Chapter 121: "Shine My Shoes", Huo Yuhao's Thoughts
Du Busi looked at Xuan Zi, sizing him up from head to toe, and then he laughed—laughed until he was doubled over.
"Hahahahahaha!" His laughter echoed between heaven and earth, incredibly piercing. "You've actually fallen to Rank 96?!"
Du Busi pointed at Xuan Zi, laughing so hard that tears almost came out. "Xuan Zi, oh Xuan Zi, if I were you and had fallen to such a state, I'd have no face to see anyone and would have just killed myself!"
He paused, his laughter becoming even more arrogant. "Tsk tsk tsk, your skin really is thick enough..."
Xuan Zi's face turned beet red, his fists clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white.
Once Du Busi had laughed his fill, he suddenly extended his right foot; on that foot, he wore a polished leather shoe.
He looked at Xuan Zi provocatively and said, word by word,
"Come, shine my shoes."
"If the shine satisfies me, I'll be merciful today and go easy on you later. Otherwise..."
Du Busi's gaze suddenly became extremely fierce. "I wouldn't mind sinking your Shrek Academy!"
"Du Busi, you dare?!"
Xuan Zi and Elder Song shouted in unison, yet neither made a move, not even stepping forward a single centimeter.
If Xuan Zi hadn't fallen in rank, they wouldn't be standing here wasting words; they would have started fighting long ago to let their strength do the talking.
In any case, if a real fight broke out, it was usually a fifty-fifty split where neither could truly overcome the other.
But now, Xuan Zi had fallen to Rank 96. In the academy, excluding Mu En, the strongest was Elder Song at Rank 97.
Once the battle started, Du Busi could take on both Xuan Zi and Elder Song alone, and in his spare time, he could even kick Yan Shaozhe to death.
Du Busi was counting on exactly this, which was why he was so fearless.
"Come on, make a move! You don't dare? If you don't dare, then get lost and go play in the mud!" Du Busi sneered.
"Enough nonsense! I'll give you two choices. One, you stand there and hand over my Body Sect disciple yourselves! Two, I'll give you a beating, and then you'll kneel and hand the disciple over to us!"
"You're delusional!"
"It seems you'd rather do this the hard way?!" Du Busi roared. An overbearing aura suddenly erupted, and a brilliant eerie green light propped up a section of the sky above the Body Sect members.
Then his seventh Soul Ring lit up, and his body instantly expanded more than tenfold. His entire frame bulged, transforming into dark green muscles that looked like granite.
Seventh Soul skills, Martial Soul True Body!
"Since you'd rather do this the hard way..."
With a roar, Du Busi's massive frame carried a heaven-shaking momentum as he lunged fiercely toward Xuan Zi and Elder Song!
"...then I'll beat you until you're kneeling to hand him over!"
The battle was triggered at once!
Earth-yellow light surged around Xuan Zi, and the Soul Rings beneath his feet pulsed frantically as the Taotie Divine Bull Martial Soul instantly possessed him! He let out a furious roar, charging forward instead of retreating to meet Du Busi head-on!
Elder Song acted simultaneously, her azure Soul Power sweeping out like a silk ribbon, transforming into countless sharp green shadows that attacked Du Busi from the flank!
Three great Super Douluo collided violently in the sky outside Shrek City!
BOOM—!!!
A massive explosion shook the entire Shrek City!
A violent shockwave of Soul Power spread in all directions like a tsunami, sweeping the dark clouds from the sky! Below, the roofs of countless buildings were torn off, and trees were uprooted!
Du Busi fought one against two, yet he didn't fall behind in the slightest! Instead, he was suppressing both Xuan Zi and Elder Song.
As his dark green giant palm slammed down, Xuan Zi's earth-yellow light shield shattered upon impact, and he was knocked back hundreds of meters! His other giant palm swept across, snapping Elder Song's azure ribbons inch by inch; she let out a muffled groan, her figure retreating violently!
"Hahaha! Exhilarating!"
Du Busi laughed wildly, the eerie green light around him growing stronger and stronger! His massive body galloped across the sky, every strike carrying world-destroying power!
Xuan Zi had blood at the corner of his mouth, yet he fought on without retreating! The phantom of the Taotie Divine Bull roared behind him as he frantically burned his Soul Power, charging forward again and again!
Elder Song likewise exerted her full strength, her azure Soul Power transforming into countless sword shadows that poured toward Du Busi, blotting out the sky!
But Du Busi was simply too strong!
A Rank 98 Super Douluo in the state of Martial Soul True Body could completely crush two opponents at Rank 96 and 97!
