Du Busi: Shrek City will be buried with me!

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who was leisurely swimming around Chen An's Sea of Consciousness, said, "Chen An has a Level 97 Super Douluo guarding him. This big-headed human is in trouble."

Mu En and the other leaders of Shrek Academy had long anticipated that Du Busi would lead the Body Sect's experts in an assault on Shrek Academy to seize Chen An.

They had therefore made arrangements around Chen An, assigning Elder Song, Shrek Academy's third-strongest expert with Soul Power at Level 97, to guard him.

Elder Song looked like an elderly woman. Her Martial Soul was the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, and she was the mother of Xian Lin'er, dean of the Soul Tool Department.

She also supported the Soul Tool Department, believing that Soul Tools were the tide of the times. If Shrek Academy wanted to avoid being left behind, it had to vigorously develop Soul Guidance Technology.

Hidden in the shadows of the loft, Elder Song saw a big-headed middle-aged man trying to take Chen An away and acted without hesitation. First, she used a Soul Skill to make Chen An's figure intangible for an instant, then struck with a claw.

A sharp azure claw over ten meters across tore rifts through space as it reached for the big-headed middle-aged man.

The instant his knife-hand strike missed, the big-headed middle-aged man realized something was wrong.

His Soul Power erupted at once. Nine Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, and red—rose around him, a configuration surpassing the optimal arrangement, and all of them lit up.

Not only that, a silver image of a brain lit up behind him.

The silver radiance seemed almost solid. Brilliant light shot from the big-headed middle-aged man's eyes, and vast amounts of spiritual power spilled out, turning into ripples that faintly distorted space.

"Body Martial Soul, Second Awakening! Seventh Soul Skill! Martial Soul Avatar!"

The silver brain phantom merged into the big-headed middle-aged man's body, making his already enormous head even larger. In an instant, his aura surged to a terrifying level rivaling that of a Level 95 Super Douluo.

The big-headed middle-aged man was a Body Sect elder named Du Weiming. His cultivation had reached Level 94, and his spiritual power had reached the peak of formless substance, only one step away from formed substance.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, Soul Masters whose spiritual power had reached formed substance were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Even counting all of them, they would not number ten.

Reaching formed substance in spiritual power was also one of the requirements for breaking through to Limit Douluo. One could imagine how difficult it was to reach that realm.

Du Weiming had spent a full twenty years on it, yet still failed to break through that bottleneck.

Even so, Du Weiming ranked among the Body Sect's five strongest members, second only to a few elders with Super Douluo cultivation.

Watching the azure claw sweep toward him, Du Weiming's expression grew utterly solemn. He activated his ninth Soul Ring without hesitation.

The red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring around Du Weiming burst with a mysterious scarlet halo.

His eyes instantly turned blood-red.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Brainstorm! Heaven-and-Earth-Shaking Mental Light!"

Du Weiming's ninth Soul Skill, Brainstorm, could drive his brain into an overloaded state, greatly increasing his spiritual power for a short time.

Heaven-and-Earth-Shaking Mental Light compressed his spiritual power into a blood-red mental sword with three hundred percent power, dealing tremendous damage to an enemy's mind.

Du Weiming's eyes turned blood-red as vast amounts of spiritual power continuously gathered and compressed, finally becoming a blood-red beam that shot toward Elder Song's hiding place.

Clearly, Du Weiming had no intention of dodging Elder Song's attack. Instead, he intended to trade injury for injury, relying on his powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills and formidable spiritual power to decide the battle in a single exchange!

The blood-red mental beam was as fast as lightning. Walls and every other obstruction might as well have been mere decorations before it; it passed straight through them all.

Watching the blood-red mental beam, Elder Song could not help feeling threatened.

As a Level 97 Super Douluo whose Martial Soul was the agility-attack Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, Elder Song was so fast that even Xuan Zi could only eat her dust.

In all of Shrek Academy, only Mu En, with his Limit Douluo cultivation, could surpass her.

With the advantage in both cultivation and raw strength, Elder Song naturally had no desire to trade injury for injury.

Intense azure light blossomed from Elder Song, revealing a goshawk whose entire body was covered in azure radiance.

