Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

He looked back with boundless hope, but the girl's golden pupils were hidden beneath her long golden hair, making it impossible to see the strange black and white that flowed within them.

A letter, written in black and white, had brought her to the brink of her demise.

Chapter 380 You Provoked the Silver Dragon King, I'll Cut Down the Golden Tree, We Both Have a Bright Future

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, forcibly swallowed the metallic taste in his throat, and nodded.

Di Tian's final roar gave the beast tide of the Star Dou Great Forest its ultimate command, and instantly all the beasts rushed towards the city wall.

However, since waking up, Huo Yuhao's soul power has not recovered much, but his mental power has rebounded quickly.

Before the beast tide could encircle Shrek City, relying on the eerie characteristics of several necromancy spells and the cover of simulated soul skills, they finally managed to brave the disgust and fear of the soldiers and civilians in the city towards evil soul masters and rushed into the city with Qiu'er.

He had barely steadied himself when a pink and blue figure came into his field of vision.

Wang Dong'er stood by the inner city gate, seemingly maintaining order. Her white outfit was already mottled with sweat and dust, and her long, light blue hair was scattered messily over her shoulders, with a few strands stuck to her forehead by sweat.

Their eyes met in the crowd. In that instant, time seemed to stand still, and all the surrounding noise disappeared from Huo Yuhao's perception. His world was filled only with the face he had been longing for day and night.

"Dong'er—"

Huo Yuhao saw Wang Dong'er's lips move as she ran towards him, her steps a little unsteady, her arms outstretched.

He instinctively hugged himself tighter.

Then--

"boom!"

The next second, an extremely pure golden light exploded from his chest, and the seal that even Kong Tianxu could not completely break faithfully fulfilled its duty.

Huo Yuhao felt as if he had been struck in the chest by a heavy hammer, a tremendous force sending him flying. He flew several meters backward, his back slamming against the battlement, causing him to groan and his head to buzz.

The surrounding crowd turned around in unison, staring in disbelief at the scene.

"Dong'er! Come quickly, let's send these soul tools south together. The soul beasts have already started attacking the city walls..."

Beibei and Xiaoxiao, each carrying a bunch of storage soul tools, squeezed out of the crowd. Upon seeing the scene before them, they froze in unison.

"Junior Brother (Yuhao)?!"

……

"...Dean Yan, that's how it is."

Following Bei Bei and the others all the way to the top of the city wall, while the battle situation was still relatively stable, Huo Yuhao recounted his experiences in Risheng City in the fastest and simplest language possible.

From being imprisoned in Sunrise City, to Kong Tianxu refining the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to break through to the Title Douluo level, Qiu'er's sacrifice and rebirth, and then his own awakening and rushing to Heaven Dou City to witness the massacre by the Sun Moon Empire's new weapons.

He didn't have time to elaborate on the details, and every sentence was compressed to the most concise level, but it still made everyone present change their expressions drastically.

"You mean... Kong Tianxu has already broken through to the Title Douluo realm, and his ninth spirit ring is the legendary million-year spirit ring?"

Xian Lin'er's voice was a little tight. She, who was usually fearless, was now absurdly timid.

Huo Yuhao nodded with difficulty.

"Why is it that such a person is our enemy?"

Yan Shaozhe remained silent for half a minute before finally uttering a single sentence.

No one answered him, nor did anyone ask the person he was talking about, because everyone shared the same sentiment, and a similar feeling of despair began to spread.

Finally, Huo Yuhao broke the silence first:

“Dean Yan, the root of the problem in the Star Dou Great Forest lies with Di Tian. The reason Di Tian launched the beast tide is because he believes that we killed the Emperor Beast. But Qiu'er is here, so I must explain the truth to the Star Dou Great Forest. We can no longer make unnecessary sacrifices; we must recognize who the real enemy is.”

"Do you think they'll believe us?" Xu Sanshi couldn't help but ask. "That Di Tian didn't even listen to Pavilion Master Yan Shaozhe's words and started a war without saying a word. Besides, we have no way to prove what you're saying. If you go, won't you just be throwing your life away?"

"I have a plan." Huo Yuhao's voice was more stable than before. "Qiu'er told me that the true controller of the Star Dou Great Forest is not Di Tian, ​​but an even more ancient and powerful being behind Di Tian. Di Tian is nothing more than a subject in her eyes. If that being is willing to intervene to stop this war, the beast tide will naturally recede."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions shifting from shock to disbelief.

