The scene in the sky suddenly changed.
The next scene is inside a dilapidated building.
At the center of the building is a huge pit, in the middle of which stands an ancient altar, connected to the surrounding area by only a stone bridge.
The altar was covered with densely packed runes, the lines of which were strange and the shapes peculiar, exuding an indescribable air of mystery.
Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the altar, his golden dragon eyes sweeping over the runes, his brows furrowing slightly.
These runes…
even he couldn’t recognize them.
Wuwei placed Xiaoxiao beside the altar, then squatted down and reached out to tear off the tape blocking Xiaoxiao’s mouth.
“hiss!”
The moment the tape was torn off, Xiao Xiao gasped in pain.
But once the verbal restraint was lifted, she immediately became very talkative.
“You’d better let me go!”
Xiao Xiao stared at the man and the dragon in front of her.
Although she was scared, she could not sit idly by and wait for her death.
So he braced himself and threatened, “My master is the Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi, the current head of the Sea God Pavilion!”
“If anything happens to me, my master won’t let you get away with it!
Shrek Academy won’t let you get away with it either!”
Neither Wuwei nor Ditian looked at her.
Wuwei squatted by the altar, his fingers slowly sliding along the patterns of the runes, as if studying something.
Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back, shifting his gaze from the runes to the surrounding ruins, his face expressionless.
Seeing that neither of them paid any attention to her, Xiao Xiao felt a mix of grievance and anger, and changed her approach:
“I have no idea what a dragon vein is!
I have no idea how to break the seal!
You’ve arrested the wrong person!”
Upon hearing this, Wuwei stopped what he was doing.
He slowly stood up, turned around to look at Xiao Xiao, and smiled.
That smile made Xiao Xiao’s heart sink, and she felt vaguely uneasy.
Wuwei didn’t rush to answer; instead, he raised his right foot and stomped it hard on the ground.
“Buzz!!”
A deep, muffled hum came from underground, and the entire altar trembled slightly.
The soul power within Wuwei’s body surged into the magic array beneath his feet like a tidal wave, and the originally dim runes instantly lit up, emitting a purple light.
Before Xiao Xiao could react, a flash of light suddenly appeared on her body.
A golden ball of light shot out from her body and hovered in mid-air.
Xiao Xiao stared intently, then froze.
That’s right, the thing that suddenly emerged from her body was her martial soul, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!
Xiao Xiao looked at her martial spirit with suspicion and uncertainty, her heart filled with panic.
Her life is now completely in the hands of the man and the dragon in front of her.
What if she releases her martial spirit and is mistaken for trying to rebel, and then gets slapped to death?
Xiao Xiao gritted her teeth and tried to control her martial spirit, attempting to take it back.
But the next moment, her expression completely changed.
“What’s going on?!”
No matter how she tried to control it, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron did not react at all, remaining steadily suspended there, completely out of her control.
“The Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron…
is out of control?!”
Xiao Xiao stared wide-eyed at her martial soul in disbelief.
She had never encountered this situation before.
Martial Soul is something that Soul Masters are born with; it is part of their body.
How could it be out of control?
Wuwei, who was standing to the side, followed her gaze to the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and said:
Do you know why your martial soul is called the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron?
Xiao Xiao looked at him with a puzzled expression, not understanding what the question meant.
Wuwei stood with his hands behind his back and spoke slowly: “Legend has it that in ancient times, the seal on the dragon vein was overseen by a family.”
“Those with pure bloodlines from that family can even draw upon a portion of the dragon vein’s power.”
He paused, his gaze falling on Xiao Xiao: “And the martial spirit of this family is the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.”
Xiao Xiao’s pupils contracted slightly.
Wuwei walked to Xiaoxiao’s side, reached out, pinched her chin, and lifted her face.
“It’s just a pity…”
Wuwei’s voice carried a hint of regret: “The bloodline inheritance of the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron has long since disappeared.”
“I searched the entire continent, sifted through all kinds of ancient books, and stole the genealogies of various families.
I finally managed to find out that someone in a family that inherited the Nine Phoenixes Come to Ceremony Flute had awakened the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.”
He stared into Xiao Xiao’s eyes, his smile deepening: “That person is you.”
Xiao Xiao’s face was being pinched by him, and she couldn’t speak, only able to glare at him.
“Although your bloodline is already very thin, fortunately, you have finally awakened the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, which has been lost for many years.”
Wuwei released his grip, turned around, and looked at Ditian, who had been listening the whole time.
These words were clearly meant to explain things to Di Tian.
Seeing Wuwei’s barely suppressed excitement, Di Tian frowned slightly.
Finally, Wuwei could no longer suppress his emotions, and he opened his arms, his voice filled with a hint of fanaticism:
“This is the key to breaking the seal on the dragon vein!”
He became more and more excited as he spoke, looking up at the cave ceiling with a distorted face and a tone that was almost manic.
“The Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!
The Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!”
“The cauldron refers to its shape!
The ‘soul-suppressing’ refers to the sealed dragon vein!”
He stopped abruptly, slowly lowered his head, his gaze sweeping over the terrified Xiao Xiao, over the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron suspended in mid-air, and finally landing on Di Tian.
“And the three lives…”
His eyes widened, and a maniacal smile spread across his face.
“…refers to the three elements: human, dragon, and soul.”
“Humans are Soul Masters who possess the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!”
“The soul is the Three Lives Suppressing Soul Cauldron, a martial soul!”
“The dragon is the pure-blooded giant dragon with the purest bloodline in the world!”
Before he finished speaking, the look of madness on Wuwei’s face intensified.
He suddenly turned around and slammed his hands hard against the magic circle on the ground.
“Bang!”
A deep, muffled thud resounded, and the entire altar trembled violently.
Wuwei quickly uttered a string of obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations.
The runes on the magic circle suddenly brightened, and the dazzling purple light illuminated the entire dilapidated building as if it were daytime.
Immediately afterwards, streaks of purple energy appeared from the edge of the magic array, moving through the air like lightning.
Di Tian’s expression changed drastically.
He immediately sensed something was wrong; a soul force far exceeding his expectations was surging up from underground!
This immense soul power is something that even a hundred of myself couldn’t compare to!
“roar!!!”
A deafening dragon roar resounded, and Di Tian’s body instantly expanded, transforming into a gigantic black dragon.
The golden dragon’s eyes were filled with boundless rage.
“You humans, you really don’t keep your promises!!”
Di Tian’s roar exploded.
His dragon mouth opened wide, and terrifying energy rapidly condensed within it, forming a dazzling ball of light, aimed directly at Wuwei on the ground.
Earlier, Wuwei had made an agreement with him.
There is a taboo within the ruins that can only be broken by having a disciple of the Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi of Shrek Academy as a condition.
However, Wuwei himself was not strong enough, and Shrek Academy had many experts.
Kidnapping the disciple of the current Sea God Pavilion Master in Shrek City would likely be a one-way trip.
So Wuwei came to him and asked him to show up in Shrek City to hold off Xuanzi and the others, while Wuwei secretly made his move to capture them.
After the deed is done, the opportunity to become a god within the ruins will be shared equally between the two.