Elder Xuan Arrives! Elder Xuan Is Taken Down in a Second!

When Elder Xuan broke through the canopy with bloodshot eyes, ready to risk his life, the sight before him forced him to stop dead in his tracks, as if an invisible hand had clamped tightly around his throat.

He saw the Inner Court disciples scattered across the ground, heavily wounded and unconscious, and he saw Zhang Lexuan standing there, completely unharmed.

Following that, he saw the hundred-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Dragon Lizard, pinned firmly to the ground by a massive dark purple sword, its blood pooling into a river.

Finally, Elder Xuan's gaze stiffened and slowly drifted upward, locking onto the young man hovering in midair, six pitch-black wings spread behind him, his expression as cold and bottomless as an abyss.

"Gulp..." Elder Xuan's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty as he swallowed hard.

The old face that had been flushed with extreme rage drained of all color the moment he saw the man's face, turning deathly pale.

"Fallen, Fallen Angel... Qian Jue?!"

Elder Xuan's voice cracked from sheer terror, even carrying a hint of unmistakable trembling.

"You... you died ten years ago! This is impossible!"

Watching Elder Xuan below, who was acting as if facing a formidable enemy and pushing his soul power to the limit, Qian Jue didn't even lift an eyelid, merely letting out a cold, disdainful sneer.

"Taotie Douluo, it's been so many years, yet you're still the same as before..."

Qian Jue leaned forward slightly, his six wings flapping once. A pressure of ultimate darkness, far purer and more terrifying than it had been ten years ago, descended with a boom, instantly crushing Elder Xuan's momentum into dust!

He looked down at Elder Xuan from his superior position, his eyes like those of someone watching an ant: "Only capable of arriving late, just like a piece of trash."

Hearing Qian Jue's merciless mockery, Xuan Zi's already flushed face turned the color of liver, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

"Shut your mouth, you Evil Soul Master! What right does a fallen wretch with blood-stained hands have to judge me?!"

Hearing Xuan Zi's righteous tone, Qian Jue found it amusing.

"Xuan Zi, oh Xuan Zi, I just addressed you respectfully as Taotie Douluo, and you actually think you're someone important?"

Qian Jue leaned in slightly, looking at Xuan Zi with utter contempt.

"I warned Mu En a long time ago that keeping a top-tier specimen like you at Shrek was simply asking for the Inner Court disciples to die faster.

When the Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult want to kill your Shrek geniuses, they have to rack their brains, scout locations in advance, and set traps.

But you? You just lead a team, find a random spot to lie down, pull out a chicken leg to gnaw on, and the geniuses just die off on their own."

"The meticulous schemes of the Holy Spirit Cult elders really can't compare to your 'spontaneous inspiration' when leading a team."

These words struck home, piercing the greatest pain of Xuan Zi's life.

"Qian Jue--!"

Xuan Zi's eyes were wide enough to split, his roar shaking the forest.

"I don't care if you were truly dead or faking it back then, but so many years have passed, and my strength is no longer what it used to be!

Leaving a natural-born evil heretic like you in this world will only lead to disaster!

As the leader of the Shrek Inspection Group, I will act on behalf of the heavens today and execute you on the spot, you brat!"

Boom--!

Before the words had even faded, nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—rose abruptly from beneath Xuan Zi's feet.

His Taotie Divine Bull Martial Soul possessed him instantly, and the terrifying aura of a ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo erupted like a volcanic explosion!

"Elder Xuan, wait!" Zhang Lexuan was shocked and hurriedly tried to stop him.

If it were any other Evil Soul Master, she would have drawn her sword to help long ago.

But this man before them had just saved all of them from the jaws of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast; if not for Qian Jue, the Shrek Inner Court would have been completely wiped out today.

She did not want to return kindness with enmity.

Furthermore... the other Inner Court students lying on the ground didn't dare speak, but hearing Qian Jue's sharp critique, they felt a strange sense of agreement in their hearts.

The Holy Spirit Cult's schemes were no match for Elder Xuan's "spontaneous inspiration"... the words were harsh, but they couldn't find a single reason to refute them!

"Lexuan, say no more!"

Xuan Zi had completely lost his head, his eyes burning red.

"I must eliminate this scourge today. This brat's danger level exceeds that of those lunatics in the Holy Spirit Cult!

Even if Elder Mu himself were here, he couldn't stop me. I, Xuan Zi, said so!"

Watching Xuan Zi's arrogant, self-important display, Qian Jue finally couldn't hold back and let out a scoff.

"Xuan Zi, did you drink fake wine today and rot your brain?"

The mockery in Qian Jue's eyes was overflowing. "It's only been a few years, yet your skills haven't improved much, but your mouth is even bigger than that hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear from back then."

"It seems that in the years I've been gone, you've harmed plenty more innocent Shrek disciples, and now you're looking to vent your pent-up evil fire on me, is that it?"

"You're courting death!" Xuan Zi was thoroughly enraged, the string of his reason snapping completely.

He stomped his foot, and the ground within a hundred meters cracked instantly as he shot into the sky like a cannonball.

His seventh soul ring flared with black light as Xuan Zi unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a massive Taotie Divine Bull that loomed like a mountain.

Violent, earthy-yellow soul power condensed in the air, forming a massive gravitational vortex.

"Taotie Devours Heaven!"

A terrifying devouring force erupted from the Taotie Divine Bull's giant maw; the surrounding giant trees, rocks, and even light seemed to be forcibly dragged into it. The momentum was as if it intended to grind the entire space, along with Qian Jue, into dust.

Facing an all-out strike that would make an ordinary Titled Douluo despair, Qian Jue didn't even bother to dodge.

He hovered quietly in midair, his six pitch-black wings flapping with indifference.

"Ninety-eighth level? Is this the confidence you have to shout in front of me?"

Qian Jue slowly raised his right hand, dark purple destructive currents compressing madly in his palm.

Having completed the first four Demon Trials, the power accumulated within his body had long since surpassed the limits of mortals.

The terrifying pressure belonging to an Ultimate Douluo, or even the Demigod Realm, was released without reservation at this moment!

"Boom--!!!"

A wave of ultimate darkness, ten, a hundred times stronger than Xuan Zi's, crashed down like a collapsing celestial river.

The Taotie vortex, which had been madly devouring everything in its path, was like a soap bubble in a gale before this absolute suppression of rank—it shattered with a "pop"!

"What?!"

The Taotie Divine Bull, which Xuan Zi had transformed into, widened its eyes in disbelief.

His ultimate killing blow hadn't even touched the corner of the opponent's clothes before being forcibly crushed?!

"Since you like lying down and eating chicken legs so much..."

Qian Jue's eyes turned cold, and he pressed his right hand into the void toward Xuan Zi below.

"Then you can stay pressed to the ground forever!"

Bang--!!!

A giant hand, completely condensed from ultimate darkness and covering the sky, descended with the destructive force of a landslide, slamming heavily onto the back of the Taotie Divine Bull.

Accompanied by the sound of teeth-grinding bone fractures, the ninety-eighth-level Elder Xuan didn't even have time to let out a scream before his massive Martial Soul Avatar collapsed instantly.

He was smashed into the ground like a meteor, creating a massive crater dozens of meters deep!

Rumble--!!!

The entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to suffer an earthquake that shook the mountains and rivers, dust filling the sky.

Zhang Lexuan and the group of Inner Court disciples stared blankly at the deep pit, their minds blank, having even forgotten how to breathe.

One move.

With just a single move, the second-in-command of Shrek Academy, the ninety-eighth-level Taotie Douluo Elder Xuan, had been suppressed by this man as easily as swatting a fly!