After observing them for another day and making sure Ye Qing would not take Bei Bei off to try anything dangerous, Mu En left Shrek Academy alone and headed toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
As for Ye Qing...
He had only become more playful because he had grown younger. He had not actually turned into some clueless little brat with no sense of safety. Why would he try those dangerous activities that were practically asking for death?
Winning his way back to life had been no easy feat. He had only one life, and he had to cherish it every step of the way.
But honestly, there was not much he could do for fun at his age. On top of that, this was the Douluo Continent, where entertainment options were practically nonexistent. What entertainment there was had nothing to do with little brats, leaving him with even fewer things to do.
The day after Mu En left, Ye Qing went back to being a fishing fanatic.
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Bei Bei, on the other hand, did not particularly mind. Whatever Ye Qing played, he played too. When Ye Qing went fishing, he followed along-he just came home empty-handed a tiny billion times more often.
Meanwhile.
Tianyue City, Heaven Dou Empire.
The city lay in the southern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, where the climate was warm and pleasant, with springlike weather all year round. Most crops and fruits found excellent growing conditions here, placing Tianyue City's agricultural output among the highest in the empire.
In both quantity and quality, its produce ranked among the best compared with other cities. It could rightly be called the Heaven Dou Empire's granary and one of its biggest taxpayers.
A major city like this was naturally a priority for the Heaven Dou Empire. Considerable imperial forces were also stationed around Tianyue City to protect it from surprise attacks by hostile powers.
Thus, even in an era when tensions ran high between the empires and war could erupt at any moment, the people of Tianyue City remained untouched by the flames of war, always able to live in peace and work in contentment.
At worst, they might have to hand over a little more grain.
Recently, however, this prosperous city, which had seen no major strife for several hundred years, welcomed an uninvited guest whose hands were drenched in blood.
An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Master-Demon Wolf!
No one remembered Demon Wolf's former name anymore. Even he had forgotten it. To him, names had long since ceased to matter. Only blood and slaughter could soothe his frenzied, bloodthirsty heart.
Originally, he had not been an Evil Soul Master. His Martial Soul had merely been a Shadow Wolf, a shade stronger than an ordinary wolf Martial Soul.
But Douluo was still Douluo, and the world was still the same world. Although Demon Wolf's parents had both been Two-Ring Soul Grandmasters-"lord Soul Masters" in the eyes of commoners-to the nobility, two mere Soul Grandmasters could be wiped out with a flip of the hand.
What followed was a thoroughly classic plot.
His family was destroyed, and he turned dark in an instant.
The Shadow Wolf, which had originally been no more than an ordinary Martial Soul, evolved into a true demon wolf amid Demon Wolf's towering hatred and fury, pursuing souls, thirsting for blood, and hunting in every direction.
From that day on, Demon Wolf abandoned his old name. Under the alias Demon Wolf, he embarked on reckless, downright insane slaughter and cultivation. Human or Soul Beast, anything that could help him grow stronger fell within the scope of his hunt.
Their flesh, Soul Power, and souls all became nourishment for Demon Wolf's growth.
In just over a decade, Demon Wolf, who had only just turned twenty, had already reached the Soul Emperor level. Even at Shrek Academy, someone of his age with that cultivation would have been considered a genius.
But he had advanced through slaughter, barely spending any time cultivating on his own.
Demon Wolf did not care about that.
He needed only power. More power.
The first thing he did after reaching the Soul Emperor level was return to that city and turn the noble who had murdered his entire family from a stranger into someone thoroughly cooked, with the heat just right.
Demon Wolf was lucky. Because he had advanced quickly enough, he was able to kill his enemy with his own hands before the noble died, finally untangling the knot in his heart.
Then he thoroughly cooked the noble's entire household too, breaking through to Soul Saint in the process.
It was precisely because he caused such an enormous commotion this time that Shrek Academy took notice. The academy sent Ye Qing's parents, Bei Bei's parents, and several Inner Court disciples as a team to encircle and eliminate Demon Wolf.
Clearly, Demon Wolf was the Death Messenger's grandmaster. With Soul Saint cultivation, he wiped out a Shrek team consisting of two Soul Saints, three Soul Emperors, and five Soul Kings, even devouring everything they had. He had barely crossed into Soul Saint before arriving straight at the threshold of Soul Douluo.
Had they gone to eliminate him, or to serve themselves up on a platter...?
Hard to say, but pretty funny.
The reason Demon Wolf disappeared for several years after killing one of Shrek's elite squads was simple: breaking through to Soul Douluo took time, acquiring a Soul Ring took time, and stabilizing his cultivation took time too.
That was why even Mu En could not find any trace of him. He had not been out and about at all, so where could anyone possibly look for clues?
After breaking through to Soul Douluo, the first thing Demon Wolf did upon emerging from seclusion was resume hunting.
A wolf's nature was to seek prey.
This time, Demon Wolf chose Tianyue City, setting his sights directly on its strongest Soul Master family, the Zhang Family.
As one of the Heaven Dou Empire's key cities, Tianyue City naturally had powerful Soul Master families. The strongest member of the Zhang Family, the city's strongest Soul Master family, was likewise an eight-ring Soul Douluo.
Demon Wolf had clearly done his research.
To him, merely hunting the weak, who had no ability to resist, could no longer satisfy the bloodthirsty instinct in his heart. He needed a thoroughly exhilarating battle, followed by a gluttonous feast.
"A Soul Douluo... excellent!" Demon Wolf grinned, his eerily white teeth gleaming coldly in the moonlight.
Night had fallen. Please close your eyes...
The wolf was here!
By the time Mu En arrived in Tianyue City, the entire Zhang Family estate had been reduced to rubble. The battle between the two Soul Douluos, Demon Wolf and the Zhang Family's old patriarch, had destroyed nearly half the city.
Nighttime was home ground for both Demon Wolf and the Zhang Family's old patriarch. Moonlight could enhance the Zhang Family's hereditary Martial Soul, the moon, while darkness likewise allowed Demon Wolf to unleash greater strength.
The two fought for an entire night before the battle finally ended.
In the end, almost the entire Zhang Family had been killed or wounded overnight. Demon Wolf was also severely injured and was gnawing on the old patriarch's corpse, using his flesh to heal his wounds and increase his cultivation.
"Damn it!" Anger flared in Mu En's eyes. The ruins before him told him plainly that he had arrived too late.
Even if he killed Demon Wolf immediately, the Zhang Family members Demon Wolf had murdered would never come back to life.
Mu En's formidable Soul Power instantly immobilized Demon Wolf as he gnawed on the corpse. Then his vast spiritual power swept over the Zhang Family's ruins.
"Hmm? Wait, there are actually survivors..."
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