On the south wall of Shrek City, Soul Cannon shells flew toward the beast tide with a sharp whistle, and Soul Tool beams, like silver lightning, accurately struck the vital points of the Soul Beasts.
For a moment, the sky and earth were enveloped in the light of various Soul Skills and Soul Tools. The roar, the explosions, the shrieks of the Soul Beasts, and the shouts of the soldiers intertwined, forming a cruel and tragic symphony of war.
"We're up!"
Yan Shaozhe roared, the golden light around him surged, transforming him once again into the Bright Phoenix with a wingspan exceeding a hundred meters, soaring into the sky.
As nine Soul Rings lit up sequentially around the phoenix, he violently flapped his wings. Countless feathers, burning with Sacred Flames, rained down like a meteor shower.
These Flames of Light contained extreme heat. Once they adhered to a Soul Beast's body, they would burn frantically. Even a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast would be reduced to ashes in a few breaths.
Following Yan Shaozhe's lead, powerhouses like Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er also made their moves.
Xian Lin'er released her Azure Flame Dragon martial soul, surrounded by cyan flames. In her Martial Soul True Body state, she transformed into a colossal Azure Flame Dragon. With a flap of her wings, the cyan inferno swept out like a storm, turning all Soul Beasts in its path into coke.
Cai Mei'er, wielding the Evil-Breaking Dragon Soul Spear, sent sharp spear lights crisscrossing through the Soul Beast crowd. Each strike brought a shower of blood.
Her movements were graceful yet lethal, like performing a dance of death on the battlefield.
Even the usually gentle Elder Zhuang released his Life Ancient Tree martial soul. Thick, snake-like vines broke out of the ground, tightly wrapping and strangling the Soul Beasts rushing forward.
Elder Lin charged directly into the beast horde. As her palms danced, gale-force winds circulated. The Soul Beasts struck by her rapidly weathered, turning into fine, black ash.
The entire south city wall had been transformed into a bloody meat grinder, with Soul Beasts falling every single second.
"Presumptuous!"
The Soul Beast side naturally would not allow the human Titled Douluo to slaughter their kin wantonly.
A deafening roar, like a clap of thunder, burst forth. A Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, over thirty meters tall, suddenly charged out of the beast tide.
It was covered in dark golden fur, gleaming with a metallic luster in the dim light. A pair of golden sharp claws flashed with a chilling, heart-stopping coldness—it was Xiong Jun, ranked sixth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
He swung his claws, capable of tearing apart mountains and rivers. Five golden claw marks, like blades ripping the sky, instantly crossed thousands of meters with a terrifying spatial-tearing force, arriving before the Bright Phoenix that Yan Shaozhe had transformed into.
Yan Shaozhe's pupils contracted sharply. He frantically flapped his wings, attempting to evade, but one claw mark grazed his left wing.
Golden phoenix feathers scattered, and the Flame of Light dimmed instantly. He let out a muffled groan, blood spilling from his lips, his body swaying in the air before he barely managed to stabilize himself.
At the same time, the earth began to tremble violently. Roots as thick as giant pythons suddenly ripped out of the ground.
The surfaces of these roots were covered in dark green scales, and their tips sharpened into spears, hurtling with a tearing sound toward Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and the others.
Wherever the roots passed, massive fissures cracked open in the ground. This was the work of the Myriad Demon King ranked fifth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
As a plant-type ferocious beast, he could control all vegetation within a radius of several kilometers, turning the entire battlefield into his home turf.
"Boom!"
A scorching pillar of flame with a diameter exceeding ten meters suddenly shot up from the beast tide, its heat melting the rocks on the ground into scorching lava.
The pillar of flame, carrying destructive might, roared toward the city wall of Shrek City.
"BOOM—!"
The flame pillar violently struck the pale blue energy shield formed by the Soul Tools, issuing a deafening explosion.
The shield rippled violently, layers of light flickering erratically, nearly shattering on the spot.
The one who unleashed this terrifying flame pillar was a giant, crimson three-headed mastiff—Crimson King, ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
As a ferocious beast with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, its destructive power was immense, with every attack containing world-shattering might.
Further in the distance, a mass of purplish-black light formed a massive energy vortex in mid-air.
Soul Cannon shells and Soul Tool beams fired from Shrek City were instantly swallowed and vanished without a trace once they approached the vortex.
Beneath the vortex, a Demon Dragon covered in purplish-black scales flapped its massive wings. Her eyes were icy and ruthless, and she emanated a thick aura of darkness and stillness. She was the Hell Demon Dragon King, Ziji, ranked ninth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
Her Darkness attribute could devour all energy attacks, making her the absolute nemesis of light-based Soul Skills.
And at the very rear of the battlefield, a emerald green light, like a heavenly curtain, showered down from the sky, covering the entire beast tide like nourishing spring rain.
The wounded Soul Beasts bathed in the radiance, their wounds healing at a visible speed. Charred fur was replaced, and bone-deep gashes rapidly closed.
