Du Busi: Not Even the Dragon God Douluo Can Stop Me!

To Shrek Academy, body martial souls were nothing particularly special. Their value was limited.

But Chen An's true self martial soul was different. He was blessed by heaven itself. With foundations like his, he would be powerful enough even without a second awakening, and he stood an excellent chance of becoming a Limit Douluo in the future.

Once a peerless genius like that matured, he could shelter a faction through three hundred years of changing seasons. How could they simply hand him over?

Especially since the Body Sect and Shrek Academy were at odds. Giving him to the Body Sect would be inviting trouble upon themselves and nurturing a powerful enemy.

Moreover, as the foremost academy on the Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy was its most influential and revered power. How could it bow its head to the Body Sect?

The Body Sect had brazenly invaded Shrek Academy and demanded that Shrek hand someone over. If Shrek Academy did not dare so much as let out a fart, how could it show its face on the Douluo Continent afterward?

What would the continent's many factions think of Shrek Academy then?

Once Shrek Academy's reputation suffered, its recruitment would inevitably be affected, with repercussions spreading into every other aspect of its operations.

Thus, even if Mu En had to act, even if it cost him some of his vitality, they could not hand Chen An over!

Xuan Zi snapped, "Du Busi, spare me your pretty words!

"Flatten Shrek Academy? Pah! I alone can make you bite off more than you can chew! I may be no match for you, but in a true battle to the death,

"Even if I can't drag you down to the grave with me, I can still damage your very essence!"

Du Busi looked arrogantly at Xuan Zi. "Xuan Zi, the fish may die, but the net won't break. With that impure-blooded godly taotie bull martial soul of yours, you think you can drag me to the grave? You think you can damage my essence?

"Xuan Zi, I advise you not to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty. Be sensible and hand him over.

"Otherwise, don't blame me for charging straight into Shrek Academy and turning it upside down!

"When the casualties pile up, don't blame me!"

At this point, a veiled threat crept into Du Busi's words.

Given the lawless way Du Busi and the Body Sect operated, those were clearly no empty words.

Hearing this, Xuan Zi flew into a towering rage, too furious even to speak. He immediately prepared to charge forward and fight Du Busi for another three hundred rounds, ruthlessly draining his soul power.

Just then, a gentle voice rang out.

"Du Busi, Xuan Zi is no match for you. What about me?"

Immediately afterward, a dazzling, sacred golden silhouette of a tree emerged above Sea God Island.

The golden tree silhouette towered hundreds of yards high, and gentle golden light spread out from Sea God Island.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped Shrek Academy and even the whole of Shrek City.

At that moment, viewed from outside, Shrek City looked like a city of gold!

Even the sky, which had been altered by the battle between the two mighty experts, Du Busi and Xuan Zi, turned golden.

Beneath that golden light, both Du Busi's and Xuan Zi's imposing auras were completely dissolved.

Du Busi immediately looked in shock toward Sea God Island, where the golden light originated.

There, at the very center of the golden tree silhouette above Sea God Island, a stooped old man gazed quietly at him.

Though the old man was aged, the golden pupils in his eyes radiated a majesty that made hearts tremble with fear.

"Du Busi, a hundred years have passed since we last met. It seems you've forgotten me."

Mu En's weathered yet gentle voice sounded beside Du Busi's ear.

Du Busi's memories instantly flew back a hundred years, and he immediately recognized the old man.

Shock and disbelief filled Du Busi's eyes. "It's you! Dragon God Douluo, Mu En!

"Impossible! How can you still be alive? Back then, weren't you struck down by my elder brother..."

"What? Do you think that if I were dead, you could bully Shrek Academy?"

The golden light enveloping all of Shrek City gathered into a formless giant hand and slammed ferociously into Du Busi.

Du Busi's dark green body was abruptly blasted down to the ground, and intense emerald light spilled from him.

Facing Du Busi, Mu En had immediately drawn upon the Golden Tree's power to deliver an intimidating show of force.

After the golden light struck him, Du Busi felt a portion of the soul power within him dissolve. He let out a muffled grunt, his gaze growing even warier as he looked at Mu En.

Having delivered his warning blow, Mu En said mildly, "My battle with your elder brother back then remains fresh in my memory. Had he not been so impulsive, he would probably still be alive today."

Looking at the man who had killed his brother, Du Busi said heavily, "There's long been no point in arguing over who was right or wrong back then. It was simply a matter of whose fist was bigger.

"My brother died at your hands because his skills were lacking!

"But I came to Shrek Academy today for one purpose alone: to bring a disciple of my Body Sect back to the sect!"

Du Busi was deeply wary of Mu En. Had this been an ordinary body martial soul genius, he might have withdrawn.

But Chen An was different. He possessed a true self martial soul and was a peerless genius certain to achieve a golden-level body martial soul second awakening. He was the future Body Sect Master.

Du Busi was already nearly two hundred and fifty years old. No matter how dearly he cherished his life, he could live only a few more decades at most.

If, a few decades from now, the Body Sect had no peerless genius with a golden-level body martial soul second awakening to shoulder its great burden, it would risk falling into decline.

For the Body Sect's future, not even Dragon God Douluo Mu En could make him retreat!

Seeing Du Busi's refusal to yield no matter what, Mu En's heart tightened.

He had only ten years of life left. Once he engaged in fierce combat, his vitality would drain rapidly. Thus, forcing Du Busi to retreat would be the best outcome for him.

Unless absolutely necessary, Mu En did not want to fight Du Busi.

Mu En said mildly, "Du Busi, you should know how this all began. Shrek Academy was the first to accept Chen An as a student.

"It was only because your Body Sect members saw that Chen An possessed a body martial soul and intended to take him away by force that Xuan Zi intervened and injured your disciples.

"No matter how you look at it, your Body Sect is in the wrong.

"Withdraw. The Sun Moon Empire is watching like a tiger eyeing its prey. Whatever else it may be, your Body Sect is still a power of the Douluo Continent. I don't want to kill you."

"All body martial soul masters under heaven belong to the Body Sect. Your Excellency Mu En, surely you know that saying?

"Chen An is a peerless genius seen once in a thousand years. If I don't take him away today, I will not retreat. Not even you, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, can stop me!"

Mu En said, "Must it truly come to this?"

Du Busi clasped his hands in salute, and dazzling golden light abruptly erupted all over his body. His aura climbed steadily, while countless densely packed spatial fissures appeared around him.

Du Busi fixed his dark green eyes on Mu En.

"Body Sect Master Du Busi stands here today to experience the Dragon God Douluo's moves!"