Chapter 177: The Great Battle Begins, Feng Ling's Past
"Not good, we're under attack!"
The alarm in Shrek Academy suddenly rang out, its sharp sound piercing the night sky.
The students who were cultivating were startled awake, and in a panic, they fled the explosion zone.
The teachers quickly organized the students to evacuate. Although the scene was chaotic, the years of training still allowed for a certain degree of order.
"Huh?"
Elder Xuan suddenly awoke from his deep cultivation, a powerful energy fluctuation causing his heart to tighten.
He rushed out of the cultivation room and saw that top Title Douluo experts like Elder Song, Elder Zhuang, Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, and Qian Duoduo from the Sea God Pavilion were already floating above the academy. Each of their faces was extremely serious.
They looked at the surrounding explosions and felt the evil aura spreading through the air, their hearts burning with fury.
"Damn it, what is going on?"
Elder Xuan's face turned pale, his eyes bloodshot.
He not only saw the explosions inside the academy but also noticed that the entire Shrek City had fallen into a sea of fire, with countless civilians suffering casualties in the explosions.
As the guardian of Shrek Academy, he felt an unprecedented sense of anger and self-blame.
Without hesitation, he struck out, and a vast force, like an invisible hand, trapped one of the evil soul masters who was causing widespread destruction.
Upon feeling the nauseating evil energy from the opponent, a murderous intent flashed in Elder Xuan's eyes. With a slight squeeze of his right hand, the evil soul master turned into a puddle of blood.
"Sure enough, it's the Spirit Hall."
Elder Xuan snorted coldly, his gaze sharp as a blade.
He suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Yan Shaozhe, asking, "Shaozhe, a few days ago, I asked Le Xuan to notify you to strengthen the academy's defenses. How could evil soul masters cause such chaos?"
"How did these soul guide bombs get planted around?"
This was a flaw that Shrek Academy hadn't seen in a thousand years. Elder Xuan's voice was filled with disappointment and anger.
Yan Shaozhe's face turned pale, cold sweat beading on his forehead. He stammered, "It's impossible, Elder Xuan. After listening to Le Xuan's advice, we indeed strengthened the defense in the past few days. We not only increased the number of patrols but also had several soul douluo experts regularly patrol around the academy. We shouldn't have missed anything unusual."
He really couldn't understand how the academy's defenses could have been so easily breached by evil soul masters.
"This is not the time to assign blame."
Elder Zhuang interrupted in a low voice, his tone filled with exhaustion but more so with determination.
"The most urgent task is to solve the problem, eliminate the evil soul masters, and protect the citizens of the city."
As soon as he finished speaking, he released his vast life force and flew toward the injured civilians, starting to use his healing soul skill.
"That's right. Solve the crisis first, and the responsibility can be discussed later."
Xian Lin'er said solemnly. Her martial soul immediately manifested, and with a flash of her figure, she charged toward the nearest group of evil soul masters.
At this point, Yan Shaozhe and Elder Xuan were still unaware that the soul guide bombs had been personally planted by the Title Douluo from the Spirit Hall.
Those Title Douluo were extremely powerful and skilled in concealment, and even soul douluo-level experts couldn't detect them.
They had carefully planned this attack, with every detail being repeatedly considered.
"Forget it, let's deal with the evil soul masters first."
Elder Xuan sighed softly, feeling helpless inside.
What he hated most was Spirit Hall's arrogance and overbearing nature.
He took a deep breath and released his powerful spiritual power, sweeping over the entire Shrek City like a radar.
Soon, he locked onto the source of an energy fluctuation. It was a Title Douluo from Spirit Hall, who was commanding the evil soul masters to launch their attack.
Elder Xuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he turned into a streak of light and pursued. He was determined to leave all the evil soul masters in Shrek City today.
To avenge the innocent civilians and the damaged academy.
...
On the eastern side, the evil soul master elder, seeing Shrek City in chaos, revealed a sinister smile.
He thought victory was within his grasp and was preparing to further expand the results when he suddenly felt a powerful killing intent locking onto him.
"This is bad!"
The force was vast and boundless, filled with the aura of justice, making him instinctively feel fear.
He was greatly alarmed. This power could only belong to the Sect Leader. Could it be that Shrek Academy had an extreme Limit Douluo intervene?
His face turned ashen, and without a second thought, he turned to flee, shouting loudly, "Vice Head, save me! An extreme Limit Douluo is chasing me!"
His voice was filled with fear and despair, as if he had already seen the scythe of death coming for him.
Feng Ling, who was directing the overall operation, suddenly received a distress signal from her subordinates. Her heart tightened as she immediately sensed the change.
Without any hesitation, she quickly rushed toward the elder's direction.
She had the Martial Soul Replication Mirror, a magical soul tool that could copy others' martial souls and powers.
Even when facing an extreme Limit Douluo, she was unafraid.
Moreover, she already knew that Mu En from Shrek Academy was in seclusion, so there should only be one extreme Limit Douluo in the academy at the moment.
With her Martial Soul Replication Mirror in hand, she was completely confident she could retreat unscathed.
Elder Xuan, like a cheetah, chased after the fleeing Spirit Hall elder. His speed was incredibly fast, leaving a faint trail of light behind him.
"Whoosh!"
Just as he was about to catch up with the elder, a powerful attack suddenly struck from the side, carrying a thick aura of evil.
Elder Xuan snorted and, without evading, waved his right hand. A jet-black soul power whip swept out and collided with the attack.
There was a loud "Boom!"
The energy shockwave spread out, and the surrounding buildings were instantly reduced to rubble.
As the smoke cleared, Feng Ling appeared not far behind Elder Xuan, a playful smile on her face. "Elder Xuan, long time no see!"
Her voice carried a hint of mockery, but deep in her eyes, there was a trace of caution.
After all, Elder Xuan was already a Limit Douluo, and his strength far surpassed an ordinary Title Douluo. Without the Martial Soul Replication Mirror, she wouldn't want to face him alone.
"It's you, Feng Ling?"
Elder Xuan turned around and recognized the woman in front of him. His expression grew complex as memories of the past surfaced in his mind.
Back when Yan Shaozhe broke through to the Six Rings Soul Emperor and went on a journey, he had met Feng Ling in a remote town.
At that time, Feng Ling was beautiful and captivating. The two fell in love at first sight and quickly became involved in a passionate romance.
However, Feng Ling's martial soul was the Evil Phoenix, which inherently carried immense evil, making it easy for her to fall into becoming an evil soul master.
Yan Shaozhe's pure and radiant Phoenix Martial Soul had been meant to purify the evil energy within her. However, it ended up triggering the awakening of her evil martial soul.
After three months of dating, Feng Ling's evil thoughts fully erupted. She attempted to devour Yan Shaozhe's Light Phoenix to increase her own power.
Although it pained Yan Shaozhe, he had no choice but to fight back in order to protect himself.
In the end, Feng Ling was defeated, but due to his soft heart, Yan Shaozhe let her escape, remembering their old feelings.
Elder Xuan never expected that, many years later, Feng Ling's power had reached the level of a 98th-level Title Douluo.
Indeed, the evil martial soul broke through very quickly, and as long as there was enough evil energy, her strength could rapidly improve.
(END CHAPTER)
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