"Marriage alliance?"
"Yan Shaozhe, let me tell you, none of you at Shrek are worthy of marrying disciples of our Body Sect."
"They're only fit to be concubines!"
A golden figure instantly lit up the entire Body Sect.
Nine Soul Rings rose one after another from beneath his feet: two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Death Feast!"
His eighth Soul Ring, a red one, flashed. Du Busi raised both hands to the sky, and dense, dark green Soul Power surged upward, instantly shrouding the entire sect hall in a dark green shadow.
In an instant, countless purple bubbles appeared above the sect hall, looking to the naked eye like a sinister cloud of poison.
Ma Xiaotao was deeply displeased by what Du Busi had said.
She hated the word "concubine."
If her teacher hadn't insisted that she come under the pretext of letting her experience the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Ice Bed, she, Ma Xiaotao, wouldn't have paid any attention to this.
The wings of a phoenix wreathed from head to toe in bright flames unfurled behind Yan Shaozhe.
He flew into the air and shouted, "Sixth Soul Skill, Wind Feather Burns the Heavens!"
The phoenix's wings and the poison cloud simultaneously unleashed countless platinum feather blades and dark green bubbles of deadly poison.
Poison and flame collided head-on in midair, and the space throughout the hall began to warp from the eruption of their powerful Soul Power.
The air was even filled with the scorched smell of flames and the hissing of corrosion.
Ma Xiaotao's face had gone a little pale. Xuan Zi noticed and diverted some Soul Power to protect her from the shockwaves of the two Super Douluos' Soul Power.
Just then, Du Busi stepped forward and appeared before Yan Shaozhe in an instant.
Dark green light gathered around his right fist, and he struck Yan Shaozhe in the chest.
The Bright Phoenix let out a mournful cry, and Yan Shaozhe was sent flying backward out of the sect hall.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Du Busi followed close behind. His seventh Soul Ring, a red one, lit up beneath his feet with an overwhelming, destructive blaze.
His body swelled rapidly as dark green light soared into the sky. He grew ten times larger, his muscles bulging like granite.
A cloud of dark green poison mist appeared in his palm and transformed into a massive chain.
Du Busi hurled the chain out, binding Yan Shaozhe, who had fallen to the ground.
"Ah!"
Yan Shaozhe let out a piercing scream of agony.
His face contorted in pain, his entire body covered in poisonous gas.
His body turned insubstantial, leaving him no time even to activate his Martial Soul Avatar.
Had Du Busi held back?
He had not.
He wanted Yan Shaozhe to know that the Body Sect was not a place for Shrek to run wild.
Other nobles and the imperial family might indulge them, but his Body Sect would not!
This was Du Busi's sixth control Soul Skill, Poison Lock.
Once struck by the chain, the target's body would immediately be poisoned. No matter who it was, none would be spared.
The only exception was someone with a Soul Skill capable of purifying all negative effects.
Du Busi sent Yan Shaozhe flying with a kick. Yan Shaozhe slammed heavily into the ground, smashing a deep crater into it.
He lay sprawled on the ground in a sorry state, spewing great mouthfuls of blood from time to time.
It was said that after reaching the level of Super Douluo, the difference made by each additional level was enormous.
It seemed that was true.
Against Du Busi fighting in earnest, Yan Shaozhe, who had grown accustomed to a life of leisure and coveted petty gains, was no match for him.
Du Busi already had an enormous advantage in Soul Ring Configuration.
Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress walked outside the sect hall.
Ma Xiaotao followed close behind, her eyes wide. She couldn't believe her teacher had been defeated just like that.
He hadn't even had time to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.
Huo Yuhao looked regretfully at Yan Shaozhe's Bright Phoenix.
The Bright Phoenix was a fine Martial Soul, but unfortunately, it had followed the wrong person.
Against Grandpa Du, Yan Shaozhe hadn't even lasted five exchanges.
If Yan Shaozhe had awakened the Dark Phoenix instead, his fighting power would have multiplied without limit.
Sometimes, how strong or weak a Martial Soul was in battle, and how much of its power it could bring to bear, also depended on the Soul Master.
"Du Busi!" Xuan Zi looked at Yan Shaozhe lying unconscious on the ground and felt that Shrek had lost all face.
The Body Sect's Titled Douluos arrived one after another.
It wasn't just the Titled Douluos-even the disciples within the Body Sect had come.
They saw the dean of Shrek's Martial Soul Department defeated by their sect.
Although they didn't know what had happened,
they knew just one thing-this was freaking awesome!
"Mighty Sect Master! Victory to the Sect Master! Down with the villains of Shrek!"
For a time, the entire sect was filled with cheers for Du Busi.
Xuan Zi's face darkened, and he met Du Busi's gaze in midair.
"Du Busi, what is the meaning of this?"
Du Busi gave Xuan Zi a thumbs-down. "Doesn't Shrek have a single opponent who can put up a fight?"
"You asked for this. I'm a Level 98 Super Douluo, just like you!"
Xuan Zi snorted coldly.
Nine Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.
A brilliant yellow light burst from his body, and a formidable presence erupted.
The horizon was painted in a dense yellow light, while the sky on Du Busi's side turned dark green.
Yellow and green stood sharply divided high in the sky.
Yellow light enveloped Xuan Zi, and his body gradually twisted, undergoing an immense transformation.
A monster over thirty meters long appeared out of thin air opposite Du Busi. It had a pair of enormous bull's legs, the body of a sheep, eyes beneath its armpits, tiger's teeth, and human claws.
The surrounding air seemed to freeze, sinking into eternal stillness.
A deafening boom suddenly exploded across the sky, and Du Busi and Xuan Zi both sprang into action.
Their battle was fierce enough to darken the heavens and the earth.
In midair, the Godly Taotie Bull Xuan Zi had become bombarded Du Busi with yellow light like towering waves.
The dark green giant Du Busi had become strode through the air to meet the attack head-on.
The Body Sect's Titled Douluos immediately released their respective fields of presence to protect their disciples from being caught in the clash between the two Super Douluos.
At that moment, the Snow Empress sent a message to Du Busi through Soul Power. "Should we kill him?"
Du Busi replied, "No need. Xuan Zi is still useful. In the upcoming Soul Master Tournament, we can let Xuan Zi bring losses upon Shrek's prodigies."
In his memory, on the eve of the Soul Master Tournament, Xuan Zi's pursuit of pleasure had nearly led to the annihilation of Shrek's main team.
They had paid a considerable price.
And this time, without Huo Yuhao there, the losses would only be more severe.
If he killed Xuan Zi now, Mu En would send a Titled Douluo even more reliable than a Super Douluo to serve as head of the Inspection Corps.
By then, Shrek would not suffer a crushing blow. Instead, their fighting spirit would be roused, and they would claim the championship in next year's Soul Master Tournament.
He wanted more than the loss of a single Super Douluo. He also wanted Shrek to lose two generations of the Shrek Seven Monsters, one main team and one reserve team.
He would see Shrek's road to the Soul Master Tournament championship utterly destroyed at Xuan Zi's hands.
The dark green light around Du Busi abruptly formed vast swathes of swirling vortices, while the yellow light behind Xuan Zi formed countless massive orbs of yellow light.