He grew bolder as he fought, beating Xuan Zi and Elder Song back step by step!
Meanwhile, the other battlefields in the sky also erupted completely!
The eleven Titled Douluo and twenty to thirty Soul Douluo of the Body Sect all moved at once! Shrek's experts also fought back desperately!
For a time, the entire sky was illuminated by various colors of Soul Power light!
Soul Rings flashed, Martial Soul Abilities boomed, and blood splattered!
The tragic melee officially began above this ten-thousand-year-old academy!
In the Outer Court, inside the teaching building, all students had already been protected in their classrooms by their teachers, staring in horror through the windows at the earth-shattering battle in the sky.
Huo Yuhao leaned against the window, his eyes fixed on that massive dark green figure in the sky.
Du Busi, the Sect Master of the Body Sect and a Rank 98 Super Douluo, was attacking Shrek Academy for the sake of one person...
Du Busi, the Sect Master of the Body Sect and a Rank 98 Super Douluo, was attacking Shrek Academy for the sake of one person...
Huo Yuhao's hands were trembling—not from fear, but from excitement.
The Body Sect would actually go to such lengths for a Body Martial Soul possessor!
He had heard people say long ago that the Body Sect was as domineering as bandits, but they were beyond reproach toward Body Martial Soul possessors, treating them like family.
He had originally been skeptical; after all, how could any power be willing to give so much for a stranger? Whether it was the Duke White Tiger Estate or Shrek Academy, which one of them didn't treat people based on their value?
If you have talent, you're a lord; if not, no matter who you are, you're just a dog by the roadside.
But now he believed it. The Body Sect could even attack Shrek Academy for Lin Xuan—didn't that prove their conviction?!
Huo Yuhao's heart beat violently, and countless thoughts echoed frantically in his mind.
Lin Xuan had a Body Martial Soul, and so did he! He even had the most orthodox Eye Spirit! A Spiritual Attribute!
Although his starting point was worse than Lin Xuan's, no matter what, he also had a Body Martial Soul!
According to the Body Sect's logic, he was also a disciple of the Body Sect! He was also a member of the Body Sect family!
Huo Yuhao's breathing became increasingly rapid.
Staying at Shrek Academy now, he wasn't making any progress at all. He was looked down upon everywhere; his classmates looked down on him, his teachers didn't care about him, and there were no cultivation resources at all.
Even though he had gone to the underpopulated Soul Tool Department, he wasn't valued because of his low Soul Power rank.
In that case, I'll go to the Body Sect! If this place won't keep me, there are other places that will!
As long as I join the Body Sect and am heavily nurtured, my revenge can definitely be achieved! The Body Sect might not even refuse to help me take revenge on the Duke White Tiger!
Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's gaze became increasingly fervent.
However, just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.
"That's great! Yuhao, you're okay!"
Huo Yuhao whipped his head around to see Tang Ya and Bei Bei rushing into the classroom. Upon seeing him, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo Yuhao was suddenly stunned. He had forgotten that he wasn't just a student of Shrek Academy now; he was also Tang Ya's disciple and a member of the Tang Sect.
One could leave Shrek Academy at any time, but the Tang Sect was different. This was a Sect; once you joined, you couldn't expect to leave easily.
Moreover, Tang Ya and Bei Bei were among the few people in this world who truly cared about him.
A trace of hesitation flashed through Huo Yuhao's heart, but Bei Bei's next words made him completely set his mind.
Bei Bei walked to the window, looked at the battle in the sky, and sighed,
"I knew the Body Sect would pull something like this. After all, with the talent Lin Xuan has shown, if I were the Body Sect Master, I'd come to snatch him too."
Huo Yuhao's body suddenly stiffened. His hands clenched tightly, his nails digging into his palms until blood flowed, yet he was completely oblivious.
An indescribable emotion surged in his heart—not anger, not sadness, but a thick sense of jealousy.
Why? Why could Lin Xuan get so much? Why was the Body Sect willing to attack Shrek for him? Why was everyone talking about him and focusing on him?
While I can only be a nobody who suffers the cold stares of others?!
Huo Yuhao lowered his head, looking at his hands which had turned white from the force of his grip.
I'm not worse than him! I also have a Body Martial Soul! The only reason I'm like this is... is because I haven't had the chance!
He suddenly looked up, a flash of determination in his eyes.
No! I'm not deserting! I'm just... just using the Body Sect's resources to grow! Once I become strong, I'll still be a disciple of the Tang Sect!
Yes! My heart has never changed!
All of this is just... a plan!
...
