"You hand him over or not?" Du Busi's final words boomed like thunder, and the eerie green light behind him surged, covering half the sky.
The eerie green and yellow lights were distinctly separated, and the eerie green light seemed to faintly suppress the yellow light enveloping Shrek Academy.
A terrifying spiritual pressure instantly swept over.
This time, not only students below level 30, but even Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors began to lose consciousness.
The outer courtyard teachers of Shrek Academy quickly organized the students to move toward Poseidon Lake. Poseidon Lake was closest to Poseidon Island, where Elder Xuan and Shrek Academy's powerhouses were stationed above. It was undoubtedly the safest place and the least affected by Du Busi's spiritual pressure.
In contrast, the position of Xu Zihuang and the other three was already very close to Shrek Academy's main gate, suffering the greatest impact from this spiritual pressure. Tang Ya was even worse, directly losing consciousness and falling into a coma. The Blue Silver Grass martial soul provided no enhancement to physical constitution or mental power. Many tool soul masters were like this, their physical constitution and mental power were much weaker compared to beast soul masters of the same level.
"Little Ya!"
Beibei's condition looked much better, but his face turned pale. He quickly checked on Tang Ya's situation. Fortunately, there was no major issue, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Ning Tian, also a tool soul master, remained conscious thanks to Xu Zihuang's released mental power, helping to resist the spiritual pressure. She leaned half against Xu Zihuang's chest, tilting her head to follow Xu Zihuang's gaze toward the high sky outside Shrek Academy.
"The Body Sect?"
When those people appeared in the beam of light, she had actually guessed their identities.
One must know that on the continent, a sect with a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse in charge could already be considered a renowned great sect.
Times were changing, and the soul master cultivation system was becoming more perfected. In this era, it was easier to produce Titled Douluo-level powerhouses, but the actual number of Titled Douluo on the continent was just barely starting to move from two digits toward three digits.
Deploying twelve Titled Douluo and more than twenty Soul Douluo at once on the original Douluo Continent side, besides Shrek Academy, only the imperial families of the three great empires and the Body Sect possessed such foundations.
And the ones acting so domineeringly could only be the Body Sect, which stood alongside Shrek Academy.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that Ning Tian came from indeed had a long heritage and deep foundations, but she had to admit that in terms of top combat power, there was still a certain gap compared to the Body Sect. The foundations of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were more reflected in wealth and connections. After tens of thousands of years of operation, even in a reclusive state, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect held a pivotal position on the continent.
Xu Zihuang, who had just released his mental power to block Du Busi's spiritual pressure, also had a somewhat grave expression. He originally thought his mental power level was already very high, but now it seemed that compared to a top powerhouse like Du Busi, who was nearly at the human limit, it was still insignificant.
At that moment, a gentle golden light floated over, enveloping Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, Beibei, and Tang Ya nearby. In the next instant, the golden light dissipated, and they vanished from the spot.
From the moment Du Busi spoke those words to the disappearance of Xu Zihuang's group, it was merely a blink of an eye.
But in this brief time, Du Busi's true body suddenly swelled, expanding more than ten times in an instant. His entire body bulged, turning into ink-green muscles like granite, with only a pair of shorts covering his vital parts. Those shorts were obviously specially made; otherwise, they would have burst at his massive body.
The auras of the Body Sect powerhouses behind him also instantly soared, completely suppressing Shrek Academy's powerhouses.
Elder Xuan's face was grim as water. He let out a long howl, and his body similarly transformed into a monster over thirty meters long. Goat body, tiger teeth and human claws, eyes under the armpits, and a pair of huge ox horns. His volume was even more majestic than the green giant Du Busi had become. Intense yellow light burst from his body, and nine soul rings turned into light circles wandering up and down between his pair of ox horns, over five meters long.
This was Elder Xuan's martial soul, the Godly Taotie Bull, a mutated top-tier beast martial soul.
However, his soul ring configuration was only two yellow, two purple, four black, one red—far inferior to Du Busi's.
The Godly Taotie Bull that Elder Xuan had transformed into snorted angrily.
"Du Busi, do you really want to fight to the death with our Shrek Academy?"
Du Busi's ink-green eyes rolled upward, and he laughed loudly.
"What, Xuan Zi, are you afraid? If you're afraid, just hand over that little guy from your academy who participated in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. All soul masters with body martial souls are tacitly considered disciples of our sect. Don't you know that?"
