As Di Tian spoke, his Dragon God Claw had finished charging.
But at that moment, hesitation showed in his eyes.
He had actually settled on his target long ago. This third Dragon God Claw was not meant for Yun Ming, but for Long Yeyue.
Yet he truly could not resist the urge to try-the Soul Master whom his lord Lin Ming had said could resurrect Yun Ming was currently unconscious.
Yun Ming's Demigod status had only been temporarily obtained by burning faith, too. There was little substance to it.
He felt that if he fought with his life on the line today, he really could kill Yun Ming.
The temptation was simply too great.
If he could kill humanity's strongest, it would be a tremendous boon for their Soul Beast Clan. Whether for his lord the Golden Dragon King or his lord Lin Ming, it would greatly reduce the risks they faced as they developed.
But after a brief, rapid consideration, Di Tian still restrained himself.
Shrek Academy was deeply uncanny, and it also possessed divine means. Over these tens of thousands of years, he had suffered quite a few losses at Shrek's hands.
Besides, he did not know what trump cards Yun Ming still had unused, or whether that Soul Master capable of resurrection had left any contingencies on him.
Though the temptation to kill Yun Ming was great, his lord Lin Ming's words were even less to be ignored.
Killing Long Yeyue was the safest course. In any case, a second trial still awaited Shrek shortly.
With his mind made up, there was no need to hold back any longer.
"It was time to end this."
Di Tian spoke flatly.
Yun Ming was also beside himself with fury. He thrust his spear straight at Di Tian's Dragon God Claw:
"Indeed, it's time to end this! Die!"
Imbued with divine power, the Heavenly God Spear's might had already increased dozens of times over. Even the dark domain Di Tian had formed was pierced through by a single thrust. Its power was that terrifying.
Everyone was waiting for the outcome of the clash between Di Tian's Dragon God Claw and Yun Ming's Heavenly God Spear.
In the distance, a savage smile appeared on Long Yeyue's face:
"Yun Ming has unleashed his Demigod status. With divine means suppressing a beast, Di Tian is as good as dead!"
Everyone at Shrek Academy who knew of Yun Ming's trump card shared Long Yeyue's thoughts:
Unless a god appeared, who could contend with him?
For a beast like Di Tian, forcing Yun Ming to this extent was already an honor.
But just as the Dragon God Claw and Heavenly God Spear were about to collide, the Dragon God Claw that should have struck the Heavenly God Spear silently vanished into thin air. With nothing left in its way, the Heavenly God Spear struck Di Tian directly.
Boom-
A terrifying crash erupted.
Soon, a crisp crack rang out.
Something had shattered.
Immediately afterward, Yun Ming's Heavenly God Spear was sent flying back at tremendous speed, returning to his hand.
Di Tian abruptly retreated several hundred steps. An enormous, pitch-black dragon scale before him shattered, yet he himself had suffered no particularly serious injuries.
It was a reverse scale!
A dragon had more than one reverse scale.
The reverse scale had shattered, blocking Yun Ming's Heavenly God Spear strike for him.
Meanwhile, the Dragon God Claw that should have locked onto Yun Ming carried divine power capable of destroying everything as it locked precisely onto Long Yeyue.
The turn of events was so sudden that it stunned everyone.
Yun Ming's pupils contracted, his face filled with disbelief:
He had gone so far as to burn his divine status, risking his life to meet Di Tian's strongest killing move head-on, but Di Tian had refused to clash with him at all and gone straight for Long Yeyue!
"No! Elder Long! Dodge!"
Yun Ming's eyes nearly split with rage. She was his teacher's wife, his own master's wife.
If he, the mighty Yun Ming, the continent's strongest, had his master's wife forcibly killed right before his eyes, where would he ever show his face again?
Yun Ming roared in anguish, burning faith with all his strength as he rushed to her aid and tried to intercept the attack.
But the Dragon God Claw was simply too fast, and it came with the energy field of a god-level attack.
At that moment, Long Yeyue utterly despaired.
Her aura had only just stabilized. She had no strength at all to withstand Di Tian's ultimate claw strike.
She had been mocking Di Tian mere moments ago, yet retribution had come so swiftly.
Wasn't I just a little foul-mouthed? Why are you so hell-bent on coming after me?
Di Tian, if I survive, I'll make Chen Xinjie slaughter every last one of you Ferocious Beasts, tear out your souls, and torment you day and night!
Long Yeyue uttered the most vicious curse in her heart, but in this desperate situation, she could only resist with her life on the line.
She had little lifespan left, little cultivation left, and little essence blood left, but she had to burn through it all!
Long Yeyue overdrew everything, including her martial soul origin, forcibly raising the Twin Dragon Defensive Barrier in one final struggle!
But before god-level power, it was all wishful thinking.
Crack!
The shield she had condensed with all her strength could not hold for even a moment before shattering.
Her damaged four-word battle armor and soul power barrier were like paper before Di Tian's Dragon God Claw.
The Dragon God Claw pierced through everything without hindrance, slashing viciously into Long Yeyue's body and even her soul.
"Aah-"
A piercing scream resounded across the sky. Di Tian's Dragon God Claw cleaved Long Yeyue's body in two, cutting straight down the center with precision.
Under the claw strike of this divine skill, her soul was split in two along with her body. Her aura vanished completely, falling into stillness.
A mighty Quasi-God who had thrown her weight around all her life, Long Yeyue perished then and there.
"Elder Long-
"Di Tian, I'll make you pay with your life!
"You're dead! Elder Long is dead, and Chen Xinjie will go mad!
"My divine status is false, but he's a true Divine Descendant. He possesses god-level reserves!
"Your Soul Beast Clan could have clung to life a little longer, but now you're all finished!"
Yun Ming flew swiftly toward Long Yeyue's corpse. At least he had to leave her body intact, or it would be difficult to explain when Chen Xinjie arrived.
"Still making threats with death at your doorstep? Then..."
But just as he was about to approach, the space around Long Yeyue suddenly fell into disorder, and a space vortex appeared in an instant.
"Di Tian, don't you dare!"
Enraged, Yun Ming tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
Spatial banishment.
Di Tian sucked the two halves of the corpse directly into the space vortex, and they vanished without a trace.
"Di Tian! You're dead!"
Yun Ming gripped the Heavenly God Spear tightly, so furious he nearly spat blood, and lunged at him.
Di Tian, however, paid it no mind.
"I know perfectly well whether I'll die, but your Shrek is about to die!"
"Hahaha..."
Yun Ming laughed in his extreme fury!
"You'd already expended an enormous amount after fighting for so long. Then you used three divine skills, and even spatial banishment once. Even with yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, you don't have enough soul power left, yet you still dare spout such nonsense.
"A beast is a beast. You're dead today, and no one can save you. You have my word!"
"That's right. My soul power is exhausted. If I don't use Bloodburst, it seems I'll have no choice but to surrender.
"-Fooled you!"
With that, Di Tian immediately assumed his original body. A Golden-Eyed Black Dragon thousands of meters long appeared out of thin air, filling the sky above all of Shrek and blotting out the sun.
The next moment, dragon roars rang out incessantly. Di Tian no longer suppressed his aura, and his eight hundred ninety thousand years of cultivation climbed wildly, soon reaching nine hundred thousand years.
After assuming his original body, Di Tian finally spoke:
"I, Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, have reached my nine-hundred-thousand-year limit.
"Today, I shall face my Heavenly Tribulation right here in Shrek!"
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