Douluo Dragon King: I'm creating a golden age behind the scenes!

Chapter 111 Impact and Turmoil

Unsurprisingly, the news from Shrek City stirred up a storm throughout the entire Douluo Continent.

The news of Shrek City's battle with the Federation and its subsequent attack by a level 12 soul-guided fixed-position artillery shell, leading to the destruction of Shrek Academy, spread explosively throughout the entire Douluo Continent without any need for deliberate dissemination.

The terrifying mushroom cloud that rose into the sky and broke through the atmosphere and space was visible to the naked eye in nearby cities.

The Douluo Federal Council naturally received the news immediately.

Inside the office of the Speaker of the Federal Parliament.

Just now, the secretary came to report on the situation of the battle, leaving only the Federal Speaker sitting alone in the office.

At this moment, the powerful Federal Speaker had extremely complex feelings about Shrek Academy, a special institution.

Shrek Academy has been a thorn in the side of these powerful figures in the Federation since its founding.

In this era where the continent has long been unified, Shrek Academy is nominally "highly autonomous" and is not directly governed by federal law.

But to put it bluntly, it is a complete "country within a country," and a "country within a country" with terrifying military power capable of overturning the continent's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure of the continent).

Almost all the top powers on the continent are filled with strong individuals who came from Shrek Academy.

In the hearts of these powerful individuals, the mark of Shrek Academy is often more profound than that of the forces they serve.

Among them, the Douluo Federation was the most severely infiltrated.

Especially during this federal investigation, it was found that at least half of the members of Congress had direct or indirect Shrek connections.

The findings of this investigation not only caused an uproar within him but also within the Federation. However, the truth was not so simple. Further investigation revealed that many former Federal Speakers were affiliated with his faction, and the relationships within the entire parliament were deeply intertwined.

Ironically, regardless of whether the final elected Speaker of the Federal Council had a Shrek background, they were all hostile to Shrek.

For those who wield supreme power, an academy that is not governed, is full of powerful figures, and has an extremely far-reaching influence, even if it repeatedly claims to be neutral, is an absolute destabilizing factor in the eyes of the federal high command who "have no friends but only interests."

Its very existence is a huge challenge to federal authority.

But precisely because of his far-reaching influence, in order to prevent the Shrek remnants from launching a fierce counterattack, the Federation's plan this time was not so aggressive. According to his plan, it should have been a gradual process, but he really did not expect it to have reached this point.

When the secretary reported Shrek's defeat, the Federal Speaker, sitting in his office, only trembled slightly, without showing any surprise on his face, because he already knew that with the strength of the legion the Federation had sent, Shrek had no chance of winning.

But as he continued to hear his secretary's report, he learned about Harosa, the Holy Spirit Cult, and so many high-level Soul Masters, as well as a large reserve of fixed-position Soul Guidance Artillery shells.

What do they need so many fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells for? They dared to attack Shrek Academy, so what's next? Will they attack this place?

For a time, these thoughts kept echoing in his mind.

But outside, the shockwaves of Shrek Academy's destruction swept across the continent. In the seemingly calm but actually turbulent deep sea of ​​the Soul Master world, it did not only stir up ripples of grief.

After the initial shock and disbelief, countless long-established Soul Master families, powerful sects that dominated their regions, and even some organizations hidden in the shadows, were overwhelmed by an uncontrollable ecstasy and burning greed.

They might sigh at the specific casualties at Shrek Academy, the names of the fallen powerhouses, and the ruins of a millennium-old legacy, but deep down, they wouldn't care at all.

That academy was too high and too far away, like an ancient and unchanging giant mountain, pressing down on all the soul master forces for a full ten thousand years!

For thousands of years, it has monopolized the top students in Douluo Continent and occupied the right to define the inheritance of Soul Masters, as if only they can define what is "orthodox" and what is "genius".

For other forces in the Soul Master world, its very existence limits the ceiling of the Soul Master world, forcing these smaller forces to always look up to it and cautiously share the scraps within its prescribed framework.

Now, this giant peak has collapsed!

An ancient and bloody law clearly emerged in the minds of all those in power: "When a whale falls, all things come to life!"

Shrek Academy, the "giant whale" that has occupied the top of the Soul Master world's ecosystem for ten thousand years, its death signifies the end of an era, and even more so, the beginning of an unprecedented feast!

The collapse of Shrek Academy alone, with its enormous share of resources, would be enough to make them fight tooth and nail!

Moreover, all factions understand that the invisible legacy it left behind—the unparalleled reputation and spiritual symbol that Shrek Academy accumulated over ten thousand years—will inevitably ignite a fierce struggle among all its successors.

For those forces that have been deeply tied to Shrek Academy for many years, this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Whoever among them can replace Shrek Academy first and take up the banner of "protecting the continent" and "fighting against evil soul masters"—even if it's just a slogan—will occupy a new moral high ground and attract countless confused genius soul masters to join them.

But how will this battle for Shrek's legacy end?

Ultimately, it remains to be seen whether it will be the Spirit Pagoda, the Temple of War, or some ambitious reclusive family that takes it down.

The Soul Master world is destined to be stirred up by these two tempting cakes!

However, the bigwigs of Shrek City, who were at the center of the storm, had little interest in the impending power struggle that was about to unfold outside.

It was now the third day after Shrek Academy was attacked. Amidst the ruins of Shrek City, under the leadership of Shen Yi and some surviving teachers from the outer academy, preliminary statistics were compiled.

Nearly two hundred people survived this unprecedented catastrophe at Shrek Academy.

The majority of them were inner court disciples and faculty members, which was a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

Compared to the tragic situation in the original story where people had to hide their whereabouts, the number of survivors after this catastrophe was not large, but Wei Heng was already very satisfied, because they were obviously much more numerous than Wu Changkong and a few inner court disciples who survived in the original story.

These survivors will be the seeds for Wei Heng's future exploitation of others.

Those remaining evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult who had infiltrated Shrek City earlier did not linger with the Shrek disciples after achieving their main destructive objectives.

They originally planned to retreat directly, but unfortunately, after the arrival of the federal army and Yu Guanzhi and his group, they were quickly wiped out.

However, when more detailed intelligence was gathered and reached Yu Guanzhi and the Shrek Academy's top management, both sides understood the Holy Spirit Cult's cunning intentions behind this operation.

They first ignited the war between Shrek and the Federation by infiltrating Shrek City's defense forces and falsely issuing orders to wage war.

Then, while waiting for the two sides to be locked in a fierce battle and Yun Ming to be unable to attend to other matters, he attacked Shrek Academy's Seagod Island, and finally launched a god-killing soul-guided cannon, intending to annihilate them all.

After eliminating the evil spirit masters, the federal army remained stationed outside the city.

At this moment, the Federation army, like a cold, steel behemoth, remained stationed outside Shrek City and had not withdrawn.

The somber atmosphere was palpable.

Their presence serves two purposes: firstly, to maintain order and prevent chaos and the remnants of evil spirit masters from causing trouble; and secondly, to continue carrying out their mission here.

The federal leadership, especially the speaker with mixed feelings, clearly had not forgotten another important objective of this trip—the Ministry of Research incident.

Regarding how to deal with the captured elders such as Cai Yue'er and Zhuo Shi, and how to dispose of the "embers" of Shrek Academy, the Federation needs to have a final negotiation with the last "person in charge" of Shrek Academy.

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