"Woooo—" The Demon Empress flew into a rage, letting out a whale's cry as her body desperately struggled, trying to break free from the Taotie's mouth. Because one-quarter of her body had already been swallowed into the Taotie's jaws.
(T/N: I have no idea what sound a whale makes lmao)
But how could the Taotie possibly let her have her way?
Upon witnessing this scene, Ye Xishui immediately took action.
But the Taotie's true body suddenly rose with ten thousand zhang of golden light, merging with that massive Taotie head. The golden light continued to surge violently, and this sudden explosion caught Ye Xishui completely off guard.
Then, the Taotie swallowed both of them together.
However, at the final moment, Ye Xishui's soul rings lit up. Her entire person suddenly split into two, transforming into a stream of blood that fled into the distance.
After escaping from the Taotie's devouring range, she reformed into Ye Xishui, but the aura throughout her body had dropped by half.
At this moment, Xuan Zi's voice came from the Taotie.
"This old man, using Elder Mu's methods and the Golden Tree's power, can temporarily seal the Demon Empress and Ye Xishui. Old Song, you all seize the opportunity to crush their soul hunting party, then request aid from that Old Freak Poison! Also, Ye Xishui who escaped only has half her strength—she's yours! Hurry! Time is short!"
Accompanied by the falling voice, Xuan Zi fell completely silent.
And at this moment, the Golden Tree erupted with brilliant golden light.
Wherever the golden light passed, all injuries of Shrek's wounded healed completely, and their conditions even returned to peak state. Even Elder Song, who had originally been just a hair's breadth away from Level 98, had her soul power greatly increase at this opportunity, successfully breaking through.
Beyond this, some people were also instantly burned by the golden light.
Upon seeing this, Elder Song immediately shouted, "Mei'er, Lin'er, lead people to capture those burned by the golden light! Treat them all as evil soul masters!"
Immediately after, her figure swayed and flickered as she charged into the air. Two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—nine soul rings rose. Similarly, having undergone transformation through the spirit soul system, her changed seventh soul ring's bloody light radiated brilliantly. The next moment, a blue goshawk with wings spanning over six meters, its entire body releasing azure light, soared through midair.
At the same time, Cai Mei'er and Xian Lin'er also immediately led the Shrek City Defense Army and several Shrek Inner Academy students into action.
Witnessing this scene, Ye Xishui said coldly, "Attack!"
The next moment, artillery fire immediately thundered throughout Shrek City.
One after another, soul guide bombs exploded within the city. In an instant, the fires of war raged through Shrek City, and wails of anguish filled the land.
Clearly, some Sun-Moon Empire soul engineers hidden within had also taken action, catching Shrek completely unprepared.
With the outbreak of chaos within the city, Elder Song was already powerless to attend to it.
Her body flashed lightly, and instantly an azure line of light appeared in the sky. In almost the blink of an eye, she had already arrived before Ye Xishui. A pair of sharp eagle claws went straight for Ye Xishui's shoulders, but were met by a palm strike from Ye Xishui.
A layer of bloody light bloomed, making Elder Song's sharp claws feel as if they had grabbed onto a thick layer of cowhide—only able to penetrate slightly before being immediately bounced back by an even stronger repelling force.
At the same time, Ye Xishui reversed her grip, and five scarlet sharp claws stabbed straight toward Elder Song, seemingly bringing with them a rain of blood and foul wind!
Clearly, she used her actions to tell everyone: even with only half her strength remaining, a Limit Douluo was ultimately still a Limit Douluo.
The Azure Shadow Divine Eagle that Elder Song had transformed into immediately turned nimbly in midair, her right wing—which far surpassed steel in hardness—sweeping horizontally. At the same time, above Ye Xishui, a Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella flowed with light and descended to envelop her.
Lin Huiqun took action, joining Elder Song in battling Ye Xishui.
Below, facing the assault of the soul hunting party outside the city, the City Defense Officer Shi Xing led the city defense army and remaining students in continuous counterattacks. One fixed soul guide cannon after another thundered, and the fires of war flew everywhere.
And at this moment, at the Great Star Dou Forest.
Hidden underground, nearly imperceptible patterns flickered.
If Chen Junting were here, he would clearly see that the power emanating from these patterns isolated the Great Star Dou Forest, like a world apart—external influences and communications could not reach inside, and similarly, movements inside could not reach outside.
But at this moment, at the Lake of Life, "Hmm?"
Di Tian, who had been resting with eyes closed, suddenly opened his dual pupils, letting out a surprised exclamation. Just now, he had actually felt a trembling in his bloodline.
This trembling originated from his bloodline and could not be blocked.
He gazed into the distance, his gaze turning toward Shrek's direction.
"Was that Uncle Taotie's aura just now? How could it be…"
His hesitant words paused slightly before he suddenly understood, "It was Shrek's Taotie, right? He activated his bloodline?"
After brief consideration, Di Tian took a step forward.
The next moment, space tore open.
"Since it's like this, then let me go take a look."
…
Boom—
Above the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, soul techniques flew wildly, and the thunder of war roared. A Seven Kill Sword flew backward; though its sharpness was undiminished, there were numerous notches on its blade. A bone dragon nearly had its wings broken, and its dragon bones were covered in densely packed cracks.
Even Chen Junting's three great spirit souls, as well as Gu Tianchen's Golden Tortoise spirit soul, were all sent flying backward at this moment.
Only a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda standing alone within the void gate remained unaffected, displaying its magnificent elegance completely unharmed by the battle.
As for before them, the disheveled Zhongli Wu appeared utterly wretched. His Death God Scythe had long since broken, and even the ninth-level soul guide tool he had newly taken out had been forcibly chopped to pieces by Chen Junting!
Yet aside from injuries caused by the collisions, Chen Junting had essentially received no other wounds at all—all of them had been borne by that bone dragon soul master and his Golden Tortoise's soul power.
"You've done quite well indeed."
Zhongli Wu's angry and cold gaze swept across the three of them.
He, a dignified Limit Douluo—even after his beast spirit was separated to another battlefield and his strength plummeted—by all rights, three Super Douluo shouldn't have been able to reduce him to such a state. Yet the result was three Soul Douluo!
Soul Douluo!
They had actually made him so utterly wretched.
If word of this got out, he would likely become the shame of all Limit Douluo!
However, just as Zhongli Wu and Chen Junting's trio were in confrontation, he suddenly felt an unprecedented heart palpitation.
Turning his head abruptly, he saw in the distant battlefield that Jing Hongchen had already been entangled by a massive blue luan, unable to break free, while his beast spirit, the Bone Dragon King, had its limbs completely bound by the Heavenly Green Vine.
If it were only this, he wouldn't have worried at all.
But that wisp of white flame-like light on the Soul Breaking Spear true body aimed at the Bone Dragon King's brow made him feel as if he were seeing a natural enemy.
Zhongli Wu immediately mobilized all the soul power in his body, striking out with his full strength in a fierce palm strike. Yet he saw array patterns flickering in the void.
Boom—
Dual arrays shattered, and the residual shockwave of the explosion swept outward.
But this move also blocked Zhongli Wu's strike.
Similarly, it also made him unable to prevent what came next.
The sharpest Soul Breaking Spear pierced through the heavens, fiercely stabbing into the Bone Dragon King's brow, then penetrating through its skull.
"Roar—"
What rang out toward the heavens was the Bone Dragon King's miserable cry.
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