Chapter 143 Shrek’s Sorrow

Xingluo City, Xingluo Palace.

Four Titled Douluo-level priests protected the Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei behind them, looking at the Taotie Douluo who suddenly appeared here with surprise and doubt.

"I wonder why Your Majesty Taotie Douluo chose to visit at this time?"

Emperor Xingluo asked in great confusion, as if he was extremely surprised why Xuanzi came to him at this time.

Xuanzi noticed the strange expressions on their faces: "I came here to discuss something important. What's wrong with that? Why do you all look like you've seen a ghost?"

On this trip, Xuan Zi originally wanted to inform the Emperor of the Xing Luo Empire of the results of his discussion with Du Bu Si.

After all, the Tianhun Empire was quite a distance away from the Xingluo Empire, and even at his speed it took him half a day to get there.

Seeing that Xuan Zi seemed to be unaware of the situation, Emperor Xingluo pondered for a moment.

Then he said tentatively: “We originally thought that with such a big thing happening in Shrek City.”

"Taotie Douluo, you should be in the city, so you feel strange. Do you need any help from the Xingluo Empire?"

Xuan Zi became more and more confused the more he listened: "Xu family kid, please explain clearly, what big thing, what assistance, how come I don't know what you are talking about?"

Seeing that Xuanzi seemed to really not know the truth, Emperor Xingluo no longer concealed it.

"It was said that a group of evil soul masters attacked Shrek City under the cover of darkness last night."

"At that time, the entire Shrek City was in turmoil and chaos, even though Shrek Academy was there."

"It is even said that the night sky at that time was illuminated by the means left by His Majesty the Dragon God Douluo, which was used to repel the evil soul master."

"But most of Shrek City was also destroyed, which is a heavy loss."

"However, the exact amount of losses is probably only known to Shrek's internal personnel, and this is the news I just received an hour ago."

Having said this, Emperor Xingluo paused.

This news was certainly not obtained through ordinary channels, but was leaked by spies from the Xing Luo Empire royal family lurking in Shrek City.

However, although he is a spy, in fact, this is also the tacit understanding that has always existed between the major empires and Shrek Academy. It is not a problem to reveal his information at this time.

However, Xuan Zi at this moment seemed to be stunned on the spot. The terrifying soul power accompanied by the low air pressure made several titled priests present feel terrified.

Before Emperor Xingluo could add anything, a sound of breaking air suddenly rose in the hall, and Xuanzi's figure had disappeared without a trace.

At this moment Xuan Zi was full of regret.

He regretted why he was greedy for that little bit of vanity and why he did not complete his mission but stayed in Tiandou City.

He regretted why he was greedy for food and drink, and why he wasted precious time hanging out in restaurants.

He was regretting why he got drunk and angry and fought with the Golden Body Douluo regardless of the consequences.

Regret, regret, regret, it's too late to regret. Is there any medicine for regret in the world?

The big mistake had already been made, and now he had no choice but to return to Shrek City as quickly as possible to try to remedy the situation.

However, when Xuanzi arrived at Shrek City, this city, once the largest city in Douluo Continent, was now in ruins.

The other three city walls were still barely intact, but the east gate, which was closest to the Shrek Academy headquarters, had been completely destroyed.

The streets and buildings are also full of remnants of the evil soul masters' wreaking havoc. The evil dark aura lingers for a long time, and the resentment of the dead souls still remains in the streets and alleys of Shrek City.

When Xuanzi's figure appeared above Shrek City, Old Lin, who was maintaining order and doing post-disaster work in the city, also saw him.

Then he dodged and slapped Xuanzi in the face.

Without dodging or evading, Xuan Zi took the palm strike calmly. Compared to the extremely angry Old Lin, Xuan Zi just lowered his head and said nothing at this time.

The story begins after Xuanzi left.

After Xuanzi left Shrek Academy, it only took him half a day to reach Tiandou City.

Two more days of eating and drinking followed, plus a battle with Jin Peng, negotiations with Du Bu Si, and finally a rush to Xing Luo City and a return to Shrek City.

It is now the fourth day since Xuanzi left Shrek Academy.

Logically speaking, he should have completed the negotiation with Du Bu Si the next day and then rushed back to Shrek Academy.

After discussing with the elders of Poseidon Pavilion, the next plan will be made.

It was only because of his greed for wine and arrogance that the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Church were given sufficient time to prepare.

