After Gu Yuena said those words, Di Tian also fell silent. He had no choice but to admit that Gu Yuena was right.
With several Ultimate Douluo at their disposal, Shrek Academy could indeed launch repeated raids on the Star Dou Forest, and Di Tian's side would always be forced into a passive position. He could dash straight toward Shrek Academy if he wished, but who could guarantee that Tang San hadn't set up some new restriction there?
"Um… Lord Silver Dragon King! And the rest of you—could you take us with you as well?"
Standing to the side, Infernal Delicate Apricot stepped forward and quietly asked the group.
Jiang Shengyu looked at her with puzzlement and asked, "Why? The Lake of Life is second only to the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well as an ideal place for plant-type soul beasts to cultivate and take root. The Sun-Moon Empire doesn't have anything like such a heaven-and-earth treasure."
"It's… not very safe here!"
Infernal Delicate Apricot blinked and scratched her cheek awkwardly as she gave the real reason.
The battle just now had truly terrified this group of plant-type soul beasts. Though they had lived in the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well for tens of thousands of years and possessed the cultivation of hundred-thousand-year fierce beasts, they had never witnessed anything like that!
The aftermath alone was enough to completely destroy their roots!
This place simply wasn't suitable for plant-type soul beasts!
The Ten Thousand Demon King glanced at the plant-type beasts, clicking his tongue. He said nothing, but his eyes showed clear disappointment.
Plant-type soul beasts raised in such comfortable conditions, even if they became fierce beasts, could hardly amount to anything great.
Among this large group of plant-type fierce beasts, very few would likely be able to surpass the 200,000-year threshold. Even the three strongest—Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the Fragrant Silk Beauty—had very slim chances.
Jiang Qingtong didn't immediately give a response, but instead turned to Gu Yuena and Di Tian. "This is your territory. You decide."
Gu Yuena gave the group of plant-type beasts a cold glance. They all lowered their heads, not daring to meet her gaze. Then she said indifferently, "If you want to leave, then leave. For all living beings, survival is the top priority."
With Gu Yuena's permission, Infernal Delicate Apricot and the others finally let out a breath of relief.
After giving Di Tian a few instructions, Gu Yuena left together with Jiang Shengyu and the others, heading toward the Sun-Moon Empire.
Inside Shrek Academy, Da Ming—covered in wounds—returned to the Sea God Pavilion. The Elders stationed there immediately rushed forward. Elder Zhuang activated his Life-Tree martial soul to heal him.
Xuan Zi followed behind and asked, "What happened? Why did the Golden Tree suddenly summon us back?"
Everyone looked confused and shook their heads. "We don't know either! The Golden Tree suddenly burst out with golden light. Could it be Elder Mu manifesting?"
"It wasn't your Elder Mu manifesting!"
Da Ming, who was being healed by Elder Zhuang, glanced at them coldly.
Hearing this, Xuan Zi and the others hurried forward. "Senior, you know what happened?"
"This is the Sea God Tang San's doing! The moment that silver glow burst forth, we lost any chance of defeating Di Tian's group!" Da Ming clenched his fists as he looked at the terrifying wounds on his arms.
Hearing this, everyone's expression changed sharply.
So it was the will of a god!
After Elder Zhuang treated him for some time, his injuries finally improved. Da Ming exhaled long and deeply. "I didn't expect those two kids to have something like that in their hands! What a terrifying power of destruction—enough to shatter even the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
Didn't that mean that destructive force had reached the level of gods?
"It seems that to resolve this, just like ten thousand years ago, we must rely on the power of gods!"
Da Ming sighed and asked, "How are the ones receiving divine inheritances? They're inheriting the god-positions of your first-generation Shrek Seven Devils!"
Hearing this, Xuan Zi straightened his expression. "They are undergoing their divine trials. Their cultivation is increasing rapidly!"
Heaven knew how delighted Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi had been when Da Ming brought Ma Xiaotao back completely intact. Ma Xiaotao's martial soul was no longer the Evil Fire Phoenix, but the true Fire Phoenix—purified of darkness!
With her Ultimate Fire martial soul and cultivation already at the Soul Douluo level, she had become the undisputed leader of Shrek's new generation!
Moreover, she was undergoing Ma Hongjun's divine trial. It wouldn't be long before she broke through to Titled Douluo, at which point she would undergo a true metamorphosis.
Currently, the five candidates receiving god-position inheritances from the first-generation Seven Devils—Ma Xiaotao, Mo Xuan, He Caitou, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu—had joined with Bei Bei and Ling Luochen to form the new Shrek Seven Devils.
But among them, the most awkward situation belonged to Bei Bei and Ling Luochen.
All the others were inheriting divine positions. Xuan Zi had been trying hard to find a chance for Bei Bei to inherit a god-position as well. As for Ling Luochen—she had been added simply to fill the numbers, and no one in the academy paid much attention to her.
If Zhang Lexuan wasn't already too old—and if neither her nor Bei Bei lacked that kind of intention—Xuan Zi might have considered pairing them again.
Fortunately, Bei Bei had the help of dragon essence, and the Haotian Sect continuously supplied heavenly treasures. His cultivation had already surpassed the Soul Sage level and was advancing toward Soul Douluo. This generation could be considered the most outstanding since the original Seven Devils!
Da Ming nodded slightly. "Good."
Mingdu.
When Kong Deming and the others saw Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong return from the Star Dou Forest with a group of hundred-thousand-year fierce beasts, they were completely numb to it.
After all, Mingdu already had Xie Lingling and Bi Ji. A few more hundred-thousand-year fierce beasts made no difference.
But when Kong Deming saw Gu Yuena for the first time, he instantly sensed something unusual about her.
Jiang Shengyu looked at him in surprise. "Teacher, you took the Mixed-Origin Immortal Herb?"
With her sharp eyesight, she could naturally see that Kong Deming's soul power was extremely condensed, and the soul-force compressed within his soul core had grown heavier and more massive—there was even another soul-power vortex rotating in the same direction within his abdomen.
The embryonic form of a second soul core!
Kong Deming's cultivation had also surpassed level 95, reaching the level of Super Douluo!
Kong Deming smiled and nodded. "Yes. Thanks to the immortal herb you brought back, I've finally fulfilled a lifelong wish! In a few days, I plan to go into seclusion to complete the tenth-rank soul tool and attempt to condense the second soul core!"
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