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

Chapter 331 Yan Shaozhe's Determination

Shi Xing took a deep breath, and the force field of the time domain quietly unfolded around him, slightly isolating the terrifying pressure.

He turned to face the defenders, his voice booming like a bell throughout the city walls: "Soldiers, remember why you fight. Behind you lies our homeland, our loved ones. Shrek's glory will be protected by us."

His words seemed to carry a certain power, gradually straightening the backs of the previously anxious soldiers, and replacing the fear in their eyes with a determined light.

Just as the city defense troops were on the verge of snapping, streaks of brilliant light pierced the sky and fell like meteors onto the crenellations of the south city wall.

The powerful fluctuations of soul energy spread out like a tide, instantly dispelling some of the suffocating oppressive feeling.

The white-clad man at the head of the group landed gracefully, with the faint phantom of a radiant phoenix appearing and disappearing behind him—it was none other than Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department.

Following closely behind were his wife, Cai Meier, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department, Xian Liner, the vice dean, Qian Duoduo, and a group of elders from the Sea God Pavilion, including Elder Lin, Elder Zhuang, and Gong Changlong.

It can be said that, apart from those few who went to the Sun Moon Empire, the members of the Sea God Pavilion who stayed at the academy have all left.

Behind them, more than forty inner court disciples stood like sharp swords atop the city wall.

These elites were at least Soul Emperor level experts, with surging soul power around them and various soul rings shining brightly.

Among them were some familiar faces—Golden Crow Saintess Wu Ming, whose body was wreathed in golden flames, and several other outstanding participants from the previous Soul Master Competition.

At this moment, the entire Shrek Academy was mobilized, and even the underage disciples of the outer academy climbed the city walls to operate the relatively simple defensive soul tools.

"Damn it! What on earth is the Star Dou Great Forest doing? Why did it have to choose this time?"

Yan Shaozhe's gaze was fixed on the advancing beast tide, his face extremely gloomy and ugly.

He couldn't understand why the Star Dou Great Forest, which had been peaceful for hundreds of years, would suddenly unleash such a large-scale beast tide.

Even more fatally, several of the academy's Super Douluo were led by Elder Xuan to the Sun Moon Empire to escort the teams participating in the Soul Master Competition.

Shrek Academy is currently at its weakest point in nearly a century—this beast tide caught them completely off guard.

"Hundreds of years of peace have ultimately made us lower our guard."

As one of the most senior elders of the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Lin sighed softly as he gazed at the surging beast horde in the distance, his wrinkled face filled with worry.

"Perhaps, we shouldn't have so easily believed the promises of those ferocious beasts in the first place."

She had a strong premonition that Shrek Academy was probably facing a life-or-death crisis this time.

Yan Shaozhe forced himself to calm down.

There's no time to dwell on the cause of the beast tide; the most pressing issue is how to withstand the onslaught of over 100,000 soul beasts.

One hundred thousand soul beasts are equivalent to an army of one hundred thousand soul masters—if the soul beasts didn't understand how to use soul tools and didn't have the corresponding equipment, it would be almost impossible for humans to resist such an offensive.

It should be noted that if it were a soul-guided battle formation composed of 100,000 soul masters, even a demigod-level expert would flee at the mere sight of it.

"The distress call has been sent out, but the situation is not optimistic."

Cai Meier walked quickly to Yan Shaozhe's side, her tone serious.

"The elites of the three great empires have all gone to the Sun Moon Empire to participate in the tournament and the Holy Grail War, and they can't spare many strong people in a short time. The Body Sect has not responded at all."

The timing was so coincidental it was almost unbelievable.

The Starry Sky Forest clearly chose an excellent time to attack, precisely when all the human forces were preoccupied and unable to attend to other matters.

Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but wonder if there was some unknown conspiracy behind this.

The last time the beast tide came, it was only through the concerted efforts of Shrek Academy and the Body Sect, along with reinforcements from the three great empires, that Shrek City was barely able to hold on, and ultimately a non-aggression pact was signed with the major ferocious beasts.

But now, the ferocious beast has broken the contract and returned with a vengeance. Although Shrek City has gained many powerful soul tools, it has lost a strong ally like the Body Sect, and even its own high-end combat power has been reduced by more than half.

Even more fatally, Dragon God Douluo Mu En had already perished, and the academy had lost a top-tier combatant at the Limit Douluo level.

This not only means that the original power of the Golden Tree cannot be used, but even the Light of the Sea God cannot be fully activated.

Yan Shaozhe racked his brains but couldn't come up with a way to break the deadlock—could these soul tools on the city wall really stop this catastrophic disaster?

The elders of the Sea God Pavilion all had gloomy faces and stared silently at the beast tide that had advanced several kilometers away.

A suffocating silence filled the air, with only the buzzing of the soul tool charging echoing in the ears.

"We can't just start fighting like this without any clear explanation."

Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"We must find out exactly what happened."

The only possible breakthrough he could think of was trying to communicate with the ferocious beast.

If we can figure out the reason for the beast tide in the Star Dou Great Forest, there might still be room for mitigation.

