Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 330 Huanlong and Ditian (Two chapters combined into one)

The Soul Beast race was already in a weak position under the pressure of humans. After this battle, it is unknown how many more powerful members of the race will be innocently lost. It will also raise humans' fear and hatred of Soul Beasts to an unprecedented level, making the possibility of peaceful coexistence in the future even more remote.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuena's purple eyes grew even colder, a murderous intent surging within them.

……

Deep within the clouds high in the sky, thick fog resembles a rolling white ocean.

A colossal black dragon, large enough to blot out the sky, hovered silently within it.

Its mountain-like head twitched slightly, and its eyelids, covered in hard scales, slowly lifted, revealing a pair of enormous golden dragon eyes.

Those dragon eyes, which should have belonged to the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian and were full of majesty and power, were now devoid of their usual composure and domineering aura. Instead, they flashed with an extremely human-like smile, tinged with amusement and mockery, as if a high-ranking spectator was enjoying a good show that he had personally directed.

"Heh... He's awake after all."

A languid and pleasant female voice, with a unique magnetism, resonated simultaneously in the clouds and on the spiritual level. This voice belonged to the Great Lord of Annihilation, Huanlong.

She seemed completely unsurprised by Gu Yuena's awakening, even showing a hint of expected satisfaction.

If possible, she actually coveted the flawless silver dragon's body that slept at the bottom of the lake.

That body, containing the purest dragon god bloodline and possessing boundless potential, is the ideal vessel truly worthy of her, the Great Lord of Annihilation.

However, according to the information she gleaned from the memories of this black dragon, the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was extremely unique in nature.

At her peak, the opponent's power level could even reach the so-called God-King level in this world, which is far beyond what she, who has only descended in the form of a memory entity and whose power is limited, can easily touch and control.

But it doesn't matter. Once her perfect plan is realized step by step, plunging this planet into destruction and chaos, the so-called God-King level will be nothing more than a plaything in her hands in the future.

Right now, it's more important and practical to acquire a body that's more suitable for the current stage, allows her to better utilize her power, and is easier to obtain.

Huanlong's consciousness scrutinized the black dragon's body, which it was temporarily inhabiting, with a hint of disdain.

Compared to Di Tian's dark and powerful yet somewhat rough male dragon body, she actually preferred a female vessel like Brigitte, who possessed a boundless life force and a more elegant and beautiful appearance.

However, if one wants to successfully launch this super beast tide that is enough to sweep across the continent, and to maximally provoke the most sensitive nerve of hatred between humans and soul beasts, leading them to mutual destruction in endless infighting, then temporarily borrowing the body of the Beast God, which has unparalleled deterrent power among soul beasts, is undoubtedly the most convenient and efficient choice.

"What kind of monster are you?! Get out of my body and give it back to me."

In the deepest part of the Black Dragon's vast spiritual sea, Di Tian's own consciousness was forcibly compressed and imprisoned in a corner.

He transformed into human form, draped in a black robe, but was tightly bound by countless eerie chains formed from ghostly blue starlight. Half of his body was submerged in a cold ocean formed from his own spiritual power, which was no longer under his control, rendering him unable to move.

He struggled fiercely, raising his head to glare at the enormous, alluring figure suspended above the spiritual world, his eyes filled with indelible humiliation and boundless rage.

That figure was extremely eerie and alluring.

Wearing a dark green cheongsam with a high slit, she perfectly outlined her graceful curves, which were full of explosive power.

She wore a magnificent headdress resembling a blooming lotus flower, and her bare skin was adorned with dark gold plant patterns that undulated slowly like living creatures. Several enormous, slowly rotating blood-red lotus flowers floated around her, emanating a heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.

She gently waved a seemingly exquisite round fan in her hand, and every gesture exuded a mysterious and fatal allure, yet also carried an absolute arrogance and coldness that kept people at a distance.

This is precisely the true form of the Great Ruler of Annihilation, Huanlong, as manifested on her spiritual level.

