Sea God Pavilion.
The Pavilion Master of Sea God Pavilion, Atlas Douluo Yun Ming, stood atop the Sea God Pavilion, with Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li beside him.
The two Limit Douluos gazed into the high sky with solemn expressions.
At this moment, Yun Ming finally understood why he had felt such intense unease.
It turned out the crisis didn't come from afar, but from Shrek City itself, and Shrek Academy.
As the Pavilion Master of Sea God Pavilion, his face had long since turned as gloomy as water.
Ya Li tightly gripped Yun Ming's hand. This sense of tension hadn't been felt for many years.
Since the Holy Spirit Cult dared to attack Shrek City, they must have made thorough preparations.
"Brother Ming, Outer Court Dean Cai Yue'er and Vice Pavilion Master Long Yeyue are missing..." Ya Li said softly.
As the number one person on the Douluo Continent, Yun Ming possessed terrifying spiritual power.
From the very beginning of the attack on Shrek Academy, he had detected Long Yeyue taking Cai Yue'er away.
Although with his strength he could completely stop the two, as the Pavilion Master of Sea God Pavilion, he had to guard Sea God Island and couldn't easily leave.
"I know."
Yun Ming spoke indifferently upon hearing this.
"Then they..." Ya Li started to speak but stopped.
"I will announce, in my capacity as the contemporary Dean of Shrek Academy and Pavilion Master of Sea God Pavilion, that Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er have defected from Shrek."
Yun Ming's voice was calm yet carried unquestionable authority.
"Mmm."
Ya Li nodded gently.
Just then, the earth trembled violently, and both Yun Ming and Ya Li's expressions changed simultaneously.
Waves of low rumbles exploded in the distance—this time not in the sky, but on the ground.
If viewed from the air, one could see mushroom clouds suddenly rising from various locations in Shrek City's outer city.
Terrifying explosions mixed with countless citizens' screams.
Since the Holy Spirit Cult could transport Fixed Soul Guidance Shells to the outer city for close-range launch, they naturally also had ways to detonate them directly in the outer city.
As the number one city on the entire continent, Shrek City had a large population, and every citizen took pride in living here.
However, at this moment, an unprecedented disaster suddenly descended. The explosions in the sky were merely fireworks, while the explosions on the ground were devastating.
More than fifteen explosion points—who knew how many innocent civilians had perished.
Undoubtedly, this was a long-premeditated terrorist attack.
Any city had various precise detectors to detect all explosive items. Dangerous goods like Fixed Soul Guidance Shells had to be dealt with immediately upon discovery in any city.
Yet, in Shrek City, so many high-grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shells appeared without anyone noticing—what did this mean?
It meant the enemy had means to deceive the heavens and cross the sea, and it also meant Shrek City was no longer an iron plate.
"I'll go."
Ya Li shouted softly and was about to rush out, but Yun Ming grabbed her.
The Holy Spirit Cult's attack would definitely not end here. Both Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect headquarters were in Shrek's inner city.
Although the evil soul masters' attack on the outer city caused enormous losses, it wouldn't damage Shrek City's foundation.
Therefore, this attack was definitely not over.
At this moment, once Shrek Academy panicked and was mobilized by the enemy, only greater disaster would descend.
Yun Ming calmly gripped Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li's hand. "I am Shrek's sinner... but, I must preserve Shrek."
At the edge of Sea God Island, the faces of Luo Guixing's group of six were completely pale. They could hear the continuous explosions in the outer city and also see the mushroom clouds rising in the distance.
Their minds were completely blank. This was simply unimaginable—they didn't even know where the enemy was.
Yet this terrifying attack had already occurred.
The energy storm in the sky still hadn't dissipated, but those mushroom clouds were devouring who knew how many lives.
"Come to Sea God Pavilion!"
Just then, an authoritative voice suddenly transmitted.
Luo Guixing didn't dare delay and immediately led everyone to the Golden Ancient Tree House of Sea God Pavilion.
The group saw Yun Ming and Ya Li standing there, holding hands.
"Pavilion Master, Your Majesty Holy Spirit." Luo Guixing and the others bowed in salute.
Yun Ming's gaze swept over everyone, and he spoke in a deep voice: "From now on, no matter what happens, you are not to leave Sea God Pavilion half a step."
"Pavilion Master..."
Luo Guixing was slightly stunned upon hearing this.
Yun Ming waved his hand lightly, and a terrifying energy swept up the six people, sending them into Sea God Pavilion.
"When Fang Yang and Na'er return, Na'er will succeed as Pavilion Master of Sea God Pavilion, and Fang Yang will serve as Vice Pavilion Master."
His voice reverberated in the seven people's minds, as profound as a brand.
Just then, heaven and earth suddenly changed.
The entire sky was dyed a strange purple in an instant, and the bizarre light illuminated the earth in a hazy purple.
The Golden Ancient Tree suddenly erupted with a brilliant golden light, enveloping the entire Shrek Academy. The tree house where Sea God Pavilion was located shone even more brightly.
When that terrifying purple descended, the numerous figures that had previously risen from Shrek Academy in the sky—
All disappeared in the purple light, vanished without a trace, as if instantly annihilated, completely erased from this world.
Yun Ming's body trembled noticeably, and a trace of pain and anger flashed in his eyes.
In the next moment, gripping Ya Li's hand tightly, the two transformed into a stream of light that shot into the sky, heading straight for the purple sky dome.
The purple in the sky grew increasingly dense, and even the golden light blooming from the Golden Ancient Tree began to shatter inch by inch.
Yun Ming erupted with incomparably brilliant radiance, attempting to break through the purple light's binding, yet that purple light possessed terrifying power.
Meanwhile, three figures in black robes appeared one after another.
"Ghost Emperor, Dark Hummingbird, Dark Blood Demon... the Holy Spirit Cult really thinks highly of me, Yun Ming."
Yun Ming spoke coldly, his voice like shattering ice, carrying endless killing intent.
"Hehehe..."
The Ghost Emperor let out strange laughs. "You are Atlas Douluo Yun Ming—how could we dare to be careless?"
Brilliant light erupted behind him. Four black, four red, and one orange-gold—nine soul rings slowly rose, and terrifying pressure twisted space itself.
The other two Holy Spirit Cult Kings also unreservedly released their auras.
The head of the Four Heavenly Kings, Dark Blood Demon, had nine ink-black soul rings behind him.
A bizarre resentful spirit phantom emitting dense bloody light condensed behind him, exuding nauseating bloody and resentful auras.
One of the Four Heavenly Kings, Dark Hummingbird, had a tall figure beneath his black robe.
The sharp aura of his martial soul, Tail Stinger, pierced through the air, with nine deep black soul rings behind him as well.
"Yun Ming, unexpected, isn't it?"
Dark Blood Demon's voice was hoarse and filled with satisfaction. "Your Shrek has dominated the continent for ten thousand years, and you have today too!"
The Ghost Emperor slowly spread his arms, embracing this purple-shrouded world, and laughed wildly: "From today forth, there will be no more Shrek in the world, no more Tang Sect in the world!"
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