Chapter 277: Zi Ji's Idea, The Star Dou Great Forest Plans to Collect Its Debt from Shrek Academy.
"Thank you."
After calming the fluctuations in her emotions, the Silver Dragon King expressed her gratitude to Bibi Dong.
If it weren't for this Nine-Colored Dragon Scale, it would probably have taken her another ten thousand years to recover from her injuries.
Now, with just a single dragon scale, her strength had already returned to its peak.
Not only that, but with her current peak First-Class God cultivation, she could break through to the God King realm at any moment.
This was also the opportunity bestowed upon her by the Nine-Colored Dragon Scale.
"There's no need. Once Na'er descends into this space-time in the future, you can thank her instead. I merely passed the Nine-Colored Dragon Scale on to you."
Bibi Dong replied calmly.
"My Lord, your current condition..."
After listening to the conversation between the Silver Dragon King and Bibi Dong, Di Tian had already guessed part of the truth.
"My injuries have completely recovered."
The Silver Dragon King gave her an answer.
"Wonderful! Congratulations on your complete recovery, My Lord!"
After Di Tian offered his congratulations, the other fierce beasts of the Great Fierce Land all dropped to one knee, making the same gesture as Di Tian.
Only now did they realize that another Silver Dragon King had been hidden within the Great Fierce Land all along.
The Silver Dragon King nodded to them before shifting her gaze back to Bibi Dong.
With a flick of her hand, a silver dragon scale appeared in her palm.
It was the Silver Dragon King's reverse scale.
She handed the reverse scale to Bibi Dong.
"Bibi Dong, this is my reverse scale."
"You know my current strength. I can rival an ordinary God King."
"You come from another universe. If Yun Yuan's divine sense intervenes too often, it may be rejected by the will of this universe. My reverse scale can help you deal with any trouble below the God King level."
"My counterpart from another space-time has already instructed me through the Nine-Colored Dragon Scale. As long as you use the Nine-Colored Dragon Scale to conceal your aura while activating my reverse scale, the Sea God in the God Realm won't discover that it was I who intervened."
The Silver Dragon King spoke with a serious expression.
"Understood."
Bibi Dong knew that this was the contingency Gu Yuena had left for her in this space-time through the Nine-Colored Dragon Scale.
"Little Sister, are you interested in joining us to give Shrek Academy a proper beating?"
After Bibi Dong and the Silver Dragon King finished discussing matters, Zi Ji smiled with interest and made her suggestion.
Hearing Zi Ji's words, the Dou II Zi Ji and the other fierce beasts all turned to look at her.
Their expressions seemed to say:
You start the fight, and we'll all follow.
"Everyone, let me ask you a question."
"Over the past ten thousand years, hasn't Shrek Academy hunted countless soul beasts from our Star Dou Great Forest that were over ten thousand years old? Even 100,000-year soul beasts have died at their hands more than once."
"Shouldn't the Star Dou Great Forest collect this debt from Shrek Academy?"
Xiong Jun stepped forward, his face filled with ferocity and his eyes blazing with anger.
"That's right! Shrek Academy has slaughtered countless of our companions. We must make them repay this debt!"
Di Tian, the Dou II Zi Ji, Scarlet King, Myriad Demon King, and Bi Ji all nodded in agreement.
"Big Sister, what do you have in mind?"
Douluo II Zi Ji asked.
Zi Ji pointed toward Bibi Dong, first explaining how they had captured Xuan Zi and the arrangements made for Zhang Lexuan before finally revealing her plan.
"I suspect that the one coming to redeem that useless old fool Xuan Zi will be that half-crippled Limit Douluo, Mu En."
"When the time comes, we'll first give Shrek Academy a proper beating. Then, Little Sister, you and the others can ambush them on their return journey and beat them again."
"We'll cripple Shrek Academy in one move."
Hearing this, the eyes of all the fierce beasts lit up with excitement.
"Good!"
Di Tian was the first to respond, his heart filled with excitement and joy.
Now that he knew another space-time existed, all of his worries had disappeared.
Even if the Sea God Tang San descended into this world, he would have the courage to unleash his Dragon God's Claw against him.
Because...
The other space-time would eventually descend upon this one.
The new Dragon God would also arrive.
The soul beast race would inevitably rise once more.
Unlike in the original story, where he had always acted cautiously and restrained himself, the current Di Tian no longer had anything holding him back.
After discussing the matter, Zi Ji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue stayed as guests within the Great Fierce Land for a period of time.
Once they estimated the timing was about right, they returned to the place where Xuan Zi had been beaten into a dead dog and waited for the half-crippled Sea God's Pavilion Master from Shrek Academy to come negotiate the exchange.
Shrek Academy, beneath the Outer Court dormitory building.
Mu En lay in his chair with his eyes closed, preparing to peacefully enjoy his retirement.
But at that moment...
His Spirit Domain-level spiritual power detected Zhang Lexuan, who had already returned to Shrek Academy but was seriously injured.
"Lexuan? How could this be...?"
Mu En was thoroughly puzzled.
His figure vanished as he left the Outer Court and rushed toward Zhang Lexuan.
After sprinting all the way into the Inner Court, Zhang Lexuan finally revealed a faint smile.
"I'm finally back. I need to inform Elder Mu immediately."
At that moment, she desperately wanted to find Mu En.
Suddenly, she felt a warm light-attributed soul power flow into her body, steadily restoring her condition.
The next moment, a stooped figure, so hunched that he could barely straighten his back, appeared before Zhang Lexuan.
"Lexuan, what happened? Why are you the only one who returned?"
"Where are the other Inner Court students? Where's Xuan Zi?"
Seeing her condition, Mu En had already begun to suspect that Xuan Zi had encountered the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest and become embroiled in battle.
Upon hearing Mu En's questions, Zhang Lexuan could no longer suppress the grievance and pain in her heart.
Tears streamed continuously from her eyes.
"Elder Mu... everyone died in the Star Dou Great Forest. Elder Xuan was also beaten by the fierce beasts until his cultivation fell."
Mu En was startled.
His stooped body trembled slightly.
"Lexuan, tell this old man exactly what happened."
Zhang Lexuan nodded and wiped the tears from her face.
"Elder Mu, at first, our Inner Court team was hunting soul beasts, but Elder Xuan became separated from us during the process. Then we encountered a 100,000-year soul beast..."
As she reached this point, the horrifying images of her companions' deaths seemed to replay in her mind.
Her voice became broken and intermittent, clearly unable to calmly recount such a painful experience.
Hearing this, Mu En's heart sank.
The strongest member of the Inner Court team had only been Zhang Lexuan, a Soul Saint who had not yet obtained her eighth soul ring.
Facing a 100,000-year soul beast...
The outcome was obvious.
"Xuan Zi... Xuan Zi!"
"Just how were you protecting the students?!"
"If I had known this would happen, I never should have let you lead the team!"
Mu En inwardly cursed Xuan Zi over and over.
Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan continued her account.
"Without Elder Xuan's protection, we fought that 100,000-year soul beast with everything we had."
"In the end, all of my companions died at its hands."
"I was the only survivor."
"But that 100,000-year soul beast was also gravely wounded because of the battle. I originally intended to fight to the death and kill it to avenge my companions."
"But who would have thought that three women would suddenly appear out of nowhere?"
"One of them resembled Zi Ji of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, while the other two were human soul masters."
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