Su Ming suppressed his doubts and had the sisters follow him for now.
Recruiting Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo also allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Their talents weren't bad. Their martial soul was hair. Although hair might not seem very important, what if body hair counted too?
Su Ming imagined it in his mind: the twin sisters covered in blue fur all over their bodies...
Hisss~
Lan Susu frowned, staring at Su Ming.
She felt this guy was thinking about something inappropriate.
Lan Luoluo peeked out from behind her sister, glancing at Su Ming with a hint of fear.
The sisters had a psychic connection and were very sensitive perceptually; they could sense the malice emanating from Su Ming. But this malice wasn't life-threatening to them; it seemed more like this guy was thinking about some mischievous prank.
Su Ming shook off the image of the blue-furred monster from his mind and didn't ponder it further, afraid the blue-furred monster might suddenly mutate into a red-furred one.
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's talent was beyond doubt. The fact that they came to apply for Shrek Academy was proof. The City Lord of Heaven, Dou City, probably also knew the two girls were certain to get into Shrek Academy.
The reason was simple: not only did they have a Body Sect martial soul and decent innate spirit power, but their biggest trump card was their possession of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
"What are your martial souls?"
Su Ming put on an act, asking the sisters for basic information.
"Hair."
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo spoke in unison.
"Both are hair?" Su Ming said with surprise. "You're twins; you wouldn't also have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, would you?"
"How did you know?"
Lan Luoluo was rather simple-minded and directly asked back.
After she realized what she'd done, she stuck her tongue out at her sister.
"My guess was quite accurate."
Su Ming spoke while looking up at the sky.
The battle above had now reached a white-hot stage.
Du Busi's dark green spirit power and Mu En's white-gold spirit power divided the sky in two, with Mu En's spirit power occupying a full seventy-five percent of the area.
It was clear that Du Busi was at a disadvantage.
However, amplified by his Golden Grade Second Awakening, he had ultimately managed to hold his own against Mu En for a considerable time.
"Du Busi, stand down."
Mu En was the first to become unable to bear it; he stopped attacking.
"Hmph, if your Shrek doesn't give me an explanation today, don't expect me to withdraw."
"Du Busi, don't push me."
"Mu En, don't you push me!"
Du Busi's poison skills erupted. His spirit power instantly surged, giving off an uncontrollable, heart-palpitating feeling.
Mu En's expression changed drastically.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed!"
Using self-destruction to threaten me?
Mu En's face was grim.
He actually had to acknowledge it.
This was Shrek City. He couldn't stand by and watch Du Busi take him down together in death while also destroying Shrek Academy.
"Hand over Huo Yuhao, hand over Bei Bei, hand over Tang Ya!" Du Busi said coldly.
Mu En had been prepared to concede, but when Du Busi listed three names, he directly refused.
"What did Bei Bei and Tang Ya do to you?"
"It seems their status is unusual. No wonder they had the guts to snatch someone from my Body Sect?"
Mu En remained silent.
He had guessed which Body Sect martial soul disciple had been snatched upon Du Busi's outburst, especially since he had just witnessed that youth and Wang Dong complete a Martial Soul Fusion skill early this morning, one with heaven-defying mechanics and effects.
He had indeed considered handing over Huo Yuhao to settle the matter peacefully.
If he couldn't eliminate Du Busi today and didn't settle this account, then in a couple of years, when he died, Shrek Academy would know no peace.
As for going all out to eliminate Du Busi today?
Mu En certainly had the confidence, but the cost of that confidence was too great. He would have to perish together with Du Busi in front of everyone and also expend Shrek's hidden reserves.
At this juncture, playing these two cards would inevitably plunge Shrek into prolonged chaos and decline, even with Xuan Zi, who had a cultivation as high as the ninety-eighth level.
So, after weighing the pros and cons, he wanted to settle things peacefully.
But the list Du Busi provided actually included Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
His earlier decision wavered.
Huo Yuhao had, after all, just joined Shrek; abandoning him wouldn't be too heavy a burden. But Bei Bei and Tang Ya...
One was his great-grandson, his only remaining bloodline in this world, the only concern besides the academy that he couldn't set aside.
The other was also the last master of the Tang Sect. Handing Tang Ya over under the Body Sect's coercion would cause irreversible damage to Shrek's reputation.
While Mu En was struggling with this dilemma, the Golden Ancient Tree, standing for ten thousand years at the center of Sea God Lake, erupted with radiant light.
A pillar of light shot into the sky, transforming into the phantom of a colossal tree. Golden light rain fell upon Shrek Academy below, turning into rich heaven and earth vital energy.
Within the giant tree's phantom, a vague thought transmitted into Mu En's mind.
"Huo Yuhao... new glory..."
Mu En's expression changed slightly.
He had never heard that the Golden Ancient Tree possessed consciousness.
Although shocked by this, he did not doubt the tree nourished by generations of Sea God Pavilion Masters, choosing instead to believe the thought it emitted.
But the thought transmitted by the Golden Ancient Tree clearly instructed him to protect Huo Yuhao.
Du Busi's face changed dramatically.
He felt a tremendous threat from the giant tree's phantom.
So Shrek actually had such a card up its sleeve?
He looked at Mu En again, sensing intense killing intent from him.
Yes, killing intent.
Mu En had changed his mind.
With the Golden Ancient Tree actively reviving, he now truly had the confidence to kill Du Busi without allowing him to cause damage to Shrek below!
However, just as killing intent arose in his heart, the Golden Ancient Tree, which had given him this confidence, emitted another series of vague thoughts, clearly hindering him.
"Do not stimulate... breakthrough..."
Mu En's newly risen killing intent extinguished.
Was Du Busi on the verge of a breakthrough?
How unlucky!
God Realm.
Tang San operated at full capacity the God Realm Core, merging his divine sense into the Golden Ancient Tree, using its power to sweep through Shrek City.
"Why can't I find him?"
"Did he not come?"
"This Du Busi also has reason to die, but who connected him to the Body Sect's faith!"
Tang San was furious beyond measure.
He wanted to kill Du Busi even more than Mu En did because he knew Mu En wouldn't live much longer. If Du Busi didn't die, Shrek would be very passive in the future.
But Du Busi's body actually contained a mass of condensed faith, and that faith was intimately connected to the Body Sect.
"Damn it!" (Cursing his own martial soul?)
"Achoo!"
Su Ming sneezed.
"Which little darling is thinking about me?"
He looked up at the sky. Although he couldn't hear the conversation between Du Busi and Mu En, he knew they had now entered the negotiation stage.
The two peak forces on the continent wouldn't recklessly fight to the point of losing top-tier combat power; it would inevitably end in negotiations.
The phantom of the Golden Ancient Tree had caught him somewhat off guard, but he still had some confidence in Du Busi.
Why did he hold the mindset that Du Busi might be stimulated to break through during this great battle?
In the original story, Du Busi, after cultivating for at least ten more years, still failed to break through even during a life-and-death crisis in the Sun Moon Imperial Capital, only managing to raise his state to the Limit level by self-destructing. What made it possible for him to break through now?
The answer naturally lay in the set of Spirit Refined metal he had crafted for Du Busi.
Spirit Refined metal didn't provide enough amplification to be useful to Du Busi, but the gift Su Ming had forged for him under the pretense of filial piety was still treasured and fused into his body.
Of course, it wasn't just Spirit Refined metal, but Spirit Alloy forged through Fusion Forging, reaching the Thousand Refined One Peak level, which could merge into a spirit master's body.
The most precious material in this set of Spirit Alloy was the faith accumulated by the Body Sect over ten thousand years.
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