Two and a half years later…
Star Dou Great Forest, at the boundary between the Outer Area and the Mixed Zone.
A violent roar echoed as the entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to shake and tremble.
In mid-air, streams of earthy yellow and dark red light collided repeatedly.
The lowing of a bull and the roar of another Spirit Beast sounded simultaneously, as large spatial cracks spread outward from the center of their collision.
After one final fierce clash, the two streams of light separated, each occupying half of the sky in a standoff.
The radiance gradually dissipated, revealing their true forms.
The earthy yellow one was a giant bull, while the dark red one was a three-headed dog.
Needless to ask, these two were the Holy Spirit Cult’s Grand Elder stationed at Shrek Academy, the Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi, and the Vicious Beast with the weakest combat power in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, Chi Wang.
Logically, Chi Wang, ranked eighth among the Top Ten Vicious Beasts, should be inferior in cultivation to the Rank 98 Super Douluo Xuan Zi.
However, judging from the previous collision, Chi Wang was not much weaker than Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi, in the form of the Gluttonous Divine Ox, looked at Chi Wang in disbelief: “Impossible!
You…
you actually cultivated the Ultimate Fire!
That shouldn’t be…
and your cultivation shouldn’t be on par with mine!”
Chi Wang’s terrifying canines glowed with a scarlet-gold luster, and its three large heads roared in unison.
It had no obligation to answer Xuan Zi’s question; instead, it immediately made a heavy accusation: “Taotie, does your Shrek Academy want to start a war with my Star Dou?!”
Hearing this, Xuan Zi immediately grew angry, roaring with a mix of grief and indignation: “Your Star Dou Great Forest’s Spirit Beasts killed our Shrek Academy’s Disciples for no reason.
Shouldn’t you give us an explanation for this?”
Chi Wang sneered, fiery sparks spitting from its fangs: “No reason?
Ridiculous!
What is there to say between us Spirit Beasts and you humans?
Is it only allowed for you Spirit Masters to kill us Spirit Beasts, but we cannot kill you?”
At that moment, a pillar of gold and red light abruptly rose from the ground, shooting straight toward the Gluttonous Divine Ox that Xuan Zi had transformed into.
Xuan Zi was shocked and quickly activated a Spirit Ability.
An earthy yellow light turned into a barrier in front of him.
The moment it touched the golden-red pillar of light, a shockwave containing [Light] and [Heat] instantly swept through the surroundings.
This attack actually contained two Ultimate Attributes: [Ultimate Light] and [Ultimate Fire]!
Even Xuan Zi, whose cultivation had reached Rank 98, did not completely defend against this move.
He reverted to human form and fell from the sky, crashing onto the ground.
Xuan Zi’s old face, beard, and messy white hair were scorched black.
An abnormal flush rose on his blackened face, and as he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face was filled with horror.
It should be noted that as an earth-attribute Gluttonous Divine Ox Spirit, Defense was his forte.
Even if he had been exhausted from the previous battle, his Defense shouldn’t have been broken so easily!
This could only prove one thing: the opponent’s strength was far above his own.
Combined with Chi Wang, who was not inferior to him, it would likely be difficult to leave today.
At this time, a cold and pleasant female voice sounded in Xuan Zi’s ear: “Human, take your people and get out of the Star Dou Great Forest now.”
Xuan Zi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Although he was indignant, he was a man over 200 years old after all.
He naturally understood the principle that a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him and knows when to back down.
Moreover, Le Xuan’s side could not wait any longer…
“…I’ll remember this grudge!
Next time, I will definitely come back to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek guidance from Your Excellency again!” After leaving a harsh word, he did not dare to delay and rushed toward the woman in a white dress lying on the ground nearby.
He couldn’t care about propriety between men and women anymore.
His dirty large hand rested on the woman’s wrist, continuously pouring his spirit power into her body.
Her nearly exhausted body received replenishment, and the woman struggled to open her eyes.
Seeing it was Xuan Zi, she was momentarily dazed, followed by unspeakable sadness and anger, as tears instantly welled up.
