Chapter 279 The organizers are shocked! Assassination of a participant? Was this done by Xuanzi?
"Level 99?"
Hearing Xuanzi's question filled with terror and disbelief, Du Busi slowly withdrew his right fist, which was gleaming with a bright golden primal light.
He stood proudly amidst the ruins in the center of the room, his dark green eyes gleaming with a cold and cruel light in the dim night.
Poison Undying sneered, a wildly arrogant and domineering smile curving his aged face as he openly admitted:
"Xuanzi, do you think you're the only genius? Back in the day, wasn't I also a genius? So, if even an old man like you can break through to the level 99 Limit Douluo, then what difficulty is there for me to break through to the level 99 Limit Douluo with my second awakening of my physical body and the inheritance of my sect?"
Poison Undying's words were extremely calm, yet they were like a heavy hammer that slammed into Xuanzi's chest.
Hearing Du Busi admit it to himself, Xuanzi completely broke down in that instant.
His body trembled violently. Due to excessive shock and shame, his old face, which had aged from vomiting blood, turned pale and then bluish.
His hands, hidden beneath the long sleeves of his gray robe, dug desperately into the rubble on the ground, his fingernails breaking off in pieces and bleeding profusely, yet he felt no pain whatsoever.
He simply couldn't accept this fact.
In order to break through to level 99 and fill the gap in Shrek Academy's highest combat power after Moon's death, he has paid countless prices over the years and finally took that final step not long ago.
He thought he had once again reached the pinnacle of power on this continent, and could, like Moon back then, use absolute strength to intimidate the major empires.
But who could have imagined that his longtime nemesis, the old monster from the Body Sect, Poison Undying, would also silently cross that insurmountable threshold.
As his inner defenses crumbled, an extremely chilling sense of fear began to spread rapidly through Xuanzi's very bones.
He knew all too well the fighting prowess of the Poison Immortal.
In the past few decades, when the two of them were both at the level of level 98 Super Douluo, he had never gained any advantage over Du Busi.
In almost every direct conflict between sects and personal grudges, he was suppressed by the terrifying second awakening of the Poison Undying's original martial soul.
The Body Sect's pure physical essence and frenzied fighting style have always given them near-invincible destructive power among Soul Masters of the same level.
Therefore, back when he was at level 98, he couldn't beat Du Busi. Now that both of them have broken through to the level 99 Limit Douluo realm, Xuanzi is even less likely to be a match for this old monster.
What's more, standing next to her in this room is Xue Di, who is equally powerful and also possesses the combat strength of a Limit Douluo.
Staying here to fight will only lead to one outcome: death.
If they realize what's happening and attack me together...
Xuanzi felt that he didn't even have a chance to escape.
Therefore, after thinking about this, the murderous intent in Xuanzi's eyes vanished in a very short time, replaced by an extremely strong desire to survive.
He wanted to run away.
Without any hesitation, Xuanzi's bloodshot, narrowed eyes narrowed slightly, locking onto the completely shattered bedroom window behind him. As long as he could jump out of here and escape into the bustling and complex nighttime streets of Mingdu City, even if Du Busi was incredibly powerful, he would have no chance of intercepting him without alerting the Sun Moon Empire's military.
However, in that one-millionth of a second, just as Xuanzi's toes slightly turned on the ground and his earth-yellow soul power was about to condense into his legs.
Standing opposite him, Du Bu Si seemed to have seen through all of his innermost thoughts.
"I told you, since you're here tonight, you'd better stay here obediently! Trying to run? Have you even asked my fists for permission?!"
Poison Undying let out a deafening roar. His towering, iron-tower-like body transformed into a blinding golden streak in an instant, moving so fast that it left a solid golden afterimage several meters long in mid-air.
Almost the instant Xuanzi moved, Du Busi's huge right fist, gleaming with a bright golden light, slammed into Xuanzi's front like a meteorite, accompanied by a piercing blast of air.
Xuanzi was shocked. He didn't have time to adjust his body and make an effective soul skill defense. He could only hurriedly raise his arms and desperately gather the remaining earth-yellow soul power in front of him, trying to forcibly block the attack.
Bang!
The dull thud of flesh colliding echoed once more. Poison Undying's all-out punch contained the ultimate divine power of his level 99 Golden Body, shattering Xuanzi's hastily gathered earth-yellow protective soul power into pieces the instant it made contact.
The two iron fists, covered in bright golden light, pierced through the defense without any resistance, and in an instant transformed into a sky full of golden fist shadows, carrying extremely violent internal force, and smashed down on Xuanzi's body.
This was an extremely bloody and one-sided beating.
Poison Undying's attacks were like a raging storm, giving Xuanzi no chance to catch his breath or create distance. His punches were extremely heavy, and with each strike, Xuanzi's bones creaked and groaned under the strain.
Snap!
Poison Immortal delivered a powerful left hook, grazing Xuanzi's face. The impact instantly contorted Xuanzi's aged face, and he gushed mouthfuls of blood mixed with shattered teeth. Immediately afterward, Poison Immortal's right hand formed a claw, and his dark green essence lashed out viciously, tearing several deep, bone-revealing gashes into Xuanzi's forehead and scalp.
"ah--!"
Xuanzi let out a painful, shrill scream. Under the relentless and frenzied blows of Du Busi, he was smashed and tossed about like a helpless sandbag amidst the broken walls and rubble of the room.
In just a few breaths, this newly promoted Shrek Academy level 99 Limit Douluo had already been beaten bloody by Poison Undying. Thick blood streamed down his forehead and the corners of his eyes, staining his wide gray robes crimson. He looked extremely disheveled, with not a trace of the majesty of the strongest academy in ten thousand years.
"You're insane! Get out of my way!"
