Outside the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, Kong Deming watched the mind-blowing family reunion drama on the light screen and couldn't help but glance at Xuan Zi, whose face was ashen, beside him.
He spoke with a mocking tone, " Xuan Zi, what do you have to say now? No wonder Yan Shaozhe is so entangled with the Holy Spirit Cult; it turns out they're all family by blood. That explains it!"
Faced with Kong Deming Deming's scathing sarcasm, Xuan Zi's brows furrowed tightly, his chest heaved violently, and his lips moved a few times, but he ultimately couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal.
He had seen everything clearly: Ye Xishui's words, Long Xiaoyao's ecstasy, Yan Shaozhe's stunned silence. The evidence was irrefutable, and any explanation seemed pale and powerless at this moment.
A tremendous sense of disappointment and humiliation overwhelmed him, for Shrek Academy, and also for the Dragon God Douluo Mu En, whom he had once revered as a god.
Just then, Ning Rongrong's ethereal voice resounded through the space once more, breaking the silence. "The first round of sincerity is over. The second round of adventure begins!"
This announcement signifies that even more dangerous and unpredictable challenges are on the horizon.
However, after he finished speaking, the space fell silent.
Because Ning Rongrong's illusory image on the lake looked at Kong Xuan, she directly asked, "What exactly is your purpose in letting them enter this Qiankun Asking Love Valley?"
The trials in Qiankun Asking Love Valley are becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.
She needed to understand Kong Xuan's intentions: was he using this opportunity to hone them, or was he using the rules of this place to bury them completely?
This determines how tightly she enforces the rules in subsequent stages.
Upon hearing this, Kong Xuan instantly understood Ning Rongrong's subtext.
He glanced at the various Evil Soul Master on the light screen, his playful and mocking expression vanishing.
Having witnessed the "excitement" just now, he had lost interest in the subsequent "plot".
His expression was calm, his tone indifferent, and he replied clearly, "Which of these Evil Soul Master isn't a person with blood on their hands and heinous crimes? Letting them die here is a fitting end, cleaning some of the filth from this continent."
His words, though calm and collected, had already sealed the fate of those people.
"Understood."
Ning Rongrong's illusory figure nodded slightly. For her, manipulating the rules of the Qiankun Asking Love Valley to achieve this result was not difficult.
However, her primary concern remained her own survival, and she immediately pressed on, "Only if they all perish here will you allow this part of my spirit to return safely to the Divine Realm?"
Upon hearing this, Kong Xuan smiled calmly, "You know in your heart that you have no other choice at this moment."
"However, I always keep my word."
Ning Rongrong was silent for a moment, then could only accept this unequal exchange, replying, "That's for the best!"
Her fate was now entirely in Kong Xuan's hands, just like those Evil Soul Master in the space.
Just then, a voice filled with suppressed rage suddenly rang out, breaking the brief silence.
"Can I have Yan Shaozhe? I want to personally... clean house!"
Xuan Zi stared intently at Kong Xuan, uttering the words "clean house" almost through gritted teeth.
He could see clearly that the one who could decide the life and death of anyone in the Qiankun Asking Love Valley was not Ning Rongrong, the ancestor of Shrek, but the unfathomable young man Kong Xuan before him.
Ning Rongrong's illusory image then turned towards Kong Xuan, awaiting his decision.
Kong Xuan's gaze lingered for a moment on Xuan Zi's face, which was filled with hatred and pleading, before sweeping over Yan Shaozhe, who was still looking lost and dejected on the screen. A playful smile appeared on his lips.
The internal strife within the Shrek Academy... that scene would surely be quite interesting.
"No problem."
He agreed almost without hesitation, his tone as casual as if he were agreeing to a trivial matter.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Zi exhaled a heavy breath, his eyes flashing with a cold light. He clasped his hands in a respectful bow to Kong Xuan and said, "Thank you!"
The subsequent procedures were so simple they were almost brutal.
The so-called "adventure" segment was entirely controlled by Ning Rongrong's will.
She doesn't even need to devise complex scenarios; she can simply designate two Evil Soul Master to fight each other to the death, and it will become a desperate, battle-to-the-death struggle.