After all, the ferocious beasts possess extremely high intelligence and would never launch such a large-scale attack without reason after a hundred years.

As long as we can talk, there is still a glimmer of hope.

"That golden-eyed black dragon king is right there."

Yan Shaozhe's gaze pierced through the layers of beasts, pointing directly at the densest dark cloud in the distance.

The oppressive aura emanating from there was terrifying and suffocating, even surpassing the aura of his teacher, the late Dragon God Douluo Mu En, at his peak.

The dense dark energy distorted space as if it were a tangible substance, even causing light to bend strangely in that area. "Only the Beast God Di Tian could command a beast tide of this scale."

Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath and turned to face the crowd.

"You all prepare for battle, I'll go find out what's going on."

The decision to personally confront the Beast God Di Tian left Yan Shaozhe's back drenched in cold sweat.

As a level 96 Super Douluo, he knew better than anyone how terrifying Di Tian was—a peerless ferocious beast who truly stood at the pinnacle of the continent and had lived for nearly a million years.

Logically speaking, given his status, he was not qualified to speak to the Beast God Emperor on equal footing. However, Shrek Academy was currently leaderless, and he was temporarily in charge—a responsibility he had to shoulder.

"You have to be careful."

Cai Meier gripped her husband's arm tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with worry.

"If things go wrong, run back immediately. Don't be reckless!"

Her voice trembled slightly, knowing full well how terrifying the enemy she was facing this time was.

That was the renowned Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, a being whom even the Dragon God Douluo had to show deference to when he was alive.

"Don't die."

Xian Lin'er also spoke up for the first time, her tone still somewhat stiff, but she couldn't hide her concern.

The dean of the Soul Guidance Department, who had always been at odds with Yan Shaozhe, put aside his past grudges at this moment.

You should know that she used to love contradicting Yan Shaozhe the most; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them mortal enemies.

Yan Shaozhe glanced around at everyone, a resolute look flashing in his eyes.

"For the glory of Shrek Academy, I must stand up. So what if he's the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King? If he wants to conquer Shrek City, he'll have to get over my dead body first!"

This time, it's completely different from the last time the Snow Emperor struck.

At the time, Xue Di's target was only Huo Yuhao, and did not threaten the foundation of the academy, so they still had room to maneuver.

This time, however, Di Tian personally led a 100,000-strong beast tide to the city gates, and his purpose was self-evident—to destroy Shrek City.

If negotiations fail, there will be no choice but to fight to the death; there is no way out.

After saying this, Yan Shaozhe opened his arms, and a clear phoenix cry resounded through the sky.

A dazzling golden light burst forth from his body, transforming into a radiant phoenix burning with sacred flames.

With its wingspan extended to over ten meters, the scorching air swept across the city walls, making everyone feel the intense heat.

The golden phoenix soared into the sky, like a small sun rising slowly, shining brightly in the dim world.

Wherever he went, the dark clouds dispersed, and light returned, bringing a glimmer of hope to the oppressive battlefield.

Everyone in Shrek City looked up at the golden figure that streaked across the sky.

The soldiers gripped their weapons tightly, the Soul Masters held their breath, and everyone's eyes were filled with hope—avoiding a fight was everyone's most urgent wish at this moment.

"Your Majesty, the Beast God, please come out and meet me."

Yan Shaozhe's voice was amplified by his soul power, resounding like rolling thunder throughout the heavens and earth.

The Radiant Phoenix exuded the majestic aura of a Super Douluo, its golden light attempting to dispel the gloom that shrouded the battlefield.

Above the dark clouds, the emerald swan Brigitte transformed into human form, her emerald wings drooping down to her waist. Her gaze fell upon the enormous black dragon crouching in the clouds.

Deep down, she didn't want to start a beast tide—as a healing-type soul beast, she knew better than anyone the pain that war brought.

Soul beasts are already few in number, and such a great battle will only make matters worse for their clan.

But this was the Lord's command, and she had no right to refuse.

If it were Di Tian's order, she might be able to offer some advice.

After all, as the fourth most ferocious beast, her prestige among soul beasts was not much lower than that of Di Tian.

However, since this was an order from Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts, no soul beast dared to disobey.

Even without understanding the reason for launching the beast tide, they still summoned all their people who could participate in the battle without hesitation.

What Biji didn't know was that the Di Tian before her was no longer the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King she knew.

The order to launch the beast tide was merely a carefully crafted lie by Huanlong, who was impersonating Ditian.

After all, in the entire Star Dou Great Forest, only Di Tian could directly contact Gu Yuena.

Since Biji and the others had no way to verify the authenticity of the order, even if they had doubts, they would never go through Di Tian to seek confirmation.

This stemmed from absolute trust in Di Tian. Everyone believed that the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, who had ruled the Soul Beast race for hundreds of thousands of years, would never betray his clan.

The black dragon slowly raised its head, a hint of amusement and mockery that did not belong to Di Tian flashing in its golden dragon eyes.

As it watched the radiant phoenix fly closer and closer, a cold smile curled at the corner of its lips.

The jet-black dragon scales gleamed with a metallic sheen in the dim light, and dangerous dark energy pulsed on each scale.

(End of this chapter)