The Missing Chen An

The crucial thing was that Yun Chen came from an unorthodox background, a lone man with no ties or attachments.

He was unlike the master of the Sky Wolf Gate, who had an entire family behind him and could not run even if he wanted to. That man would never dare truly tear apart his relationship with Shrek Academy.

Yun Chen was different. If they truly offended him and made an enemy of him, he could lurk around Shrek Academy from then on, constantly attacking its people.

Even Shrek Academy, with all its vast resources, would struggle to endure those consequences.

Considering Yun Chen's strength, Yan Shaozhe did not dare provoke him by suggesting that he take advantage of his relative youth to marry a few more wives and have a few more children.

Instead, he offered gentle words of consolation, playing on their bond. "Brother Yun, you and I once fought shoulder to shoulder. I've always considered you my brother, and in my heart, Xiao Yun was like my own nephew.

"After he came to the academy, I always cared for him as attentively as I would my own child. Now he's gone.

"I hate them too. I hate the Body Sect, and I hate Du Busi. My wife, Mei'er, even had one of her arms crippled by the Body Sect's people, and I myself was gravely injured.

"Throughout Shrek Academy, who knows how many children and teachers died at the Body Sect's hands?

"Brother Yun, you're not the only one who's angry, nor are you the only one in pain! I'm just like you."

Though Yan Shaozhe was not particularly broad-minded, he certainly possessed the necessary ability. His speech was filled with genuine feeling.

Even Yun Chen froze for a moment upon hearing it.

Seeing that his words were working, Yan Shaozhe immediately continued, "Brother Yun, let's sit down over a drink and talk this through. We can discuss how to take revenge on the Body Sect together.

"Your strength alone is limited. Shrek Academy has powerful experts as numerous as clouds, masters as plentiful as rain, and our hatred for the Body Sect is a bottomless abyss. If we join forces, we'll surely make the Body Sect pay in blood."

Through all this persuasion, Yan Shaozhe even intended to have Yun Chen cooperate with Shrek Academy, with further plans to bring him into the academy altogether.

Yun Chen was somewhat bewildered by Yan Shaozhe's persuasive maneuvering, but he soon realized something was wrong.

"Good! What a silver tongue you have, Yan Shaozhe! But do you really think I'm that easy to fool?

"My son is dead, and both Shrek Academy and the Body Sect bear responsibility!

"If Shrek Academy hadn't clung to those Soul Masters with body martial souls and refused to let them go, would the Body Sect have attacked?

"Keeping them was bad enough, but the real problem was that you weren't even prepared.

"If you'd evacuated the students ahead of time and sent them away from the academy, would anything have happened to my son?"

At those words, Yan Shaozhe's expression immediately darkened.

Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath. "Brother Yun, what do you want us to do, then? Do you expect every member of Shrek Academy's leadership to slit their own throats and follow Xiao Yun into the grave?"

As he spoke, the power of light surged in Yan Shaozhe's eyes. His cultivation as a rank ninety-five Super Douluo made even the surrounding air freeze.

The power of heaven and earth around them had originally been entirely under Yun Chen's control. With Yan Shaozhe's eruption, half of it began falling under his control instead.

Their wills, soul power, and Spiritual Power entered a fierce struggle.

For a moment, the sky over all of Shrek Square split into two halves: one golden, representing the bright phoenix, and the other white, representing the Heavenly Tyrant Spear.

Seeing Yan Shaozhe take this stance, Yun Chen burst into laughter. "Hahahahaha! What do I want? What do you think I want?!"

One second, Yun Chen was still laughing at the top of his lungs. The next, he sprang into action.

The Heavenly Tyrant Domain spread out, enveloping Yan Shaozhe as well.

The Heavenly Tyrant Spear seemed to come alive in his hand. Platinum light radiated from its entire length, bearing unparalleled killing intent and madness.

Yun Chen thrust his spear. A piercing spear gleam, gathering all his essence, energy, spirit, and the power of his martial soul origin, pierced through space, punching a pitch-black hole through it.

Yan Shaozhe had lost the initiative. Bound within the Heavenly Tyrant Domain, his speed was greatly reduced, leaving him no way to dodge.

Yet Yan Shaozhe did not panic. Nine soul rings rose and flashed around his body: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red.

At the level of a Super Douluo, beyond competing in raw power, much more depended on each person's control, understanding, and application of their martial soul.

Drawing on their understanding of their martial soul, their use of its martial soul origin power, and their analysis and consolidation of their individual soul skills, each created self-created soul skills unique to them.

These self-created soul skills differed from ordinary soul skills, growing continuously stronger as a Soul Master's cultivation increased.

For experts at the Super Douluo level, their self-created soul skills could even surpass the power of the soul skills granted by a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

Yan Shaozhe united his essence, energy, and spirit. Under his control, the soul core that had originally stored his soul power actually seemed to come alive.

A golden phoenix flew out of his dantian. The flames it emitted seemed tangible, turning into golden liquid that instantly surged toward the spear gleam.

Phoenix against spear gleam!

Their soul power, wills, and Spiritual Power collided with a thunderous crash.

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion followed. The raging energy even tore pitch-black fissures through space at the center of the blast.

Weakened by the Heavenly Tyrant Domain, Yan Shaozhe had no way to escape the explosion. His entire body was swept up in it, leaving him only able to defend passively.

Two breaths later, the explosion dissipated. Yan Shaozhe emerged from it with his clothes in tatters and blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

He looked around. Yun Chen had long since vanished.

It could only be said that when experts of the same level fought, a domain was far too important. Someone with a domain could simply pin down and batter someone without one.

Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, and several other Titled Douluos who had also been caught in the explosion gathered around Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe asked, "Where did Yun Chen run off to? Does anyone have any idea?"

Qian Duoduo said, "Earlier, Yun Chen said he wanted to find the chief culprit."

This is bad, Yan Shaozhe thought, immediately realizing that Yun Chen's target was Chen An.

He hurriedly flew toward Sea God Island.

Meanwhile, on Sea God Island.

With the Heavenly Tyrant Domain, Yun Chen shook off anyone who tried to stop him.

Then, relying on his powerful Spiritual Power, he quickly locked onto Chen An, whose age, soul power, and physical strength all matched his target, before descending upon the Youth Class with a thunderous crash.

The moment Yun Chen appeared, the powerful aura of his Super Douluo cultivation knocked every student in the class unconscious.

Immediately afterward, he drove his spear through the Titled Douluo teacher blocking him. With a casual flick of the spearhead, he tossed the teacher out the window as though throwing away rubbish.

But Yun Chen soon discovered something was wrong.

He searched the entire classroom, yet could not find the target he had just locked onto. This made him suspect that Shrek Academy had used some method to hide Chen An.

Just then, an enormous azure eagle clawed toward the back of Yun Chen's head.

Yun Chen's brows knitted tightly. He did everything he could to dodge, but five wounds were still gouged into his shoulder, deep enough to expose bone.

"Such speed! Such despicable methods! A sneak attack!"

The newcomer was none other than Elder Song. She surveyed the surroundings, her Spiritual Power probing continuously, and soon flew into a furious rage.

"You scoundrel! Where is Chen An? What have you done to him?!"

Yun Chen: ?