Within the Divine Realm, after hearing that declaration from Pluto Douluo Halosa, Tang San couldn't help but smile.
"This act has the style of my younger days."
There was a hint of approval in Tang San's tone. He nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction flashed within his blue eyes.
"This act is one of justice. Evil Soul Masters have wreaked havoc on the continent for too long, and someone should have stood up to purge them long ago. What this Shrek Academy has done unexpectedly carries a rare aura of righteousness."
Dai Mubai, standing to the side, smiled and chimed in upon hearing this.
"Indeed. I didn't expect this Shrek Academy to have such thoughts; it's as purely kind as Xiao San."
Oscar also nodded along from the side.
"Precisely. Things like Evil Soul Masters should have been thoroughly liquidated long ago. Back when we were in the Douluo Continent, where were there so many Evil Soul Masters running amok? Ten thousand years have passed; someone really ought to manage this."
Xiao Wu likewise nodded. She snuggled close to Tang San's side with a sweet smile on her face. After all, her Third Brother was always right; whatever Third Brother felt was good was naturally good.
For a time, voices of agreement rose one after another within the great hall of the Divine Realm. The gods nodded successively, expressing their approval of the actions taken by Shrek Academy in the Sky to eradicate the Evil Soul Masters.
God of Destruction sat to the side without speaking.
He quietly watched this scene, his purple eyes devoid of any ripples. His gaze merely lingered on Tang San's face for a moment before moving away nonchalantly.
God of Destruction was well aware of Tang San's petty thoughts. Within the Divine Realm, probably no one understood Tang San's petty thoughts better than he did. What could that silly rabbit Xiao Wu possibly understand?
From the very beginning when that Shrek Academy appeared, Tang San's attitude had not been like this.
Back then, he had directly labeled the existence of that Shrek Academy as non-compliant, and was even anxious to disassociate himself from it, simply out of fear that being associated with this Shrek Academy would lead others to think that he, Tang San, did not abide by the rules of the Divine Realm.
But what about later? Once Tang San learned that Tang Wulin carried the Bloodline of him and Xiao Wu, his expression changed instantly.
It went from depreciation to solicitation, from dissatisfaction to covetousness.
This round of agreement verbally expressed praise for the academy's action of exterminating Evil Soul Masters, but in reality, it was secretly drawing himself closer to that academy.
God of Destruction cursed silently in his heart; Tang San was truly quite shameless.
As for the previous criticisms towards that Shrek Academy, God of Destruction could also hear Tang San's petty thoughts—which meant that if he, Tang San, were to do this thing, it could definitely be done even better, and under his leadership, this Shrek Academy could head towards a better ending.
This hypocritical appearance made God of Destruction quite dissatisfied.
Especially since what Tang San bore on his shoulders was the Asura God Position, making him one of the law enforcement gods of the Divine Realm.
This should have been a fair and unyielding, iron-fisted God Position, but this fellow Tang San had never truly abided by the rules of the Divine Realm.
Only when the rules were favorable to him would he bring them up to make a point. When the rules were unfavorable, he would make all sorts of excuses, shift blame, and explain away things, always finding various reasons to absolve himself completely.
What made God of Destruction even more helpless was that, for some reason, the gods basically all stood on Tang San's side.
The Shrek Seven Devils supported Tang San, and God of Destruction had no objections. After all, they had gone through numerous hardships together from the Lower Realm and ascended together with Tang San; with that bond laid out there, it was only natural for them to support Tang San.
But what about everyone else?
Those divinities who had no deep friendship with Tang San, those divinities who should have remained neutral, also seemed to have lost their wits in front of Tang San.
No matter what Tang San said, they would nod along; no matter what Tang San did, they would chime in.
Even God of Destruction's own wife, the Goddess of Life, would occasionally stand on Tang San's side and speak a few good words for him, leaving him quite helpless.
God of Destruction's gaze fell back onto the light screen.
This newly appeared Shrek Academy possessed power far exceeding the Douluo Continent and means that even the Divine Realm could not completely analyze. What kind of changes would it bring to the Divine Realm?
At least, he hoped it wouldn't get involved with Tang San; otherwise... the trouble would be huge, and there was no telling if the Divine Realm would truly become a place ruled by Tang San's word alone.
After a long time, perhaps all the Divinity positions in the Divine Realm would belong to the Tang Clan.
In the Lower Realm, the declaration made by Holy Spirit Execution Department head Halosa had also reached the ears of Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi was currently walking through a barren mountain wilderness. Upon hearing these words, he trembled all over with anger.
What kind of rule was this?
Making such a rule precisely when his Taotie Divine Ox Spirit awakened its true devouring talent? How was this not targeting him?
Xuan Zi's heart churned with full fury and unwillingness.
He considered himself different from those Evil Soul Masters; he was not the kind of person who would Cultivate by slaughtering Mortals. He, Xuan Zi, was at least a veteran powerhouse of Shrek Academy, the Gluttonous Douluo.
Even though he had already entertained such thoughts now, he hadn't actually carried them out in the end. And this declaration directly cut off Xuan Zi's subsequent actions.
He didn't want to die yet, nor did he ever consider himself an Evil Soul Master.
Of course, even if Xuan Zi didn't acknowledge himself as an Evil Soul Master, he knew clearly that that Shrek Academy in the Sky would definitely not let him off easily.
From the very beginning when he saw this Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi knew clearly that he had an irreconcilable feud with it.
Xuan Zi's expression at this moment was quite ferocious, thinking to himself that he must become strong as quickly as possible. No matter what means he used, no matter what price he paid, he had to stand back among the ranks of powerhouses.
However, Xuan Zi still retained a shred of rationality; he knew he couldn't start by taking civilians as targets.
Halosa's words were very clear: the locations of all Evil Soul Masters had been remembered. If he were targeted by them after killing civilians, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Start with Evil Soul Masters first—Xuan Zi made up his mind.
Those Evil Soul Masters deserved to die in the first place, and it was entirely reasonable for him to kill them. Moreover, if that academy held him accountable in the future, he could directly shift the blame, saying that everything was the fault of those Evil Soul Masters, that those Evil Soul Masters had interfered with his cognition, and that he had only done wrong because he was temporarily bewitched.
Just like when Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire erupted at Sea God Lake back then, killing innocent students, Xuan Zi intended to find a scapegoat Evil Soul Master and then absolve himself.
Furthermore, besides, he had contributed to the Douluo Continent; why couldn't there be some exceptions made for him?
Xuan Zi continued to shuttle through the surrounding dense forest, intending to recover his strength as quickly as possible before those Evil Soul Masters died out. Right at this moment, Xuan Zi suddenly fell into a passage.
Xuan Zi couldn't help but be stunned, because the aura of this passage was quite familiar to him. Wasn't this the aura of the Abyssal Passage opened within Shrek Academy that day?
And right at this time, Xuan Zi's figure continued to descend. Xuan Zi wanted to fly up, but found he couldn't do it. Where was he going?
Xuan Zi's pupils abruptly shrank.
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