Douluo: The Peerless Sun and Moon Mechanical God

Phoenixes cry and tigers roar, sword energy crisscrosses.

Before the finals, no one expected that the top students from both academies would use level-eight soul tools as their ultimate trump cards.

The Black Phoenix roared wildly, its Black Phoenix Demon Flame giving the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade wings. With the combined amplification of mechanical burning and mechanical circulation, the original silver-white elemental torrent burned into blood gold at its limit.

As the ultimate financial power entered the Sword of Judgment, the Soul Guiding Core Array rapidly activated, transforming the mixed light and dark attributes into pure and boundless sword energy of light.

Two close-combat soul tools produced by Mingdetang, bearing the unwavering will to destroy their master, lifted the metal battle platform amidst the flashing blades and tore open the crisscrossing, ferocious cracks.

"boom!"

The power of martial spirit, soul power, soul skills, and soul tools was fully explored. Two phantoms composed a frenzied symphony on the hundred-meter-diameter arena. The ultimate gold and the ultimate fire collided wildly, and the elemental turbulence ignited all sorts of bizarre phenomena, with colorful hues stretching across the sky.

Teammates in the rest areas of the two academies couldn't help but stand up, clenching their fists tightly. Hundreds of thousands of spectators in Xingluo Square held their breath in unison, some even afraid to watch the outcome of the battle.

However, the ultimate gold and the ultimate fire were bound to determine a winner today. Suddenly, one of them became sluggish. The Black Phoenix no longer possessed the terrifying explosive power of the ultimate martial soul. The Judgment Sword Qi surged through his blood vessels and impacted his entire body.

"Eternal... Glory!!!"

A piercing scream rang out from Ma Xiaotao's mouth, and her nerves, muscles and bones were carbonizing at high speed, making her look like a piece of charcoal from the inside out!

Molten metal rained down from the sky, bathing the armor constructed of the finest gold in the flames. The torrent of fire added a touch of solemnity to Lin Qing. The elemental statue, wielding the sword of judgment, gazed at the struggling black phoenix, its blood-gold light flickering intermittently. Clearly, the continuous bursts of energy had nearly depleted Lin Qing's soul power.

He took a deep breath of the scorching air and poured his last bit of soul power into the Sword of Judgment. This peak level eight soul tool seemed to be of one mind with its master. The sword energy of Judgment roared and tore through the air, slashing towards the black phoenix with a face full of unwillingness!

"You brat, how dare you!"

Elder Xuan's eyes widened in fury, and a burst of intense yellow light erupted as the Taotie Divine Ox Martial Soul possessed him. A pair of enormous spiral horns emerged from his head, their layers engraved with mysterious and ancient patterns in shades of yellow, purple, black, and red, with nine soul rings swirling around them.

Ma Xiaotao is a disciple of Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department. Her ancestor was Ma Hongjun, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils. The Shrek bloodline is so red it's almost black. Now, the Dragon God Douluo is declining. The elders of the Sea God Pavilion unanimously believe that with Elder Xuan making a series of mistakes, Yan Shaozhe may take over the important position of Sea God Pavilion Master.

At that time, the exceptionally gifted Evil Fire Phoenix will most likely be the next successor to the Sea God Pavilion Master. Ma Xiaotao's life is more precious than the combined lives of the nine inner court disciples who died in the two tragedies!

Although Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, was there to protect the contestants, his reliability was questionable. Taotie Douluo would never risk Ma Xiaotao's life by entrusting everything to Huang Jinxu!

"Sizzle—"

The Gluttonous Divine Bull pierced through the defensive shield, and all 108 Star Luo Soul Masters coughed up their blood. In front of a level 98 Super Douluo, the soul guide shield was so fragile. Elder Xuan was like a rampaging bull, his eyes bloodshot as he charged toward the arena.

At the same time, a daring idea suddenly arose: the Ultimate Gold has become a force to be reckoned with and is extremely hostile to Shrek Academy, and will surely become a major threat in the future!

