Long Yeyue: Hit him! Why are you hitting me? So you two came to play mixed doubles against me?

"Arrogant fool. Have you ever been a god? Then stop spouting nonsense."

Yun Ming faced Di Tian's provocation without a trace of fear.

He merely took Di Tian's words as empty threats. Such petty tricks were far too crude.

Yun Ming entered the fray, but Di Tian's attack had already taken shape, bent on cutting Long Yeyue down.

Yun Ming also knew that Long Yeyue was currently suppressed by his bloodline, placing her at an absolute disadvantage.

At the same level?

No, they were not at the same level.

Judging by what he had just sensed, Di Tian was stronger than Long Yeyue.

With her strength outclassed and her bloodline completely suppressed, Long Yeyue really would die.

The Soul Rings behind him began flashing. He unleashed his Soul Power domain in full, activating his flight-prohibiting power once again in an attempt to immobilize Di Tian's Black Dragon Sword.

At the same time, he suspended the Sky-Piercing Spear before him and immediately activated its pseudo-divine artifact form.

With the pseudo-divine artifact activated, his Four-Word Battle Armor, "Heavenly Sky," fully encased him. Silvery-white spear light appeared in an instant, like a rainbow piercing the sun, sweeping forward like a blade through bamboo as it attempted to disperse the darkness filling the sky.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Sky-Piercing Sun-Shooting!"

An ultimate beam of spear light spanning heaven and earth shot into the sky. Spear intent condensed to its utmost broke through the darkness and tore apart the void, meeting Di Tian's gigantic Black Dragon Sword head-on with the might to destroy everything.

Boom-

Spear and sword collided with a thunderous crash, and a terrifying energy storm instantly swept across more than half of Shrek.

Countless soul-tool buildings automatically activated their soul-tool defenses, and barriers absorbed energy and sprang into action one after another. Yet under such a terrifying impact, they lasted only an instant before being utterly annihilated.

Countless students and teachers who had yet to evacuate were hurled away by the terrifying shock wave. There was no telling how many had been killed or injured.

Yun Ming desperately wanted to move the battlefield elsewhere, but Di Tian was determined to fight here, and there was nothing he could do.

At that moment, high in the sky, Yun Ming's flight-prohibiting domain collided with Di Tian's darkness domain.

Yet despite its supposed prohibition of flight, Di Tian continued flying perfectly well. His domain was therefore ineffective against Di Tian.

More devastatingly, his strongest strike, "Sky-Piercing Sun-Shooting," actually failed to penetrate Di Tian's condensed Black Dragon Sword light, sending a tremendous shock through Yun Ming's heart.

He had already brought his full fighting strength to bear, augmented by his Four-Word Battle Armor and coupled with his strongest Soul Skill, yet he could only fight Di Tian to a draw.

How could someone as proud as him possibly accept this?

Di Tian...

They had gravely underestimated this former Beast God. He truly was powerful.

"Holy Spirit Empowerment!"

Just as they reached a stalemate, Ya Li immediately began providing support from the other side, continuously channeling Soul Power into Yun Ming while also taking half the impact he suffered.

The Holy Light Domain surrounding her spread outward, illuminating the darkness around Yun Ming.

"The darkness you cannot dispel, I shall dispel."

Ya Li chanted softly, and a moment later, her twelve-winged Wish Angel true form manifested.

Her eighth Soul Skill, "Archangel's Dance," activated, and boundless, sacred holy light instantly enveloped both Yun Ming and Long Yeyue.

Supreme healing power rapidly repaired their injuries while supplying them with Soul Power, adding Holy Light Shields, purifying negative suppression, and helping Long Yeyue counteract the encroachment of Di Tian's draconic might.

At the same time, her ninth Soul Skill, "Angel's Blessing," quietly began charging, ready to provide resurrection as a last resort at any moment.

Of course, she would not resurrect those dead teachers and students, because as a Titled Douluo, she could only use it once a year, and it required her to burn her flame of life.

She would save that one use for Yun Ming. Even if Long Yeyue died, she would not resurrect her.

All her selfish concern lay with Yun Ming alone. Too many unforeseen events could happen in a year, just like Di Tian's sudden attack this time. Who knew who it might be next time?