"Bullshit, would I be afraid of you?" Elder Xuan retorted coldly.
"You spoke nicely earlier, but isn't it just to show off? I'll put it here: if you dare to start a war with our Shrek Academy, at least half of the people from your Body Sect who came today will stay here, including you."
He knew clearly that the Body Sect would not let go of Yu Tianhuang, who had the ability for golden-level body martial soul second awakening. So from the beginning, he had no intention of pretending to be confused while knowing the truth. In the current situation, both sides were bound to clash. Strength was the foundation for speaking.
But if one were to say that the Body Sect would disregard everything and start a war with Shrek Academy, he absolutely did not believe it. A battle at this level could level Shrek Academy and even Shrek City to the ground, and both sides could hardly bear the cost.
Green light surged in Du Busi's eyes, his ferocious might fully revealed.
"Xuan Zi, do you really think I wouldn't dare to attack your Shrek Academy? For the sake of our sect's inheritance, what if I disregard everything?"
As Elder Xuan said, he was unwilling to easily start a war with Shrek Academy. But Elder Xuan overlooked a very important point: the importance of Yu Tianhuang, who could achieve golden-level body martial soul second awakening at the Soul Ancestor level, to their Body Sect.
At the same time, Xu Zihuang's group of four suddenly appeared out of thin air outside the Sea God Pavilion.
Beibei, holding the unconscious Tang Ya, and Xu Zihuang both had normal expressions, while Ning Tian glanced around briefly and did not show too much surprise.
With her background, she naturally knew of the Sea God Pavilion's existence. Their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had deep ties with Shrek Academy; the ancestor Ning Rongrong from ten thousand years ago was one of the original Shrek Seven Monsters.
Even after ten thousand years of changes, the two maintained a very harmonious relationship.
"Beibei, take Tang Ya inside to rest." A gentle voice sounded, entering the ears of the three.
Undoubtedly, the owner of the voice was Elder Mu. The one who brought them to the Sea God Pavilion was also Elder Mu.
"Yes, Great-Grandmaster," Beibei responded excitedly and quickly carried Tang Ya into the Sea God Pavilion.
The Golden Tree possessed the auras of light and life, and since Tang Ya had the plant-type martial soul Blue Silver Grass, entering the Golden Tree to be cleansed by the auras of light and life would greatly benefit her future cultivation.
This could be considered a blessing in disguise.
"Great-Grandmaster?" Ning Tian's expression stiffened slightly, then seemed to realize something, and the emotion in her beautiful eyes turned to understanding.
Elder Mu's voice sounded again.
"Child, you should also see that the Body Sect came for you this time. Golden-level body martial soul second awakening has not appeared many times in the Body Sect's ten-thousand-year history. Moreover, you have the unique twin martial souls, worth making a special trip. I won't hide it from you; the Body Sect's research on body martial souls has lasted ten thousand years and is unmatched in the current era. I believe they definitely have methods to help you fully control the golden-level body martial soul second awakening ability."
"If you choose to leave, the academy won't blame you. If you choose to stay, the academy will also spare no effort to cultivate you. In terms of cultivating your second martial soul, the academy should have more advantages. You need to give me an answer on which path to take. Only then can we decide how to negotiate with the Body Sect."
Hearing Elder Mu's words, Xu Zihuang fell silent. Ning Tian couldn't help but turn her head to look at Xu Zihuang beside her; she also wanted to know what Yu Tianhuang's choice was.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Zihuang said in a deep voice.
"Elder Mu, I currently have no plans to join a sect. I want to stay in the academy."
These words were completely from his heart. At this stage, staying in Shrek Academy was more in line with his interests. He did not reject contact with the Body Sect, but that would at least have to wait until after Elder Mu's death.
If he followed the Body Sect now, he would truly have no chance with Elder Mu's Dragon Pill. Moreover, his Golden Eyes martial soul had already completed golden-level second awakening; what the Body Sect could teach him might not necessarily be much more than what Elder Mu and Shrek Academy could.
"I see sincerity and frankness in your eyes." Elder Mu's voice became even gentler, with a bit more gratification and firmness.
But in Xu Zihuang's ears, the full version of Elder Mu's words should be: This is the first time I see sincerity and frankness in your eyes.
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