed something extremely important. Xia Liang needed to make further preparations and arrange more methods, then find an opportunity to lure Tang San down to the mortal realm and obtain it.

"Don't worry. As long as I'm here, it'll be fine."

Xia Liang reassured him, but Huo Yuhao was not worried about his own safety. There was only one thing he wanted to know.

"Brother Xia Liang, who is Wang Dong?"

"Hmm? That question..."

That question truly stumped Xia Liang. Wang Dong's identity was indeed hard to explain, so he would tell him half of it first.

"Wang Dong is the young sect master of the Haotian Sect, as well as a puppet Tang San chose to approach you."

Compared with Tang Wutong, Wang Dong was more like a puppet who could be discarded at any time. After all, who knew whether Tang Wutong had used a body from the God Realm or Wang Dong's body when she appeared in the original story? If it was a body from the God Realm, her talent could not possibly have been so poor. But if it was a mortal body, where had that mortal body come from?

"Approach me?"

Hearing that Wang Dong had come to approach him, Huo Yuhao was stunned. Why had he approached him?

"Your true identity is the Child of Fortune, formed from the accumulated fortune of the Douluo Continent over ten thousand years. He approached you to draw you into his camp. The God Realm is not a peaceful place either, and Tang San has enemies."

"Mm..."

Hearing that Wang Dong had approached him for this reason, Huo Yuhao felt somewhat dejected. They had spent so long together; those feelings were not fake.

"Don't worry. Approaching you was not Wang Dong's mission. He did not even know of your existence. Tang San merely linked his fortune to yours, allowing the two of you to meet. Your feelings for each other were real."

Xia Liang did not like Tang Wutong, but he had a rather good impression of Wang Dong. As for the future, that could be left to the future.

"Mm..."

Huo Yuhao remained silent. Xia Liang knew that he might not be able to accept it all at once, but he was still young. He just needed time to think it over.

"Get some proper rest. You still need to lead the soul spirits to shine in the upcoming soul master tournament. Leave the rest to us adults."

At some point, the Snow Empress had walked behind Huo Yuhao and rubbed his head.

"Senior Snow Empress, I'm fine. I just can't quite make sense of it yet."

Huo Yuhao replied.

"Think it over slowly. We'll always be behind you."

The Snow Empress's gentle childlike voice entered Huo Yuhao's ears. Xia Liang looked over. With her tiny body and that big-sister-like tone, the Snow Empress gave off a strangely incongruous feeling, as if she were radiating the glow of an older sister.

The meeting soon ended. Tianmeng and Electrolux went to the main world of Minecraft to study puppets, while the Ice Empress sought out the Snow Empress.

"Xue Nu, should I change my hairstyle? Give me a new one."

"Fine, fine."

Xia Liang took Huo Yuhao with him and looked at the moon in the sky.

"Don't worry. We're here. You just need to focus on getting stronger."

"Okay."

After the Sea God's Light erupted, Mu En swiftly returned to Shrek...