manynovel Chapter 21 The Great Changes in the Stars
Chapter 21 The Great Changes in the Stars
Two and a half years later...
Starry Sky Forest, at the border between the outer area and the mixed area.
A violent roar came, and the entire Star Dou Great Forest seemed to shake violently.
In mid-air, the earthy yellow and dark red streams of light collided continuously, the mooing of a cow and the roar of another soul beast rang out at the same time, and large spatial rifts spread outward from the center of their collision.
After a final, intense clash, the two streaks of light separated, each occupying half of the sky and facing off.
The halo gradually dissipated, revealing their true forms.
The yellowish-brown one is a huge cow, and the dark red one is a dog with three heads.
Without a doubt, these two are the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder stationed at Shrek Academy, the Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi, and the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound Crimson King, the weakest beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Logically speaking, the Crimson King, ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, should be inferior to Xuanzi, a level 98 Super Douluo, in terms of cultivation. However, judging from the clash just now, the Crimson King is not much weaker than Xuanzi.
The Taotie Divine Ox, transformed from Xuanzi, stared at the Crimson King in utter disbelief: "This is impossible! You...you actually cultivated the Ultimate Fire! That shouldn't be possible...and your cultivation shouldn't be comparable to mine!"
The Crimson King's terrifying canines gleamed with a crimson-gold luster. Its three massive heads roared simultaneously. It had no obligation to answer Xuanzi's question, but instead immediately slapped a accusation on him: "Gluttonous Beast, does Shrek Academy want to start a war with my Star Dou Academy?!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanzi became enraged and roared in grief and indignation, "Your Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts killed my Shrek Academy's disciples without cause! Shouldn't you give us an explanation for this?"
The Crimson King scoffed, flames erupting from its canines: "Without cause? How laughable! What is there to say between us soul beasts and you humans? Is it only you soul masters who can kill us soul beasts, and we can't kill you?"
Just then, a beam of light, alternating between gold and red, suddenly shot up from the ground and headed straight for the Taotie Divine Ox that Xuanzi had transformed into.
Xuanzi was shocked and quickly activated his soul skill. The earthy yellow light transformed into a barrier in front of him. The moment it came into contact with the golden-red pillar of light, a shockwave containing both light and heat swept around.
This attack actually contains two extreme attributes: [Ultimate Light] and [Ultimate Fire]!
Even Xuanzi, whose cultivation level was already 98, could not completely defend against this move. He transformed into human form and fell from mid-air, crashing to the ground.
Xuanzi's old face was charred black from the beard and messy white hair. His face flushed an unnatural red, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking horrified.
It should be noted that as an earth-attribute Gluttonous Divine Ox Martial Soul, defense is its forte. Even if it was somewhat weakened in the previous battle, it is not so easy to break through!
This only proves one thing: the opponent's strength is far superior to his own, and with the addition of a Crimson King who is no less powerful than himself, it will probably be difficult for him to leave today.
At this moment, a clear and melodious female voice rang in Xuanzi's ears: "Human, now take your people and get out of the Star Dou Great Forest."
Xuanzi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although he was indignant, he was, after all, an old man over 200 years old. He naturally knew the principle that a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him and that he should admit defeat when necessary.
Moreover, we can't wait any longer with Lexuan...
"...I'll remember this grudge! I'll definitely come to the Star Dou Great Forest to learn from you again next time!" After uttering these harsh words, he didn't dare to delay and rushed towards the white-skirted woman lying on the ground not far away.
He disregarded the taboo of men and women not touching each other, and placed his dirty hand on the woman's wrist, continuously channeling his soul power into her body.
Her nearly exhausted body was replenished, and the woman struggled to open her eyes. Upon seeing Xuanzi, she was first dazed, then overwhelmed with indescribable sadness and anger, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.
"Le Xuan, Le Xuan, are you alright?"
"..."
The woman turned her head away and closed her eyes, seemingly not wanting to look at Xuanzi.
"..." Xuanzi pursed his lips in shame: "We can't stay here any longer, let's leave quickly!" Then he picked up Zhang Lexuan and transformed into a streak of light, flying towards Shrek City at top speed.
Congratulations to Elder Xuanzi for once again severely damaging Shrek Academy. Of Shrek Academy's 12 prodigies, only one survived, which can be said to have broken his own record once again.
The Crimson King bowed respectfully to the golden soul beast that had appeared beside him at some unknown time: "Auspicious Beast, are we just going to let him go like this?"
The auspicious beast glanced indifferently at Xuanzi Zhang Lexuan, who had already left, and turned to leave: "If we kill this old geezer too, that would truly be a complete break with Shrek Academy. We still need to continue accumulating strength. Don't forget that our master's situation is not stable either. Giving them a lesson is enough."
The Crimson King lowered his head even further in agreement with the auspicious beast's words: "Yes."
Four years ago, for some unknown reason, all the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest rioted. Then, the clouds above the Star Dou Great Forest turned into nine-colored gold and golden rain fell, evenly spreading to every corner of the forest.
The scale of the event was so great that almost half the continent saw it.
On that day, without exception, all the Soul Masters who entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings perished in the mouths of the Soul Beasts.
With so many people dead, the Soul Master community naturally needed to find out what had happened. Subsequently, under the leadership of Shrek Academy, a "friendly" neighbor of the Star Dou Great Forest, a special task force was formed in conjunction with the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire to enter the Star Dou Great Forest for investigation.
The investigation team members, who had just entered the edge of the area, were surprised to find that within their field of vision, there was almost no soul beast with a cultivation level of less than a thousand years! Even the most numerous and annoying wind baboons were no exception.
If even the most ordinary peripheral areas are like this, let alone the mixed areas that are more suitable for high-level soul masters to hunt souls?
A significant portion of the task force consisted of high-level Soul Masters, including many powerful individuals at the Soul Douluo and Title Douluo levels. After discussing it, the group decided to head to the mixed zone to investigate further.
Upon entering the mixed zone, the Soul Masters were met with fierce attacks from the Soul Beasts. What was even more terrifying was that almost none of the Soul Beasts in the mixed zone were under 50,000 years old, and there were even a few 100,000-year-old Soul Beasts participating in the siege!
After a fierce battle, the task force finally broke out of the Star Dou Great Forest. Although they suffered some losses, the Soul Master community received this great news.
For some unknown reason, the cultivation levels of the spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest have collectively increased dramatically! Countless high-level spirit beasts have emerged!
Then, a group of inner court disciples from Shrek Academy, led by Xuanzi, excitedly headed to the mixed zone to hunt souls.
After arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest mixed zone, Shrek Academy and his group immediately began their soul hunting. Several quasi-Soul Saint inner court disciples quickly completed their seventh soul rings, and none of them were less than 40,000 years old. This delighted their team leader, Xuanzi. Then, feeling that "the advantage is on my side," Xuanzi used his traditional skill: leaving the group of students behind to find a place to barbecue and drink, and even took a nice nap...
Therefore... Zhang Lexuan, who had already reached the level of a Soul Douluo, was fortunate enough to obtain a 8-year Soul Ring! Although it came at the cost of the lives of eight inner court disciples.
Just as they were searching for Xuanzi, the Crimson King, who had been sent to patrol the mixed zone, discovered that yet another group of Shrek Academy students had come to kill their people. Enraged, the Crimson King attacked the remaining disciples.
After the deafening noise woke him up, he discovered that of the twelve members of the Shrek Academy's inner court's Soul Hunting team, only Zhang Lexuan had survived...