“Le Xuan, Le Xuan, are you alright?”
“…”
The woman turned her head away and closed her eyes, seemingly not wanting to look at Xuan Zi.
“…” Xuan Zi pursed his lips in shame: “We can’t stay here long, we must leave quickly!”
He then picked up Zhang Lexuan and turned into a stream of light, flying toward Shrek City at maximum speed.
Congratulations to Grand Elder Xuan Zi for once again dealing a heavy blow to Shrek Academy.
Only one person survived from the Shrek Academy team of 12 Prodigies, which could be said to have refreshed his own record once again.
Chi Wang respectfully lowered its head to the golden Spirit Beast that had appeared beside it at some point: “Auspicious Beast, are we just going to let him go like this?”
The Auspicious Beast glanced indifferently at the departing Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan, then turned to leave: “If we kill this old man too, then we would truly have a falling out with Shrek Academy.
We still need to continue accumulating strength for now.
Don’t forget that the Lord’s current situation is also unstable.
Giving them a lesson is enough.”
Chi Wang lowered its head even further, convinced by the Auspicious Beast’s words: “Yes.”
Four years ago, for some unknown reason, the Spirit Beasts of the entire Star Dou Great Forest rioted collectively.
Then, the clouds above the Star Dou Great Forest actually turned into a nine-colored gold, and a golden sweet rain fell, scattering evenly in every corner of the forest.
The momentum was so grand that nearly half the continent saw it.
But on that day, all Spirit Masters who entered the Star Dou Great Forest wanting to hunt Spirit Beasts to obtain spirit rings, without exception, all perished in the mouths of the Spirit Beasts.
With so many people dead, the Spirit Master’s world naturally needed to find out what exactly happened.
Subsequently, led by Shrek Academy, a “friendly” neighbor of the Star Dou Great Forest, a joint task force was formed with the Tian Hun Empire and the Star Luo Empire to enter the Star Dou Great Forest for investigation.
The members of the investigation team who had just entered the peripheral area were surprised to find that within their sight, almost no Spirit Beast’s cultivation was lower than a thousand years!
Even the most numerous and annoying Wind Baboons were the same.
Even the most ordinary peripheral area was like this, let alone the Mixed Zone which was more suitable for high-level Spirit Masters to hunt for rings?
A significant portion of the task force were Advanced Spirit Masters, including many Spirit Douluo and Titled Douluo level experts.
After some discussion, the group decided to head to the Mixed Zone to investigate.
Upon entering the Mixed Zone, the Spirit Masters were violently attacked by Spirit Beasts.
What was even more terrifying was that almost no Spirit Beasts in the Mixed Zone were below fifty thousand years, and there were even several Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts participating in the siege!
After a fierce battle, the task force finally broke out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Although they suffered some losses, the Spirit Master’s world received this monumental good news.
For some unknown reason, the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had a collective surge in cultivation!
High-level Spirit Beasts were too numerous to count!
Then, a group of Shrek Academy Inner Court Disciples, led by Xuan Zi, excitedly headed to the Mixed Zone to hunt for rings.
After the Shrek group reached the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, they immediately began hunting.
Several Inner Court Disciples who were prospective Spirit Saints quickly completed their seventh spirit rings, and not one was below forty thousand years.
This made the team leader, Xuan Zi, overjoyed.
Then, Xuan Zi, feeling that “the advantage is with me,” performed his traditional skill: he left the group of students to find a place to roast meat and drink wine by himself, and even had a beautiful nap…
Therefore…
Zhang Lexuan, who was already at the Spirit Douluo cultivation level, even happily acquired a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
Although it was at the cost of the lives of 8 Inner Court Disciples.
Just as they couldn’t find Xuan Zi, Chi Wang, who was sent to patrol the Mixed Zone, discovered that people from Shrek Academy had once again come to kill their subjects.
In a rage, Chi Wang attacked the remaining Disciples.
By the time the earth-shaking noise woke the old man up, he realized that of the 12-person hunting team from the Shrek Inner Court, only Zhang Lexuan survived…