Di Tian is already terrifying enough—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, the Beast God, the Lord of the Star Dou Great Forest, with 800,000 years of cultivation, and the strongest person on the continent.

Each of those titles, taken individually, was enough to suffocate them. And now, Huo Yuhao said that above the Emperor Heaven, there was an even more powerful being—what kind of being was that? A god?

“You mean…” Old Song frowned.

Qiu'er, who had remained silent since entering the city, finally stepped forward:

"Deepest in the most dangerous area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, at the bottom of the Lake of Life, lies a sovereign of soul beasts who has existed since ancient times. When I was young, Di Tian once took me to see that sovereign. I don't know if that sovereign will help us, but this is currently the only way to calm Di Tian down."

“Moreover,” she paused, a cold glint in her eyes, “only that ruler can make the true culprit pay the price.”

Her words made perfect sense, but while everyone was still processing this information, Huo Yuhao inexplicably felt something strange, as if Qiu'er had become a different person, even more eager than him.

But he didn't think much of it, assuming the other person was simply reminded of something, and so he replied:

"Dean Yan, we need the academy's help. Please send an elder to cover Qiu'er and me as we head to the perilous land. I want Kong Tianxu to pay the price for everything he has done!"

After a long while, Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath:

"Then we have no choice but to try anything, but no matter what, Yuhao and Qiu'er, you must prioritize your own safety."

He then turned to Old Song, whose condition was only slightly better than his own:

"Mr. Song, thank you for your help. Only you can guarantee their safe journey."

"If I could meet that legendary Lord of Soul Beasts, I would never let Yuhao and the others get into trouble before I die."

Old Song nodded in agreement with a touch of emotion.

"All we need to do is help us get there. Even if Old Song goes in with us, it won't make any difference."

Qiu'er continued, "The power of the Overlord is beyond your imagination. Even if all the Title Douluos in Shrek City were combined, they could not pose any threat to that Overlord."

“Then I’ll go too.” Wang Dong’er suddenly spoke up. “Both of you don’t have much strength left. I know my physical condition isn’t very good right now, but Yuhao and I have a Martial Soul Fusion Technique, so we can always help out.”

Huo Yuhao instinctively wanted to refuse, but seeing the unwavering, almost stubborn look in Wang Dong'er's eyes, he swallowed his words.

"Without further ado, let's begin!"

A burst of azure light erupted from Elder Song's body, and he soared into the air. Two yellow, two purple, and five black spirit rings rose up, with the seventh black spirit ring shining brightly. The next moment, a hawk with a wingspan of over six meters and radiating azure light appeared in mid-air.

The Azure Shadow Divine Eagle flashed lightly, and a streak of azure light appeared in the sky. This streak of azure light was so fast that even instantaneous teleportation could not match it.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Huo Yuhao and the other two disappeared, and Elder Song had already arrived in front of the Emerald Swan, Biji, who was healing the army of soul beasts.

A streak of azure light swept across Brigitte in the air like a sharp blade, accompanied by a powerful sonic boom.

Biji was slightly surprised by the speed that Old Song displayed, but she remained calm. A layer of emerald light radiated outward from her body. When Old Song's claws reached out, it was as if they had been plunged into a ball of extremely viscous resin. They barely managed to penetrate a little before being bounced back by an even stronger rebound force.

Bi Ji's cultivation level is already very close to that of a Limit Douluo. Although she only has pure support abilities, her defense is quite remarkable due to her skillful use of her vast life force.

Even with the top-tier attack power of the agility-based martial soul, Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, it couldn't do anything to her.

However, Elder Song's original intention was not to attack Bi Ji. When his first attack missed, she suddenly unleashed the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Martial Soul to its fullest potential, and only a flash of azure light could be seen in the air.

The four 100,000-year-old soul beasts guarding Biji roared simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of high-intensity attacks on Elder Song. However, they couldn't even make out her figure, and could only watch as she fought her way into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Although there are indeed powerful beings among the Ten Ferocious Beasts who are faster than her in terms of pure speed, that one does not reside in the Star Dou Great Forest.

With Di Tian sealed away, Bi Ji, Chi Wang, and Xiong Jun could only watch helplessly as she made her way into the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Within the soul beast formation, a middle-aged man whose entire body exuded a chilling emerald green color frowned upon seeing this.

