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

Chapter 349 A Title Douluo with Complicated Feelings

Not only Sky Eagle Douluo, but also Giant Hammer Douluo, Giant Strength Douluo, and Shattered Star Douluo who came with him—these titled Douluo who were renowned in the Star Luo Empire—were all as if they had been struck in the head by a giant hammer. Their faces drained of color, their pupils contracted violently, and they were plunged into extreme shock and daze.

The apocalyptic scene before them, which defied all expectations, clearly told them a cruel truth—they were too late, far too late.

They were acting on the death orders of Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire, and were leading the nation's elite Soul Master legion to support Shrek Academy at top speed.

Because the distress message sent by Shrek Academy through its highest-level communication soul tool clearly indicated that the scale of this beast tide was unprecedented and Shrek City was in imminent danger.

In this extremely urgent situation, Sky Eagle Douluo led several Title Douluo powerhouses ahead, while the massive Soul Master army advanced at full speed from behind.

However... who could have imagined that, despite their hurried journey, they would be greeted by such a sight?

What about Shrek City?
What about academies that have been passed down for thousands of years?
What about the magnificent city that is hailed as the number one on the mainland?

Were they all... erased?!
Just as Tianying Douluo and the others were shocked and unable to accept reality, several powerful auras rapidly approached from afar, immediately alerting the titled Douluos of Xingluo. They instantly snapped out of their daze, subconsciously raising their soul power and looking warily.

But when they saw who it was, Tianying Douluo and the others relaxed their tense nerves slightly, but the solemnity on their faces did not diminish at all.

The visitors were not enemies, but acquaintances—the royal retainers of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the chief royal retainer of the Douling Empire, and Tianyang Douluo, a level 97 Super Douluo, among others.

As the Grand High Priest of the Star Luo Empire, Tianying Douluo has dealt with the top experts of the Tianhun and Douling kingdoms for decades and is very familiar with them.

"Skyhawk, you got here first! What... what on earth happened?! Where's Shrek City?! Where's the beast tide?!"

As soon as a tall, thin, and sinister-looking titled Douluo from the Heavenly Soul Empire regained his footing, he couldn't wait to ask a series of questions, his voice filled with surprise and horror.

His gaze swept across the terrifying abyss below, then across the empty sky and earth around him. There was no sign of the beast tide. Only deathly silence and the embers of destruction remained.

Although Shrek Academy is located within the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire, it is actually an autonomous city-state due to its special status and geographical location.

The Star Dou Great Forest is located in the central part of the continent, which is the border area of ​​the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, Tianhun, Xingluo, and Douling.

Shrek City was also built at the junction of these three kingdoms to guard the entrance to the Star Dou Great Forest.

In terms of straight-line distance, traveling from Tiandou City, the capital of the Tianhun Empire, and Lingdou City, the capital of the Douling Empire, to Shrek City is farther than starting from Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Empire.

This is why the Star Luo Empire's Sky Eagle Douluo and others were able to arrive first.

When Shrek Academy sent its distress call, it did so simultaneously with the three great empires.

Upon receiving the plea for help, the three great empires did not hesitate and immediately dispatched the strongest lineups they could muster at the moment, led by top-tier titled Douluo, to provide rapid support. They were all well aware of the serious consequences if Shrek City were to fall.

However, even the fastest-reacting and closest Xingluo reinforcements, despite their best efforts, were still... too late.

The face of the Sky Eagle Douluo, Elder Song, was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. He slowly shook his head, his voice dry and heavy: "Tianyang, don't ask me... We just arrived, and we saw... we saw this..."

He pointed down at the pitch-black abyss that swallowed everything, his arm trembling slightly.

"We, like you, have no idea what happened here. Shrek City... has completely disappeared from the map!"

"hiss--!"

Almost all the titled Douluo gasped in unison after seeing the details of the hellish scene below, a chill running from their spines to the top of their heads.

They were all powerful figures who stood at the top of the mainland, had weathered countless storms, and were well-informed; they believed their will was as firm as iron.

However, the scene before them, which resembled the aftermath of divine punishment and was now utterly silent and void, was something they had never seen before, and could not even imagine.

"These... are the corpses and remains of soul beasts, and the sheer number of them is terrifying..."

The voice of Sky Eagle Douluo, Elder Song, was hoarse. He exchanged a glance with Sky Sun Douluo, and both saw extreme solemnity in each other's eyes.

The two high priests took the lead, carefully guiding the group down from the sky to cautiously explore the bottomless abyss that exuded an ominous aura, as well as the scorched earth around them that seemed to have been drained of all life by some force, lifeless and gloomy.

Amidst the devastation, what one could see were not only scattered human remains, charred beyond recognition, but also a terrifying number of soul beast corpses.

