Chapter 134 - 26

Chapter 26: Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Immortal Herbs!After a brief moment of shock, the teachers and students from the fifteen Spirit Master academies immediately leapt from their carriages under the command of their respective lead teachers. Their spirit power erupted as they charged toward the open ground outside the hills.Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers of Shrek Academy looked even more solemn as they shielded the little monsters in the center. Flender barked in a low voice:"This isn't simple! Protecting the children is our first priority!"Tang San, watching from the side, noticed that during this chaotic moment, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was nowhere to be found, causing a flicker of doubt to cross his mind.Just as the two hundred-plus people from the fifteen academies were hastily retreating and had just left the area covered by falling rocks, an even more dire situation emerged!On the hills on both sides, a dense crowd of at least fifteen hundred men in black appeared like ghosts, charging down toward the panicked crowd below like a tide!There was no coordination to speak of between the various academies; they could only fight for themselves.Although the teachers and students were elite Spirit Masters with decent average strength, the men in black were simply too numerous and coordinated with extreme precision.Under the absolute numerical advantage and exquisite coordination, the academy side soon fell into a bitter struggle, struggling to cope as the situation became precarious."Everyone, close in! Use the hidden weapons!"At the critical moment, Tang San's calm voice rang in the ears of the Shrek group.Under his command, the Shrek Seven Devils and the four substitutes quickly closed ranks into a circle. The mechanical sounds of the Godly Zhuge Crossbows rang out in unison as countless poison-tipped bolts shot toward the charging men in black like a swarm of locusts, instantly taking down a large number and temporarily stabilizing their position.Watching from the side, Tang San saw the familiar Godly Zhuge Crossbows shining in this different world, and a complex, nostalgic look couldn't help but surface in his eyes:'The Godly Zhuge Crossbow... I have finally recreated them in this world with "my" own hands.'However, his sentiment was quickly interrupted by an even harsher reality.Just as Shrek Academy gained a slight upper hand with their hidden weapons, three men in black with exceptionally powerful auras stepped out from the crowd!Accompanied by a roar, the three simultaneously released their Spirits and spirit rings!One Spirit Douluo and two Spirit Saints!Immediately after, the Spirit Douluo-level man in black stomped his foot violently. Boundless spirit power erupted with him as the center, forming an invisible shockwave.The bolts from the Godly Zhuge Crossbows that were streaking toward them were actually shaken off course by this powerful spirit power vibration, or were directly blocked by the spirit power barrier, falling to the ground with a series of clangs!In the face of experts at this level, the threat of hidden weapons was drastically weakened.Everyone's hearts sank instantly.Flender and Liu Erlong were pinned down by the two Spirit Saints and clearly could not help them.At the very moment that Spirit Douluo pounced toward the Shrek group with a sneer—"What kind of skill is it to bully children? It's been a long time, Brother Eagle!"An aged voice rang out, instantly interposing itself between the Spirit Douluo and the Shrek group. Powerful spirit power surged, forcefully stopping the Spirit Douluo's pounce.The Shrek group felt the suffocating pressure on their hearts suddenly lighten. Looking toward the source of the voice, they saw that the newcomer was someone they had met once in the Star Dou Great Forest—Dragon Duke Meng Shu!"Senior Dragon Duke!" Tang San and the others were both surprised and delighted, as if they had seen a savior.Lordiara, having been blocked, flashed a look of annoyance in his eyes. But after seeing who the newcomer was, he couldn't help but stop warily. The two sides engaged in a verbal exchange filled with the scent of gunpowder and threats.The Dragon Duke did not yield an inch, maintaining a firm attitude.However, Lordiara did not choose to fight the Dragon Duke and Snake Crone couple head-on. Instead, he let out a sharp, piercing cry, seemingly sending some kind of signal.The Dragon Duke's expression changed slightly: "You have accomplices?"Lordiara sneered: "I advise you two to leave quickly. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave even if you want to!""Hmph! Then you'll have to step over this old man's corpse first!"The Dragon Duke's hair and beard bristled as his spirit power surged, showing his determination to protect the Shrek group at all costs.Just as tensions reached a breaking point, a feminine voice so eerie it made one's scalp tingle seemed to ring directly in everyone's ears:"Oh? So an old friend has arrived. No wonder Lordiara couldn't handle it.Long time no see, Dragon Duke, Snake Crone."Before the voice had even faded, a figure dressed in white and also wearing a veil appeared silently in the field like a ghost.The moment the Dragon Duke heard this voice, his expression became incredibly grave:"It's you?! You... you actually came too!"The man in white chuckled with his characteristically feminine voice:"Since you see this seat appearing, you should understand how much importance we attach to this matter.Now, scram. There's still time."The muscles on Dragon Duke Meng Shu's face twitched, his eyes filled with struggle.After a moment of silence, a flash of determination crossed his eyes. He suddenly looked up, his tone incredibly firm:"Must you kill these children? I'm telling you, if you really kill that child, you will definitely regret it!"These words completely stated his position—he would not retreat!Hearing this, the masked man in white showed a clear look of surprise for the first time, as if he hadn't expected the Dragon Duke to have such courage.Immediately, this surprise turned into cold mockery: "So, you are dead set on being an enemy of this seat?"He turned to Lordiara, his tone indifferent but unquestionable. "What are you standing there for? Do it.Leave these two old fools who don't know the height of the heavens to this seat.""Yes!" A fierce light flashed in Lordiara's eyes as his golden wings spread again. His spirit power erupted at full strength as he prepared to take down Tang San regardless of the cost!At this moment of despair.A layer of soft yet resilient gold-red light spread out from Xiao Wu without warning, forming a faint barrier that protected her and Tang San's group.The moment this light appeared, the previously composed white-clothed Titled Douluo's body shook violently!He even ignored the Dragon Duke and Snake Crone who were preparing to fight him. His figure appeared in front of Xiao Wu as if teleporting, and with a palm strike, he sent the pouncing Lordiara flying!He stared fixedly at the gold-red light on Xiao Wu, his voice trembling with extreme excitement, no longer possessing its previous feminine composure:"This... this is... Yearning Heartbroken Red! You... you actually obtained the recognition of the Yearning Heartbroken Red?!"Immediately after, his keen perception quickly swept over the rest of the Shrek Seven Devils, and the shock on his face grew even deeper:"And... the aura of the Fragrant Silk Tulip, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, strange fur heavenly chrysanthemum...?! You... you have actually consumed so many Immortal Herbs?!"Tang San, watching from the side, was currently more shocked than anyone else in the field![Yearning Heartbroken Red?! The King of Immortal Herbs?! Isn't that a divine object that only exists in the legends of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record? It actually exists? And it even recognized Xiao Wu?! And so many other Immortal Herbs?!]Soon, from the dialogue between the two sides, everyone also learned the identity of this white-clothed Titled Douluo—Spirit Hall Elder, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!And his Spirit was indeed the strange fur heavenly chrysanthemum!Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan looked at the Shrek group, a trace of regret flashing across his face.His gaze locked onto Tang San again, his tone decisive and unquestionable:"The matter of the Immortal Herbs will be discussed later.But Tang San... you must die!"Just as the sliver of hope for survival that had risen in the Shrek group due to the Immortal Herbs was shattered once more, and their hearts sank to the bottom—"Oh? Yue Guan, who do you want to die?"A clear and calm voice reached everyone's ears distinctly, directly drowning out all the battle cries and the roar of spirit power collisions!Before anyone could even see the figure of the speaker, a world-shaking change had already occurred in the field!"Rumble—!!!"The ground trembled violently, as if some gargantuan creature was about to awaken from beneath the earth!Under everyone's terrified gazes, with the Shrek Academy group's location as the center, within a radius of several hundred meters, giant Blue Silver Trees—thick-trunked, over several meters in diameter, with blue-silver veins and a hint of green silk—broke through the solid ground and shot into the sky!These "Blue Silver Trees" grew at an incredible speed, forming a dense, deep-blue forest almost instantly!The originally aggressive fifteen hundred men in black, even including those Spirit Saints and the Spirit Douluo Lordiara, had no time to make any effective response. During the birth of this sudden "Blue Silver Forest," they were ruthlessly swallowed, entangled, and crushed by countless crazily growing thick branches and resilient vines!Cries of agony, the sound of bones shattering, and the shattering of spirit power shields rose one after another, only to be quickly drowned out by the grand "creaking" sound of the trees growing.In just a few breaths, the battlefield that had been filled with battle cries turned into a silent and eerie sea of Blue Silver Trees.All the men in black were buried and imprisoned within this suddenly descended blue forest, their fates unknown!