The day after Xuan Zi left, the members of the Holy Spirit Church crossed most of the Douluo Continent and arrived at the suburbs near Shrek City.

Looking at the several Titled Evil Soul Masters beside him, Zhongli Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light: "If a few of us attack directly, we will be too big a target."

"Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder, Eighth Elder, go and muddy the waters of Shrek City first and create opportunities."

"Yes, Master." Several elders who were called responded quickly.

The fifth elder is the Ten Thousand Souls Douluo, and his martial soul is the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

It has the same name as a soul guide commonly used by followers of the Holy Spirit Church. In fact, those soul guides are all imitated from the martial soul of this Ten Thousand Souls Douluo.

He is good at controlling a large number of vengeful spirits to entangle the enemy in battle. However, in addition to his role on the front battlefield, the fifth elder has also done a lot of research on the control of vengeful spirits.

The Sixth Elder hates Douluo, and Wuhun hates him.

In addition to its own offensive combat methods, it is also good at spreading highly infectious and lethal plagues.

However, since the spread of the plague would cause too much noise, it is not suitable to take direct action, but rather to serve as an auxiliary support.

The eighth elder is the Nightmare Douluo, whose martial soul is the Nightmare Demon.

He is good at mental power, and unlike Wanhun Douluo, he is better at controlling the mental power of living people.

Therefore, he was the leader of this operation, and the other two elders were the assistants. They kidnapped passers-by outside Shrek City and let Sleepy Nightmare control them with his mental power to make them carry soul guide bombs.

Then they buried evil spirits and plagues into their bodies, turning them into human bombs.

After another day of action, the Holy Spirit Church and others completed the initial preparations.

Although in order to avoid being noticed by the titled strongmen guarding the city of Shrek Academy, the efficiency of the operation was greatly delayed.

However, after these human bombs carrying vengeful spirits and plague were spread throughout Shrek City, the Holy Spirit Church's actions officially began!

That very night, when Xuan Zi was fighting fiercely with Jin Peng, horrific explosions occurred in various places in Shrek City.

Along with the explosion, in addition to the damage caused by the detonation of the soul-guided bomb, a large number of vengeful spirits and green plague gas broke out in Shrek City.

In a flash, it affected two-thirds of Shrek City, and such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of the strong men stationed in Shrek City at the first time.

"Third Elder, Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder, Seventh Elder, Eighth Elder, Sixth Elder, you must hold back the powerful Shrek warriors who are coming to help."

For this plan, the strong men of the Holy Spirit Church have come out in full force, although not all the believers have been mobilized yet.

However, most of the senior members of the Holy Spirit Church who were able to spare some time also gathered here.

Then Zhongli Wu smiled grimly: "And this leader and the deputy leader will go to welcome back the Fire Phoenix Saint of our Holy Church."

"Yes, I obey."

Several elders revealed their martial spirits and auras, then climbed up the east wall of Shrek City and began to wreak havoc, in order to attract the attention of the Shrek warriors who came to help.

While several elders were showing off their methods, Zhongli Wu, along with Deputy Leader Feng Ling, also followed Zhongli Wu and entered Shrek City through an unnoticed gap in the city wall.

Based on the intelligence they had gathered previously, they avoided the Shrek warriors along the way and sneaked towards the direction of Shrek Academy.

Under the cover of night and several elders, the Shrek elders who were trying to protect Shrek City also became confused for a while.

After all, the leader of Poseidon Pavilion is not here and the group is leaderless, and the attack on Shrek City this time is so severe.

Therefore, except for a few deans who remained in Shrek Academy to prevent any accidents, all the other elders who were still able to move left Shrek Academy to besiege the elders of the Holy Spirit Church.

After alarming Shrek Academy this time, there were so many powerful people who appeared. Even though the evil soul masters had much stronger combat power than ordinary soul masters, they were fighting and retreating at this time.

Fortunately, with the advantage of the venue, the Shrek warriors were restricted in the battle, and for a while they were unable to defeat the titled warriors among these evil soul masters.

An old man said angrily: "Hateful, hateful, where did these evil soul masters come from? Damn it, hasn't Xuanzi come back yet?"

Although there are no top-notch Super Douluo among these evil soul masters, they are enough to compete with the powerful Shrek who are restrained.

If they are to be taken down in a short period of time and the damage to Shrek City be minimized, it would require the intervention of a powerful individual who is strong enough to crush them.