Simultaneously, the momentum of all Soul Beasts increased by over thirty percent, with noticeable boosts in speed and strength.
The one unleashing this sacred radiance was Bi Ji, with her emerald green hair.
She spread her massive emerald wings, pressing her hands together over her chest. Her eyes were filled with sorrow and pity, yet she continuously released her healing and amplification powers.
As the fourth-ranked Ferocious Beast, though Bi Ji's direct combat strength wasn't the highest, her healing and supportive abilities were considered top-tier on the entire Douluo Continent.
With her support from the rear, the beast tide's offensive immediately became more ferocious and unstoppable.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The roar of energy explosions was incessant. Outside Shrek City's walls, the area had already become a bloody purgatory.
Amidst the firelight and smoke from the exploding Soul Cannon shells, Soul Beasts were constantly blasted to pieces.
But even so, it failed to stop the frenzied charge of the beast tide.
Yellow and purple Soul Rings were scattered across the battlefield like autumn leaves, mixed with many black, ten-thousand-year Soul Rings—the final vestiges left by the dead ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
Facing the frantic charge, Shrek City fully leveraged the advantage of Soul Tools. The dense firepower net, like a steel barrier, blocked most of the Soul Beasts a hundred meters away from the city wall.
Many Soul Beasts were killed before they could even clearly see the city wall, either struck in vital points by multiple Soul Tool beams or blasted to pieces by Soul Cannon shells, ultimately being pulverized into sludge by the shockwaves.
Yet, the beast tide's charge did not cease. More Soul Beasts trampled over the still-warm corpses of their comrades, charging toward the seemingly fragile yet exceptionally solid Soul Tool shield.
Their eyes flashed with a mad red light, completely disregarding their own casualties, clearly dominated entirely by their primal nature.
Yan Shaozhe looked at the tide-like Soul Beasts below and then up at the Black Dragon in the clouds who hadn't truly made a move. The unease in his heart intensified.
Simply dealing with Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Yao Ling (Myriad Demon King), and the others was already stretching them thin. If the Beast God Di Tian personally intervened, who among Shrek Academy could possibly stop him?
The emerald green healing light continuously blanketed the beast tide battlefield like an unending spring rain.
Soul Beasts heavily wounded by the Soul Cannons, under the nourishment of the radiance, had their wounds heal at a visible speed. In just ten breaths, they could stand up again, their eyes still fanatic as they charged toward Shrek City.
"Humans... have actually developed to this extent?"
Bi Ji floated mid-air, looking at the overwhelming Soul Cannon shells and silver beams below. Innumerable Soul Beasts were blasted to shreds by the dense firepower before they could even get within a hundred meters of the city wall. Her emerald eyes were filled with shock, and her expression gradually grew grim.
She had been against launching the beast tide from the start.
The Soul Beast clan was already weak, and every large-scale battle was a drain on the clan's foundation.
But Di Tian gave the command in the name of the "Lord", and the Soul Beasts of the entire Star Dou Great Forest had no right to object; she could only obey.
But now, the power of the Soul Tools displayed by Shrek City completely erased the last vestiges of her initial reluctance.
For years, the Soul Beasts had been sequestered in the Star Dou Great Forest, and their knowledge of the outside world had fallen behind—she had once thought that only Soul Masters with powerful martial souls and Soul Skills could pose a threat to Soul Beasts.
But now, it was clear that even ordinary people without Soul Power, if they wielded a sufficient number of Soul Tools, were enough to threaten the Soul Beast clan's survival.
These cold metal creations were more terrifying than any Soul Skill. They required no cultivation, no talent; merely pulling a trigger could take a Soul Beast's life.
As a well-known pacifist among Soul Beasts, Bi Ji surprisingly now agreed with the necessity of this war.
She knew clearly that the space on the Douluo Continent was limited. The faster humanity developed, the more prosperous their civilization became, the more resources and land they would occupy, leaving less and less living space for the Soul Beasts.
If humanity were allowed to continue this development unchecked, the Soul Beast clan would eventually be eliminated by the era, ultimately facing the danger of extinction.
Instead of waiting for death, it was better to fight for a chance at survival for the clan while they still had the power to do so.
This realization pierced Bi Ji with heartache, but the healing light in her hands became even more brilliant.
For the future of the Soul Beast clan, she had to fight.
"Hmph!"
Above the clouds, the Black Dragon that covered the sky slowly spread its colossal dragon wings. Every scale was like meticulously carved dark jade, gleaming with a cold light under the dim sky.
The hurricane generated by the stretching of his wings blew away all the smoke and dust below, revealing the scarred earth.
He raised a foreclaw, and with a gentle tear of his five sharp claws, the void cracked open like fragile silk, revealing a dark fissure.
The surrounding Darkness elements boiled frantically, gathering toward the dragon claw as if summoned, condensing into a terrifying, suffocating mass of energy.
This energy fluctuation instantly drew the attention of all the Titled Doulo below. A shadow fell over everyone's heart.
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