These soul beast remains vary in appearance, ranging from ten years, a hundred years to ten thousand years old. Most of them are fragmented, charred, or exhibit a bizarre state after being eroded by some kind of terrifying energy. Their total number far exceeds that of the human remains that have managed to leave traces.

"The beast tide is certainly true, but judging from the distribution and condition of these corpses, the soul beast army... suffered heavy losses as well, perhaps even more so than the human side."

Tianyang Douluo crouched down, his fingertips touching the glassy ground beneath his feet. The lingering heat and destructive aura made him frown. Besides immense doubt and deep-seated fear, a thought he had forcibly suppressed and that should never have arisen at this moment unexpectedly sprouted.

It was a secret, unspeakable... ease, even joy?
Not only Tianyang Douluo, but also the other titled Douluo from the Heavenly Soul Empire who were traveling with him, maintained expressions of shock and grief on the surface.

But in the fleeting glances they exchanged, a strange light in their eyes revealed the complex emotions deep within them, similar to those of Tianyang Douluo.

After confirming that Shrek City had truly been destroyed and that the "country within a country" that had hung over the Heavenly Soul Empire for thousands of years had completely disappeared, a sense of relief quietly and irrepressibly arose.

Sky Eagle Douluo stood silently at the edge of the abyss, the gale blowing his white beard and hair.

Undeniably, after the initial shock, a complex sense of relief, which even he himself felt a little ashamed of, also spread in his heart.

As the Grand Master of the Star Luo Empire, he had to prioritize the interests of the empire.

For the three great empires, Shrek City has always been a special and delicate entity.

It does not belong to any party, yet with its extraordinary strength and prestige accumulated over millennia, it subtly surpasses the three great empires.

Especially for the Heavenly Soul Empire, Shrek City is nominally within its territory, but how could the Heavenly Soul royal family dare to point fingers at this city in the slightest?

That was not a city under his rule at all, but an emperor emeritus who needed to be carefully worshipped!
For any empire, the existence of a vast, uncontrollable force within its core territory, capable of influencing imperial decisions, is like a bone stuck in its throat, causing constant unease.

In the past, due to Shrek Academy's unfathomable foundation, the Sea God Pavilion's terrifying strength, and its vast and influential network of graduates that spanned the continent, the three great empires could only silently accept its transcendent status.

Even though the Shrek Academy's Shrek Inspection Group often tries and even executes nobles who have committed crimes without going through the imperial judicial process, the royal families of the three great empires can only grit their teeth and accept it most of the time.

After all, Shrek Academy is powerful and has always occupied the moral high ground of justice, with countless supporters among the people.

Moreover, to be fair, the nobles they dealt with were indeed guilty of heinous crimes and deserved to die.

However, reason is reason, and politics is politics.

Even when beating a dog, one should consider its owner.

If someone kills another person's vicious dog without their consent, even if it's a vicious dog that bites, which owner would be genuinely happy about it?

More than anything, it is a sense of humiliation and fear of having one's power challenged and one's authority violated.

Therefore, while the three empires outwardly maintained a respectful and cooperative attitude towards Shrek Academy, their underlying wariness and dissatisfaction were an unspoken secret.

This is evident from the unwritten rule that core members of the royal families of the three great empires are almost never allowed to study at Shrek Academy.

They are on guard.

To guard against Shrek Academy's terrifying influence infiltrating the core of the royal family.

Because they knew all too well that people who came from Shrek Academy, no matter what position they ultimately held, always had a strong sense of belonging and identification with Shrek Academy deep in their hearts; that Shrek glory was almost engraved in their souls.

Four thousand years ago, in the holy war against the Sun and Moon Empire that determined the fate of the continent, Shrek Academy raised its voice and the world responded.

The terrifying appeal of a single arrow piercing the clouds, drawing thousands of troops to its aid, remains unforgettable for the rulers of the three great empires.

That terrifying cohesion that transcends the nation and imperial power is a potential threat that no ruler would dare to ignore.

It was from that time onward that the royal families of the three great empires reached a tacit understanding: they would never send their most elite members to Shrek Academy.

They can cooperate, they can rely on their strength, but they must never allow their influence to directly touch the empire's most central power throne.

Now, the colossal mountain that has weighed on their hearts for millennia... seems to have suddenly vanished.

"It's confirmed... Shrek City has been completely destroyed."

Sky Eagle Douluo Song Ying's tone was heavy. He slowly straightened up, his gaze sweeping over the huge abyss that seemed to lead to hell, finally landing on the spot where the golden tree used to stand, but was now empty.

"Even the golden tree that symbolized the foundation of Shrek... has disappeared."

(End of this chapter)