However, the strongest Shrek warrior present now is the level 97 Old Song. As a Super Douluo of the Agility Attack Department, although he has an extraordinary speed, his combat power is not strong enough.

After being held back by the third elder, Nether Thunder Douluo, the fourth elder, Phantom Douluo, and the sixth elder, Scorpion Tiger Douluo, who was a level 96 Super Douluo, the other elders of Shrek had no means to make the final decision.

The tempo of the battle was gradually dragged into a tug-of-war. Although due to the difference in strength between the two sides, it was only a matter of time before the Shrek warriors defeated the other side, time waits for no one!
Under the influence of the aftermath of the battle, the rampage of evil spirits, the scourge of the plague and other factors, civilians and soul masters in Shrek City were constantly suffering casualties every moment.

At this time, in addition to the tense battlefield in the city, inside Shrek Academy, Poseidon Pavilion was also attacked!
In order to protect the students and teachers who were still in the academy, several remaining deans and inner courtyard students went to the outer courtyard to stand guard.

However, they had never expected that the evil soul master would actually attack the safest place in Shrek Academy, the Poseidon Pavilion on Poseidon Island.

And this is all due to the situation that Jing Hongchen had previously discovered.

By trading with them, the Holy Spirit Church paid some price and obtained some structural diagrams of the interior of Shrek Academy.

The most important of these is naturally the structure of the inner courtyard. After all, apart from Jing Hongchen, no one else knows anything about the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy.

The last invasion by the Holy Spirit Church certainly served as a warning to some extent, but the cunning Zhongli Wu saw that the situation was hopeless and did not use his full strength.

Instead, Shrek relaxed its vigilance a lot. After all, after the last direct attack, Shrek Academy only suffered minor losses and repelled the Holy Spirit Church.

In their opinion, the evil soul master was nothing special, but they didn't know that this time the Holy Spirit Church actually used a shady trick and hit the weak spot of Shrek Academy.

A huge phantom of the evil eye appeared on Poseidon Island, along with a silver spiritual light beam that pierced the sky and the earth. The phantom of the golden ancient tree where Poseidon Pavilion was located was broken into a crack.

At this time, a huge and dark flame rose and burned from the roots of the ancient golden tree. Under internal and external troubles, the ancient golden tree barely stimulated a huge force of light to fight back.

Even Moon's remaining obsession was awakened at this time.

Moon's remaining soul sensed the devastated Shrek City at this moment, and sighed long and hard as he watched the spiritual power and dark fire that were constantly attacking the defenses of the ancient golden tree.

The huge power of light did not explode, but left a gap, letting Ma Xiaotao go. Stimulated by Feng Ling's evil phoenix aura, the dark fire in her body ignited her and she went berserk.

"The Fire Phoenix Saint is in our hands, let's retreat!" Zhongli Wu directly captured Ma Xiaotao and hurriedly evacuated from here with Feng Ling.

However, Moon did not pursue or severely injure these evil soul masters, although relying on the power accumulated by the ancient golden tree, it was more than enough to destroy these evil soul masters.

However, he only used a small part of his strength to drive away these evil soul masters, and then used part of the power of the ancient golden tree to purify the plague and evil spirits in Shrek City.

With the help of the ancient golden tree, Moon's will looked far away in the direction of the Star Forest.

In the darkness of the Star Dou Great Forest, with a cold snort, the owner of the huge golden eyes turned and retreated to the most dangerous place deeper in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Because he was afraid of the Beast God Di Tian, ​​even though Shrek City was severely damaged this time, Moon still did not dare to use the power of the ancient golden tree easily.

After all, the heritage of the ancient golden tree can be said to be the last deterrent force of Shrek Academy, and it must not be used at will unless it is absolutely necessary.

It was precisely because of this that Di Tian felt a little disappointed. After all, the reason why he cooperated with the Holy Spirit Church and the Sun and Moon Empire was because of this.

The biggest reason is to effortlessly consume the resources of Shrek City, make it expose its own cards, and test whether Shrek Academy is really connected with the God Realm.

However, although the Holy Spirit Church achieved good results this time, it did not meet Di Tian’s own expectations.

“Look, look, look!” Elder Lin grabbed Xuanzi’s collar and shouted angrily, “It’s smashed, smashed, everything is smashed!”

"Everything that I, Shrek, have accumulated over thousands of years, was destroyed in your hands! I want to see how you, Xuanzi, can face Mu Lao again!"

(End of this chapter)