While Xu Zihuang was conversing with Elder Mu, Elder Xuan and Du Busi, who were in mid-air, had already begun fighting.
The deep yellow and domineering dark green each occupied one side of the sky, rapidly extending outward for at least a hundred li.
At the intersection of the two colors, accompanied by the clash between Du Busi and Elder Xuan, winds surged and clouds churned, the heavens and earth changing color.
The dark-green giant that Du Busi had transformed into strode forward ferociously through the void, while the Godly Taotie Bull that Elder Xuan had become charged forward without retreat.
Amid a thunderous boom, the two collided.
In that instant, whether it was Shrek Academy or the Body Sect's side, all the powerhouses suspended in the air rapidly descended.
Terrifying pressure descended from the sky, as if space itself was collapsing. The pressure only gradually dissipated around two hundred meters from the ground, and the powerhouses from both sides hovered at about that height.
This was not because Elder Xuan and Du Busi lacked the power; at their level, they could easily raze the entire Shrek City to the ground. This was a tacit agreement between both sides, deliberately controlled. After all, neither wanted their own people to be implicated because of their fight.
Standing on the open space in front of the Sea God Pavilion, Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian could clearly feel this terrifying pressure, but it seemed to be neutralized by some gentle force, not affecting the two.
This was, of course, Elder Mu's method.
In fact, Elder Mu had brought Yu Tianhuang to the Sea God Pavilion partly for his safety and partly to let him witness this earth-shattering battle up close.
A battle of this level might not occur once in many years on the entire Douluo Continent.
For Yu Tianhuang, who possessed supreme talent, experiencing the might of this top-tier powerhouse clash and accumulating precious experience would undoubtedly make his future cultivation path smoother.
At this moment, Elder Xuan and Du Busi were confronting each other. The green giant's massive hands gripped Elder Xuan's enormous Godly Taotie Bull horns tightly. The yellow and dark-green lights on their bodies flickered, as if they were in a contest of strength, yet both remained in a static state, neither able to overpower the other.
Around them, streaks of black light flashed continuously. Within the black light, starlight could faintly be seen.
Those were clearly spatial rifts.
Xu Zihuang's deep purple eyes had long since turned brilliant gold, observing the battle between Elder Xuan and Du Busi. The golden patterns in his pupils shimmered, as if he had gained some insight.
The level of body martial soul, second awakening, in most cases, represented the quality and potential of the body martial soul. Xu Zihuang's achieving golden-level body martial soul second awakening at the Soul Ancestor level meant that his Golden Eyes martial soul was undoubtedly the top-tier body martial soul, without equal.
After his Golden Eyes martial soul completed second awakening, its quality had also leaped forward.
If the second awakening of an ordinary body martial soul owner was equivalent to evolving from an earth dragon to a true dragon, then his Golden Eyes was a qualitative change from a true dragon to a dragon king or even far beyond that.
The most direct evidence was that, with his current cultivation, relying on the Golden Eyes martial soul's ability, he could already capture traces of the rules governing the flow of spatial power around the black light.
This was entirely an instinct of the Golden Eyes' martial soul.
As early as when he saw Jiang Nannan use the Instant Teleportation soul skill in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, he had already sensed something.
However, possessing the Instant Teleportation soul skill and truly mastering spatial power were fundamentally different concepts.
The current clash between Elder Xuan and Du Busi, and their control over spatial power, allowed him to glimpse some of the mysteries of spatial power.
In the void, the time Elder Xuan and Du Busi spent locked in their contest grew longer, and the frequency of the black light increased. The space around them gradually became densely filled with black light, with a tendency to spread outward.
"Du Busi, you really are a madman." Elder Xuan's deep voice rang out in the high sky.
Du Busi sneered coldly.
"Xuan Zi, hand over that kid named Yu Tianhuang, and I'll turn around and leave. Otherwise, we'll just keep stalemating like this. But when the space collapses, I'm afraid your Shrek Academy will cease to exist."
Though Du Busi said this, deep in his eyes, a trace of anxiety surged.
If it weren't necessary, he wouldn't want to fight to the death with Shrek Academy, which also had ten thousand years of foundation.
