"Yuwen Tuo, how are you here?" Wang Dong quickly ran to Huo Yuhao's side. With the Bright Goddess Butterfly martial spirit attached, he shielded Huo Yuhao behind him.
"This has nothing to do with you two. My target is him." Yuwen Tuo's hateful gaze was fixed tightly on Xuan Zi.
Although outwardly, it was Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao who had constantly pressured him in the academy, how could Yuwen Tuo not know that the true bosses behind it were definitely Xuan Zi and Mu En?
Perhaps it was Xuan Zi who had judged him to have no cultivation value.
Xuan Zi looked at the golden sword in Yuwen Tuo's hand, his eyes filled with shock. "This sword isn't a close-combat soul tool, but… your martial soul? You actually have twin martial souls!"
"Haha, surprised, old man?" Yuwen Tuo said with a calm smile. "The six years of hatred Shrek inflicted upon me will truly be repaid today, Xuan Zi, starting with you."
"Hmph, just with you? Don't think having twin martial souls is so amazing. No matter how much of a genius you are, if you haven't grown up, you're no different from a waste. Your appearance today is quite a pleasant surprise. Come back to Shrek with me and accept Shrek's punishment." Xuan Zi seemed very pleased. Capturing Yuwen Tuo was even more important than obtaining the Rui Beast's power.
"Senior Crimson King, do you still remember? Did you not promise me a condition?" Yuwen Tuo ignored Xuan Zi and looked at Crimson King instead.
Crimson King's three massive mastiff heads nodded. "Boy, do you want me to help block him?"
Yuwen Tuo shook his head. "No, I want you to join forces with me to kill him. This old fellow just tried to harm the Emperor Rui Beast, which counts as committing the Star Dou Great Forest's greatest taboo, doesn't it?"
"This king is not entirely confident," Crimson King said gravely. Although its flames had been greatly enhanced with Yuwen Tuo's help, it had only managed to match the Gluttonous Divine Ox's light wave evenly just now.
In terms of actual cultivation, Gluttonous Douluo was still a few points stronger than it.
"This Yuwen Tuo, how is he so close to a fierce beast?" Xuan Zi's heart was filled with shock and apprehension.
This fellow himself was already terrifying enough: innate rank 20, twin martial souls, invincible among peers in actual combat, and easily able to kill enemies above his rank.
Now, he could even befriend a fierce beast. If Yuwen Tuo were allowed to continue growing, with his hatred for Shrek, he would likely bring about Shrek's downfall sooner or later.
He couldn't be allowed to live today. Even if he couldn't be brought back, he had to die here.
As for any moral burden, Xuan Zi would bear it himself.
Thinking this, Xuan Zi turned to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and said, "You two, quickly leave this place."
Crimson King's hellfire just now was unusual, and he wasn't entirely confident he could perfectly handle it.
Even if he could block it, he couldn't guarantee that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong wouldn't be affected by the battle.
After all, both he and Crimson King were Super Douluo level powerhouses.
"But Elder Xuan…" Huo Yuhao somewhat wanted to stay. His spiritual detection sharing would be helpful even in a battle between Super Douluo.
"Yuhao, I know what you're thinking, but it's useless. While your assistance is effective, its range is too short. You cannot leave me by more than a hundred meters. Do you think a Super Douluo level battle is like your new student assessment?" Xuan Zi said.
If he were to fight Crimson King, the residual impact alone would extend for hundreds of meters. How could Huo Yuhao possibly assist him within a hundred meters?
At least, he needed to wait until his rank had risen to Spirit Emperor or above, when he possessed some self-preservation ability and his auxiliary range had expanded. For now, this Grand Spirit Master who hadn't even obtained his third spirit ring should run as far as possible.
Wang Dong took Huo Yuhao's hand and said, "Yuhao, Elder Xuan is right. Don't worry. Elder Xuan's strength is far superior to that Crimson King. Only if we leave can he unleash his full power without restraint. Staying here would only be a burden to him."
"Yuhao, run, brother! Is this kind of battle something you can participate in now?" The Heavenly Dream Iceworm was so anxious it was stomping its feet. This was simply too overconfident.
Persuaded by everyone, Huo Yuhao finally nodded. "Alright, we'll go first. Elder Xuan, we'll return to the academy and wait for you!"