"No problem, little lizard, we'll give it back to you~"

Huanlong elegantly covered the corners of her mouth with the round fan, revealing only a pair of eyes with an unpredictable smile. Her tone was light and airy, as if she were coaxing an ignorant child.

"Of course, that's only after I... find a new 'outfit' that suits me better~"

She will indeed return it, but what she returns will never be the original, complete, and powerful black dragon body.

The body, possessed and corrupted by her, the Great Lord of Annihilation who was born in the year of the sun, has long been marked with her unique mark of destruction in its soul and flesh. How could it still be the same as before?
At that time, what can be returned to Di Tian will probably only be a body of destruction that has been completely destroyed and transformed, and which even he himself cannot control.

"Damn it, you damned extraterrestrial demon."

Di Tian was burning with rage, his very soul trembling with extreme fury. Naturally, he didn't believe a word of the monster's nonsense.

The other party used his body to perfectly imitate his aura and soul power fluctuations. Even Brigitte, who was closest to him and had a sensitive mind, failed to notice anything unusual and truly believed that this was with the master's tacit approval or direct command.

Therefore, Brigitte carried out his orders without hesitation, gathering almost all the core forces of the Star Dou Great Forest to launch this unprecedented and terrifying beast tide against Shrek City.

Jade Swan Biji, Demon Eye Tree Wan Yao Wang, Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Xiong Jun, Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound Chi Wang, Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji, and even that mysterious and unpredictable demon spirit... plus Di Tian, ​​who was manipulated by Huan Long, the seven ferocious beasts almost came out in full force.

The number of 100,000-year-old soul beasts under the command of each of the major ferocious beasts is no less than double digits.

Even if the Dragon God Douluo Mu En were alive at his peak, he would probably find it difficult to withstand this power head-on. Shrek Academy is destined to be doomed this time.

But the soul beast race will certainly not fare any better.

After this battle, countless powerful clansmen will be shed blood on the battlefield, and the high-end power of the soul beasts will inevitably be severely damaged, possibly unable to recover for tens of thousands of years.

Being used like this, becoming a tool and cannon fodder in someone else's destructive plan, Di Tian felt like his lungs were about to explode and his soul was bleeding.

But he was powerless to resist and could only watch helplessly as it all happened.

In the realm of the spirit, he was completely crushed by Huanlong. Even in his own spiritual sea, his home ground, he was like a lamb being led to the slaughter, powerless to fight back.

"Hehehehe..."

Huanlong let out a soft, pleasant laugh, like the tinkling of wind chimes. She watched Ditian's futile and painful struggle with an air of superior pleasure and satisfaction.

She didn't really think much of this black dragon body, but with a little modification and empowerment, transforming it into a doomsday beast that better suited the aesthetics of destruction, it might be able to reach the level of a so-called true god in this world, and then it could be considered a decent high-level fighter.

She gently waved her fan, her gaze seemingly piercing through layers of clouds, precisely fixed on the magnificent city in the distance—Shrek City—about to bear the first wave of the beast tide. A cruel yet expectant smile curved her lips.

The real show has only just begun.

And despair will be the most beautiful opening music.

The violent earthquake triggered by the beast tide, like a muffled war drum resounding from the earth's core, instantly spread throughout Shrek City.

The earth trembled, the city walls hummed, and even the air seemed to freeze at that moment.

At the south city wall, the first to sense this terrifying commotion was Shi Xing, the city lord of Shrek City and the Time Douluo.

He stood atop the twenty-zhang-high city wall, his gaze sharp as lightning, fixed on the distant horizon.

"This is... a beast tide?"

Shi Xing frowned, his voice filled with disbelief and solemnity.

"How is this possible on such a scale!"

As the supreme leader of Shrek City, Shi Xing not only commands tens of thousands of city defense troops and an elite legion of three thousand soul masters, but is also a pivotal member of the Sea God Pavilion.

He had fought countless battles, but he had never seen such a horrifying sight.

The distant forest seemed to be crushed by a giant hand, and a dark, surging herd of beasts came like a tidal wave. Wherever they passed, towering ancient trees fell in swathes, and dust rose into the sky, forming a haze that blotted out the sun.

