At this moment, the Herrscher-fied Ice Empress radiated an immense aura, her powerful pressure far surpassing Mu En's.
Gusts of wind howled, and blizzards danced across the sky. With Shrek City at its center, a vast area spanning hundreds of miles was instantly covered in ice and snow, transforming into a desolate, frozen landscape.
The Ice Empress held an ice sword forged from condensed ice and snow. She coldly gazed at Mu En, then unhesitatingly swung her sword again.
This strike, seemingly light, contained terrifying power.
It was like an icy-blue line gracefully drawn across a pristine white paper, leaving a shocking icy-blue mark between heaven and earth.
Wherever this mark passed, space was forcibly torn open, emitting chilling "sizzling" sounds.
Gazing at the icy-blue sword gleam that seemed to cleave heaven and earth in two, Mu En's pupils constricted sharply, and a chill of death surged within him.
The power of this single strike was too terrifying; with his strength, he was utterly powerless to resist!
In this moment of life and death, Mu En no longer hesitated. Using his authority as the Sea God Pavilion Master, he activated the hidden ultimate power of the Sea God Pavilion.
"Swish!"
A blue-golden divine light shot up from Sea God Island.
The blue-golden divine light was like vast, surging ocean waves, endless and ceaseless, carrying an aura unique to a deity.
The next moment, the Ice Empress's sword strike fiercely met the blue-golden divine light.
For a moment, light burst forth, and powerful energies collided and tore at each other, emitting deafening roars.
However, in the end, the Ice Empress's sword gleam gradually dissipated under the divine light's resistance, failing to breach this layer of divine defense.
"Sea God's Light! They actually used the Sea God's Light!"
In the distance, Poison Douluo (Du Busi)'s eyes widened, filled with shock. The Body Sect had once fought Shrek Academy, and some of Shrek Academy's trump cards were recorded.
In the historical texts of the Body Sect, the Sea God's Light, Sea God Island's most powerful trump card, was meticulously documented.
The Sea God's Light contained power originating from the Sea God Tang San, who ascended to the Divine Realm ten thousand years ago. It was Shrek Academy's ultimate safeguard in desperate situations.
Every time Shrek Academy utilized the Sea God's Light, it signified that the academy was facing a life-or-death crisis.
In the past, when confronting the formidable Body Sect, Shrek Academy had used the Sea God's Light once.
When beast tides surged and they faced the terrifying Beast God Ditian, the Sea God's Light had also shone brightly.
And now, this powerful force once again appeared in the battle against the Ice Empress, to resist a powerful enemy.
"Sea God's Light, eh?" The Ice Empress frowned slightly. She had also heard of the Sea God's Light's formidable reputation and knew it was a powerful force that even the Beast God Ditian was wary of, a crucial trump card on which Shrek Academy depended for its survival.
However, in her opinion, this alone was far from enough to stop her.
Although it was power left by the Sea God, the Sea God had ascended ten thousand years ago. How much power could possibly remain now?
The Ice Empress's expression was cold. She pointed one hand to the sky and the other to the earth, stating coldly, "Above heaven and below earth, I alone am supreme!"
The voice, though not loud, carried an ultimate majesty that resonated throughout the entire battlefield.
The next moment, white ripples, centered around the Ice Empress, rapidly spread outwards, instantly sweeping across an expansive area thousands of meters in radius.
Wherever the white light reached, space was frozen, and everything fell into silence.
Whether it was the vast power of the Sea God's Light, Mu En transformed into a giant golden dragon, or Yan Shaozhe and the others below desperately protecting Shrek City, everyone's figures solidified in that instant, unable to move.
Mu En's eyes were filled with horror. His consciousness was still clear, and his thoughts could barely function, but his body was utterly unable to make any movement.
Not only that, his soul power seemed to be frozen within him, completely unresponsive.
Apart from his thoughts struggling weakly, his body had completely lost control, plunging him into despair.
"It's over, Dragon God Douluo Mu En. I will remember your name!" The Ice Empress said coldly, her tone devoid of any emotion.
Around her, cold ice energy rapidly converged, forming a giant ice bow.
The Ice Empress gently drew the ice bow, and under the horrified and grief-stricken gazes of everyone from Shrek Academy, an ice arrow instantly materialized.
As the Ice Empress released the bowstring, the ice arrow transformed into a dazzling white light, streaking forth like a meteor, creating a deafening sonic boom.
In an instant, this white light precisely pierced the unmoving golden dragon's heart.
"Pfft!"
Accompanied by a dull sound, golden light-infused blood spurted out like a fountain, splashing across the entire void.
The previously frozen void finally returned to normal at this moment.
At the same time, everyone regained their ability to move, but they could only watch helplessly as this tragic scene unfolded, powerless.
"Teacher!"
"Elder Mu!"
"Grand-ancestor!"
Cries of heart-wrenching grief echoed through the sky. Everyone, filled with shock and sorrow, stared blankly at the golden dragon in the sky, which now had a huge hole pierced through it, watching the golden dragon blood rain down, their hearts filled with despair and anguish.
Everything happened too suddenly. From Mu En decisively using the Sea God's Light to block the Ice Empress's fatal strike, to space being frozen by the Ice Empress, and finally Mu En suffering a fatal blow—this series of events unfolded in rapid succession within just one minute.
Although Yan Shaozhe and the others wished to rescue him, facing the Ice Empress's terrifying and incomparable power, they had no chance whatsoever. They could only watch helplessly as their revered Mu En's heart was pierced, powerless to intervene.
