Facing Mu En, Qian Jue's Demon Domain!

Demonic whispers echoed across the sky.

With a muffled bang, Yan Shaozhe, transformed into a figure of black fire, slammed heavily into the ruined plaza of Sea God Island.

Black flames still raged wildly over his body, scorching the surrounding stone tiles until they cracked and melted.

"Shaozhe—!!!"

Seeing his beloved disciple below being devoured by demonic flames, his life force rapidly fading away, Mu En let out a heart-rending cry. Two streams of tears instantly burst from his clouded eyes.

At the sight before them, everyone present felt chills run through their hearts at the terrifying cultivation Qian Jue had displayed.

As expected of the peerless genius who was currently the only human Soul Master on the continent to have condensed a Double Soul Core.

Whether it was his overall combat power or the vast, abyss-like reserves of soul power within him, he had long since surpassed ordinary Super Douluo by far.

What was more, Qian Jue possessed the exceptionally rare top-tier martial soul, the Fallen Angel Martial Soul.

Such an ultimate martial soul combined with his current realm was simply enough to drive anyone to despair.

"Don't start crying yet."

Qian Jue swept his gaze coldly over those below and spoke in an icy tone. "If you cry your eyes dry now, you won't have the strength to cry later."

He looked down at them from above, taking in every emotion around him:

Mu En's utterly suppressed rage, the undisguisable fear in Xuan Zi's eyes, and the deep confusion and helplessness on the faces of Shrek's elders and students.

"Qian Jue, you are utterly unworthy of being called human!"

Xuan Zi's eyes were bloodshot as his roar shook the heavens.

"Not only have you slaughtered the innocent, but now you have cruelly murdered Shaozhe as well!

How are your actions any different from those utterly depraved Evil Soul Masters?!"

Just as soul power surged wildly around Xuan Zi and he was about to charge forward to perish together with Qian Jue, Mu En's aged and heavy voice slowly rang out, stopping him.

"Xuan Zi, stand down. Take the others and retreat to a safe place at once."

Xuan Zi turned his head in disbelief, his voice full of unwillingness and grief. "Elder Mu, you intend to..."

"If Qian Jue is not eliminated, the continent will surely face disaster.

If we let him leave today, then once he joins forces with the Holy Spirit Cult, the day the Holy Spirit Cult unifies Douluo Continent may not be far away..."

Mu En took a deep breath. His clouded gaze locked tightly onto Qian Jue in midair, filled with resolve.

After a brief pause, he continued in a grave voice:

"Qian Jue, I admit that you are indeed an anomaly.

You became a Super Douluo at barely over thirty, and even condensed a Double Soul Core, something unprecedented in history.

With talent like yours, even in the era of our ancestor Tang San ten thousand years ago, becoming a god would have been more than within your reach."

"I don't need your acknowledgment. My talent was always meant to be this great."

Qian Jue interrupted him without ceremony, his tone carrying unquestionable arrogance. "And let me correct you on one point: my talent is greater than Tang San's."

"You seem extremely confident in your own strength?"

Mu En looked at the arrogant and overbearing Qian Jue before him. He did not rush to attack, but instead spoke slowly.

"Qian Jue, do you know why Shrek was able to become the sacred ground in the hearts of all Soul Masters across the continent, with no one daring to offend it for ten thousand years?"

"Because over the years, the chance of survival for anyone who dared to force their way into Shrek has been zero! I believe that after today, no one will ever dare bully Shrek again!"

Is he stacking buffs again?

Qian Jue glanced at Mu En indifferently.

He keenly sensed that Mu En's aura was rising frantically at an unbelievable speed.

If one observed carefully, one would discover that vast, boundless life energy was continuously crossing space from behind Mu En and pouring into his body.

That was the foundation of Sea God Pavilion's heritage—the Golden Tree.

Although Mu En was already in the twilight of his life, that did not diminish the foundation he possessed as a Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo.

Once he borrowed the Golden Tree's power without restraint, Mu En's strength could be forcibly raised to the Demigod Realm for a short time!

This had always been the only thing Qian Jue feared.

Of course, that had only been true ten years ago.

"You want to use the Golden Tree's power to suppress me?"

Qian Jue sneered. The other hand that had been restraining Zhang Lexuan loosened, allowing her to collapse weakly to the ground.

Having to keep one hand free to deal with Shrek's lot had indeed been rather restrictive.

"If this had been ten years ago, I might have fallen for that."

Qian Jue raised his chin slightly, his gaze instantly becoming imperious and cold. "But unfortunately, the one you met today... is the current me."

The instant his words fell, Qian Jue's aura erupted completely like a volcanic explosion!

Ultimate darkness surged forth like a pitch-black tide, instantly corroding and swallowing everything around it.

Then, this darkened world began feeding enormous amounts of energy back into Qian Jue at an astonishing speed.

This had originally been the innate domain of the Fallen Angel Martial Soul—the Dark Domain.

But after Qian Jue underwent those four inhuman Demon Trials, the Dark Domain had undergone a qualitative transformation, completely evolving into the even more terrifying "Demon Domain."

Within this Demon Domain, Qian Jue could not only receive massive, all-around enhancements,

but more terrifyingly, so long as the domain remained, he could possess an almost "immortal" trait, like a true demon!

BOOM—!!!

As Qian Jue's words fell, thick black mist, so dense it seemed tangible, erupted outward from him in an instant!

This was not ordinary darkness elemental power, but demonic power mixed with an aura of extreme evil, chaos, and destruction!

The Demon Domain had descended!

The black mist expanded wildly like a tsunami. Wherever it passed, even space was corroded, releasing ear-piercing sizzling sounds.

Sea God Island, originally shrouded in the gentle glow emitted by the Golden Tree, was forcibly stripped of all color in that instant.

The sky darkened completely, and all of Shrek Academy seemed to have been forcibly dragged into an endless abyss.

Zhang Lexuan, whom Qian Jue had casually released, sat collapsed on the cold ground.

She stared blankly at Yan Shaozhe's charred corpse in the distance, then raised her head to look at Qian Jue, who hovered in the air like a demon god descending upon the world. Her beautiful eyes were filled with despair and suffocation.

Under this pure demonic pressure, she could not even move a finger. The soul power within her shrank away and fell completely silent, like a mouse that had seen a cat.

"What are you standing around for?! Go!!!"

Xuan Zi's eyes were bloodshot. Suppressing the humiliation and grief in his heart, he grabbed Zhang Lexuan from the ground.

Soul power surged around him, transforming into a violent gale that swept up the surviving elders, including Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, along with the surviving inner courtyard disciples. Without looking back, they fled madly toward the outskirts of Shrek City.

Xuan Zi knew very well that Elder Mu had already resolved to die.

Once an Ultimate Douluo used the Golden Tree to unleash Demigod Realm power, let alone a Super Douluo, even all of Sea God Island would be reduced to ashes in the coming collision!

If they remained here, not only would they be unable to help, they would become Elder Mu's burden instead.

"Trying to leave?" A trace of brutality flashed through Qian Jue's eyes as he was about to raise his hand and bring down slaughter.

Bzzz—! At that instant, an incomparably brilliant and utterly pure pillar of golden light shot into the sky from deep beneath Sea God Pavilion!

Like a divine sword that split heaven and earth, that golden light tore open a massive rift in Qian Jue's thick Demon Domain!

"Qian Jue, this old man is your opponent!"