On the other side, Xian Lin'er gently laid Qian Duoduo's now-cold body in a relatively safe corner inside the city wall, her movements tender as if afraid to disturb his sleep.
When she straightened up and turned to face the battlefield again, her entire demeanor had undergone a massive transformation.
The azure flames no longer merely encircled her; they completely fused with her skin, her hair, and her eyes, like living entities.
Her long hair moved without wind, entirely transforming into burning azure flame, and her pupils were left with only the cold, burning will of destruction.
A terrifying aura, far exceeding her usual level and bordering on self-destruction, violently surged from within her.
She had begun to directly burn her life force and soul essence.
This was the most tragic and resolute forbidden technique in the Soul Master world, exchanging irreversible demise for a short period of transcendent power.
Qian Duoduo's death had completely ignited the long-suppressed rage and sorrow in the hearts of all the Shrek powerhouses.
Yan Shaozhe's surrounding Bright Holy Flame explosively expanded several times. A golden phoenix Phantylia, composed entirely of holy flame, emitted a wail of sorrow behind him. Every strike and every flying feather carried a fierce determination to achieve mutual destruction and not stop until both sides perished.
He no longer cared about the consumption of soul power, unleashing even his most powerful, costly, and previously reserved soul skills relentlessly against the Scarlet King.
Even when a vine from the Myriad Demon King's sneak attack pierced his shoulder, he only grunted, instantly unleashing a highly concentrated stream of Phoenix True Fire with a backhand, reducing the malicious vine and the branch it originated from to nothingness.
Shi Xing'sSpace-Time Silver Disk rotated almost violently enough to tear space. Time Stagnation, Space Folding, Dimensional Cutting... all sorts of high-consumption space-time soul skills were unleashed frantically, as if soul power were limitless.
He even bit through his own tongue, spraying his vital blood essence onto the Silver Disk, forcefully increasing the power of his soul skills by burning his own origin.
The invisible spatial blades became denser and sharper, like countless unseen nets of death, slicing the thick vines produced by the Myriad Demon King into countless segments. Inky green, foul-smelling sap sprayed across the battlefield like a rainstorm.
Cai Mei'er completely liberated the sealed Dragon Soul within her Evil-Breaking Dragon Soul Spear. A solid, massive energy dragon, radiating a gold light that dispelled evil, roared skyward, directly confronting the Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji, who controlled the power of darkness.
Dragon roars shook the heavens as golden light and black mist fiercely clashed and corroded each other. The two gigantic beasts engaged in a tragic fight in the air, every engagement erupting in a deafening crash.
And Xian Lin'er had already transformed into an azure flame storm of vengeance.
She didn't release her Martial Soul Avatar, because her life and soul themselves had become the most blazing, most resolute source of burning.
She became an azure lightning bolt that tore across the battlefield. Wherever she passed, things were decomposed, and azure flames incinerated the sky. She launched a suicidal charge toward the culprit, the Bear KingXiong Jun, with utter disregard for herself.
"Xiong Jun, I demand your life!"
Xian Lin'er's voice was hoarse as sandpaper, every word soaked in blood, tears, and madness.
She completely transformed into a meteor burning with vengeful azure flame, ignoring all her own defenses. She charged with transcendent speed, directly at the mountain-like Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
The Azure Flame Dragon Spear in her hand vibrated at high speed. The surrounding fierce winds were compressed to the extreme, concentrating all the terrifying azure flames, which possessed the property of decomposition, onto a single cold point.
With every thrust, the spear tip let out a sharp howl that tore through space, carrying the absolute resolve to perish with the enemy.
Xiong Jun initially attempted to withstand the attacks with his own indestructible dark-gold fur and claws.
But when the extremely condensed azure flame spear-light first scraped across his giant claw—which was capable of tearing dragon scales—and left a clear, sizzling, scorched mark on it, a flicker of shock and apprehension finally flashed in his savage golden pupils.
Xian Lin'er's attack had abandoned all form and technique, leaving only the purest, most insane method of trading life for injury. Every move aimed directly for mutual destruction.
Under this desperate fighting style, where she completely disregarded her own life and only sought to kill the enemy, even Xiong Jun, who was far superior in strength, was momentarily intimidated by the overwhelming hatred and ruthlessness, falling into a temporary passive defense.
It wasn't just Xian Lin'er; Yan Shaozhe, Shi Xing, Elder Lin, and the others were all fighting with bloodshot eyes, adopting the same tragic, desperate stance.
This madness of completely disregarding life and death unexpectedly caused the fierce beasts like Bi Ji, Myriad Demon King, and Scarlet King to become hesitant, their attacks no longer as reckless as before.
What they feared most was the final path chosen by these top human powerhouses when cornered: self-detonation of the Soul Core.
The self-detonation of a Soul Core was a Titled Douluo's most powerful, yet most tragic, ultimate technique. Once a decision was made to detonate the Soul Core—the crystallization of a lifetime of cultivation—the resulting destructive energy was enough to instantly unleash a terrifying destructive power comparable to an Ultimate Douluo from an ordinary Titled Douluo.