Woo——woo——woo——

The piercing alarm suddenly tore through the sky, like a mournful horn, echoing over the three lines of defense and then spreading to every corner of Shrek City.

The alarm is etched into the bones of every resident; it is a war memory passed down through generations.

As the first line of defense against the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek City has experienced several large-scale beast tides over the long years.

Everyone here understands what the beast tide means—it's a clash between steel and flesh, a selection process between life and death.

After each beast tide, the city walls are piled high with the corpses of fallen soldiers, their blood staining the moat red. Even titled Douluo have perished here.

But Shrek City did not panic at this moment.

On the streets, pedestrians quickly and orderly retreated to the nearest shelters. In front of shops, shop owners skillfully lowered reinforced metal gates. In residential areas, mothers held their children and hid in underground bunkers, their faces showing worry but not panic.

Over thousands of years, Shrek Academy has built an unshakeable reputation through repeated victories.

Historically, no beast tide has ever been able to breach Shrek City's defenses.

This deep-seated trust allowed the city's defense forces to devote all their energy to battle planning, without having to worry about maintaining order within the city.

The southern horizon was completely obscured by a dark mass of flying soul beasts, which formed a terrifying array, like moving dark clouds, and approached the city walls at an alarming speed.

The air was filled with the distinctive stench of soul beasts and the violent fluctuations of soul power. The oppressive feeling was so real that it weighed heavily on everyone's hearts, making it difficult to even breathe.

On the city walls, the Shrek City defense forces were racing against time to make final preparations.

"The first soul-guided cannon array is fully charged."

"The strength of the defensive barrier has been increased to 70%."

"Sniper Soul Master Team in position."

Commands, footsteps, and the sounds of machinery intertwined to create a tense symphony of war.

One by one, defensive soul tools engraved with complex runes were fully activated, and pale blue energy shields unfolded layer by layer above the city walls, enveloping the city like an inverted giant bowl.

All 328 long-range attack soul-guided cannons raised their muzzles simultaneously, their cold metallic gleam flashing in the dim light, aimed at the surging beast tide in the distance.

These city defense soldiers were all elite troops selected from among thousands.

Despite the terrifying pressure emanating from the south that turned many young soldiers pale and caused their hands to tremble slightly as they gripped their weapons, they gritted their teeth and carried out each order methodically. Fear is human nature, but to overcome this instinctive fear and stand resolutely on the front lines of the soul beast attack—each of them deserves the title of hero.

The Shrek City Defense Force has a strength of over ten thousand men, among whom the most elite three thousand are composed of Soul Masters, most of whom are graduates of the Shrek Academy's outer court.

Although they were unable to enter the inner academy for further study, they chose to stay in Shrek City and join the glorious city defense army.

Here, ordinary soldiers are treated three times better than those in the Imperial Army, while Soul Masters are treated five times better.

More importantly, as members of the Shrek City Defense Force, they can enjoy some of the academy's cultivation resources and occasionally receive guidance from Title Douluo-level experts—an opportunity that outside Soul Masters dream of.

This is why the Shrek City Defense Force is not only renowned throughout the continent, but also possesses a formidable strength that other imperial elites do not have.

At this moment, this legendary army is on high alert, ready to defend their homeland with their own flesh and blood.

Four thousand years ago, during the fierce war between Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent, Shrek City's defense forces, with three thousand elite troops, defeated thirty thousand enemy soldiers, creating a miracle in the history of warfare.

This glorious achievement was recorded in the mainland's military textbooks, and it also made the Shrek City Defense Army famous throughout the entire Douluo Continent.

For many students graduating from the Foreign Languages ​​Institute, being able to don the dark green uniform of the city defense army is not only an honor, but also a shortcut to success.

Once someone has served in the city defense force for three years, this experience will become the most outstanding part of their resume.

Whether you join the military of the three great empires or other forces in the future, you will be given priority in recruitment.