Under the absolute laws of the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, even Titled Douluo can only be like a puppet on a string, forced to turn his sword against his former comrades.
The third test that followed, "True Adventure," was ruthlessly adjusted to the highest difficulty by Ning Rongrong.
It was a deadly trap constructed from pure Divine Power laws, a fusion of illusion, inner demons, and tangible energy impacts, its danger far exceeding the limits of mortal imagination.
Even for Limit Douluo like Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, who stood at the pinnacle of the continent, despite exhausting all their strength and using every means at their disposal, they could only ultimately meet their demise in endless despair and resentment, their Divine Power depleted, their souls shattered, and their lives cut short.
Two sighs, filled with resentment and unwillingness, echoed in the space before finally fading into complete silence.
When all the noise subsided and the confined space slowly dissipated, only Yan Shaozhe remained standing.
He was dressed in tattered clothes, covered in mottled bloodstains, his face was pale, and his eyes still held a hollow and dazed look from extreme shock.
After enduring a series of death trials and learning of the successive deaths of Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and everyone else, and experiencing extreme fear, a near-manic excitement and ecstasy of surviving a catastrophe ignited within him like wildfire!
He was the only one who survived!
He was the only survivor!
With a feeling of being reborn, he stepped out of the space that would determine his fate, his steps somewhat unsteady yet eager.
However, just as he thought he had truly broken free of his cage, the excitement and ecstasy on his face instantly froze. He was as if he had been doused with ice water from head to toe, and he stood frozen in place, his pupils contracting sharply in extreme horror.
He saw three figures that were all too familiar, yet also the ones he least wanted to see at that moment— Kong Xuan, Kong Deming, and... Xuan Zi, whose face was ashen and whose eyes burned with a fury powerful enough to destroy everything!
Before Yan Shaozhe could recover from the huge contrast and terror, a roar filled with boundless rage tore through the silence of the valley.
"Yan... Shao... Zhe...!"
Xuan Zi's roar was like a battle horn; before the sound subsided, his aura erupted like a volcano!
Without a word, dazzling light burst forth from his body, and his form rapidly expanded and changed within the light.
A pair of thick, menacing horns with spiral patterns burst through the skin on his head, and his earth-yellow, heavy Soul Power, like a tangible armor, surrounded him. His surging Bloodline Power was so intense that it caused the air around him to distort slightly.
At this moment, Xuan Zi was like a terrifying Ferocious Beast had been completely enraged and emerged from the ancient wilderness. With a violent aura that could crush everything, he charged toward Yan Shaozhe, and the ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch under the force of his stomping!
Faced with this deadly blow delivered with fury, Yan Shaozhe remained calm despite his shock.
He was, after all, a top genius who had grown up under the Shrek Academy system, and his fighting instincts were already ingrained in his bones.
Just as Xuan Zi set off, a clear and sacred phoenix cry suddenly rang out.
A dazzling golden light emanated from his body, and a pair of broad wings, flowing with radiant flames, instantly unfurled behind him— the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul had possessed him!
With a sudden flap of his wings, the powerful thrust propelled him into the air like a golden lightning bolt, narrowly missing Xuan Zi's charge that was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, and quickly creating distance between them.
Xuan Zi's attack missed its mark, his massive body carving a deep trench in the ground. He suddenly looked up, and a clear sense of seriousness flashed in his angry eyes.
Although he acted in anger, he was not completely blinded by his emotions.
He could tell at a glance that despite the "test" he had undergone in the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, his clothes were torn, his aura was slightly weak, and he had some minor injuries, the Soul Power emanating from his body was more powerful and refined than ever before!
The bottleneck that had plagued Yan Shaozhe for years was actually... broken!
At this moment Yan Shaozhe, who was suspended in the air, had a vast Soul Power and a pure and blazing aura of light. He was already a Super Douluo who had stepped into the level Level 98 realm!
In just two short years, Yan Shaozhe's Soul Power cultivation had improved so rapidly, which was indeed beyond Xuan Zi's expectations.
But he is at the peak of Level 98, only one step away from the limit. Even if he faces Yan Shaozhe, who is at the same level, he is confident that he can defeat him!