Boom!
The instant his words fell, the sky over all of Shrek City changed abruptly.
The once cloudless sky was instantly covered in black clouds, rolling thunderclouds gathering across a thousand miles.
Within the pitch-black clouds, lightning flickered and divine thunder surged. Unbearably oppressive lightning shrouded all of Shrek City.
This was no ordinary, feeble heavenly tribulation of the 100,000-year or 200,000-year level, but an Apocalyptic Heavenly Tribulation of the 900,000 Years level!
What was more, this was Di Tian's heavenly tribulation.
Di Tian was a divine beast to begin with. The foundations he had accumulated were enough to overcome a million-year heavenly tribulation. It was precisely because of this heavenly tribulation that he had never dared to break through.
Now that he no longer suppressed this 900,000 Years heavenly tribulation, the power of its tribulation lightning could even rival that of a million-year tribulation.
Even while it was merely gathering, before it had struck, the thunder unleashed by its aura already surpassed an ordinary hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.
A dense web of lightning filled the sky, yet it held back, continuing to gather. The aura of annihilation grew ever more terrifying, ever more suffocating.
When Yun Ming saw the heavenly tribulation Di Tian had unleashed, a sense of helplessness instantly welled up in his heart.
The hand gripping the Heavenly God Spear fell to his side, his face filled with despair:
"A heavenly tribulation...
Heh, heh, heh...
The heavenly tribulation of a 900,000 Years soul beast. Di Tian, so this was your true killing move."
Just a single wisp of lightning escaping from the tribulation filled him with utter despair.
Even the class-eleven Godslaying Soul Cannon that had once bombarded the Abyss had never produced such terrifying might.
A Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon was a human creation that erupted in an instant to destroy everything, but this 900,000 Years heavenly tribulation was a punishment. Its power would increase layer by layer, endlessly, covering Shrek Academy and even all of Shrek City. There was no solution.
It was over.
At this moment, Yun Ming could no longer spare any attention for Long Yeyue, whose life and cultivation had both perished.
The heavenly tribulation had locked all of Shrek City within its range. If he did nothing, tens of millions of citizens would die in this Apocalyptic Heavenly Tribulation.
He did not know how long this terrifying heavenly tribulation would take to gather, but the longer it gathered, the more terrifying its lightning would become.
Yet at this moment, Yun Ming felt increasingly thankful that the lightning had not struck without warning. At least it had given them a little time to catch their breath.
Without the slightest hesitation, Yun Ming immediately issued a deafening command that rang throughout Shrek City:
"All Shrek teachers and students throughout the city, heed my command! Guide everyone in Shrek City to abandon the city immediately! Leave everything behind and evacuate outside the city at once! Get as many out as you can!"
But although he had given the order, his heart was still ice-cold.
Shrek City had tens of millions of permanent residents. There was simply no time to evacuate them all on such short notice.
Today, Shrek would inevitably see its people plunged into misery and slaughter.
And Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year legacy would be utterly destroyed in his hands.
How could he accept that?
Instinct told him that fleeing for his life was the best solution.
Within the heavenly tribulation's range, only the person undergoing it could not escape. Everyone else could leave, provided they could get away.
But this was precisely where Di Tian's viciousness lay.
All of Shrek's ten thousand years of accumulated foundations were here, along with the Golden Ancient Tree. The Sea God Pavilion even held the remains of Shrek's sages from past generations.
Their heroic souls had endured. If the heavenly tribulation blasted them into ashes, how could he face Shrek's forebears after he died?
He could not leave. He absolutely could not leave!
"Di Tian, how vicious you are!
Just because we collected the corpses of your Soul Beast Clan, you intend to exterminate us to the last?
The ones slaughtering your soul beasts wantonly and turning your soul beasts into soul spirits are the Spirit Pagoda! Instead of taking revenge on them, you come here to stake your life on taking revenge on us!"
With the heavenly tribulation still gathering, Di Tian was quite interested in exchanging a few words with this loser who was about to lose everything.
He deliberately refrained from answering Yun Ming, merely watching the Shrek teachers and students and Shrek City residents fleeing frantically below:
"Actually, I feel both regretful and fortunate right now.
What I regret is that my heavenly tribulation is too powerful and takes too long to gather, allowing quite a few ants to escape your Shrek City;
Yet I also feel fortunate that it takes so long to gather. I would love for it to take even longer.
Having undergone so many heavenly tribulations, I know perfectly well that the longer a heavenly tribulation gathers, the more terrifying it becomes. It will be enough to blast your entire Shrek into ashes and wipe out everything you have accumulated over these ten thousand years.
That Golden Ancient Tree, was it? Your Shrek's trump card? In a moment, it'll go bang-and be blown away!
Hahahahaha! How satisfying! So satisfying!"
"Wait, don't you Shrek have gods backing you? I remember ten thousand years ago, that fellow-what was his name again? Right, Dragon God Douluo Mu En!
He even had an inheritance item from a god. The Boundless Sea and Universe could raise a barrier for Shrek. How come by the time it passed down to you, there was nothing left?
What does that make this? Has your Shrek Academy actually grown more prosperous, or has it fallen on hard times?"
"Shut your mouth! You are not allowed to slander Shrek!"
"Slander? Actually, I rather dislike the idea of destroying your Shrek. How nice it would be to leave you around to plague humanity."
"What did you say? Our Shrek Academy has worked conscientiously and diligently for the benefit of the entire Douluo Continent, making countless contributions!"
"Contributions? I'd say you're a malignant tumor.
Ever since I learned of your Shrek ten thousand years ago, I found you utterly outrageous.
The soul beasts of my Soul Beast Clan with powerful bloodlines need no guidance from anyone at all. They can grow stronger bit by bit through their own bloodlines alone.
I witnessed your human race rise from humble beginnings and gradually flourish.
Wasn't the purpose of you humans establishing academies to let students with poor talent receive a better education too, teaching everyone without discrimination?
Yet along came a freak academy like your Shrek, accepting only geniuses and no trash.
Do geniuses need you to teach them?
Hahahaha! What an absurdity."
"You..." Yun Ming grew agitated.
"Do you know why I look down on your Shrek? It was true ten thousand years ago, and it remains true now.
Because from beginning to end, your Shrek has been a malignant tumor on humanity. You have made no contributions whatsoever to humanity. You merely monopolized the geniuses, leaving other academies with nothing but trash to recruit. Then the strong stayed strong, and the weak stayed weak.
You claim the geniuses' talent as your own achievement.
To put it bluntly, suppose I opened a Shitlaike Academy beside your Shrek Academy right now and also recruited only geniuses.
Let's swap for a year. Give our academy the geniuses you recruit, and we'll dump our trash into your academy for a year. Then we'll see whose students turn out stronger."
"You actually dare mock our Shrek as shit!"
"I'm not mocking you. It's a fact.
Your Shrek is a pile of dog shit.
Destroying a pile of dog shit actually gives me no sense of accomplishment. But although you're a pile of shit, you're very good at sucking the blood of the Douluo Continent, making yourselves powerful.
That is why I have no choice but to act against you, this extremely powerful pile of shit. Otherwise, I would have handed the Spirit Pagoda the honor of hosting this heavenly tribulation."
"Shut your mouth! How dare you desecrate and slander Shrek Academy? You have already given me cause to kill you!"
"Humiliation has turned to rage. It seems I was right. The result is already plain to see.
Just swap the students, and your Shrek cannot compare to my Shitlaike at all. Your Shrek really is a pile of dog shit."
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