Encountering Shrek Academy

Luo Wei paid no attention to the Vajra Tiger prostrated on the ground.

Just as she was about to strike and severely wound the Earth Demon Ape, Lu Chen raised a hand to stop her.

"Aunt Luo, this Earth Demon Ape is already badly injured. Why not leave it to me?"

A flicker of eagerness flashed through Lu Chen's eyes.

He had yet to truly fight a soul beast, so this was the perfect chance to test his skills.

Luo Wei nodded slightly at his words and reminded him:

"Don't be careless."

With that, the pressure enveloping the Vajra Tiger abruptly vanished.

The Vajra Tiger immediately understood that this group of humans was not targeting it.

It hurriedly let out a roar at the Earth Demon Ape, then turned and fled miserably into the depths of the forest.

Its roar carried a note of mockery.

The Earth Demon Ape's expression changed drastically.

Damn it, these humans are after me!

"Little Chen, Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts already possess considerable intelligence, and their strength far surpasses that of ordinary Soul Kings. Be careful!"

Tang Ya offered a timely warning.

"I know."

Lu Chen smiled faintly and rolled his wrist.

The abundance brought by four high-grade Soul Bones had driven his blood and vitality into an extremely excited state.

He slowly walked to within ten meters of the Earth Demon Ape, his gaze burning as he stared at it.

The Earth Demon Ape also sensed that its body had regained the ability to move.

Its blood-red eyes locked tightly onto the human before it, filled with savagery.

"Roar—!"

With an ear-splitting roar, the Earth Demon Ape smashed its Twin Fists into the ground and charged furiously at Lu Chen.

It knew it could not escape death today. Rather than die miserably and become a Soul Ring,

it might as well drag someone down with it!

"You lowly Soul Scholar human, and you dare try to kill me!"

Before the words had even faded, the Earth Demon Ape entered a berserk state.

Its massive body stirred up a foul wind as it ran.

Like a small mountain of blood, it crashed fiercely toward Lu Chen.

In just a single breath, it had reached him.

A fist powerful enough to shatter boulders came smashing down at Lu Chen's head.

At that critical moment, a phantom of a golden giant rose from the ground behind Lu Chen.

"Soul Shock!"

The Head Soul Bone on Lu Chen's forehead suddenly lit up.

An invisible spiritual attack shot toward the Earth Demon Ape in an instant.

It was the skill of his Head Soul Bone!

The sudden stabbing pain in its mind caused the ape's attack to pause for half a beat.

Blue light flashed through Lu Chen's eyes as he precisely caught the opening.

"Found your weakness!"

His voice was steady as ice, yet his Hands moved like swimming dragons.

Just as the ape's fist was about to strike him, his Hands traced two profound blue arcs through the air.

His fingertips moved like fish playing in water, precisely settling against the weakest point along the side of the ape's fist.

"Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist!"

Lu Chen gave a low shout. His palms, soft as cotton a moment ago, suddenly erupted with a strange adhesive force.

With a light pull and deflection from the flowing force, he forcibly diverted that tyrannical impact.

Bang!

Unable to withdraw its strength in time, the Earth Demon Ape's fist, carrying ten thousand jin of force, slammed viciously into the ground beside Lu Chen.

The hard earth instantly split apart like papier-mâché.

Within several meters, the ground collapsed into a bottomless crater.

Dust and shattered stones filled the air, instantly swallowing Lu Chen's figure.

Just then, several urgent sounds of something slicing through the air came from deep within the forest.

"Stay alert. There's a powerful Soul Power fluctuation over there!"

Leading them was a young woman in a moon-white dress.

Her features were gentle, yet her brows carried a calmness that did not match her age.

Four extraordinary young men and women followed behind her.

The most eye-catching among them was a woman with fiery red hair and arrogant eyes.

A scorching aura faintly rose around her, while a pair of phoenix wings behind her stood out vividly.

The five of them had happened to enter this territory. After seeing the scene before them clearly, they all froze in place.

"What am I looking at?!"