Nine Soul Rings rose—two yellow, two purple, and five black. With just a slight flicker, Elder Song's body became a streak of azure light that swept swiftly to the left.

The streak of azure light Elder Song had become was so fast that even a teleportation Soul Skill could hardly have done better.

Elder Song actually dodged the lightning-fast mental beam outright.

However, as Elder Song dodged, the azure claw originally attacking the big-headed middle-aged man, Du Weiming, lost its wielder's support. Its power immediately diminished, allowing Du Weiming to block it. It burst into azure radiance that filled the air before dissipating into the world.

The once spacious, quiet loft instantly became oppressive after the two experts' lightning-fast exchange.

The Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Elder Song had become swiftly moved in front of Chen An, shielding him behind her.

Du Weiming narrowed his eyes at Elder Song. "My spiritual power had already searched this entire loft, yet I never discovered where you were hiding.

"It was only when you attacked and released Soul Power fluctuations that I could pinpoint your location.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be an application of the Unity of Heaven and Man realm, merging with the world and borrowing its power to conceal yourself. Truly an impressive method."

Elder Song said coolly, "A mere Titled Douluo like you could still counterattack against a Level 97 Super Douluo like me. Body Martial Souls truly are blessed by nature."

As Elder Song and Du Weiming unleashed their Soul Power and spiritual power, the entire loft shook and shuddered, and cracks burst across the floor.

Protected behind Elder Song, Chen An watched the Body Sect expert confronting her and thought, The other experts from the Body Sect and Shrek Academy are fighting fiercely right now. None of them can spare a hand.

That means Elder Song and this Body Sect expert with the huge head are the key.

If the Body Sect's big-headed expert wins, he'll take me back to the Body Sect. If Elder Song wins, I'll stay at Shrek Academy.

Chen An backed away as he thought, clearly unwilling to die after getting caught in the aftershocks of the two experts' battle.

Experts at the Titled Douluo level and above possessed terrifying destructive power. Every movement they made could wreak horrifying destruction on the surrounding terrain.

Given enough time, they could even slaughter an entire city.

Chen An knew that the two measures the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had left him—his shed skin and long-distance teleportation—would keep him extremely safe.

However, it was best not to use those trump cards unless necessary. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had now become his Million-Year Soul Ring, and using those measures would consume an enormous amount of his Spiritual Origin.

Chen An wanted to save those life-preserving measures for the future. Using them now merely because of the aftershocks of the two experts' battle would be far too wasteful.

Both Elder Song and Du Weiming noticed Chen An running farther away, but neither said anything.

In their eyes, it was best for Chen An to stay far from them. Once their battle reached its fiercest point, neither would likely have any strength to spare to protect his life.

As a huge mercury lamp fixture fell from above, Elder Song attacked first.

As a Level 97 agility-attack Super Douluo, Elder Song moved as fast as lightning. Over short distances, her movements were like instantaneous displacement, making her figure impossible to track.

However, as a Level 94 Super Douluo whose spiritual power had reached the peak of formless substance, Du Weiming was no freeloader either.

He did not use his eyes at all, instead relying on his formidable spiritual power to detect Elder Song's every movement.

Within the range of Du Weiming's formidable spiritual power, Elder Song moved swiftly, but ultimately failed to exceed the limits of his perception.

The Soul Rings around Du Weiming continued to rise and light up one after another.

"First Soul Skill, Perception Enhancement!"

"Second Soul Skill, Spiritual Power Enhancement!"

"Fourth Soul Skill, Spiritual Power Weakening Aura!"

"Fifth Soul Skill, Confusing Mental Beam!"

"Sixth Soul Skill, Mental Ray!"

"Eighth Soul Skill, Spiritual Force Field!"

After firmly locking onto Elder Song's figure with his powerful spiritual power.

Du Weiming immediately unleashed all kinds of bizarre mental-attribute Soul Skills to weaken and intercept Elder Song, attacking her Sea of Consciousness.

Facing Du Weiming's mental attacks, Elder Song was afflicted with all manner of debuffs. Mental-attribute Soul Masters in particular directed all their attacks at the minds of their enemies.

Even if your Soul Power was stronger than your opponent's, as long as your spiritual power was weaker, their mental-attribute Soul Skills would be extremely effective.