With the Sea God Pavilion's Vice Pavilion Master thinking of Shrek Academy's future, the Gluttonous Douluo has a responsibility to plan ahead and seize the opportunity to kill Ultimate Gold!

As for the ensuing public outcry, Elder Xuan had already devised a response in a flash: He was old and frail, but in his eagerness to rescue the Shrek disciples, he lost control of his strength. Shrek Academy was willing to offer their sincere apologies to Lin Qing's family! "Gluttonous Douluo, you've violated the rules!"

A ferocious beast suddenly rushed into the arena. Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, was shocked and sternly rebuked Elder Xuan for violating the rules of the Soul Master Competition. His efforts to rescue Ma Xiaotao also slowed down.

The gluttonous bull turned a deaf ear, confident in its own strength, believing it could have both the fish and the bear's paw!

"Boom—"

A beam of golden and silver light descended from the sky above Xingluo Square. The powerful figures looked up and saw two orbs of light, one golden and one silver, echoing each other at a height of a thousand meters. They slowly rotated around the center, the two orbs shining brightly. The old man stood proudly in the sky, his bald head, devoid of any vegetation, reflecting the sunlight!

Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, the ninth-level soul tool, the Sun and Moon Divine Needle!

During the Soul Master Competition, Ye Yulin remained hidden throughout, silently protecting the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy above Star Luo Square to prevent any accidents, especially against the Shrek Academy, whose members were obsessed with the glory of ten thousand years. Star Douluo dared not overestimate their limits!

The Sun and Moon Divine Needle is the Starry Sky Douluo's most prized level nine high-altitude soul tool, possessing excellent abilities such as high-altitude reconnaissance, large-scale violent point killing, and all-attribute destruction. Under the influence of the Sun and Moon Radiance, any attribute will lose its special defensive effect when facing the beam emitted by the Sun and Moon Divine Needle.

Shrek Academy had always thought that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy only had two level nine soul masters, Master Mingde and Unbreakable Douluo, and never expected that the strongest high-altitude soul master in the world was hidden in the sky.

Elder Xuan was focused on saving Phoenix and killing Lin Qing when he was suddenly blasted away by the divine light of the sun and moon. He could only watch helplessly as the Judgment Sword Qi struck Ma Xiaotao. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Gold activated its flying soul tool and, in a flash, steadily protected the Heavenly Fiend Douluo in front of it!

"Xiao Tao!"

With a roar, Elder Xuan disregarded his bloodied body and plunged into the smoke-filled battlefield. The moment he saw Ma Xiaotao, his old face turned ashen. The Sword of Judgment's attack principle is to forcibly transform the enemy's attributes into darkness, and then use the power of light to deliver a righteous judgment.

The Evil Fire Phoenix has fallen into the Black Phoenix and is naturally restrained by the power of light. Therefore, Lin Qing directly skipped the conversion step and used all his ultimate golden soul power to activate the sword energy of light, which was extremely effective against evil soul masters.

The Judgment Sword Qi roared in, and Ma Xiaotao, who was seriously injured, could not dodge in time. The only thing she could do was to desperately curl up her body and use her legs and right arm, which had absorbed ten thousand years of soul bone, to protect the vital parts of her torso and withstand the Judgment Sword.

At this moment, Elder Xuan knelt on one knee in front of Ma Xiaotao, his eyes trembling with helplessness as he watched her convulse and vomit blood and shattered internal organs.

Three ancient soul bones lay scattered like trash. The ferocious and terrifying black phoenix had lost three of its limbs, and its left arm was reduced to a charred stump. Its entire body was covered in blood and gore, with multiple fractures and penetrating wounds. All of this was the work of the Sword of Judgment. Shrek Academy's disciple, on whom they had placed high hopes, looked like a piece of charred, dry firewood that would crumble at the slightest touch.

"How dare you... how dare you..."

The sound of heavy breathing echoed throughout Xingluo Square. Elder Xuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting heavily.

The injury was to Ma Xiaotao, but the pain was in Taotie Douluo's heart. Heart-wrenching pain spread through his chest. Once again, he failed to protect the Shrek disciples!

"You Gluttonous Douluo, I'll curse your ancestors!"

