Douluo Continent: The Underworld Emperor Halosa Lets Three Fly

Chapter 172 Shrek City—Destroyed!

Destruction came without warning.

One second ago, Shrek City was bustling and prosperous in late autumn. The cries of vendors, the sounds of soul-guided vehicles shuttling back and forth, the laughter of soul masters, and the playful shouts of children chasing each other—countless sounds intertwined to create the vibrant atmosphere of this premier city on the continent.

The next second—

Buzz—Boom! !!!

It wasn't a single, deafening roar, but rather two completely different yet equally devastatingly terrifying energies that rose and closed suddenly from the east and west sides of the city, like two curtains of death, without warning and at a speed beyond comprehension!

In the eastern half of the city, the sky was instantly swallowed by endless darkness! It wasn't the black of night, but an absolute, void-like darkness that seemed capable of devouring light, sound, and all life!

The "God-Slaying Devouring Heaven and Earth" erupted. Wherever it passed, whether it was a sturdy soul-guided building, a running crowd, a speeding vehicle, or even the air itself, everything was instantly decomposed, annihilated, and turned into the most primitive particles, disappearing without a trace!

There was no explosion of light, only a silent, absolute darkness spreading, like a greedy maw swallowing half the city whole!

The western half of the city was a completely different hellish scene! An indescribably intense white light suddenly erupted, as if billions of suns were exploding at the same time!

"God-Slaying Destruction" unleashes the purest and most violent torrent of destructive energy! Wherever the white light reaches, all matter, whether metal, rock, or flesh and blood, is vaporized and ionized within a fraction of a second!

A blinding white light, accompanied by an unimaginable high-temperature shockwave, swept towards the western half of the city like a tsunami, leaving behind only molten, glass-like ground and wisps of smoke in its wake!

The billions of living beings in the outer city didn't even have time to feel a trace of pain or let out a scream before they were completely annihilated by this sudden, god-slaying attack from two directions.

The bustling streets, the towering buildings, the countless traces of life—all vanished in an instant!

However, just as these two terrifying energies, capable of easily destroying several large cities, were about to collide and overlap in the innermost part of Shrek City, producing ultimate destruction capable of annihilating everything, we were suddenly pulled back to the moment the explosion occurred, at the shore of Poseidon Lake.

Yun Ming, who was watching Tang Wulin play in the water with loving eyes, suddenly changed his expression! It was an extreme warning from the deepest part of his soul about an impending catastrophe!

Before he could even think, the Martial Soul Spear that had long been intertwined with his life and transformed into a man-made divine artifact—the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear—instantly appeared in his hand! The terrifying aura of a half-step god erupted without reservation, attempting to support a piece of the sky with his own power!

But he immediately realized that it wasn't enough! Far from enough! The level of this destructive energy had already surpassed the limits that an individual could resist, even a half-step god!

He can protect himself, but he can't protect everyone.

"Golden Ancient Tree!!!" Yun Ming let out a heart-wrenching roar, not a shout, but a direct resonance of his will!

He is a warrior spirit master who focuses on attack; protection is not his forte, so he must rely on the Golden Ancient Tree.

In an instant, the ancient golden tree behind him, which had stood for thousands of years, burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light!

On the thick tree trunk, ancient and mysterious patterns flickered wildly as if they had come alive! Yun Ming and the Golden Tree were already deeply bound together. Even though this was controversial, it was useful nonetheless. At this moment, he poured all his soul power, spiritual power, and even the essence of his life into the ancient tree without reservation, through countless invisible threads of bondage!

Buzz—! ! !

The ancient golden tree trembled violently, and its millions of golden leaves shone like the most intense golden feathers of the sun!

A massive, solid golden beam of light, imbued with immense life force and a will to protect, shot into the sky and then rapidly unfolded above the ancient tree's enormous canopy, transforming into a semi-circular, incredibly thick golden shield, like an inverted giant bowl, attempting to envelop the entire Shrek Inner City!

The outer city has been destroyed; we can only defend the inner city to the death.

At that very moment, the all-consuming darkness and destructive white light from the east and west sides, like two waves of death, crashed violently and simultaneously onto the hastily raised golden light shield!

Rumble! ...

This time, it was a truly terrifying roar that resounded through the heavens and earth, as if stars were shattering!

An indescribable, violent collision occurred! The golden light shield, like an eggshell being frantically squeezed by two invisible giant hands, emitted a teeth-grinding groan, and its surface was instantly covered with countless cracks!

Although, thanks to the full support of Yun Ming, a half-step god, and the immense life energy accumulated over millennia by the Golden Ancient Tree, this strongest protection, combining the power of both, miraculously wasn't instantly shattered and barely withstood the direct impact and annihilation of the two god-killing energies, but—

The terrifying shockwave generated by the collision, which could not be completely neutralized, penetrated the light shield like water ripples and spread wildly inward!

