In the sky, the scene that occurred at the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasure City similarly occurred at Shrek Academy and Shrek City.
Only unlike the close-range launch against Nine Treasure City, because Shrek City's defense officer was a Titled Douluo of considerable strength, to avoid alerting the enemy, the fixed soul guide shell barrage targeting Shrek was not only long-distance strikes, but the quantity had also directly multiplied several times, like a meteor shower.
Shrek City, as the continent's number one city, although Shrek Academy itself was only an academy, it was different from Nine Treasure City. Nine Treasure City's soldiers, though familiar with the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, were ultimately the Tian Hun Empire's army. But the army stationed in Shrek City didn't belong to any empire—it was an army exclusive to Shrek, of which thirty percent were soul masters.
The numbers weren't large, only ten thousand.
Among the soul master portion, the vast majority were Shrek Academy outer court disciples. These were those who failed to enter the inner court, thus choosing to join Shrek's city defense army to obtain glory.
Although there were only this many people, Shrek City's city defense army could be considered illustrious. Because in history, they had participated in battles no fewer than ten times. The most famous was when the Sun-Moon Continent had just collided with the Douluo Continent, and the Sun-Moon Continent launched a holy war. When the original Douluo Continent's various nations were exhausted from dealing with it and retreating step by step, it was a three-thousand-man Shrek City defense army that rushed to the front lines, used the terrain, and forcibly blocked the Sun-Moon Empire's great army for fifteen days, buying sufficient time for the original Douluo Continent's various nations and creating the opportunity to finally sound the counterattack horn.
But who could have thought that facing such a powerful army and numerous powerhouses, someone would actually dare to launch an attack on Shrek City, with fixed soul guide shells like a meteor shower.
Watching the fixed soul guide shells about to cover the entire Shrek City, the merchants, common people, and even soul masters within the city were all instantly stunned. Someone actually dared to attack Shrek?!
In the next second, their stupor dissipated, replaced by unprecedented terror! After all, an attack of such scale—eighty to ninety percent of people had never experienced it!
On the city walls, under the command of the current defense officer Shi Xing, cannons aimed at the sky full of "meteors." Various fixed soul guide shells had already been transported to the walls, loaded and ready.
"Fire!"
At Shi Xing's command, cannons fired in unison!
Boom boom boom—
Amidst continuous artillery sounds, incoming fixed soul guide shells were constantly intercepted, and flame fireworks continuously exploded in the high sky, rolling heat waves attacking.
As the artillery continuously thundered, figures descended from the sky, landing on Shrek City's south wall one after another. The leading person was tall, with messy white hair scattered behind his head. With a grave expression, he walked toward the battlements—this was currently Shrek Academy's true number one, the Sea God Pavilion Master, Elder Xuan.
And behind Elder Xuan were the various venerable elders of the Sea God Pavilion, as well as the three deans and vice-deans still in the academy.
Besides this, there were over thirty Shrek Academy inner court students. As for the academy's teachers, they were evenly divided into three groups, heading to the other three walls to command the outer court students.
"Old Xuan, it's probably only those two groups who dare to launch this attack." Elder Song's expression was somewhat ugly. What others could guess, the experienced Elder Song naturally could also guess.
What surprised her equally was that the Sun-Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Church would actually launch an attack using Xu Tianran's grand wedding as cover. And that peace agreement had just been reached not long ago!
They were openly tearing it up?!
"Who the hell cares who it is!"
Elder Xuan directly cursed, his gaze burning as he stared upward. Although his emotions were furious, his eyes also didn't lack clarity.
"Duoduo!"
"Elder Xuan."
"Didn't we bring back many Class 9 fixed soul guide shells last time? Take out five first, and blast them in that direction!"
Xuan Zi's tone was forceful and unyielding. With a wave of his large hand, he pointed directly at the direction from which those fixed soul guide shells were launched. He didn't believe that group of attackers could relocate this quickly!
"Yes."
Then, Qian Duoduo took out the Class 9 fixed soul guide shells he carried with him and handed them to Shi Xing, then aimed at the distance.
But before they could fire, whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Three Class 9 fixed soul guide shells broke through the air, drawing three flame tails in the pitch-black night, their might terrifying. Along with them were numerous Class 8 and Class 7 fixed soul guide shells.
"Elder Xuan!"
Qian Duoduo shouted, intending to stop their side from launching Class 9 fixed soul guide shells. Because once collisions occurred, with eight Class 9 fixed soul guide shells and numerous Class 8 and Class 7 fixed soul guide shells, not to mention how much of Shrek City could be destroyed, at least this south wall where they were located definitely couldn't be preserved.
Of course, if manually stopped, the aftershocks might be smaller.
"Damn! In that case..."
