That night, Mingdu was filled with blood and tears.
Although Chen Zifeng came from a commoner family, his exceptional talent had earned him entry into Shrek Academy's inner court. During his days in the Shrek Inner Court, scions of wealthy and noble families who would ordinarily never spare someone of his station a glance had addressed him as "senior brother" and "senior." Thus, he felt deeply attached to these younger schoolmates.
Now that Ma Xiaotao's exquisite body had been defiled by Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had suffered crushing defeats at Huo Yuhao's hands, and even Chen Zifeng himself had lost to Snow Girl, his cultivation falling from Six-Ring Soul Emperor to Five-Ring Soul King, murderous intent naturally surged within him.
Whooo! Amid the howling wind, Chen Zifeng heard countless whispered voices drifting toward him. In the past, Shrek Academy had forged a legend of ten thousand years undefeated on the Douluo Continent, and no one had dared utter a word against it;
But now, after several Divine Descendants and nobles had suffered setbacks in the arena, people either gloated, sighed, or simply treated it as fodder for conversation over tea and meals.
These snobbish sons of bitches! Chen Zifeng cursed inwardly as he thought, If I go straight after people from Sun Moon, I might clash with the Mingdu Garrison Troops. That would violate Xuan Zi's instruction not to create complications. Better to sneak into the inns housing travelers from Douluo's various nations and have a look.
With a plan in mind, Chen Zifeng first slipped into the community of visitors from the Heaven Dou Empire's soul master academies and sects who had come to watch the tournament.
Chen Zifeng soon found the inn where the Zhengtian Academy team was staying. Zhengtian Academy was a long-established academy in the Heaven Dou Empire and had produced many talented people.
At a glance, Chen Zifeng thought, Isn't this...? The academy that remnant of Spirit Hall I killed belonged to!
Chen Zifeng concealed his aura before approaching the inn. Several Zhengtian Academy reserve team members playing inside shivered, perhaps out of instinct, but in the next instant, a single stroke of his Soul-Destroying Sword cut them down.
Then Chen Zifeng set a fire, burning the bodies of the slain Zhengtian Academy reserve team members. He crept upstairs in the inn and heard voices from a distance.
A young man said, "This upheaval in Mingdu is no small matter. Countless lives have been plunged into misery. I fear Shrek, which suffered defeat at Sun Moon's hands, must have something to do with it. Our teachers have told us to act cautiously these past few days. None of you juniors can afford to be careless." This young man was Ye Wuqing, Zhengtian Academy's captain.
Another young voice answered, "Understood, senior. But, senior, since you say Shrek Academy must have something to do with this upheaval, does that mean it'll be difficult for Shrek Academy to get away this time? After all, this is Sun Moon territory."
The voice belonged to Yang Yifan, the team member Zhengtian Academy had assigned to partner with Yu Mengdi in the team matches of the soul fighting tournament.
Hearing his question, Ye Wuqing chuckled. "That isn't something you or I should be considering. As far as we're concerned, that girl named Snow Girl beating Chen Zifeng until he lost control of his bladder and bowels was already the retribution he deserved."
Hearing Ye Wuqing's words, Chen Zifeng burned with rage. Even these mongrels dare talk about me behind my back!
Then Chen Zifeng suddenly revealed himself. He moved swiftly, intending to finish the fight quickly before the disturbance alerted Zhengtian Academy's teachers.
Seeing Chen Zifeng charge at him with the Soul-Destroying Sword, Yang Yifan panicked and tried to call for help. Before the words could leave his lips, Chen Zifeng struck him down with a slash, and blood poured freely from his body.
Ye Wuqing, Zhengtian Academy's captain, was just about to call for help when Chen Zifeng seized his head from front and back and lifted him into the air. He thrust the Soul-Destroying Sword once into his anus and once into his heart, then threw him to the floor.
Seeing Ye Wuqing still struggling for his life, Chen Zifeng realized that Zhengtian Academy's captain had such powerful vitality that even two sword thrusts had failed to kill him immediately. He condensed his murderous aura into solid form to block Ye Wuqing's mouth and prevent him from calling for help, then swung his sword again, severing Ye Wuqing's head.
