For Chen An, Whatever the Cost!

Xuan Zi roared angrily, "You old poison freak, do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

The moment he finished speaking, ocher light burst from Xuan Zi's eyes, accompanied by a long cry that sounded neither quite like a bull nor quite like a dragon.

Intense yellow light blossomed from his body.

When that yellow radiance reached its peak and spread outward, Xuan Zi had already taken on an entirely different form.

A monster appeared out of thin air, with a sheep's body, eyes beneath its armpits, tiger's teeth, human claws, and a pair of enormous bull horns. It was more than thirty meters long, and in sheer bulk, it was even more imposing than Du Busi.

Intense yellow light erupted. Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—nine Soul Rings became halos that drifted up and down between those enormous horns, each more than five meters long.

His terrifying aura stood toe to toe with Du Busi's. Even the sky changed color as the two mighty combatants unleashed their soul power.

One side was a deep yellow, the other a domineering dark green, each occupying half the sky.

Such overwhelming power, capable of changing the colors of heaven and earth, filled many of the experts present with dread at the mere sight.

Du Busi immediately laughed aloud. "Xuan Zi, let our fists reveal the truth! Today, I'll show you the might of a body martial soul!"

Xuan Zi gazed at Du Busi without the slightest worry, for Mu En stood behind him. Even if he was no match for Du Busi, he had nothing to fear at his back.

Looking at Du Busi, Xuan Zi thought, That old devil Du Busi brought so many people. It looks like he means business. I'm afraid he won't let this rest unless he takes Chen An away.

Had I known it would cause this much trouble, I wouldn't have let that Body Sect disciple escape back in the Star Dou Great Forest just to save face. Now I've made Mu En shoulder all this worry and trouble.

Guilt welled up in Xuan Zi's heart. He immediately decided to fight Du Busi and drain his soul power, reducing the effort Mu En would have to expend when he stepped in.

With that thought, Xuan Zi transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull. The ocher radiance around him carried the weight of a mountain as he charged fearlessly at Du Busi.

"Paltry tricks!"

The dark-green giant Du Busi had become ran through the air and met him head-on. With a thunderous crash, the two collided in midair.

The collision between two supreme experts at the Peak Level 98 produced immense ripples of energy, forcing the airborne experts from Shrek Academy and the Body Sect down toward the ground.

Clearly, when experts of this caliber fought, even Titled Douluos and ordinary Super Douluos could not intervene. They could only watch.

In midair.

The battle between Xuan Zi and Du Busi grew ever fiercer. Xuan Zi unleashed countless meteors, sending them hurtling toward Du Busi.

At the sight, Du Busi released dark-green light from his body. It gathered into a gigantic vortex, and every meteor that touched it vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, swallowed whole without stirring so much as a ripple.

Du Busi said, "Xuan Zi, you're not bad. You've improved quite a bit over the years, but I'm stronger!"

Du Busi's Eighth Soul Ring lit up. Bringing his hands together, he condensed an enormous green sphere of light more than thirty meters across and blasted it toward Xuan Zi's bull head.

Wherever the green sphere passed, its terrifying power exceeded even what space could withstand, leaving a deep black furrow behind it.

Xuan Zi's expression changed drastically. He instantly shifted into a half-bull, half-human form, and all nine Soul Rings around him ignited with brilliant yellow flames of light.

They finally transformed into a huge club, thick at the top and narrow at the bottom, resembling a chicken drumstick.

Gripping the drumstick-shaped club, Xuan Zi let out an explosive roar and smashed it into the dark-green sphere.

Boom!

The ocher sphere of light collided with the drumstick-shaped club, and for a moment, space itself seemed to fall silent.

Blinding light erupted at the center of the collision. The violent shock wave descended from the sky like Mount Tai crashing down upon them, pressing heavily onto the experts from Shrek Academy and the Body Sect watching below.

Only by joining forces did the experts on both sides manage to withstand the terrifying aftermath of the clash.

As the shock waves dispersed, the light in the sky faded.

The dark-green sphere and the drumstick-shaped club vanished simultaneously, but Xuan Zi's body was stained dark green as he was sent flying more than a thousand meters backward.

His clothes had also been torn to shreds. Dust-covered and bedraggled, he looked utterly wretched; he had clearly come off worse in his clash with Du Busi.

Watching Xuan Zi retreat under his blow, Du Busi loosely curled his right hand into a fist and declared with absolute confidence, "Xuan Zi, you're no match for me.

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

Du Busi looked down over the vast grounds of Shrek Academy, his gaze full of disdain.

In his eyes, Shrek Academy was already a flower past its season, and Xuan Zi was its strongest expert.

As for Dragon God Douluo Mu En, he had not been seen for a hundred years. Surely, he had succumbed to the grievous wounds inflicted by Du Busi's elder brother, Du Bisou.

With no Limit Douluo standing guard, who in Shrek Academy could stop him?

Although Xuan Zi was a Super Douluo at the Peak Level 98 just like him, how could he possibly be his match?

He had no fewer than three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, while Xuan Zi had only one. He also possessed more Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones than Xuan Zi.

Even without using his body martial soul's second awakening, his baseline strength was a cut above Xuan Zi's.

If he also unleashed his Golden-Level Body Martial Soul Second Awakening, Du Busi was confident he could crush Xuan Zi and knock him around like a ball!

However, the dying counterattack of an expert at the same level would be devastating. Du Busi reckoned that if he tried to kill Xuan Zi, he would suffer serious injuries himself.

On top of that, a body martial soul's gold-grade second awakening consumed enormous amounts of energy and depleted his life force.

Thus, he always avoided using it whenever possible.

After all, he was no longer young. At more than two hundred years old, he was better off using a life-draining finishing move like that as little as possible.

But for Chen An, he did not mind using it once!

The Body Sect had yet to produce an exceptional genius capable of achieving the Golden-Level Body Martial Soul Second Awakening. The future of its legacy remained uncertain.

Chen An's talent, however, undoubtedly made him someone capable of achieving the Golden-Level Body Martial Soul Second Awakening and shouldering the Body Sect's great burden after Du Busi's death.

For the Body Sect's future, he would spare no cost this time, even if he had to expend his life force to unleash the Golden-Level Body Martial Soul Second Awakening!

Du Busi's words spread from the sky in every direction.

Every expert on Shrek Academy's side paled.

Xuan Zi's expression was especially grim. He had never expected Du Busi to be so much stronger than him. Du Busi had already suppressed him without even using his body martial soul's second awakening.

To be honest, if this had been an ordinary body martial soul wielder, handing them over to Du Busi would have been no great matter.

After all, Shrek Academy could not provide particularly good guidance, nor did it know how to bring about the most crucial aspect—a body martial soul's second awakening.