"Old Mu, you must have guessed it long ago."
Lu Cheng's face remained wearing a warm smile.
But in the eyes of Xuan Zi, Mu En, Du Busi, and the others, a chill ran down their spines. A level 96 Super Douluo, a figure who could be counted among the top tier even across the entire continent, had simply vanished just like that.
Furthermore, for Mu En, it caused a particularly turbulent storm in his heart.
He was the person who knew Yan Shaozhe's background best. Even Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui would find it very difficult to kill his disciple. After all, the life-saving ability of the Phoenix Nirvana was truly heaven-defying; it could not only rewind life but also set the location of the rebirth and nirvana to a position from some time ago.
Even Ye Xishui, who also possessed the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul, had not unearthed this move.
"I didn't expect this..."
Mu En looked at the high-spirited young man with complex eyes. The naive and terrified appearance of the boy from that night had completely faded, replaced by the calm and composed presence of someone who controlled the life and death of countless others with every move.
He had already become a chess player, just like himself. The world had turned into a massive chessboard with everyone present as chess pieces.
The young man stood behind the crowd, opposing him from afar, each placing their pieces.
Using Zhang Lexuan as bait and exploiting Yan Shaozhe's greedy nature to draw the snake out of its hole and head to the Sunset Forest was intended to first reduce the high-end combat power of Shrek Academy and slowly devour them. Now, the Holy Spirit Cult mobilizing all its members for a night raid on Shrek further confirmed this.
But... he always felt something was wrong.
Looking at the youth's warm smile, he only felt a chill down his spine.
What exactly had he forgotten?!
But the Holy Spirit Cult would not give him time to think.
"Let's do it, Elder Long..." Lu Cheng lowered his eyelids, his smile slowly fading. He looked down at Shrek Academy with indifference and spoke softly.
Long Xiaoyao took a step forward. A high-pitched dragon roar resounded throughout the sky above Shrek Academy. Stepping on the head of a massive black dragon, he charged straight over.
"Long Xiaoyao, Xuan Zi and I will meet you!" Du Busi gave a chuckle and soared into the air with Xuan Zi. The ink-green giant and the Godly Taotie Bull, their two Martial Soul Avatars, were equally unwilling to be outdone, clashing with the black dragon.
At the same time, dozens of black-robed figures behind Lu Cheng swept in like a dark cloud, colliding with dozens of experts from Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, and others.
Black and white split the sky into two distinct camps.
"Xishui..."
Mu En's eyes were complex as he looked at this former old flame.
"Mu En, no need for more words. Once I destroy your Shrek Academy, my Holy Spirit Cult can dominate the entire continent. We were once driven out of the Douluo Continent by Shrek, and now... Hahahaha!"
Ye Xishui pulled back her hood, revealing a stunningly beautiful and seductive face. As a Limit Douluo, time had not left many traces on her face; she remained exactly as she was in Mu En's memory.
"Tower of the Death God!"
Ye Xishui let out a low shout. Behind her, a rumbling sound of metal machinery grinding and rotating echoed. Immediately, a massive tower over a hundred meters tall appeared behind her. The tower had over a hundred levels, each imprisoning countless vengeful souls. They roared, rampaged, and shrieked crazily, trying to break out of the tower, but they were always suppressed and locked within the tower, struggling in vain.
"Death God Ray!"
The bottom dozen levels of the Tower of the Death God instantly darkened; the vengeful souls within became consumables, turning into the energy for the Tower of the Death God's single shot.
Rumble!
A pitch-black ray, shimmering with the intent of annihilation, shot straight from the top level of the Tower of the Death God, piercing toward Mu En.
"Sigh..."
Mu En sighed softly and tapped his long staff lightly on the ground.
The Golden Tree emitted a dazzling and brilliant radiance. Energy surged into his body. His white hair gradually turned pale gold, and his hunched body became increasingly upright.
"Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Strike!"
A light divine dragon appeared behind him, its head held high, vertical pupils looking down with contempt at all evil in the world. Its body radiated an extremely dense, holy aura. With every breath, it was as if a god had descended. It raised a dragon claw and easily crushed that beam of death god light.
"The final desperate blaze of life, is it?"
Ye Xishui's eyes were dazed for a moment. That once high-spirited, powerful man who suppressed the continent seemed to have returned, but in the end, it was merely a fleeting moment.
Borrowing the power of the Golden Ancient Tree was also burning his own life force. Mu En's body was already riddled with holes, his life force constantly slipping away. Being able to live until now was already due to Elder Zhuang's efforts to heal him.
"Mu En, for the academy behind you, is it worth it?"
"Xishui, say no more..." Mu En said softly, "You know that Shrek Academy is my everything. If you want to take Shrek, you have to step over my body."
Mu En's eyes gradually became solemn, carrying a sense of killing intent.
If he could reveal his trump card, it meant he was already prepared to perish together with them.
...
"Lu Cheng, today is your doomsday!"
Behind Elder Song appeared a massive azure divine eagle. Its screech shook the heavens. Immediately, the old woman turned into an azure shadow and charged straight at Lu Cheng.
"Elder Song, just you alone against me?"
Lu Cheng smiled and looked at Song Yunzhi. This number one agility-attack system, Soul Master of Shrek, had completely erupted and was launching a surprise attack on him.
The speed was so fast that even he was momentarily dazed.
His arm was struck instantly, leaving a wound that reached the bone, and fresh blood flowed out.
But Lu Cheng's eyes remained warm, and he chuckled: "The power of Elder Song's Azure Eagle has not diminished from the past years."
"Less nonsense, die for me!" Elder Song's face was filled with anger, carrying a dense killing intent.
The more she had favored this youth in the past, the deeper her hatred was now. All the old elders, without exception, had regarded him as the only hope for Shrek Academy, but...
He had completely betrayed them.
"Mom, I'm here to help you!" Xian Liner activated her Valkyrie mode, holding a long spear, her figure turning into a meteor as she approached.
Both mother and daughter were Super Douluo, with tacit understanding in their hearts. They came to flank him from the left and right to seal off Lu Cheng's retreat.
"Not releasing your Martial Soul yet? Want to rely on your physical body to resist?" Song Yunzhi sneered, with a hint of mockery.
"Kid, even if you could rely on the Holy Spirit Cult to kill Shaozhe, it doesn't mean that you, a Titled Douluo, can withstand my offensive."
"Titled Douluo?"
Lu Cheng showed a smile.
"Elder Song, I'm afraid you've misunderstood something..."
"I have long since achieved a breakthrough to the Super Douluo realm."
As his voice fell.
A terrifying aura surged from Lu Cheng's body, as if originating from the wilderness, carrying a thick sense of antiquity and age, as if it were a being conceived at the very beginning of the world's creation.
It was like the sun in the sky suddenly falling to the human world.
And the Three-Legged Golden Crow that had condensed behind Lu Cheng also, at this moment, merged into the outline of a Great Sun...
"What on earth is this?!!!"
Xian Liner stared blankly at this scene.
"That Three-Legged Golden Crow... is the sun itself!" Elder Song's pupils suddenly contracted as she saw the clue within.
Notes:
Although it's only for a short moment... We did break the 100th place in PS ranking so... A bonus chapter is only expected.
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