Elder Xuan's pupils contracted sharply, his eyes filled with sternness.
"You dare?!"
Before his words finished, intense yellow light blazed. The muscles of the Godly Taotie Bull that Elder Xuan had become had bulged explosively. In an instant, his body length exceeded a hundred meters, becoming a colossal existence.
Du Busi, gripping Elder Xuan's Godly Taotie Bull horns, appeared particularly small at this moment. But his body only staggered a few steps under Elder Xuan's force before stabilizing.
"What wouldn't I dare? There's nothing in this world that our Body Sect wouldn't dare to do. Have you forgotten who triggered the beast tide from the Star Dou Great Forest back then?" Du Busi snorted coldly, his body's green light becoming crystalline and transparent, his height also exceeding a hundred meters.
This time, the black light around them appeared even more dense. Each streak of black light lingered without dissipating, as if carving gashes in space.
"You shameless bastard, you still have the face to say that. If our Shrek Academy hadn't desperately held back the beast tide, there would have been a massacre." Elder Xuan's eyes were filled with indignation.
Du Busi said arrogantly, "What do you mean your Shrek Academy held back the beast tide? As if our Body Sect didn't contribute. Xuan Zi, I'm too lazy to argue with you. This is your Shrek Academy's territory anyway. If you're not afraid of your ten-thousand-year foundation being destroyed, then try to stop me. I'll tell you today: that kid named Yu Tianhuang, our sect must take him away. Even if it means your Shrek Academy and our Body Sect fight to the bitter end, I'll accept it."
As he spoke, Du Busi's body erupted with intense emerald light. The dazzling radiance was unparalleled, as if he had become an emerald sun, dyeing the Shrek Academy below and even the entire Shrek City in the same color.
Resounding through the heavens was Du Busi's strange voice.
"All Body Sect members, charge into Shrek Academy and find the person."
"Yes, Sect Master." The Body Sect powerhouses responded in unison, turning into streams of light in various colors, descending toward Shrek Academy.
The Shrek Academy powerhouses hovering above Poseidon Island changed expressions drastically and moved forward to meet the enemy. Even four thousand years ago, when the Sun Moon Empire invaded the three original Douluo Continent empires, Shrek Academy had not faced such a crisis. This was the first time someone dared to actively attack Shrek Academy's doorstep.
A world-shaking war was on the verge of breaking out.
Elder Xuan's mind shook violently, and he roared angrily, "Du Busi, are you insane?! Do you really want to start a war with our Shrek Academy?!"
"I said it before: for the sake of our sect's inheritance, what if we fight your Shrek Academy? You fundamentally don't understand what that kid means to our sect. Your Shrek Academy claims to never restrict students' freedom. Yet now you're saying one thing to my face and doing another behind my back, trying to bind that kid? Could it be that your Shrek Academy is more suitable for cultivating body martial souls than our Body Sect?" Du Busi said disdainfully.
"Hand him over quickly. Or do you think you can stop us?"
Though Elder Xuan's cultivation was half a step below his, the gap was not large. He still had some apprehensions about Elder Xuan; otherwise, with the Body Sect's domineering style, they wouldn't have tangled with him here for so long.
But Yu Tianhuang was too important to the Body Sect.
Achieving golden-level body martial soul second awakening at the Soul Ancestor level was unprecedented in the Body Sect's history.
Moreover, Yu Tianhuang had twin martial souls. A second martial soul that could match the quality of this level of body martial soul would certainly not be just an ordinary Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon. From the information about Yu Tianhuang obtained from Lang Ya and Yu Tao, Du Busi and the sect's elders unanimously deduced that Yu Tianhuang's second martial soul likely possessed the Ultimate thunder attribute. Even if not Ultimate Thunder, it must have other extraordinary qualities.
A genius of this level was worth risking everything.
"If Xuan Zi can't stop you, what about me?" At that moment, a gentle voice quietly sounded. Immediately after, a soft golden halo was released from Shrek Academy below more precisely, from the Sea God Pavilion.
Filled with the aura of light, it spread upward, seemingly slow but actually fast. Under the envelopment of this light aura, the spatial rifts around Elder Xuan and Du Busi rapidly closed.