The soul tools they thought made Shrek City impregnable were rendered useless by the two level-12 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells.

There are also differences between soul tools.

Shrek Inner City is the core area of ​​the academy, where most of the inner and outer campuses, dormitories, teaching buildings, training grounds, and countless teachers and students are concentrated!

The invisible shockwave swept across with a series of "plop! plop! plop! plop!"

As if harvested by an invisible scythe, those teachers and students who were in class, cultivating, resting, or even wondering about the faint loud noise that had just come from outside the city, whether they were Soul Venerables, Soul Sects, Soul Kings, or Soul Saints—as long as their cultivation had not reached the level of a Title Douluo and they could not condense a soul core to protect their soul and internal organs in an instant, all froze at this moment!

Their eyes instantly glazed over, blood spilled from their seven orifices, their soul power went berserk and collapsed in an instant, their souls were easily extinguished like candles in the wind! Waves of figures fell silently, like wheat being cut down!

Ninety-five percent! With just this one shockwave, ninety-five percent of the students and teachers in the inner city perished instantly!

"No-!!!"

"My child! My student!"

"How could this happen?!"

Those who had miraculously survived—the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, the inner court teachers, and the highly skilled students—looked at the hellish scene before them, at the lives that had been vibrant just moments before turned into cold corpses. Their eyes widened in horror, their hearts breaking! It felt as if countless sharp knives were simultaneously churning their hearts!

They are not incapable of resisting such shockwaves! If a powerhouse at the Limit Douluo level or even the Super Douluo level is prepared and defends with all their might, it is entirely possible to protect themselves and even those in a small area around them!

But—they were negligent! Too careless! Who could have imagined that they would suffer such a sudden and devastating blow in Shrek City?! They noticed it even later than Yun Ming!

Shrek has once again pulled off a series of bizarre and unexpected actions.

It wasn't just people who died. The ancient buildings in the inner city, reinforced with countless arrays, collapsed under the impact of this terrifying shockwave. Their internal soul-guiding arrays overloaded and crumbled, walls cracked, and beams twisted. Although they still stood, they were already teetering on the brink of collapse, becoming empty shells with their internal structures completely destroyed and ready to crumble at the slightest touch!

Yun Ming, who was at the core of the Golden Ancient Tree and was one with the tree, bearing the terrifying impact from the outside world, "saw" this horrific scene that was happening in the inner city through the tree's perception!

Endless rage, bone-chilling cold, and heart-wrenching self-blame and regret instantly devoured his heart!

"Who?! Who?! Who dares to lay a hand on Shrek Academy like this?!" His roar reverberated through the ancient golden tree, filled with rage and madness!

Then, his fury turned to the surviving strong individuals: "Useless! Useless! Are you all idiots?! Why didn't you notice it earlier?! Why didn't you set up defenses immediately?!"

Don't you know that an explosion will cause a shockwave?! You're all idiots!

His curses were like whips, lashing at the hearts of every survivor, leaving them ashamed to the point of despair, yet unable to defend themselves.

High in the sky, the powerful members of the Holy Spirit Cult had long been hidden.

Looking down at the inner city below, which was barely protected by the golden ancient tree even after being bombarded by two god-killing cannonballs, and at the scene that was broken but not completely destroyed, many black-robed elders showed surprise and shock.

"Shrek—they're really something—"

"Even with all that, they still couldn't completely level it?"

"This Yun Ming is indeed terrifying!"

Only Ye Lan and the Demon Emperor, who were at the forefront, remained calm, as if they had expected this all along.

Ye Lan and the Demon Emperor exchanged a glance, both seeing a cold smile in each other's eyes.

"A dying struggle." The Demon Emperor's red lips parted slightly.

Ye Lan nodded calmly: "It's time to move on to the next step and completely extinguish their hopes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Demon Emperor raised his slender hand and snapped his fingers crisply.

Suddenly, on the ruins surrounding Shrek City, hundreds of evil magic array nodes that had been secretly set up simultaneously lit up with a dazzling blood-red light!

Thick, blood-red beams of light shot into the sky, then intertwined and spread across the high heavens, quickly connecting to form a colossal, terrifying blood-red light curtain that covered the entire Shrek City ruins (including the inner city)!

On the light screen, countless distorted faces of vengeful spirits appeared and wailed, and the pungent smell of blood and death pressed down as if it were a physical entity! This was a super-large blood sacrifice sealing formation!

"Evil Soul Masters!! It's you damned scum!!"

"Give me your life!!"

Inside the inner city, the Shrek warriors, who had just experienced a terrible ordeal and were filled with endless anger and grief but had nowhere to vent it, were instantly ignited by this massive array filled with the aura of evil soul masters!

One after another, powerful figures shot into the sky like meteors, carrying overwhelming killing intent, heading straight for the Holy Spirit Cult members who had revealed their figures in the sky!

A great war is about to break out!