If Super Douluo like Yan Shaozhe, Shi Xing, and Elder Lin chose to self-detonate, the catastrophic power would be enough to completely flatten everything within several kilometers, turning it into an absolute forbidden zone of life.
Shrek Academy still had several Super Douluo remaining. If even one of them resolutely chose to self-detonate, the fierce beasts present, despite their formidable strength, would inevitably suffer heavy injuries, and some might even face the danger of death.
If two, or even three, simultaneously chose this desperate path... the consequences were such that even top fierce beasts like Bi Ji and Xiong Jun were highly likely to be dragged down to perish with them, and the hundreds of thousands of soul beasts below would undoubtedly face utter annihilation.
The fierce beasts longed to flatten Shrek City, but they were absolutely unwilling to pay the price of their own lives or the foundation of their entire species.
The destructive range of a Soul Core self-detonation was terrifying, not at all inferior to the Sun Moon Empire's infamous Level 9 Soul Guided Fixed Cannon Shells.
If it exploded, not only would they suffer, but the surrounding soul beast army would also face devastating damage. Even if they won this war, the Star Dou Great Forest would be severely weakened, unable to recover for ten thousand years.
Thus, the fierce beasts were forced to change their strategy. They no longer rushed to attack fiercely but switched to focusing on defense, harassment, and attrition, trying to stall for time and exhaust Yan Shaozhe and the others' dwindling soul power and near-collapsed stamina.
The Myriad Demon King controlled countless poisonous vines to constantly harass and raid from a distance, while his main body remained hidden deep underground, never easily revealing itself.
The Scarlet King's Hellfire was mostly used for long-range suppression of the soul cannon formations, avoiding a head-on collision with the Holy Fire-burning Yan Shaozhe.
Xiong Jun, meanwhile, cautiously dodged Xian Lin'er's suicidal attacks while searching for an opportunity to severely wound her while ensuring his own absolute safety.
In times like these, one needed to be most vigilant, otherwise, there was a high possibility of being taken out by the enemy's final, desperate counterattack before they perished.
On the battlefield, Yan Shaozhe and the others were locked in a chaotic fight with the great fierce beasts. The roaring of soul cannon shells, the crashing of soul skills, the wailing of soul beasts, and the angry roars of humans were all intertwined, making the situation utterly tragic.
However, no one noticed that in the distance, Di Tian, who had been frozen in absolute ice by Ganyu's arrow, had shown no sign of breaking free the entire time.
With the unfathomable strength of the Beast God Di Tian, even if temporarily frozen by ultimate ice, given enough time to mobilize the vast, sea-like soul power within his body, he would eventually find a way to break the seal.
But at this moment, the massive black dragon floated quietly within the colossal ice crystal like a puppet drained of all life. Even his signature golden dragon eyes were dim and lifeless, showing no hint of struggling, an unsettling silence.
Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the tragic fighting on the main battlefield, a weak, nearly transparent cluster of azure flame quietly appeared above Shrek City like a Phantylia.
This flame was incredibly bizarre. It seemed not to exist in this dimension, easily ignoring Shrek City's layers of soul-guided defensive fortifications. It passed over the battle zone of the city walls, where shouts and energy were rampant, and traversed streets and alleys filled with frantic retreating crowds.
Its target was clear: the most core location of Shrek Academy, Sea God Island.
The flame's moving speed was unimaginable. The humans and soul beasts along the way were completely unaware of it, as if it were only a virtual projection.
It wasn't until it reached the sky above Sea God Lake, where the water shimmered and was permeated with dense life energy, that the azure flame slowly stopped. It hovered quietly before the Golden Ancient Tree, which covered the sky and pierced the clouds, seeming to support the entire world.
The Golden Tree's trunk was so thick it would take dozens of people to embrace it. Its crown was like a magnificent canopy, and its emerald-green leaves were stacked in layers, resembling a vast green ocean. Every leaf naturally radiated a soft and pure life halo.
Countless ancient vines coiled around the tree trunk like vigorous dragons. The air was filled with a nearly tangible, dense life energy. An ordinary Soul Master, just taking a deep breath here, would feel a significant increase in the activity of the soul power within their body.
"This is the Golden Tree... the most precious core of life on this planet."
The azure flame flickered slightly, and an alluring, cold, yet slightly greedy voice of thought whispered softly.
This was the voice of the Lord of Annihilation, Phantylia.
Through Di Tian's memories, she had already gained insight into the Golden Tree's existence and knew that this divine tree was not only the foundation of Shrek Academy but also a crucial node in the entire Douluo Star's life energy network.
Her true goal this time was never simply to destroy Shrek City but to seize this Golden Ancient Tree, which contained nearly infinite life energy, and reform and corrupt it to become a perfect and powerful new vessel for herself.
As for inciting the beast tide, causing humans and soul beasts to slaughter each other and creating rivers of blood, it was merely an idle move laid down opportunistically—a smokescreen to tie up the opponent's top-tier forces and create chaos.
If this idle move could also lead to a full-scale war between humans and soul beasts, that would be even better.
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