When the Stars Shine: Kill Huo Yuhao First!

"He's gone mad with killing! Huo Yuhao's gone mad! He didn't come to save us at all!"

"What were you thinking? Did you really take Huo Yuhao for some great saint? He slaughtered over five thousand Evil Soul Masters in Blood Valley! In his eyes, Soul Masters are nothing but cultivation resources!"

"Yuhao! Huo Yuhao! Undead Saint Son! I really am a member of the Holy Spirit Cult from your era! Don't do this! Please, I'm begging you!"

Cries of terror, anguish, and pleas for mercy rang out without end. But in Huo Yuhao's eyes, apart from the Holy Spirit Seven Heroes—the teammates he had already chosen—everyone else was fair game.

As for Evil Soul Masters from the Holy Spirit Cult of his own era?

What kind of joke was that? He had killed every Evil Soul Master of his generation in Blood Valley. The cult's deacons, Elders, and Consecrators from the previous generation were all over twenty-five.

They could not possibly appear in this comparison of the world's new generation.

And the wicked Soul Masters of Slaughter City in the Douluo I Era, the Evil Soul Masters outside the Holy Spirit Cult in the Douluo II Era, and those of the Holy Spirit Cult in the Douluo III Era—what did any of them have to do with Huo Yuhao?

They would all become Undead, their souls turned into fuel to restore his Soul Power and improve his aptitude!

Outside the Heavenly Screen.

Everyone watched Huo Yuhao fight his way to the First Arena, using ultimate moves like ordinary attacks. They could no longer sit still. A dense flood of warnings blanketed the Heavenly Screen's scrolling comments.

"Quick, withdraw from the comparison! Huo Yuhao's already slaughtered his way through the other two Arenas! Hesitate any longer and you'll never get another chance!"

"Huo Yuhao's gone mad with killing! He carved through three Arenas all by himself!"

"Get out of the comparison! Huo Yuhao, give them a chance!"

Huo Yuhao said nothing. He simply raised his hand.

In his eyes, everyone on the First Arena besides Jin Ruir and the others was a soul he could devour, a corpse he could refine into Undead.

Wherever Huo Yuhao's Divine Sense reached, bodies went rigid and minds fell under his control. No one could move.

Just as his Divine Sense was about to engulf the entire Arena, a disturbance came from Shrek's direction.

At the front, Tang San erupted with dazzling Sea God's Light. He forcibly broke free, then looked up at the enormous hand in the sky.

This is bad!

I can't withstand an attack like that. Absolutely not!

That's right! I still have the contingency I left ten thousand years in the future!

Dazzling Golden Light flashed in Tang San's eyes. Without a moment's hesitation, he turned and flew straight toward the center of Shrek Academy's ranks.

"Lord Sea God!"

"Lord Tang San, what... what are you doing?!"

"Tang San, how could you do this?!"

The First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters stood among Shrek's ranks, along with the younger Shrek Seven Monsters of the Peerless Era and Dragon Generation VII of the Dragon King Era.

Faced with Huo Yuhao's full-force strike, Tang San turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

After flying into the Shrek crowd, he reached out and seized one of the younger Shrek Seven Monsters of the Peerless Era—his daughter from ten thousand years in the future, Wang Dong, also known as Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong—and pulled her in front of him.

As the sky-blotting attack descended, every Evil Soul Master's vision went black.

Jin Ruir raised her hand and shielded Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and the others from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy behind her.

Wang Dong stared at the hand hurtling down. His pupils contracted sharply beyond his control.

I... I'm going to... die?

Bzzzt!

A terrifying Divine Sense swept through Wang Dong's mind, and the fearsome power hidden within his Spiritual Sea erupted.

A dazzling Sea God Trident mark shone between Wang Dong's brows.

The next instant, an authoritative male voice rang across the entire Comparison Arena.

"How dare you!"

"Who dares harm my daughter?!"

"You already have a Way to Die!"

A beautiful figure appeared, holding the Sea God Trident, a Divine Artifact.

Once the contingency he had left ten thousand years in the future activated, Tang San decisively unleashed the power of his Soul Fragment as well.

Shrek's First and Second Generations sprang into action one after the other.

Rooar!

A resounding Dragon Roar rang through the heavens. Dazzling Golden Light burst from Tang Wulin, who stood at the head of the Third Generation.

Beside Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena sensed his aura, and her beautiful brows drew together slightly.

The next instant, the immense phantom of a Silver Dragon slowly emerged behind her.

Now, the only one left in the entire Arena without the protection of any special power was Qian Renxue, at the center of Spirit Hall's Angel Legion guard.

Qian Renxue frowned at the scene, raised her hand, and began murmuring under her breath.

"Angel Bloodline. God Level inheritance."

Bzzzt!

A beam of Golden Light dropped from the Comparison Space in an instant, and a golden mark between Qian Renxue's brows blazed.

Bzzzt!

Within the Comparison Space, no one else shone apart from those five.

Even so, everyone released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black... red!

Those on the First Arena had survived until now without withdrawing from the comparison.

Across the three worlds, the only ones whose Soul Power might have been lower were the few members of the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters and the Second Generation Shrek Seven Monsters whom Tang San and Tang Wulin were protecting with everything they had.

Everyone else was at least a Soul King. Some had even reached Soul Douluo against all odds, with a hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring.

Yet every last one of them stood against Huo Yuhao.

Bzzzt—bang—boom!

Violent explosions shook the heavens, and the Arena trembled wildly.

Tang Wutong, Tang San, Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and Qian Renxue, standing at the front, used their trump cards to neutralize Huo Yuhao's full-force strike.

The next instant, the five of them drew on their power to purge Huo Yuhao's mighty Divine Sense from everyone.

Huff, huff, huff!

Black hair, blood-red eyes, and a black robe—Huo Yuhao's chest heaved as exhaustion washed through his body.

Though the souls kept restoring him, the cost in Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Soulforce made the drawback of using ultimate moves as ordinary attacks all too clear: he could easily run out of strength.

And carving through two Arenas in succession had placed a tremendous strain on his body.

"Heh... hahaha! Now this is interesting!"

"Come on, come on!"

"Attack me together!"

Huo Yuhao beckoned with one hand. The next instant, a colossal soul phantom appeared behind him. It slowly raised its right hand, and a huge sphere of soul-light formed.

The phantom contained the densely packed souls of hundreds of thousands of people. Huo Yuhao was frantically absorbing their Soulforce to restore himself.

White, yellow, purple, black, red, dark red—two patterns: a Ferocious Beast Soul Ring!

Seeing the battle about to begin on the First Arena, everyone from every era outside the Heavenly Screen erupted.

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit... the stars are shining!"

"Look! Every person who's survived until now is an elite of their era!"

"The makings of a Titled Douluo, the makings of a god... Anyone still alive on the First Arena would be cherished by the empires, sects, and Federation of our era! Yet even a whole crowd like that has to join forces just to cling to life against Huo Yuhao!"

"This isn't the stars shining. It's one overpowered monster stealing the whole show!"

Comparison Space, First Arena.

"Everyone, join forces! Knock Huo Yuhao out first!"

"As long as he lives, everyone's life is at risk!"

"Demon, don't you dare recover!"