If she could break through to Limit Douluo, she would be able to use it once a day. Unfortunately, she was currently only a rank-98 Super Douluo. Willing though she was, she lacked the power.

At that moment, Ya Li kept her ninth Soul Skill ready to safeguard Yun Ming. She was his greatest trump card.

Meanwhile, with Ya Li's support, Long Yeyue finally managed to recover. Without that terrifying bloodline suppression, her fighting strength returned.

Two assault fighters and one support fighter-Shrek's three top combatants worked together flawlessly and began countering Di Tian.

The other pavilion elders, including Zhu Shi and Feng Wuyu, all remained on guard around the perimeter, not daring to approach rashly.

In a battle at the Quasi-God level, only Ya Li, who was infinitely close to becoming a Quasi-God, could participate. The others would suffer grievous injuries from the aftershocks even if they merely approached.

They could only exert themselves to raise Soul Power barriers, block the aftershocks, and help the students and teachers evacuate. They were not even qualified to intervene in the battle.

Yet even fighting one against three, Di Tian did not fall behind in the slightest.

His Dual Soul Cores supplied him with an unending stream of Soul Power, sustaining him without cease and showing no sign of depletion.

Ultimate darkness clashed with ultimate holy light, and in the end, Di Tian proved superior. Black light eroded the holy light, and darkness devoured everything.

As for Yun Ming's spatial confinement, Di Tian once again wielded the Black Dragon Sword to knock his spear aside, then cleaved open his spatial domain with another stroke.

"You dare parade such paltry tricks before a master? You would toy with space before me?"

Even while fighting three opponents alone and doing everything he could to dismantle their attacks, Di Tian still had the energy to spare for mockery. This immediately irritated Yun Ming.

Gripping his spear, he unleashed "Sky-Piercing Sun-Shooting" once more.

At the sight, the corner of Di Tian's mouth shifted, and a black hole immediately tore open before him.

Yun Ming's attack was swallowed in its entirety. The next instant, a spatial opening appeared behind Long Yeyue.

The terrifying attack struck Long Yeyue squarely in the back, piercing through her arm in a single blow-it was the very Sky-Piercing Sun-Shooting Yun Ming had just unleashed!

Meanwhile, Di Tian's Black Dragon Slash struck Long Yeyue from the front.

A pincer attack from both sides!

It felt so good she could fly.

"Yun Ming, what are you doing?"

Long Yeyue spat out a mouthful of blood. Only with Ya Li's holy light supporting and healing her did she barely manage to catch her breath. She glared at Yun Ming.

"You attacked me from behind!"

"Di Tian redirected my attack!" Yun Ming snapped back.

Long Yeyue also realized what had happened, but just as she was about to dodge away, Di Tian's attacks immediately entangled her again.

Yun Ming could only counter each move as it came. He could have attacked from a distance, firing his Sky-Piercing Long Spear relentlessly, but because of Long Yeyue, he was forced into close combat with Di Tian.

As the saying went, strike where the enemy must defend. Di Tian played that move far too smoothly.

Yet even if someone beat him to death, Yun Ming would never have guessed that Di Tian had never thought that deeply about it. From beginning to end, there had been only one thought in his head: kill Long Yeyue.

The battle in the sky suddenly settled into an exceedingly bizarre pattern:

Yun Ming was forced to confront Di Tian head-on to ease the pressure on Long Yeyue.

But whenever he attacked, Di Tian redirected all his attacks toward Long Yeyue. Whether it was his spear light, the force of his spear, or energy impacts, everything landed on Long Yeyue.

Di Tian had yet to beat Long Yeyue to death, but all the holes in her body had been poked by Yun Ming's Sky-Piercing Spear.

It left Yun Ming afraid to draw on the Golden Tree's life force and unleash the true form of "Sky-Piercing Sun-Shooting."

From the beginning until now, he had only used the ordinary form of his ninth Soul Skill, precisely because he feared piercing Long Yeyue to death.

He wanted to move Long Yeyue away, but Di Tian kept her firmly locked in his sights. He truly had no way out.

Had his teacher not told him that he absolutely must listen to Long Yeyue and take good care of her, he genuinely could not have been bothered with this deadweight now.

"Di Tian, you've gone too far!"