However, Elder Song had grown shrewd with age and did not panic in the slightest.

She knew all too well that this big-headed Body Sect Titled Douluo could only contend with her by relying on the hugely draining Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul to increase his strength, while spending vast amounts of Soul Power to unleash various Soul Skills without restraint.

Such an explosive outburst could never last. It would only continue for a very short time.

Once his Soul Power ran dry, he would be a fish on the chopping board, hers to handle as she pleased.

While Elder Song and Du Weiming were fighting.

Ten thousand meters above Shrek Academy, the battle between Du Busi and Mu En, two of the world's greatest experts, had reached its most critical moment.

Mu En had transformed into a white dragon a thousand meters long. Nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black, red, red, and red—lit up one after another around the dragon, further strengthening his aura.

Then a dragon claw filled with rich light energy reached out and viciously struck straight at Du Busi's heart.

Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Strike!

This was the strongest offensive Soul Skill Mu En had created by bringing together everything he had learned over his lifetime!

Its power far surpassed even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill!

Facing Mu En's lethal technique, Du Busi resisted with everything he had, pouring in his Martial Soul Origin, Soul Power, spiritual power, and even his life force.

The golden radiance over Du Busi's body, as mighty as a god or demon, shone ever brighter, making him resemble a deity or Buddha.

Gathering all the strength in his body, Du Busi hurled a punch! Its world-dominating might shook space until it tore apart.

The enormous fist, dozens of meters across, collided with the dragon claw of Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Strike!

With an earth-shaking, deafening boom, terrifying sound waves dispersed every white cloud within dozens of kilometers. Even the sky was torn open with a pitch-black rift.

Blinding light erupted at the center of the collision between Du Busi's and Mu En's attacks.

Terrifying energy capable of destroying a city swept outward. Ripple after ripple engulfed everything within dozens of kilometers.

In an instant, every living creature within that area perished, turning it into a forbidden zone for life.

Fortunately, Du Busi and Mu En were fighting ten thousand meters up in the sky. Had they fought inside Shrek Academy or Shrek City, the battle's aftershocks would likely have wiped out all of Shrek City's several million inhabitants by now.

Once the collision ended, the white dragon Mu En had become dimmed somewhat, while Du Busi was in a far more miserable state.

He was wounded all over, with his fist suffering the worst damage.

Bare white bones showed through Du Busi's fist, and cracks ran through those bones. Blood welled out of the cracks, dripping down from ten thousand meters above.

Clearly, Mu En had won this clash with Du Busi.

Even though Mu En was now far from his peak, even though his body was paralyzed and little life force remained.

He was still a Limit Douluo, and his understanding of Martial Souls and power was unquestionably superior to Du Busi's.

Although the powerful boost from his Body Martial Soul's Second Awakening had brought Du Busi's combat strength to the Limit Douluo level, only his power had reached that level.

In terms of realm, and in the creation and application of Soul Power and combat techniques, he clearly still fell short.

Mu En's Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul was also of extremely high quality, surpassing even Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull, which possessed only part of the Taotie's bloodline. It was not inferior to Du Busi's Body Martial Soul in the slightest.

Moreover, Mu En had three red Soul Rings, just like Du Busi, putting their foundations on equal footing.

Most importantly, Mu En had also borrowed the Golden Tree's power, leaving Du Busi with even less chance of victory.

The white dragon Mu En had become looked at Du Busi, his enormous golden vertical pupils piercingly sharp. "Busi, I may be old, but dealing with you is still more than within my abilities."

Mu En had thrown Du Busi's earlier words about his age straight back at him.

Du Busi lowered his head to look at his grievously wounded arm, then looked at Mu En and threw his head back in laughter. His laughter was unruly, arrogant, and conceited.

"Mu En, you won. As expected of a Limit Douluo, you really are stronger than a Level 98 Super Douluo like me.

"But what does winning get you? Can you kill me?"

When he spoke the word "kill," madness filled Du Busi's eyes.

"Mu En, try it! See if you can kill me! With my dying counterattack, even if I can't take you with me, I can still make the millions of lives in your Shrek City join me in the grave!"