Chapter 312: Poisoned by Ten-Thousand-Year Glory—Shrek City Reduced to Ruins
Shrek Academy.
The spatial barrier imprisoning Mu En dissipated.
Seeing this, the Sea God Pavilion elders all broke into excited smiles.
"Wonderful! The barrier has disappeared!"
"I knew it! A mere barrier could never hold Elder Mu."
Just as the Sea God Pavilion elders were eagerly anticipating Mu En's return, someone else walked out of the dissipating barrier.
It was the imposing figure of Kong Deming.
And behind him was Zhang Lexuan, carrying Mu En's severed head.
"Elder Mu!"
"Teacher!"
The moment they saw Mu En's head, the Sea God Pavilion elders cried out in shock and grief, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Only then did they notice Zhang Lexuan standing behind Kong Deming, her expression cold and emotionless as she held Mu En's head.
"Lexuan, what are you doing?!"
The elders were completely bewildered.
Zhang Lexuan merely curled the corners of her lips upward before casually tossing Mu En's head away.
She summoned her Martial Soul True Body, and eight soul rings, two yellow, two purple, three black, and one red, revolved around her.
"You Shrek people have no right to call me Lexuan."
"From this day onward, I, Zhang Lexuan, am no longer a member of Shrek. From this day onward, Shrek and I are mortal enemies."
"I will destroy Shrek piece by piece and turn it into a rat-like organization despised and hunted by everyone on the continent."
"Everything Shrek has done to me, I will repay, piece by piece!"
Xuan Zi reacted quickly, instantly flashing forward and catching Mu En's head.
His face twisted with fury as he shouted,
"Zhang Lexuan, those are words that should be spoken by us Shrek people!"
"You! You are no longer worthy of being one of us!"
Although they had no idea what Zhang Lexuan had experienced to make her become like this, they knew one thing for certain.
Mu En's death absolutely had something to do with Zhang Lexuan.
And Zhang Lexuan had betrayed Shrek Academy!
Yan Shaozhe frantically circulated his soul power, his Bright Phoenix True Body radiating an intense aura of light.
"I'll purge this traitor from Shrek myself!"
"How noisy."
Seeing Yan Shaozhe dare to attack his granddaughter, Kong Deming immediately activated the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier and unleashed its spatial power to teach Yan Shaozhe a lesson.
Before the spatial power wielded by Kong Deming, Yan Shaozhe was instantly blasted away without the slightest ability to resist.
What a joke.
A Rank 10 Soul Engineer was equivalent to a Limit Douluo among human soul masters.
More precisely, a Rank 10 Soul Engineer possessed combat strength no weaker than that of a demigod.
At their absolute limit, their combat power could even touch the level of peak quasi-gods and perhaps even the realm of gods.
Against such an existence, dealing with a mere Rank 95 Super Douluo like Yan Shaozhe was effortless.
"Child, let's return to the Spirit Empire. We can simply destroy Shrek Academy. Compared to what awaits them later, that would actually be the easiest death for them."
Kong Deming spoke to Zhang Lexuan.
This was not merely Kong Deming's own opinion. It was also the intention of the Empress of the Spirit Empire.
Before Kong Deming had come to Shrek, the Empress had already warned him.
The time for Shrek's destruction had not yet come.
"Mm. Ancestor Kong, you're right."
"I want Shrek to be ruined in reputation first. Only then will I deliver the final blow."
Seeing that Zhang Lexuan agreed with him, Kong Deming prepared to leave with her.
However, before departing, he had prepared a great gift for Shrek Academy.
"Everyone from Shrek, before we part, this old man has prepared a little gift for you. I hope you'll enjoy it."
With that, Kong Deming and Zhang Lexuan's figures vanished above Shrek's inner courtyard.
Xuan Zi was just about to pursue them when Elder Song, one of the Sea God Pavilion elders beside him, spoke up.