Suffering such a fatal wound, the Dragon God Douluo Mu En's powerful super true body could no longer be sustained.
The golden dragon's figure gradually dissipated, and Mu En's body, like a kite with a broken string, slowly fell from a thousand meters in the sky.
Everyone clearly saw a shocking empty hole in his chest. The heart that once beat strongly was gone, and blood continuously gushed out, staining his clothes.
Mu En felt his body gradually grow cold, his consciousness increasingly blurry.
The howling wind in his ears seemed to play his final elegy. The grief-stricken cries of Yan Shaozhe and the others reached his ears, but they only filled his heart with guilt and helplessness.
He forced open his heavy eyes, looking at the indifferent Ice Empress high in the sky. A bitter smile touched his lips, and he murmured, "Is this the power of that realm? It's truly mesmerizing! I'm sorry, Ice Empress! I couldn't give you a satisfying fight!"
Even though he had fought with all his might, used the Sea God Pavilion's trump card, and briefly restored himself to his peak state with the power of the Golden Tree, facing the Herrscher-fied Ice Empress who was now serious and demonstrating terrifying strength, he still appeared so tiny and powerless.
As the icy aura rapidly spread from the large hole in his chest, Mu En's entire body began to be covered in ice, gradually freezing.
In the last moments of his life, he used every ounce of his remaining strength to painstakingly glance back at Shrek Academy.
Those familiar buildings, that place carrying countless memories, seemed so precious in his eyes now.
His eyes were filled with worry and reluctance. Shrek Academy, the place he had guarded his entire life, was now facing an unprecedented crisis.
While Xuan Zi possessed some strength, he was not capable of taking on great responsibilities. Yan Shaozhe and others were somewhat mediocre, and the younger generation like Ma Xiaotao had not yet matured enough to support the academy's future.
He was truly worried! But fate was cruel; the Ice Empress's sudden attack was something he could never have foreseen.
He had originally thought he had enough time to arrange the academy's affairs and pave the way for Shrek Academy's future.
However, death arrived like a whirlwind, so suddenly, turning all his plans into ashes.
He could only silently pray in his heart, hoping that Shrek Academy would overcome this tribulation.
The next moment, Mu En's thoughts gradually sank into eternal silence, his consciousness completely dissipating.
And his body had completely transformed into a crystalline ice sculpture, which then, under the grief-stricken gazes of Yan Shaozhe and the others, violently shattered, turning into countless ice crystals that drifted down, gently covering every inch of Shrek Academy's land, as if adorning the area in sorrowful silver.
"The Dragon God Douluo has fallen!" Poison Douluo stared blankly at this scene, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
Then, with extreme terror, he looked at the demon-like Ice Empress in the sky.
Due to the distance, he was fortunately not affected by the white light that had just frozen space, but even so, he could deeply feel the terrifying power that froze all things.
Even the powerful trump card, Sea God's Light, left behind by the Sea God Tang San, was completely frozen before this power.
The Dragon God Douluo, a venerable Limit Douluo, was equally helpless under the Ice Empress's attack, completely at her mercy.
How could such utterly terrifying power not make him tremble with fear and send shivers down his spine?
"Go! Leave immediately, return to the sect!" Poison Douluo dared not linger any longer, screaming at the top of his lungs.
The Ice Empress was so powerful; who knew if she would also wipe out their Body Sect after dealing with Shrek Academy.
After all, the Body Sect had once extensively hunted 100,000-year soul beasts, forging deep enmity with many soul beasts.
In front of such a powerful soul beast like the Ice Empress, their Body Sect felt absolutely no sense of security.
Without Poison Douluo needing to say more, the other powerhouses of the Body Sect were already scared out of their wits.
Hearing Poison Douluo's command, they turned and fled desperately into the distance without a word, fearing that a moment's delay would cause them to be targeted by the Ice Empress and suffer the same fate as Mu En.
Although they were curious about Shrek Academy's fate, at this moment, with their lives severely threatened, they dared not linger for even a moment. Self-preservation was paramount.
"They didn't even make a move?" Lu Jingming frowned deeply, his face filled with confusion and incomprehension.
The Dragon God Douluo Mu En had already fallen, yet the contingency plan left by the Sea God Tang San, which he had been anticipating, had still not activated.
"Heh heh, it seems the Sea God you mentioned doesn't care much about that academy," Black Tower said with a hint of playful amusement, seeing that Lu Jingming's plan hadn't yielded the expected results.
"That should be it. The Golden Tree is what's important, not Shrek Academy. As long as the Golden Tree isn't touched, he won't make a move," Lu Jingming mused for a moment, then slowly analyzed.
In his opinion, although the Sea God Tang San had left many contingency plans on the Douluo Continent, he himself was now tightly guarded by the God of Destruction. Every time he used a contingency plan, it could expose him and lead to more trouble.
Therefore, he wouldn't easily intervene unless absolutely necessary.
Shrek Academy, in the Sea God Tang San's eyes, might merely be a tool to help guard and care for the Golden Tree.
Just like the Tang Sect, personally established by Tang San, wasn't it also left with a hidden hand? The records of hidden weapons, as well as the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and poisonous immortal herbs, were all censored versions.
Except for the Clear Sky Sect, which had a blood relationship with Tang San and was given more care with Da Ming and Er Ming guarding it, neither the Tang Sect nor Shrek Academy held as important a position in his heart.