Driven to the brink of certain death, Xuanzi descended into hysterical madness. The intense pain of his bleeding head and the extreme fear of impending doom turned his bloodshot eyes completely crimson.
He knew very well that if he continued to passively take the beating, it wouldn't be long before his spiritual sea and physical essence would be smashed to pieces by the poison.
At this point, he had no choice but to fight with all his might.
Xuanzi abruptly stopped his flying motion, ignoring the blood streaming down his forehead, and frantically conjured countless complex hand seals in front of him. At that moment, all nine of his soul rings began to flash violently beyond their limits, and the extreme earth-attribute soul power within his body surged against the flow of his eight extraordinary meridians in a near-self-destructive frenzy.
"The Origin of Gluttony - The Shattered World of the Divine Ox!"
Xuanzi let out a frenzied roar that was unlike anything in human form. With that roar, he abandoned his defense against the Poison Undying before him and instead transformed all the maximum soul power in his body into an extremely violent, earth-yellow pillar of soul power. He then slammed it down relentlessly and without regard for the consequences onto the ground beneath him and the towering load-bearing stone walls of the hotel surrounding him.
He wants to destroy the building.
Rumble—!
The destructive power of a level 99 Limit Douluo's all-out self-destruct attack is terrifying.
With a deafening earthquake that shook the entire city of Mingdu, the violent, earth-yellow soul energy instantly blasted the second and third floors of the luxury hotel, as well as all the stone walls, steel bars, and load-bearing columns within a radius of several hundred meters, into pulverized dust.
Vast swathes of ruins and debris, billowing into the sky amidst billowing smoke and dust, were blasted into a massive crater by the violent energy shockwaves that tore apart the hotel's specially designed barrier.
Faced with this sudden and devastating collapse, Du Busi frowned. In order to protect Liu Yuan behind him and Long Aotian and other core disciples in the corridor outside the door, he had to temporarily withdraw his pursuing fist. With a wave of his hands, he erected a huge golden body barrier, which forcefully blew away the countless falling rocks and heavy armor.
Xuanzi seized this one and only excellent opportunity when the smoke and dust filled the sky, the buildings collapsed, and Dubusi was forced to retreat to defend.
His bloodied body transformed into a dim gray streak of light, and at the cost of spitting out another mouthful of blood from the backlash, he forcefully tore a path through the gaps between countless fallen rocks. Like a stray dog, he didn't dare look back, frantically fleeing into the depths of the dark street outside, awakened by the explosion, finally managing to escape and vanish without a trace.
Shortly after Xuanzi's figure disappeared into the night.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—!
A series of sharp and piercing mental alarms suddenly rang out across the entire Ming capital imperial city.
Because the explosion was so loud that it even destroyed a high-end hotel that catered to teams from various countries advancing in the finals, the Sun Moon Empire's official response was immediately the strongest possible one.
In the sky, dozens of enormous high-altitude detection soul guides emitted a pale white light, instantly locking onto the hotel area that had been reduced to ruins.
Immediately afterwards, a vast array of soul tools on the horizon emitted shimmering halos of light. Several high-ranking elders from the tournament organizers, dressed in magnificent robes, along with a whole squad of elite Mingdu Imperial City guards fully armed and wielding high-level linked soul tools, led by several titled Douluo-level generals, simultaneously flew in from all directions at incredible speed, landing with a thud at the edge of this massive ruin.
Looking at the hotel ruins before them, now reduced to dust and rubble, completely collapsed, the faces of the leading event officials and the city guard general were extremely grim.
"What on earth has happened?! Who dares to openly instigate such a large-scale confrontation within the capital city of Ming?!"
A high-ranking elder from the tournament organizing committee, dressed in a silver robe, strode forward. He looked at Poison Undying, Snow Empress, and Liu Yuan in white robes slowly emerging from the dust and ruins, forcibly suppressing his shock at the Limit Douluo, and questioned in a deep voice, "Poison Undying Sect, this is the exclusive accommodation for your Heavenly Soul Royal Academy. What exactly happened to cause such a commotion tonight, even destroying your own hotel? Please give the Sun Moon Empire an explanation!"
Faced with the astonished and stern questioning of the event officials and the numerous city guards around them.
Poison Undying stood in the center of the ruins, the dark green light emanating from his body gradually fading. His aged eyes coldly swept over the fully armed soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire around him, then turned his head to look at the completely empty dark street.
Poison Undying had no intention of hiding anything from Xuanzi. He straightened his slightly disheveled dark green long sleeves, and a cold, murderous sneer appeared on his aged face.
Under the utterly shocked gazes of the event's top officials and the city guard general, Poison Undying slightly raised his chin, and his loud, authoritative voice instantly echoed throughout the entire block without any attempt to conceal it:
"What's going on? I should ask you how the Sun Moon Empire maintains its security! Just now, Elder Xuanzi, the leader of Shrek Academy, shamelessly sneaked into the room of our Heavenly Soul Royal Academy in the middle of the night to assassinate our core member Liu Yuan! If it weren't for me and Xue Di being here tonight, my sect's genius with double pupils would probably be dead in your Mingdu City!"
The voice that "poison cannot kill" fell silent.
Upon hearing the voice of "Poison Undying," everyone—from the city guards who had just arrived to maintain order to the event's executives and the passersby who had come to watch the spectacle—revealed a profound shock.
After all, what they had just heard was truly shocking.
The Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi of Shrek Academy actually came to assassinate students from other academies?
This kind of thing is just too degrading and too dark!
Only a demonic soul master could pull this off, right?
So at this moment, everyone was wondering if they had misheard.
Even the city guards and the tournament's higher-ups couldn't help but ask again, "Poison Sect Master, is what you're saying true?"
Poison Undying scoffed, "Why would I need to lie to you?"
(End of chapter)