Those who perform exceptionally well have the opportunity to be directly promoted to middle-level management positions in Shrek City, or even to work in the City Lord's Mansion, truly integrating into the core power structure of this legendary city.

Given the size of Shrek City, an autonomous city, maintaining a standing army of 10,000 is already the limit.

Any more would not only arouse unnecessary fear and suspicion among the three great empires, but Shrek Academy would also find it difficult to bear the enormous resource consumption.

Although Shrek City has the largest market for trading soul beast materials, it ultimately lacks the tax system and resource reserves of an empire.

Each city defense soldier costs as much as 300 gold soul coins per year, while a soul master costs as much as 8,000 gold soul coins. This expense accounts for almost 30% of the city's annual income.

At this moment, on the south city wall, the last level-six fixed-position soul-guided cannon has completed its charging and debugging. The three-meter-long cannon barrel glows with a dangerous red light, and the complex runes on the cannon body light up one by one.

The battle formation of three thousand soul masters was complete, with various soul rings shining and rising beneath their feet. The dazzling light intertwined to form a brilliant sea of ​​light, illuminating the entire section of the city wall as if it were daytime.

All the soldiers' eyes were fixed on the distance—the black torrent was approaching at an alarming speed, and the earth was trembling more and more violently.

Meanwhile, inside Shrek Academy, seven red emergency flares shot into the sky.

Under the guidance of their teachers, the inner court disciples quickly assembled and transformed into streaks of light, rushing straight towards the south city wall.

Inside the academy's communications center, twelve large-scale communication soul guides were operating at full speed, sending the highest-level distress signals to the three great empires of Tianhun, Xingluo, and Douling.

The beast tide has never been a crisis for Shrek Academy alone, but a common threat to the survival of the entire human world.

Of course, the Sun Moon Empire was deliberately omitted from this list of requests for help.

Even if the Sun and Moon Empire were willing to send troops to support them, the three great empires would never allow their armies to pass through.

The estrangement and pain left by the war four thousand years ago cannot be easily dissolved by a single beast tide.

Since the Star Dou Great Forest is located just south of Shrek City, the south city wall naturally became the main battlefield for resisting the beast tide.

But the other three city walls were not relaxed in the slightest.

Teams of students from other colleges are rapidly reinforcing the east, west, and north city walls under the command of their instructors.

These boys and girls were mostly only fifteen or sixteen years old, with childish faces, but they were already able to skillfully operate various defensive soul tools.

Thanks to the breakthroughs in soul guidance technology in Haiyuan City in recent years, as well as the popularization of the simulated universe, even a second-ring soul master can now exert considerable combat power with the help of soul guidance devices.

On the south city wall, Shixing's hands were pressed tightly against the cold obsidian battlements as he gazed into the distance.

The biting wind whipped up his dark cloak and ruffled a few strands of gray hair at his temples.

This Time Douluo, who was known for his composure, now showed a hint of undisguised bitterness on his face.

How many years has it been since Shrek City has truly experienced war?

He thought back carefully and realized that at least during the hundred-year terms of the previous two city lords, they had not encountered any significant crisis.

He had only been in office for less than ten years, yet he had already encountered such a massive beast tide—judging by the scale, it was probably more terrifying than any other one recorded in history.

On the distant horizon, the first ten-thousand-year-old scaled beast broke through the dust and smoke. Its bluish-gray scales gleamed with a metallic luster in the dim light, and corrosive saliva dripped continuously from between its ferocious fangs, scorching small pits into the ground.

Even more chilling was that within that dark, swarming beast tide, several exceptionally enormous figures could be vaguely seen—they were definitely terrifying beings of the hundred-thousand-year level.

A gentle breeze carried the distinctive stench of the soul beasts, a peculiar smell mixed with the stench of decaying earth and blood, causing many young soldiers on the city wall to instinctively hold their breath.

As a Super Douluo of level 95 or above, Shi Xing was already a top expert in the world. However, when he saw the full picture of the beast tide, he still felt his throat go dry and couldn't help but gasp.

Despite its massive size, this beast horde was remarkably well-organized.