Jing Hongchen spoke fluent Chinese classical poetry as he threw out metal spheres, which condensed into hundreds of incredibly powerful soul-guided cannons. Among them were many level-nine soul-guided devices that the Douluo Three Kingdoms dreamed of. The powerful aura of the Mingde Hall Master erupted, standing shoulder to shoulder with the enraged Elder Xuan.

As Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin descended, everyone in the Sun and Moon Rest Area rushed onto the field to protect Lin Qing. Along the way, Xiao Ge expressed his concern, saying, "Grandma, slow down!" Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo, erected the Unbreakable Divine Shield, his tall figure blocking everyone in front of him, preventing the desperate Taotie Douluo from doing something rash.

"Lin Qing has ruthlessly killed and crippled a Shrek Academy student!" Elder Xuan's beard and hair stood on end, like a maddened old ox. "He ruined Xiao Tao's life. I will take him back to Shrek Academy to atone for his sins for the rest of his life. Let's see who dares to stop me!" "Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, have learned from the high skills of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion. If the Gluttonous Douluo is defeated, then I will invite the Shrek Academy students to have friendly exchanges with the Sun Moon Empire for decades."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Yulin pointed to the sky with one finger, and beams of starlight rose up all over Xingluo City. The daytime sky was filled with twinkling stars, and each star among the dazzling stars was a high-altitude soul tool.

Starry Sky Soul Guidance Array!

The hundred soul-guided cannons turned their muzzles, and the cold, empty cannon barrels gathered scorching soul power. Jing Hongchen said coldly, "Taotie Douluo, when Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng were clearly about to kill you, why didn't you step in to stop them?"

"You tried to steal a chicken but lost the bait instead, and now you blame Lin Qing for your passive counterattack? You old bastard, don't be so Shrek!"

"The old bald monk is right, and the old toad is right too!"

Zheng Zhan, though tongue-tied, nodded in agreement with Ye Yulin, gave Jing Hongchen a thumbs-up, and at the same time, didn't forget to open his indestructible shield to protect the children.

The four titled Douluo faced off, and the sky within a hundred miles instantly changed color. On one side was the deep earthy yellow of the Taotie Divine Ox, and on the other side was the mixed radiance of the three level-nine soul masters of the Sun Moon Empire.

Each side occupied half of the sky, and the area where the two colors intersected was turbulent with wind and clouds, as if a war that would change the very color of the heavens and earth was about to break out!

Hundreds of thousands of spectators trembled with fear, as if standing on the edge of an abyss. The four titled Douluo were fighting without regard for the cost, and they were bound to be the first innocent victims to die in battle.

In a certain part of the audience, Hyotei revealed the excitement of a hunt, seemingly planning to take advantage of the chaos to launch a sneak attack, decapitate the Gluttonous Divine Ox with a single pincer, then pull out the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm from Huo Yuhao's mind, wash away the shame of being trapped by food, and restore Hyotei's supreme majesty!

"What kind of behavior is this? This is the Star Luo Empire, not your own academy. Hundreds of thousands of people are watching!" Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire angrily stopped the all-out brawl between the two academies. Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger temporarily put aside his heartache over Dai Yueheng's disability and joined the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship to stop this battle that was about to break out.

"The Gluttonous Douluo broke the rules by attacking Sun Moon Academy students. We need a fair explanation. If Star Luo cannot handle this impartially, then Mingdu respectfully invites the Star Luo Empire to the Soul Master Competition five years from now," Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice.

"Elder Xuan, do you have anything to say?" Xu Jiawei turned his head and asked.

"Xiao Tao's life is in danger, and I was very anxious."

After calming down a bit, Elder Xuan put away his nine spirit rings. The three level-nine spirit masters of the Sun and Moon realms complemented each other's abilities, and it would be difficult for him to fight alone. With geniuses like Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong in the team, starting a battle was not the best strategy.

"This is a one-time exception. Take Ma Xiaotao down to find the Healer Douluo for treatment. The competition continues."