"Elder Xuan, don't chase them. Even if you caught up, you wouldn't be their opponent. That old bastard's strength has definitely reached the level of a Limit Douluo."
"Elder Xuan, you're a Peak Douluo. You understand the gap between a Peak Douluo and a Limit Douluo better than any of us."
Hearing Elder Song's warning, Xuan Zi slowly unclenched his fists and abandoned the idea of pursuing Zhang Lexuan and Kong Deming.
Everyone's eyes fell upon Mu En's head in Xuan Zi's hands.
The entire scene fell deathly silent.
"Teacher…"
"Elder Mu…"
Everyone was overcome with grief, tears welling in their eyes.
"I swear, I won't rest until Zhang Lexuan is dead!"
One of the elders even made a solemn vow.
But at that moment—
The sky above Shrek suddenly underwent a violent change.
Several soul tool shells streaked through the sky toward Shrek's inner courtyard.
"Not good! Those are Rank 9 Fixed Soul Ammunition!"
"There are five of them! We have to stop them, or the entire Shrek City will be reduced to rubble!"
Xian Lin'er hurriedly spoke up.
As the Dean of Shrek's Soul Guidance Department, there was no one among the elders who understood the terror of rank 9 soul tool shells better than she did.
They were genuine weapons of mass destruction!
In the original story, Huo Yuhao had detonated sixteen rank 9 soul tool shells in the Sun Moon Empire's capital, causing a massive explosion that claimed the lives of millions.
Shrek City was nowhere near as large as the capital.
Five rank 9 soul tool shells were more than enough to destroy the entire city!
"We have to intercept these five rank 9 soul tool shells in midair."
"If they reach the ground, Shrek Academy will be finished!"
Qian Duoduo stepped forward and warned the other elders.
"Looks like the only option is to use our bodies to stop the rank 9 soul tool shells."
"For the ten-thousand-year glory of Shrek, this old man has no fear of death!"
There was not the slightest trace of fear in Xuan Zi's eyes.
He was just about to fly into the sky and intercept the five rank 9 soul tool shells with his own body when Elder Song, who had just warned him, spoke with a solemn expression.
"Elder Xuan, you can't go!"
"You are the only Peak Douluo Shrek has left. Shrek still needs you to lead us and carry on our legacy."
She reached out to stop Xuan Zi before sweeping her gaze across the others.
"Shaozhe, Mei'er, Lin'er, Duoduo—you are all Elder Mu's disciples. Your potential is greater than that of us old fools. You can't go and intercept these rank 9 soul tool shells either."
As she spoke, Elder Song seemed to have made up her mind.
"Yu Sen, Hui Qun…"
Elder Song called out the names of several Sea God Pavilion elders one after another.
"You will come with me to intercept the rank 9 soul tool shells."
"For Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory, our deaths would be meaningless if we feared them!"
The Sea God Pavilion elders whose names were called were initially reluctant.
But the moment they heard the words ten-thousand-year glory of Shrek, they let go of their hesitation.
"That's right! For Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory, we old Sea God Pavilion elders have nothing to fear from death!"
With an impassioned cry, Elder Song led the other Sea God Pavilion elders into the sky, using their own bodies to intercept the descending rank 9 soul tool shells.
"Xiao Song, Xiao Zhuang…"
Xuan Zi watched with tears streaming down his face as the Sea God Pavilion elders sacrificed themselves to stop the rank 9 soul tool shells.
"I swear I will lead Shrek Academy forward, carry on its legacy, and restore its ten-thousand-year glory. You can go without worry."
He silently swore in his heart that he would never disappoint the elders who had given their lives for Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory.
The moment the elders threw themselves against the rank 9 soul tool shells—
A terrifying explosion erupted above Shrek.
The entire sky over Shrek City was engulfed by the massive clouds of smoke produced by the five rank 9 soul tool shells.
The shockwaves swept through the city, tearing apart its buildings.
In an instant, Shrek City was reduced to ruins.
End of Chapter
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