Elder Xuan's eyes slightly narrowed, gazing at the three Class 9 fixed soul guide shells attacking from the sky. He stepped out, "Duoduo, you offset these attacks with Class 9 fixed soul guide shells and smash them toward their side. Other venerable elders, come with me to meet these shells!"
"Elder Xuan, be careful!"
"Don't worry, it'll be fine!"
Speaking, Elder Xuan was already standing on the battlements, arms spread wide, letting out a roar toward the sky, "Moo—"
Thick sound waves were like towering waves, powerful might instantly erupting from Elder Xuan's body. Along with it, several other venerable elders of the Sea God Pavilion also instantly erupted with their auras. The moment their auras connected with Elder Xuan's, it directly shocked everyone above and below Shrek City, their eyes showing hope.
In the next second, led by Elder Xuan. His body transformed into a yellow light shooting into the sky, like a meteor trailing crystalline yellow flame. As the yellow light rose higher, its volume grew larger. Soon, the originally black night was completely illuminated into yellow.
The other several venerable elders also followed closely behind. When Elder Song, Elder Lin, Elder Zhao, Elder Gong... rose into the sky one by one, the sky changed from pure yellow to colorful, its momentum truly heaven-reaching.
In the yellow light, a hundred-meter-long enormous figure flickered in and out of view—dragon patterns covering the body, dual horns supporting the heavens. This was the Taotie Divine Bull.
Under the green light, a divine eagle with wings spanning a hundred meters soared, its green light brilliant like jade. This was the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle.
Other martial souls quickly followed, too numerous to mention.
"Go!" Elder Xuan let out a furious roar!
The Taotie Divine Bull's enormous body galloped in the air, treading on yellow auspicious clouds, its pair of spiral horns directly charging toward a Class 9 fixed soul guide shell. Simultaneously, soul rings flashed, and yellow radiance emanated from behind, instantly forming countless enormous yellow light masses, like thousands of meteors directly heading toward the remaining fixed soul guide shells—like true heavenly might covering heaven and earth, without end, even seeming to tear the sky apart.
The other several venerable elders were the same, each displaying their divine abilities.
The Azure Shadow Divine Eagle tore through the atmosphere, a pair of sharp claws directly grabbing toward the warhead of a Class 9 fixed soul guide shell. Under the sweeping violent winds, it directly wrapped around it while carrying it toward the high sky.
Boom boom boom—
Numerous figures successively detonated the fixed soul guide shells arriving in the air. For a time, the entire sky above Shrek City seemed to transform into an ocean of fireworks, terrifying residual might spreading.
Just as it was about to spread to the city walls, an enormous black shield stood firm. Simultaneously, a crystalline bright yellow light transformed into a light shield descending from the sky, falling before the south wall.
Boom—
Instantly, terrifying tremors spread throughout the entire city.
Under everyone's concerned gazes, Qian Duoduo directly ordered, "Load five Class 9 fixed soul guide shells, fire!"
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Five cannon sounds, five trailing flames shot out.
Under everyone's gazes, Elder Xuan and the others revealed their forms in the high sky. And in the distance, five Class 9 fixed soul guide shells directly exploded, their terrifying power like earth dragons turning over.
The tremors transmitted from the city walls made people momentarily unstable on their feet.
But even so, no one dared to relax.
Because from beginning to end, they hadn't seen any human figures.
And just at this moment, shua—
Instantly, winds and clouds transformed in the sky!
The situation originally created by the venerable elders' own emitted auras actually underwent a heaven-overturning transformation in an instant.
Dark clouds pressed down, bloody light permeated. Large amounts of colorful light and the venerable elders' figures were completely swallowed in this instant. The earth was suddenly shrouded in darkness and blood-red, countless purple lightning flashes flickering in the dark clouds and bloody light. That enormous pressure was like "black clouds press down upon the city, seeming to destroy it," "bloody rain and wind enveloping the heavens."
For a time, the hearts of Shrek's people were all suppressed.
And people like Shi Xing, Qian Duoduo and others were prepared to act at any moment. They paid attention to the invisible battle in the upper sky that transmitted waves of soul power fluctuations, while also firmly locking onto the front, locking all soul tools in preparation for enemy invasion.
But not long after, rumbling came from the horizon.
In the next second, bang—
A dull and enormous sound came from the high sky, accompanied by a muffled groan. The enormous Taotie Divine Bull, covered in purple electric light, fell from the air. Its entire body was covered in purple-black thunder, truly shocking to see. Even the Taotie Divine Bull's eyes were rendered that purple-black color at this moment.
Those in similar situations were the other venerable elders. Some were similarly entangled by purple-black lightning, while others were surrounded by bloody mist. But without exception, they all appeared utterly miserable.
"Elder Xuan, Elder Song, Elder Lin..."
Qian Duoduo and the others were instantly shocked and discolored. The several Titled Douluos remaining on the city walls, seeing this, intended to soar into the air to catch the several venerable elders.