At this moment, those guarding Xingdou's home are all its core territory.

A head of dark green hair, over ten meters long, moved without wind, and thousands of eyes appeared behind it at the same time. The next moment, countless roars suddenly echoed throughout the Star Dou Great Forest.

A flash of blue light appeared, and the dazzling blue ray of light reappeared in the sky. In the next instant, the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle had returned to the top of Shrek City.

On the surface, she seemed to be fine, but upon closer inspection, one would notice that the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle's wings were disheveled, its size seemed to have shrunk, and it was breathing slightly heavily.

Yan Shaozhe's face was extremely ugly. He took several pills from Elder Zhuang to forcefully suppress his injuries, swallowed them in one gulp, and once again transformed into a radiant phoenix and let out a sharp cry!

"King of Ten Thousand Demons!"

……

No one had the energy to pay attention to the three figures that disappeared into the shadows.

As the number one agile and powerful expert in Douluo Continent, despite the interference from the Demon King, Elder Song still managed to send Huo Yuhao and the others to an area extremely close to the perilous land.

Huo Yuhao activated his simulated soul skill, and a layer of not-so-strong pale golden light enveloped the three of them, but it could create a distorted illusion in the air, so that outsiders could only see an ordinary clearing in the forest.

But that wasn't enough. Although most of the outer spirit beasts had been mobilized by Di Tian to attack Shrek City, the defenses inside the Star Dou Great Forest were not completely empty.

The forest seemed to have come alive at this moment. High-level plant-type soul beasts, which were extremely rare in the past, were expanding their root systems and branches. The deeper they went, the more terrifying the plant-type soul beasts they encountered became.

Even though most plant-type spirit beasts are not good at mental power due to their innate defects, they still face great danger when encountering some spirit beasts with particularly keen senses.

Fortunately, although Qiu'er lost her soul power and martial soul, her memory of the Star Dou Great Forest was intact, and she seemed to remember the territory of every soul beast clearly.

The three of them traversed the heart of the Starry Sky Forest without incident. The deeper they went, the more bizarre the surrounding scenery became. The trees grew taller and taller, and countless vines intertwined and connected between their canopies like natural bridges, forming a three-dimensional labyrinth.

Sunlight filtered through the layers of leaves, breaking into countless tiny beams of light. Qiu'er led the way, looking extremely eager, her long golden hair shimmering in the dappled sunlight through the forest.

Kong Deming watched this scene quietly from the air. He casually waved his hand and sent a 70,000-year-old human-faced demon spider that might have threatened them to a distant place. He had a strange feeling of déjà vu in his heart.

Suddenly, the ground beneath my feet opened up.

The Star Dou Great Forest is a perilous place, known as one of the most terrifying places on the entire continent. Huo Yuhao has imagined more than once that the perilous place is full of all kinds of vicious and ferocious scenes.

But what kind of scene was presented to him at this moment?

A smooth, mirror-like expanse of pale green lake water, like the most beautiful natural jade, ripples with a vibrant, life-giving turquoise. Along its shores, countless ancient trees reach for the sky. A light mist condenses on the lake's surface, and the moist air carries a refreshing and invigorating scent.

This place is brimming with life, its vitality several times stronger than that of the outside world. Here, various natural elements of different properties thrive, their concentration no less than that of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

“The Water of Life,” Qiu’er murmured softly, “the source of all life energy in the Star Dou Great Forest. For millions of years, it has been the source that has nurtured all life in the Star Dou Great Forest, a true miracle.”

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er stood by the lake, momentarily forgetting that they were in the midst of a war-torn world. Everything here was so peaceful and serene, yet full of life, as if the fighting and carnage outside were just a distant and absurd nightmare.

The air by the lake, when inhaled, carries a sweet and refreshing scent, washing away most of the fatigue in just a few breaths.

"So beautiful..." Wang Dong'er exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.

Huo Yuhao's gaze gradually hardened, and he clenched his fist. He turned to look at Qiu'er:

"Is the ruler you mentioned at the bottom of the lake?"

Qiu'er nodded. She gazed at the mirror-like lake, a complex expression flickering in her eyes—

There was an eager curiosity and a cautious approach to a formidable enemy, but there was no sense of awe that should have been present.