Sea God's Light

Di Tian's aura surged to its peak. The invisible pressure was like Mount Tai bearing down on them, making it difficult for everyone present even to breathe. They were like a lone boat drifting amid raging waves, liable to capsize at any moment.

Mu En and Xuan Zi were closest to the Beast God, so they naturally bore the greatest pressure. Had their cultivation not been profound, they would have already collapsed to the ground.

Mu En's originally stooped body trembled slightly beneath the pressure. He slowly raised his head, and a determination to face death without fear shone in his clouded old eyes.

It seems I can only use that move.

He had not wanted to do this. Using Sea God's Light burned one's origin and life force. With his current body already at the end of its rope, how many days would he have left after this strike?

But the pressure was simply too terrifying. If he did not risk everything, Shrek would likely be destroyed by his hand today.

Mu En's aged voice suddenly rang out in the oppressive atmosphere, without the slightest emotional fluctuation:

"Sea God's Light."

The moment his words fell, an earth-shaking wave of power erupted from the direction of Sea God Island deep within Shrek Academy. The Golden Ancient Tree seemed to answer the summons, bursting with blinding golden light. A brilliant pillar of light shot through the sky and precisely poured into Mu En's body.

Bathed in sacred golden light, Mu En's formerly hunched back seemed to straighten somewhat. The Beast God's pressure, enough to crush everyone present, was completely dissolved by the golden radiance swirling around him.

The elders of Sea God Pavilion below all changed expression, their hearts filled with helplessness and sorrow.

Elder Mu... had actually used Sea God's Light.

Everyone knew perfectly well that this seemingly glorious strike was actually draining what little life Mu En had left. Once this battle ended, would the old man's body still be able to endure? This was not a battle at all—it was clearly gambling with his life!

Xuan Zi stood to one side, his fingernails digging deeply into his palms until flesh split and blood seeped out, yet he felt no pain at all. He hated it—hated that his cultivation was insufficient. Before a truly supreme expert, he did not even have the right to share the burden, and could only watch helplessly as his senior burned away his life to fight.

While everyone else grieved, Di Tian, at the heart of the storm, showed the slightest change in his gaze.

"This is..." His enormous dragon eyes narrowed slightly. That aura was far too familiar to him. "Sea God's Light. The power left behind ten thousand years ago by Sea God Tang San."

He stared at Mu En, bathed in golden light. A trace of confusion flashed through his eyes before turning to disdain. "I never thought you would actually sacrifice your lifespan to borrow the Golden Ancient Tree's power."

To an existence at Di Tian's level, this was clearly the struggle of someone at the end of his strength.

"You burn your life with a broken body for this brief moment of splendor. Do you think that will be enough to stop me?"

As the golden light faded, Mu En's face grew even paler, yet his expression remained calm as still water. He spoke lightly:

"If I don't try, how will I know?"

Since that was the case, Di Tian hesitated no longer and directly revealed Dragon God's Claw. It was a divine skill bestowed upon him by the Dragon God—Dragon God's Claw. In an instant, Di Tian's right claw completely transformed into dazzling gold, wrapped in a faint multicolored halo and radiating pressure capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Mu En's heart tightened. Faced with the Beast God Di Tian's strongest strike, how could he not want to answer with his own strongest move? He instinctively wanted to summon his ninth soul skill to meet the attack head-on, but an emptied weakness surged through his body—his soul power had long since run dry.

At this critical moment between life and death, he no longer had the strength to use that enormously costly ninth soul skill. He could only forcibly stir his remaining power and, without further hesitation, instantly unleash his martial soul true body.

Accompanied by a desolate dragon roar, Mu En's body rapidly expanded as he transformed into a Radiant Sacred Dragon. Forcibly overdrawing his potential, he unleashed—"Heaven-Overlord Fist."

That punch carried an unstoppable momentum as it fiercely met Di Tian's fatal Dragon God's Claw.

Boom—!

The instant the two attacks collided, light exploded. Mu En was immediately sent flying backward, vomiting a mouthful of blood that drew a glaring arc through the air.

Just as Di Tian prepared to press his advantage, the Silver Dragon King's voice entered his mind directly.

"Di Tian, return."

Di Tian's body paused, and he hesitated slightly—after all, their side held the advantage.

However, the Silver Dragon King's words were absolute commands.

"Yes, my lord."

Di Tian no longer hesitated and immediately turned around. His gaze swept over the human experts as he said coldly, "Mu En, I will spare your lives today. You had best capture the culprit, otherwise..."

Hearing this, everyone could not help but freeze slightly. Was Di Tian planning to withdraw?

Di Tian's voice boomed like thunder, echoing across the battlefield:

"Star Dou forces, withdraw!"

With that command, the raging beast tide immediately came to a halt.

Though the soul beasts were confused, these battle-hardened beasts still strictly obeyed the order and swiftly retreated.

Bear Lord was filled with complaints and could not help asking, "Di Tian, what are you doing? We were about to win. Why are we withdrawing?"

Di Tian frowned and said in a deep voice, "Bear Lord, enough! My words are orders."

Bear Lord curled his lips. "Fine."

The core region of Star Dou Forest.

Di Tian and the others returned to the shore of Life Lake.

The silent lake suddenly churned. A silver figure burst from the water, then transformed into an incomparably beautiful silver dragon suspended in the air—it was the Silver Dragon King.

The ferocious beasts did not dare show the slightest disrespect. They all prostrated themselves and respectfully called out, "My lord."

The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, nodded slightly and said calmly, "Rise."

The ferocious beasts rose as ordered, though traces of confusion inevitably appeared on their faces. They did not know why their lord had summoned them back.

Gu Yuena did not say much. She raised her slender hand, and a sphere of light rested in her palm.

Within the glow was a golden giant dragon.

The dragon was in an utterly miserable state. More than half of its originally dazzling golden scales had fallen away, while its scarred body was covered in blood and wounds. It looked as though it had just endured a world-ending battle and was barely clinging to life.

On its body, Di Tian sensed an aura identical to that of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

It was not only Di Tian. The other ferocious beasts also sensed the same power of destiny possessed by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Gu Yuena gently placed Yu Chen on the ground, her movements extraordinarily careful, as if afraid of hurting him.

"That is right. This is the newly born Emperor Auspicious Beast. The power of destiny it carries concerns the future of the entire soul beast race on Douluo Continent."

The moment those words were spoken, the ferocious beasts' expressions immediately changed. What did that mean?

"Why are its injuries so severe? Who did this?"

Di Tian's dragon eyes were filled with rage. He nearly erupted, but Gu Yuena eventually calmed him down.

"Enough. Stop raging helplessly there. I sensed divine power within its body."

Hearing the words "divine power," all the ferocious beasts were shaken, then filled with anger.

Di Tian also understood—other soul beasts might not know, but how could he possibly not know of the God Realm's existence?

The God Realm truly existed. He had once been the Dragon God's captain of the personal guard, so he knew something about it.

Not all soul beasts knew that they could not become gods. They all believed that once they broke through a million years of cultivation, they could ascend to godhood.

But Di Tian knew.

"Enough. You may all leave for now. Bi Ji, stay behind and see whether you can treat it."

"Yes!"

"Xue'er, the beast tide in Star Dou Forest has already receded. Should we continue?"

Snow Empress gazed toward Star Dou Forest, with confusion in her eyes, but also a decision.

"Since the beast tide in Star Dou Forest has receded, we should withdraw as well!"

Ice Empress was very obedient to Snow Empress. Whatever Snow Empress said, she followed.