One of them widened his eyes and even rubbed them, as though witnessing the most absurd sight imaginable.

Amid the dust, a boy of around nine, with no Soul Rings flashing beneath his feet, was using his bare body to confront that enormous beast head-on.

"Shadow Blitz!"

Lu Chen's voice rang out from the dust once more.

Seizing the instant when the ape's center of gravity was off balance, his right leg flashed with dark light.

Like a ghost, he left an afterimage where he stood and instantly closed in before the ape.

"There really are... no Soul Rings beneath his feet?"

The red-haired woman's beautiful eyes widened, and her proud gaze was utterly replaced by shock.

Was this some kind of joke?

A Soul Scholar was actually engaging a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in close combat?

Then her beautiful eyes narrowed, and she said in confusion, "Strange, why do I feel like the Evil Fire inside me has weakened?

It seems to be afraid of the energy radiating from that golden giant."

"Aunt Luo, people are here!"

Long Aotian's expression sharpened when he noticed the sudden arrivals, and he immediately became wary.

Tang Ya looked at the woman in the long dress at the front. Her expression froze briefly before she said:

"They're from Shrek Academy. I've seen the one in front at Shrek; I think her name is Zhang Lexuan.

When I went to Shrek to seek help back then, she was the one who received me."

At the mention of the words "Shrek," Luo Wei's expression abruptly darkened.

The Body Sect and Shrek had always been bitter enemies.

The previous sect master had even died at the hands of Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

Just as she hesitated over whether to drive them away, her gaze sharpened as she looked toward the empty space behind them.

"Do all you people from Shrek enjoy sneaking around?"

"Little Sister Luo, after all these years, your temper is still as fiery as ever."

A gentle voice sounded from behind the Shrek group.

A white-haired old man with refined features slowly stepped forward.

His gaze casually swept over Luo Wei's long, proud legs.

Yet his face remained polite. "I brought the students out to broaden their horizons. Please excuse the embarrassment, Little Sister Luo."

Seeing him, Luo Wei's expression froze.

Her eyes flickered slightly, as though concealing some indescribable emotion.

Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Hmph, so it's you, you damned phoenix. After all these years, why aren't you dead yet?"

"Hm?"

Long Aotian was stunned.

Why did Aunt Luo sound so resentful?

Yan Shaozhe looked slightly awkward. Avoiding the subject, he instead praised:

"Little Sister Luo, your Body Sect truly has no shortage of talent.

A Soul Scholar can actually fight a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without falling behind. That's truly astonishing."

"Naturally, we're far stronger than your Shrek."

Luo Wei snorted coldly, her tone filled with undisguised contempt.

"The Body Sect..."

The red-haired girl, Ma Xiaotao, looked at Zhang Lexuan in confusion. "Who is that Luo woman? She seems to have some conflict with Teacher?"

"Xiaotao, watch your words."

Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly and reminded her sternly:

"She is Luo Wei, the Fourth Elder of the Body Sect. Her cultivation is on the same level as Dean Yan's. They are both Super Douluos."

As soon as those words were spoken, the expressions of the Shrek group changed instantly.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes widened even further.

This beautiful mature woman, who still retained her charm, was actually a Super Douluo?

Each side had a Super Douluo overseeing it.

And Yan Shaozhe was an old acquaintance of Luo Wei's.

For a time, neither side drew swords against the other.

Instead, they tacitly turned their attention to the fierce battle between the man and beast in the distance.

Yet the longer Yan Shaozhe watched, the deeper his frown became.

"What a terrifying physical body!"

He stared closely at Lu Chen's figure, amazement filling his expression. "The Body Sect is truly extravagant, letting a Soul Scholar fuse with multiple Soul Bones!

But to use the body of a Soul Scholar to directly confront a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—such talent is beyond even Shrek's ability to cultivate!

And... how could a Body Martial Soul possess such a pure light attribute?

Its purity is even greater than that of my Light Phoenix!"

The more he observed, the more alarmed Yan Shaozhe became.