Just as the Body Sect and Shrek Academy were fighting intensely and the melee in the sky had reached a fever pitch, an old and peaceful voice suddenly drifted out from the depths of Sea God Island.
"Enough."
The voice wasn't loud; one could even say it was very soft, as soft as an ordinary old man's casual sigh in a courtyard during the afternoon.
But it was this soft sound that seemed like an invisible giant hand pressing the pause button on the entire battlefield.
Everyone in the heat of battle, whether from the Body Sect or Shrek, simultaneously felt an irresistible force separating them from their opponents.
In the next instant, a soft golden glow quietly emerged from the depths of Sea God Island.
The glow was as pure as the rising sun yet as gentle as a mother's embrace. It was filled with an extremely dense aura of light—warm, tranquil, as if it could soothe all the pain in the world.
Then, this light rapidly spread outward. Like a golden torrent, it swept in all directions with Sea God Island as the center!
Ultimately, it encompassed the entire Shrek City!
A massive golden barrier, like an inverted giant bowl, firmly protected this ten-thousand-year-old academy.
The attacks launched by the Body Sect experts, whether Martial Soul Abilities or spirit tools, could only cause faint ripples upon hitting the barrier, disappearing without a sound like stones sinking into the ocean.
Du Busi's pupils shrank, the arrogance on his face instantly freezing. He stared fixedly at the source of the Seagod's Light, looking at that ancient pavilion, the shock and doubt on his face growing stronger.
"This is... the Seagod's Light?"
His voice suddenly softened, even carrying a hint of hesitation. "You... you are the Dragon God? You're actually still alive?"
Mu En's voice rang out again, but this time, his tone was less gentle and more cold.
"If you think I'm dead, you're welcome to come in and see. The doors to the Sea God Pavilion are open right now."
Du Busi's cold sweat broke out instantly, and he hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no, no, I didn't mean that..."
He quickly denied it, his arrogance long since vanished without a trace, replaced only by deep wariness.
"Lin Xuan has not yet graduated from the Inner Court, so he is still a student of my Shrek Academy," Mu En's voice sounded again. "If he is unwilling, then no one can take him away."
"As for matters after graduation, those can only be discussed in the future; they aren't something you can decide by fighting to the death now."
He paused and continued, "As for today's events, if you stop here and retreat, I will not hold it against you. But if you persist in your folly, or dare to try this a second time..."
In that aged voice, a trace of chilling intent suddenly appeared.
"I wouldn't mind dragging these old bones along to sink your Body Sect."
Du Busi fell silent. He did not doubt the sincerity of Mu En's words. He was younger than Mu En and was already nearing his limit, and Mu En must have been left with some hidden injuries after fighting his brother back then.
Mu En could die suddenly at any time. At this juncture, Mu En was essentially no different from a one-time weapon of mass destruction.
Whoever provoked him would have to face a Rank 99 Limit Douluo who was ready to give his all in a fight to the death.
Even the Sun Moon Empire could not afford that price.
Du Busi took a deep breath. He waved his hand to signal his subordinates to gather, and then he bowed solemnly toward the Sea God Pavilion.
"Since the Dragon God has spoken today, my Body Sect will naturally give you this face and retreat."
He straightened up, his gaze still fixed on that ancient pavilion.
"However, Lin Xuan possesses a Body Martial Soul, which makes him a member of my Body Sect; everyone in the world knows this. While he is at Shrek Academy, I won't touch him, but if he leaves Shrek, then we'll see who has the greater skill."
He paused and said word by word, "At the same time, I hope your academy understands that you are ultimately just an academy, a neutral power. You have no right to interfere with a student's freedom, much less the right to meddle in the affairs of other powers."
With that, dark green light suddenly surged from Du Busi's body, burning a hole through the gold of the Seagod's Light as his voice carried far and wide.
"Body Sect, withdraw!"
As his words fell, those dozens of figures turned simultaneously, transforming into streaks of light and disappearing into the distant horizon.
Seeing that Du Busi had completely disappeared from sight, Xuan Zi and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Mu En hadn't stepped in, even if they didn't die today, they would have certainly lost something.
However, the Seagod's Light did not dissipate; instead, it suddenly expanded outward again, enveloping a certain spot thousands of meters in the air.
At the same time, Mu En's voice rang out once more.
"Since you've come, why not show yourself? Hiding and skulking about—must I personally invite you out?"
Hearing this, Xuan Zi and the others, who had already relaxed their guard, were shocked once again. They hadn't expected that after fighting the Body Sect like that, someone else was still hiding nearby?
Immediately following that, they were infuriated. Damn it, what do these people take Shrek Academy for? A place where you can come and go as you please? A public toilet?!
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