But in mid-air, two figures revealed themselves.
They were precisely Ye Xishui and the Demon Empress.
With two Limit Douluo level combat forces making a move, combined with catching them off guard, the several great venerable elders instantly fell into a disadvantageous position.
Facing the several falling venerable elders, they had no intention of letting them go. Ye Xishui grabbed with one claw, her chilling sharp claws heading straight for them, while the Demon Empress flipped her palm down, like an enormous whale tail striking, chasing after their falling bodies. Their manner clearly indicated they intended to severely wound all the great venerable elders.
This way, things would be easier later.
"Ye Xishui! Roar—"
Xuan Zi immediately let out a furious roar. The Taotie Divine Bull's four hooves tread on air, halting his figure that was flying backward. Allowing lightning to rampage around his body, terrifying soul power permeated around him.
Then, he fiercely charged toward Ye Xishui.
In the next second, he flew backward even faster than he charged out, and an eerie bloody palm print landed on his chest.
"Xuan Zi, you truly overestimate yourself." Ye Xishui's gaze was ice-cold. Just as she was about to join forces with the Demon Empress to strike again, suddenly, an aged voice resounded through the heavens, "You dare!"
At this critical moment, a golden light suddenly rose from the east of Shrek City. After the golden light rushed into the air, it immediately expanded against the storm, quickly transforming into a golden dragon.
The golden dragon first caught Elder Xuan's body, protected the other several venerable elders, and completely dissolved the residual attacks on their bodies. Then it abruptly turned, its enormous dragon tail sweeping horizontally, instantly colliding with Ye Xishui and the Demon Empress's two attacks.
Instantly, the earth turned golden, while the sky remained that purple-black and blood-red. A terrifying aura permeated the entire field.
"Mu En, you're not dead!?" When Ye Xishui saw the golden dragon, it was as if she saw something unbelievable. Her voice also carried more shock and astonishment, and her fierce aura seemed to be somewhat suppressed at this moment.
"Ye Xishui! And you, Deep Sea Demon Whale! You intend to destroy my Shrek—aren't you afraid of the continent's powers rising up together to attack you? Aren't you afraid of our Shrek Seven Devils ancestors punishing your sins!?"
The aged voice contained towering fury.
At this time, the martial soul true forms of the several venerable elders also stabilized under Elder Mu's intervention. Their numerous wounds were rapidly healing under the protection of that golden dragon.
However, after Mu En finished speaking, Ye Xishui's previous astonishment and shock also dissipated after reacting. What replaced it was the disdain on both her and the Demon Empress's faces.
"God? Human, do you think gods will interfere in mortal affairs without reason?" The Demon Empress's spiritual power had already swept through Shrek City and discovered that the Sea God inheritor wasn't here at all. So even if the deity truly wanted to, he had no way to interfere in mortal affairs.
Then, Ye Xishui also took up the conversation at this moment.
"Mu En, you're already dead, so no need to worry about these matters. After we completely annihilate Shrek and the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, what power would still be our match?"
Hearing this, Mu En was greatly shocked!
"What did you say!?"
At this moment, only four words flashed through his heart—
"Soul Hunt Operation"
...
"Sect Master Ning, and everyone, are you well?"
At this moment at the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reflected by the flames of war in Nine Treasure City, several figures stood in the heavens, walking over leisurely.
Leading them was Zhongli Wu.
He looked down below, a cold smile hooking up. "Unexpected, today your esteemed sect still has such a grand ceremony. We didn't bring gifts, but instead disturbed everyone—our fault."
"Heh."
Ning Bowen's eyes flashed with fury, retorting with sarcasm. "Could what you all sent not be considered a great gift?! Even if you truly had good intentions, as long as it's not evil guests arriving at the door. But I don't think so."
"Is that so."
Zhongli Wu slightly nodded, seeming not to care, then directly skipped this topic, "Our visit today is only to invite everyone to attend His Majesty's grand wedding. After all, what you all sent was only blessings—it's somewhat lacking if the people didn't arrive."
Ning Bowen's eyes narrowed, "What if we don't go?"
"Don't go?"
At this moment, a fierce aura rose from Zhongli Wu's body, and the auras of the people behind him were also already poised to strike.
"Don't go, then descend—to—hell!"
"Move!"
In the sky, several figures instantly dove down!
But before the Nine-Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's several Elders could act, among the guests, a layer of white light intense to the extreme suddenly erupted. Following it was a bright phoenix cry resounding through the heavens.
In the next second, a golden phoenix shot straight into the sky.
Clearly, Yan Shaozhe was the first to act.
The might of the Light Phoenix directly illuminated the heavens.
And Yan Shaozhi's action also seemed to be a signal. Among the guests, all those at the Titled Douluo level moved!
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