Xu Jiawei suppressed the chaos and transmitted his voice to the three level-nine soul masters: "Please calm down your anger for now. After the competition, the Star Luo Empire will definitely present a small gift to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to give them an explanation."

The three exchanged glances. After all, in a foreign land, going too far would do more harm than good to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

A gentleman takes his revenge even after five years. The next Soul Master Competition is the Sun Moon Empire's home ground. If Shrek Academy is allowed to return to Shrek City unscathed, the three of them might as well just jump ship!

"Seventh contestant from Shrek Academy enters the arena for the individual battle," said the Heavenly Fiend Douluo dutifully.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth.

After suppressing his inner demons several times, the two thawed their relationship, setting aside past grievances. He knew that beneath his senior's intimidating temper lay a sincere heart dedicated to protecting Shrek Academy, and they gradually began to address each other as brother and sister. Having lost his mother, Huo Yun'er, and finally finding a sister who genuinely cared for him, Huo Yuhao was overwhelmed by the tragic fall of his family to evil spirit masters. The grief and anger in his heart were unimaginable. Adding to this was the coma of Wang Dong, compounding both old and new grudges…

Even knowing that he would be kicked off the stage by the ultimate gold, he still wanted to learn from Xiao Xiao and bravely go on stage to fight!

"That's enough, Yuhao. Leave the rest to the teacher."

Wang Yan pressed down on Huo Yuhao's shoulder, strode onto the competition stage, raised his megaphone, and loudly proclaimed, "I am Wang Yan, the team leader from Shrek Academy. Please listen to me; I have a few words to say."

Hundreds of thousands of people looked at him with bewilderment, wondering what he was really up to.

"There's no point in continuing. Shrek Academy has decided to forfeit the individual battles," Wang Yan said slowly.

"boom!!!"

Shrek Academy's surrender caused a shock that even surpassed the confrontation between the four titled Douluo. The uproar and insults lasted for a full ten minutes before subsiding slightly after Wang Yan bowed and apologized several times.

Wang Yan said with great emotion: "Look at the ten students who appeared in the Shrek Academy finals: two Soul Emperors, one Soul King, four Soul Grandmasters, and three Soul Venerables..."

You may have wondered why the top academy on the continent is so weak, with an average soul power lower than some of the top eight teams, and why it has struggled so much and won with such difficulty.

These secrets involve the inner workings of Shrek Academy, and I shouldn't be revealing them, but I simply can't help myself. I must speak up for these respectable, admirable, and lovable students!

Seeing that he had piqued the audience's curiosity, Wang Yan said with tears in his eyes, "Shrek Academy is the number one academy on the continent. We made thorough preparations for the competition well in advance, sending out the Shrek Seven Devils, who consist of two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings. The students you see participating in the competition are only three of the main members. The remaining seven children are reserve members. They have been fighting against enemies who are five years older than them all along, which is not Shrek's original intention, but because they really had no other choice!"

Before coming to Star Luo City, Shrek did something else: he went to the Mingdou Mountains to wipe out a bandit gang called the Hand of Death.

Led by the evil soul master Death Messenger, the bandit gang committed all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, and looting. Shrek Academy, unable to bear seeing passing merchants suffer, decisively changed its route to the Mingdou Mountains. After receiving news from Duke White Tiger, they ventured deep into the Mingdou Mountains to kill the enemy.

Finally, we were ambushed by the Grim Reaper. A corpse explosion caused an irreparable tragedy, resulting in one death and six injuries among the regulars. A reserve member was kidnapped by the Grim Reaper and branded with indelible insults on his face...

The reserve team children shouldered the pressure, shedding blood and sweat while holding back tears, fighting hard in every match. No matter how difficult the situation, they never thought of violating the competition rules, nor did they have any malicious intention to harm their opponents. They struggled step by step and made it to the finals.

To protect Shrek Academy's eternal glory, they gave everything they could. As an ordinary teacher, I am proud of these children. Regardless of the outcome of the finals, they are all students that Shrek Academy can be proud of, and they deserve your applause!

Yes, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy won this competition, but...

Shrek Academy didn't lose! We are still the number one academy on the continent!