The ground-based spirit beasts were divided into three distinct echelons: defensive spirit beasts charged at the forefront, agile spirit beasts roamed on both flanks, and offensive spirit beasts provided support in the center.

The flying spirit beasts in the sky formed a disciplined attack formation, resembling a well-trained army.

This level of organization clearly indicates that there are exceptionally intelligent soul beasts directing it from behind the scenes.

What exactly happened to the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest? Shi Xing frowned, his heart filled with doubt.

In recent years, the Star Dou Great Forest has been unusually peaceful, with no reports of 100,000-year-old soul beasts being hunted or large-scale conflicts breaking out.

Since the incident involving the Body Sect hundreds of years ago triggered the beast tide, the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek Academy signed a non-aggression pact and have lived in peace ever since.

What exactly happened that made the soul beasts go so far as to break the treaty and launch such a large-scale attack?

"What exactly happened..."

Shi Xing's gaze pierced through layers of beasts like a sharp sword, past the surging ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and reached the horizon behind the beast tide.

There, a chilling aura emanated faintly.

The oppressive aura was like a tangible mountain, pressing heavily on the depths of everyone's soul—even he, a level 95 Super Douluo, felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation.

What could make him wary was definitely not just an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast.

"Even ferocious beasts have been mobilized...!"

Shi Xing swallowed hard, the sound of his Adam's apple bobbing clearly audible on the deathly silent city wall.

His fingertips unconsciously dug into the obsidian battlements, and the hard stone quietly shattered under his hands.

"This time, it's really big trouble."

Unable to accurately determine the exact number of ferocious beasts approaching, he could only silently pray that the worst-case scenario wouldn't occur.

If all seven ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest were to come out in full force, let alone a Super Douluo like him, even if all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion gathered together, they would probably find it difficult to resist.

Those are beings equivalent to or higher than a human Super Douluo, each possessing the ability to destroy a city.

An eerie silence fell over the city walls.

Only the wailing sound of the wind passing through the soul-guided cannon barrel, like the lament of the dead, intertwined with the roar of the distant herd of beasts, playing a prelude to despair between heaven and earth.

Every soldier could clearly hear the sound of their own heart pounding violently, as if trying to break free from the confines of their chest.

The army of soul beasts advanced methodically like a black tide, their synchronized steps causing the earth to tremble.

The "dark clouds" overhead spread as the beast tide advanced.

That was a celestial anomaly caused by the ferocious beast's aura. The intense fluctuations of soul power distorted the light, cutting the sunlight into fragmented spots, like a harbinger of the end of the world.

This is clearly a deliberate psychological tactic.

The ever-approaching sense of oppression gradually erodes the will of the city's defense forces.

The ferocious beasts are well-versed in the ways of war; they aim to break down the defenders' psychological defenses before the battle even begins, allowing fear to take root in everyone's heart.

As they drew closer, the beast tide grew increasingly terrifying.

Even seasoned and battle-hardened elite Soul Masters couldn't help but turn pale at this moment.

Some people unconsciously swallowed, their hands gripping their weapons trembling slightly, their knuckles turning white from excessive force.

Those ordinary soldiers who were not Soul Masters were breathing rapidly, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

If it weren't for the muscle memory developed through years of rigorous training, some of them would probably have already suffered a mental breakdown and abandoned their weapons to flee.

In terms of sheer mental fortitude to hold their ground under such pressure, the Shrek City Defense Force far surpasses any conventional army on the continent.

It's important to understand that this is not an ordinary herd of wild beasts, but an army of tens of thousands of soul beasts—the weakest of which have a hundred years of cultivation, enough to confront a human great soul master head-on.

There are countless thousand-year-old soul beasts, and quite a few ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts as well.

If it weren't for the magnificent city walls that are fifty meters high and the powerful array of soul-guided devices, these ordinary soldiers would not be qualified to stand here at all.

After all, even if a soldier is fully armed, he might not be able to defeat a ten-year-old soul beast without soul power.

(End of this chapter)