The Body Sect powerhouses about to charge into Shrek Academy were repelled by this gentle golden light but sustained no injuries.
The entire Shrek City was covered in golden light, appearing from afar like a city of gold. The pressure in the sky belonging to Elder Xuan and Du Busi also collapsed.
Du Busi, who had previously thought he had Elder Xuan pinned, abruptly changed expression.
"Light of the Sea God? How is this possible?! How can Shrek still have someone who can use the Light of the Sea God?"
"Immortal, it's been many years. It seems you've forgotten about this old man." Elder Mu's kind voice sounded again, but it only entered Du Busi's ears.
Du Busi looked at the Sea God Pavilion below, radiating brilliant golden light, as if remembering something. Beads of sweat even appeared on his forehead.
"You, you're Dragon God, how is this possible? Back then, weren't you already..."
"Already dead?" Elder Mu smiled faintly.
"If I were dead, would you bully our Shrek Academy like this?"
Elder Mu's words struck Du Busi like a heavy hammer. The golden light flashed, and the hundred-meter giant that Du Busi had become suddenly shrank by several meters, the intense dark-green light spilling out.
"I have already asked our academy's Yu Tianhuang. He said he currently has no plans to join a sect and is willing to stay in the academy. Please leave. I won't hold today's matter against you. But if there's a next time, or if you use other means to scheme against this junior of mine, don't blame this old man for personally visiting the Body Sect to demand an explanation."
Du Busi's expression shifted repeatedly.
Both were descendants of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon family, so calling Yu Tianhuang his junior was not wrong.
Elder Mu's words were already very heavy.
One Xuan Zi was manageable, but adding a Dragon God Douluo, he truly had no confidence.
Taking a deep breath, Du Busi said with an unsightly expression, "Dragon God Douluo, for your sake, we'll let today's matter end here. But honest men don't resort to underhanded tactics. Our Body Sect will not give up on this child. As long as he's in your Shrek Academy for a day, I won't touch him. But once he leaves Shrek Academy, we'll each rely on our own abilities."
"Dragon God, even if you're still alive, I don't believe my elder brother didn't leave something on you. I'm not your match, but killing me won't be that easy either. You should know that at our age, we're not far from our limits. You're older than me. I don't believe you can guard him forever."
After saying this, the dense dark-green light on Du Busi's body burned like fire, melting a hole through the golden Light of the Sea God. He flew out and then waved his hand fiercely.
"All Body Sect members, withdraw."
Over thirty figures rapidly retreated in the air. The Light of the Sea God enveloping the entire Shrek City slowly receded, returning to the Sea God Pavilion.
Elder Xuan, the Sea God Pavilion's elders, and the deans and vice-deans of the Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department all floated down, landing on the open space in front of the Sea God Pavilion.
Their gazes toward Yu Tianhuang were very strange. If Elder Mu hadn't intervened to make Du Busi retreat, a great war would have been unavoidable. And the source of it all was this boy who was only at the Soul Ancestor level.
Elder Mu's voice floated out from the Sea God Pavilion.
"Shaozhe, go appease the citizens in the city. Everyone else, disperse. Yu Tianhuang, Ning Tian, you two come in."
"Yes, Teacher." Yan Shaozhe responded respectfully and immediately flew off. Shrek City was Shrek Academy's territory; after such an incident, someone indeed needed to take charge.
The elders also withdrew one after another. However, Elder Xuan, having been suppressed by Du Busi, irritably took a swig of alcohol.
At this point, outside the Sea God Pavilion, only Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian remained.
Xu Zihuang nodded to Ning Tian and then walked together into the hall on the first floor of the Sea God Pavilion.
Elder Mu lay at one end of the long table, still appearing frail and on the verge of death.
The two simultaneously bowed respectfully to Elder Mu.
"Elder Mu."
Elder Mu smiled slightly, and a gentle golden light lit up, pointing to a room on the first floor of the Sea God Pavilion.
"Go ahead, go to that room and fuse with that Light Feedback Right Arm Bone."
"Yes, Elder Mu."
Ning Tian understood and stepped forward. She knew Elder Mu likely had something to say to Yu Tianhuang alone.
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