The first Zhengtian Academy members to hear the disturbance were Blood Wolf, Tang Xiaolei, and the others. They had survived until now because Yu Mengdi's premature death had caused Zhengtian Academy to be eliminated early, rather than continue on to face the Shrek Team.
Chen Zifeng showed no mercy to these Zhengtian Academy members who arrived first at the scene. With a single swing of his sword, he cut Blood Wolf in half at the waist.
Tang Xiaolei was just about to flee when Chen Zifeng caught him by the throat. "How fortunate you were to be born with the surname Tang, yet you associated with those winged bastards, the remnants of Spirit Hall? Even I feel ashamed for you." Then he beheaded Tang Xiaolei with a single stroke and tossed him to the floor.
Looking at the blood-soaked room, Chen Zifeng sneered. "What do you mongrels who shelter Spirit Hall's winged remnants think you are, talking behind the back of your ancestor, Grandpa Chen?" With that, he set the room ablaze as well.
After exterminating Zhengtian Academy's younger generation, Chen Zifeng quickly dealt with the scene and hurried away to find the next academy: Changning Academy.
He would not give Zhengtian Academy's instructors a chance to arrive and catch him, tarnishing Shrek's reputation.
That night, as Chen Zifeng sneaked into the inns where academies and sects from Douluo's various nations were staying and unleashed a massacre, continually killing their young students and destroying their souls to restore his cultivation, the hotel housing the Shrek Academy Team was far from peaceful either.
After celebrating the massive explosion in Mingdu that had dealt Sun Moon a heavy blow, everyone from Shrek had drunk themselves into a stupor. Perhaps the alcohol had altered his usual appetite, but Dai Huabin found the food unpalatable and said, "Where's the server? What is this slop you've made? Is it meant for pigs?"
Hearing these tyrants erupt in anger, a nearby waitress hurried over in terror. "Please tell me what is wrong, young master. Is the seasoning unsuitable, or was it improperly cooked? This servant will have someone adjust it at once."
Impatient, Dai Huabin kicked the waitress in the face, sending her sprawling to the floor.
Dai Huabin rose, grabbed her by the hair, and hauled her up, sneering, "You Sun Moon dogs can't even cook a decent dish? Lowborn scum!" He immediately unleashed White Tiger Vajra Transformation and tore the waitress to pieces.
Seeing Dai Huabin commit murder in his drunken state, Ma Xiaotao hurried over and released phoenix flames, burning the waitress's remains to ash.
The disturbance had already alerted Xuan Zi. He hurried over and asked Dai Huabin, "Huabin, what are you doing?"
Dai Huabin immediately sobered up. "Xuan Zi, this is bad. The alcohol went to my head just now, and I killed a lowly Sun Moon serving girl in anger."
Xuan Zi immediately swept his spiritual sense through the hotel where everyone from Shrek was staying once again. Without saying anything more, he expressionlessly raised his right hand before him, held it flat like a blade, and made a chopping gesture at the others.
Soon, the hotel's night-shift staff arrived to take over, only to find the place eerily quiet, as though deserted. Suddenly, flames surged up like an explosion, killing every night-shift worker.
"These Sun Moon mongrels certainly keep tight security." Everyone from Shrek slaughtered their way through the hotel while Ma Xiaotao set fires to burn away the evidence. By the time they had finished cleaning up the hotel, the sky was nearly fish-belly white, and Tang Ya could not help complaining.
Tang Ya hated these Sun Moon mongrels whose surname was not Tang with teeth-grinding bitterness for using technology to render the Tang Sect's hidden weapons obsolete and reducing the sect to its current decline.
To the outside world, these halls and towers, once ablaze with lights and revelry, appeared to have been caught in the inferno of the Sun Moon Lightless Doomsday explosion and destroyed.
"You must remember that your ancestors fought shoulder to shoulder to destroy the Evil Angel God and showed understanding toward one another. You must do the same." After everyone from Shrek found another hotel to sleep in, Xuan Zi instructed them before bed,
"None of you are allowed to breathe a word of this. That hotel was destroyed in a secondary fire caused by last night's Sun Moon Lightless Doomsday explosion!"
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