Du Busi: Xuan Zi, Get the Hell Out Here!

Sea God Island was the true heart of Shrek Academy, and Outer Court students had no right to enter.

Only after reaching their sixth year, passing a series of rigorous assessments, and becoming Inner Court students could they enter Sea God Island to study.

But Chen An was different. He was a peerless genius with the potential to become a Limit Douluo, and he received the very best treatment. Even Shrek Academy, with all its strict rules, had to make an exception for him.

Sea God Island brimmed with the vital energy of heaven and earth. Towering ancient trees grew everywhere, and all manner of pavilions and buildings dotted the beautiful landscape, making it seem like a paradise secluded from the world.

Chen An followed a bluestone path toward the two-story villa Shrek Academy's leadership had assigned him, intending to rest.

Time slipped by. The next morning, inside a villa.

Warm sunlight streamed through the window onto the bedroom's bed, spilling across the boy's handsome face.

Chen An woke from his dreams and slowly opened his eyes.

He had been at Shrek Academy for three or four days now. During those days, someone had been assigned to teach him the fundamentals of cultivation in the daytime.

The rest of the time, he went about his activities under the watchful eyes of Shrek Academy experts concealed in the shadows, as though they were terrified someone might steal him away.

This life was only temporary.

Once he reached the Soul Saint realm, the formidable combat strength of his true self martial soul would ensure that no one could threaten him again.

Then he would be a bird free to soar through boundless skies, a fish free to leap through vast seas, no longer restrained.

And so Chen An laid down his guiding principle: "Keep myself safe, improve my cultivation, and never court death!"

That way, he could avoid an untimely demise.

Chen An was confident that, with his talent and the opportunities he had gained, as long as he did not court death and cultivated steadily, he would one day become invincible in this world.

Just as Chen An thought today would be as dull and tedious as the previous few days—

A voice exploded in his ears.

"Xuan Zi, get the hell out here!"

The voice rumbled like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, as though it had appeared out of thin air inside his mind.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had been sleeping soundly in Chen An's Sea of Consciousness, jolted awake.

"What the hell was that? Who dares disturb my sleep?! Just you wait until I...

Hold on, something's wrong. Whoever's speaking has an incredibly powerful cultivation—even stronger than that Xuan Zi we met before.

Little Chen An, judging by his tone, he hasn't come with good intentions. Be careful, and don't get caught in the crossfire.

If they really start fighting, hide wherever I tell you to. Understood?"

Chen An communicated through his thoughts. "Understood, Brother Sky Dream."

"Little Chen An, you don't need to worry too much, either. I'm here! If you really run into danger, I'll protect you!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thumped his chest confidently inside Chen An's Sea of Consciousness.

Chen An nodded, thinking, There aren't more than a handful of people on the entire Douluo Continent who would dare speak to Xuan Zi like that.

Could Du Busi from the Body Sect have brought his disciples here to attack?

While Chen An pondered, dark clouds blanketed the sky above Shrek Academy.

Blazing columns of light shot into the sky. At a quick count, there were at least twenty of them.

Each column remained concentrated without dispersing. The dark green pillar at the very front was especially massive, seeming to connect with the heavens themselves.

Its radiance was so intense that it seemed to eclipse every other pillar of light.

A tall old man stood within that dark green pillar.

The old man had a ruddy complexion, with dark green hair and eyes, yet not a single strand grew on the crown of his head—a truly "brilliant" bald pate.

He was none other than the Body Sect's sect master, the Body Douluo, Du Busi, whose cultivation had reached the peak of level 98!

Inside the twenty-odd pillars behind Du Busi stood the Body Sect's elites.

Every one of them was a top expert capable of hovering in midair through the strength of their own cultivation.

For soul masters without flying-type martial souls, even a Seven-Ring Soul Sage could only fly briefly. Only those with eight rings or more could hover like this.

Only upon becoming a Titled Douluo could they fly for extended periods using their powerful soul power. In other words, not one of the twenty-odd people Du Busi had brought was below the Soul Douluo level.

What was more, all Body Sect disciples possessed the means to perform a second awakening of their body martial souls. Their strength far surpassed others of the same rank; even their Soul Douluos could hold their own against Titled Douluos.

It was easy to imagine just how formidable this lineup was.

To put it more brutally, it was almost enough to slaughter the imperial family of any one of the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Under the oppressive auras of the Body Sect's many experts, the students and teachers of the Shrek Outer Court all felt tremendous pressure.

Some were even crushed flat against the ground, trembling and breaking out in cold sweat before fainting outright.

Faced with the Body Sect's brazen intrusion, Shrek Academy, the continent's foremost academy, reacted with remarkable speed.

More than thirty experts rose into the air from Sea God Island in the Inner Court, confronting the Body Sect's experts across the sky.

"Old Monster Du, you've barged into Shrek Academy. Are you trying to start a war?!"

A brilliant yellow pillar of light pierced the clouds, facing Du Busi's dark green pillar from afar. Within it stood the Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi.

Behind Xuan Zi stood more than thirty experts whose cultivation was at the Soul Douluo level or higher.

These experts were teachers, elders, and senior elders of Shrek Academy's Inner Court. Every one of them was renowned throughout the soul master world.

Du Busi's dark green eyes swept over Xuan Zi and the thirty-odd experts behind him. He said coldly, "Xuan Zi, stop playing dumb! What, have you forgotten what you did?!"

Xuan Zi laughed heartily. Even now, he did not forget to take a bite of his chicken leg and a swig of wine.

"You mean that? Oh, I remember now. All I did was teach that little brat from your Body Sect a small lesson for trying to snatch one of our Shrek students.

Was a trivial matter like that really worth mobilizing such a force?"

Du Busi snorted furiously. "Xuan Zi, stop spouting your self-righteous nonsense!

That child Chen An possesses a body martial soul. He belongs to my Body Sect!

You injured my disciple and forcibly took him away. That makes you an enemy of the Body Sect!

If you don't hand over that child Chen An today, I'll raze your Shrek Academy to the ground!"

"Du Busi, don't you dare!"

"Just watch me!"

Du Busi roared, and an intense dark green radiance abruptly surged into the heavens, staining half the sky dark green.

Nine Soul Rings rose and circled around him. Most terrifying of all, from the Seventh Soul Ring onward, they were red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

With Martial Soul Possession, Du Busi's body swelled instantly, growing more than tenfold in the blink of an eye.

His dark green skin bulged, forming enormous muscles like slabs of granite.

An imposing aura of soul power, as mighty as a towering mountain, surged outward as though it would crush all of Shrek Academy beneath it!