"Yuwen Tuo, why did you join the Body Sect? Are you a Body Martial Soul user?" Xian Lin'er questioned.
"Whether he is or isn't, what concern is it of yours? My Body Sect needs no one's permission to recruit disciples! This old man simply likes this brat, what can you do about it?" Dugu Bo retorted.
He was no good at reasoning. But being unreasonable and resorting to sophistry was his specialty.
"Dugu Bo, I see you only took Yuwen Tuo into your sect to use him as a justifiable excuse to attack my Shrek Academy!" Mu En's words were a question, but his tone was declarative.
He seemed convinced that what he stated was the truth.
In fact, it wasn't just him; everyone else thought the same. Otherwise, why would Yuwen Tuo, who wasn't a Body Martial Soul user, join the Body Sect?
"Yuwen Tuo!" At this moment, a fiery red figure flew towards them, stopping in front of the Body Sect. Seven Soul Rings — two yellow, two purple, and three black — revolved around her. It was none other than the Soul Sage Ma Xiaotao.
"You're finally back! Will you come back with me? The Body Sect is using you. Come back to Shrek; I'll treat you well. I promise I'll never absorb your Soul Power again. Oh, right, do you still remember this Soul Bone? It's the Fiery Demon Bloodthirsty Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Bone I specifically prepared for you. I said I'd keep it for you, so I never absorbed it. Come back with me, and it's yours."
Ma Xiaotao took out the Fiery Demon Bloodthirsty Dreadclaw Bear's left arm bone. Frankly speaking, this Soul Bone was top-tier among ordinary Soul Bones. But compared to the one currently on Yuwen Tuo's arm, it wasn't even close in quality.
"Hmph, left arm bone!" Yuwen Tuo raised his left hand and slashed downwards. His arm, like a precious blade, cut out a powerful blade aura. The blade aura, accompanied by endless flames, doubled in power. This move was a passive skill from Yuwen Tuo's 100,000-year Soul Bone, the Flame Emperor Blade. A fiery treasure blade, comparable to a top-tier Martial Soul, now resided within his arm.
Ma Xiaotao was startled. Her wings retracted, covered in ultimate flames, barely blocking the slash, but a bloodstain was still left on her wings.
She blocked it, but not completely.
"This is the Soul Bone the sect gave me, Ma Xiaotao. How does it feel?" Yuwen Tuo laughed.
"What a sharp attack! Yuwen Tuo is at most a Soul Ancestor right now, yet he actually wounded Soul Sage Xiaotao with a single slash! Even the restraining effect of ultimate flames on ordinary flames was completely useless against Yuwen Tuo. The quality of his Soul Bone is far superior to Xiaotao's Fiery Demon Bloodthirsty Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone, perhaps even..." Yan Shaozhe had an astonishing guess, but dared not voice it.
"100,000-year level!" Cai Mei'er uttered what Yan Shaozhe hadn't, because it was simply too ironic.
Yuwen Tuo spent seven years at Shrek Academy, helping Ma Xiaotao resolve her evil fire and achieve ultimate flames. He himself was continuously crippled for six years, but during these six years, the academy never gave him any rewards or compensation.
Even that Destructive Impact Soul Bone was a trade request made by Yuwen Tuo himself.
And the Body Sect? How long had he been there, and he already received a 100,000-year Soul Bone? In comparison, which side treated him better needed no words.
How could they even bring themselves to say that the Body Sect was merely using Yuwen Tuo, when what kind of "utilization" involved giving away even a 100,000-year Soul Bone?
"Damn it, I don't care! Yuwen Tuo, come back with me! Even if I have to break your legs today, I won't let you leave again!" Ma Xiaotao grew furious out of shame.
At this moment, a long leg, longer than life itself, suddenly kicked from her right side.
This time, Ma Xiaotao was fully prepared and immediately counter-attacked. "Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Soaring Cloud Strike."
A fiery phoenix imbued with ultimate flames fiercely charged towards the beautiful legs.
The owner of the beautiful legs smiled sweetly, "Heh heh, an ultimate flames phoenix, and it has reached the Soul Sage realm. Not bad, it is indeed enough to contend with ordinary Titled Douluo, but in my Body Sect, there is no such thing as an 'ordinary' Titled Douluo."
With that, a silvery white glow suddenly emanated from the beautiful legs. The fiery phoenix was actually kicked apart, scattering sparks everywhere.
The kick did not lose momentum and struck Ma Xiaotao directly in the abdomen, sending her flying hundreds of meters backward.