The two quickly departed. The Three-Eyed Golden Lioness on Yuwen Tuo's shoulder immediately showed a fierce expression.
Just as it was about to chase after them, Yuwen Tuo stopped it. "Three-Eyed Golden Lioness, don't mind them. Let's focus on this Gluttonous Douluo."
Yuwen Tuo also deliberately let Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong leave.
There was no other way. He wasn't afraid of Huo Yuhao, but Wang Dong's identity was too special. If he were to kill Wang Dong now, would he be directly drawing Tang San out of the God Realm? Moreover, Wang Dong's two fathers were currently on this continent, the sect masters of the Clear Sky Sect.
Although they were temporarily restricted by the rules of the continent and couldn't fully unleash their Divine Beast powers, even as Limit Douluo or Super Douluo, they were not to be trifled with.
For instance, Niu Tian, in a one-on-one fight, might not necessarily be inferior to Di Tian.
So, for now, letting Wang Dong leave was the best course of action. Niu Tian and Titan would do anything for Wang Dong but would not interfere in continental affairs for the sake of a Xuan Zi. Yuwen Tuo understood this very well.
Soon, seeing that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had vanished, Yuwen Tuo finally spoke. "Xuan Zi, your students have run off. Now we can peacefully settle our score, can't we?"
"You deliberately let them go? I didn't expect you to be someone who believes in grievances with a clear origin and debts with a clear owner. You truly distinguish between kindness and hatred." Xuan Zi clearly misunderstood something.
Yuwen Tuo purely let them go because he didn't want to push Wang Dong too hard. If it were someone like Dai Yaohang or Xie Huanyue, he wouldn't have given so many considerations.
"Yuwen Tuo, back then, if you had directly revealed your twin martial souls, we wouldn't have treated you like that. Why did you hide it?" Before fighting, Xuan Zi had to get this question clear. Clearly, if he didn't want to be crippled, all he had to do was reveal his twin martial souls.
He would immediately become a key cultivation target for Shrek.
"That's right, I always knew. If I didn't want to be crippled, all I had to do was reveal all my aptitudes. But if I did that, Shrek would be even less likely to let me leave, wouldn't they? You would make me a key cultivation target, giving me resources and help.
But in that case, I would never be able to leave Shrek again. Even if I became stronger than anyone else in the future, I wouldn't be able to leave, because at that time, what would bind me would be the 'position' that would make me helpless for a lifetime. But I didn't want to stay in Shrek at all.
Even before you crippled me, I had this thought," Yuwen Tuo said. "I also thought about feigning compliance with you, accepting your cultivation first, and then turning against you once I became powerful."
"But I couldn't do such a thing. I didn't want to accept others' kindness and then be ungrateful. If I, Yuwen Tuo, agreed to fully accept the favors of a force, that would mean I had already stood on the side of that force.
And once I chose a side, as long as that force didn't betray me, I would rather die than betray my position. But I didn't want that force, the one I couldn't betray, to be Shrek. Therefore, I could only conceal my true nature first, and then secretly look for an opportunity to leave."
"This old man truly doesn't understand. Shrek, as the number one academy on the continent, why do you reject it so much?" Xuan Zi shook his head. What was so bad about Shrek? Before Yuwen Tuo was crippled, he already didn't want to join them at all, even preferring to continue being crippled rather than accept their favor.
It was all so that his stance wouldn't be tied to Shrek.
"So what if it's the number one academy? Can the number one academy force all geniuses to join you? I have my own path to walk. As the saying goes, 'each person has their own aspirations.' This is the simplest truth, Xuan Zi. It's a shame you're the future Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, yet you don't even understand this point." Yuwen Tuo gripped his Xuanyuan Sword tightly, pointing it at Xuan Zi. "Come, fight! Xuan Zi, today, one of us is bound to fall!"
"Good! Although killing a genius is not my wish, today, this old man will make an exception! Seventh Spirit Skill, Martial Spirit Avatar!" Xuan Zi pulled out the wine gourd from behind him, drained it, and then his entire body's muscles bulged even more fiercely. His whole body gradually transformed into a gigantic bull, over thirty meters long. Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—rotated around the enormous bull's body.
Yuwen Tuo also reached into his embrace, placing his palm on the Ice Empress's doll. The Ice Empress's body immediately emitted a brilliant ice-blue light, and the surrounding temperature began to drop sharply.
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