It was Yan Shaozhe who quickly caught her, saving her from secondary injury.
"Ugh!"
Ma Xiaotao still couldn't help but spit blood. This kick was simply too heavy; it had already injured her internal organs.
The person who launched the kick was the Body Sect's Seventh Elder, Jade Leg Douluo Liang Yusu, a Level 93 Assault-type Titled Douluo, with a Silver-grade secondary awakening of her Body Martial Soul.
A secondary awakening of a Body Martial Soul could increase overall strength by one hundred percent. Liang Yusu could defeat at least two regular Titled Douluo below Level 93 by herself.
No matter how much Ma Xiaotao's ultimate flames phoenix could overcome ranks, it couldn't bridge such a large gap.
"I know you, Ma Xiaotao. If the higher-ups of Shrek Academy were the fundamental cause of Tuo'er's tragedy in the past few years, then you were the direct cause. How dare you even approach Tuo'er?" Liang Yusu said. "If you come closer again, don't blame us for being impolite. Tuo'er is different from a few years ago. Back then, he was rootless and adrift, but now, he has family behind him!"
Liang Yusu was just the prelude; the true deterrence was yet to come: the eight Titled Douluo Dugu Bo had brought.
Different parts of their bodies glowed with a silvery light, especially Jin Peng, whose torso glowed with a golden light.
One Gold-grade awakening, seven Silver-grade awakenings.
While the Titled Douluo of the Body Sect might not match the elders of the Sea God Pavilion in terms of rank, if a fight truly broke out, they would likely not be much inferior.
"Mu En, what have you decided? My challenge letter, will you accept it or not?" Dugu Bo questioned.
The deterrence was enough here. Next, it was up to Mu En's choice.
In fact, Yuwen Tuo estimated that he would accept it, because Dugu Bo's attitude had already made it clear that even if he didn't accept, he would still fight, only the excuse would change from the Body Sect's grudge with Shrek Academy to avenging Yuwen Tuo.
So why turn a one-on-one challenge into a mutually destructive group battle?
Moreover, Mu En knew his own physical condition. Even if he didn't fight Dugu Bo this time, he wouldn't live for another two years. Since death was inevitable, whether sooner or later, why not use this frail body to make one last contribution to Shrek Academy?
"Alright, Dugu Bo, if you want to fight, this old man will fight you." A sea-blue light suddenly emanated from Mu En's body. Then, his originally hunched and bent body suddenly straightened, and his overall spirit and vitality greatly improved.
This was him borrowing the Sea God's power from the Golden Tree in the Sea God Pavilion, temporarily suppressing the malevolent aura of the Dragon Core within his body, restoring his physical condition, and enhancing his strength, allowing him to temporarily return to his peak state.
In reality, this was merely a temporary surge of energy before death. After the battle ended, he would become even weaker than before. However, there was no need to worry about this, because Dugu Bo had no intention of letting him return alive.
Yuwen Tuo remembered that in the era of Legend of the Dragon King, this Golden Tree was actually Tang Wutong's grandmother, A Yin. However, at this time, the life core of the Douluo Continent should not yet have been taken by her.
Although the Golden Tree could connect to the God Realm and receive assistance from the Sea God's power bestowed by Sea God Tang San, that was all there was to it. There was no need to worry about a sudden appearance of a God-level powerhouse.
Mu En's physical condition was indeed a bit poor. The Sea God's Light's boost to him was more about temporarily restoring his peak strength; the actual power increase was minimal.
"Hahaha, that's more like it!" Dugu Bo laughed heartily. Fighting a peak Mu En was far more interesting than fighting a half-dead, crippled one.
It also lived up to his name as Body Douluo.
"A battle in the sky!" Mu En said coldly, his body flying towards the high altitude.
Dugu Bo's figure flashed and immediately followed.
The strength of both of them was at the Limit Douluo level. If they were to fight below, Shrek Academy would probably be ravaged by the aftershocks.
The distance they flew, while not as high as Tang San and Qian Renxue's ten thousand meters, was still around three thousand meters.
Feeling it was sufficient, Mu En turned around and delivered a Dragon Claw strike imbued with the power of light.
Dugu Bo laughed and returned with a heavy punch.
The moment their fists and claws met, a powerful gust of wind pushed away all nearby clouds.
In an instant, the entire sky became cloudless.
This single strike marked the prelude to the great battle between two Limit Douluo.
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