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Dark clouds covered the sky above the Star Forest, indicating the anger of the forest owner, and the atmosphere was full of depression.
Inner circle.
The three-headed red devil mastiff, Red King, was half-lying on the ground, his whole body wrapped in a soft green light, and the injured head was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The owner of the green light was none other than Brigitte. Her original body, the Emerald Swan, possessed extremely rare healing and auxiliary abilities among soul beasts. Under the constant nourishment of the pure and rich vitality, the Red King's aura gradually returned to normal.
Di Tian had a gloomy expression on his face. The other ferocious beasts were no longer there. They had all gone to summon soul beasts under Di Tian's orders. The only one still left in the core area was the purple-haired woman.
"Roar--"
Above the forest covered with dark clouds, the roars of beasts like thunder continued to be heard in the distance, and tremors came from the ground one after another. It was the beasts that kept trampling the earth at the command.
At least four hundred thousand year old soul beasts were hunted by humans, and even the Scarlet King nearly died at the hands of humans, which had completely angered the Beast God Di Tian and the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
Just like he did a hundred years ago, Di Tian wants to take revenge on humans for the death of his fellow soul beasts, and the form of revenge is the beast tide.
Launching a beast tide would undoubtedly cause great damage to the Star Dou Great Forest, but they would not tolerate the dignity of the ferocious beasts being trampled upon by mere humans.
After a long time, the green light disappeared, and the Red King propped up his limbs from the ground and shook his three heads. At a glance, it was impossible to tell which one was injured.
Biji asked in a serious tone, "Red King, what do you think the strength of the human with the Bright Phoenix Spirit is?"
The Scarlet King growled and said, "Very strong. His strength is far superior to that of Shrek's Taotie and the Body Sect's Body. He is even on par with the Holy Light Dragon. He must have already broken through to the Limit Douluo."
It bared its teeth in anger, recalled how miserable it was in the short few rounds of fighting with Ye Xishui, and gave a very high evaluation.
"She has three hundred thousand year spirit rings, but the number of spirit beasts she has killed must be far more than that."
Di Tian praised in a cold tone: "Another Ultimate Douluo? It seems that Shrek Academy is really full of hidden talents. No wonder it is called the number one force in the human race."
"A Holy Light Dragon left, and here comes a Phoenix of Light. Very good, very good."
The anger contained in these two lines of praise is up to the listeners to appreciate for themselves.
Although Dragon God Douluo has passed away, Di Tian has never forgotten this powerful human. In his mind, he has already regarded Ye Xishui as a person from Shrek. Even if she is not, she must be related to Dragon God Douluo.
The target of this beast tide was naturally Shrek City, which stood alone in front of the Star Dou Great Forest.
It was very normal for Di Tian to make such an inference, and even other ferocious beasts such as Biji had no objection.
If we were to ask who in this world knows Dragon God Douluo best and who knows Moon best, Ye Xishui would definitely be one of them.
Not only did she possess a light attribute that was no less powerful than Moon's, she had also been with the Dark Holy Dragon, Long Xiaoyao, for a hundred years. It was too easy for her to display some combat skills similar to those of the Light Holy Dragon. As expected, Di Tian and other ferocious beasts all believed that Shrek was the culprit.
What she wanted was to completely enrage Xingdou and then the upcoming beast tide.
Di Tian's golden eyes looked coldly at Shrek. The soul beast army would be assembled in a few days. Once his decision was made, it would not be easily changed. Humans and Shrek must pay the price for it.
"Di Tian, do you want to start an all-out war?" asked Brigitte.
"It's too hasty to start a full-scale war. We must at least completely destroy Shrek City." Di Tian was furious, but he did not lose his mind. He analyzed calmly, "Tell the plant-type soul beasts led by the Ten Thousand Demon King not to participate."
"Without Shrek City blocking it, the Star Dou Great Forest will be able to take the opportunity to expand significantly, and at that time it will all rely on these plant-type soul beasts. Moreover, this Shrek City is the place of faith for human soul masters. Completely destroying it will also severely damage the confidence of all human soul masters."
"Biji, go gather your people. With their assistance, we can greatly reduce casualties."
Brigitte nodded, took the order and retreated. The only ones left in the core circle were Di Tian, Chi Wang, and the purple-haired woman.
The purple-haired woman looked at the Red King: "How is your injury?"
"It's okay. I will make humans pay for their blood debt with blood when the time comes." The Red King couldn't wait to lead the army of soul beasts to attack.
It shook its neck, suddenly thinking of something, looked at Di Tian, and said cautiously: "Di Tian, you have to pay more attention to the safety of the auspicious beast."
"Auspicious beast?" Di Tian frowned and asked, "Isn't that little guy in seclusion?"
"I don't know when she sneaked out. When I was patrolling the mixed zone, I happened to see her being chased by humans. Fortunately, I sensed her presence, otherwise the consequences would be unknown."
The hair on Chi Wang's body stood up, and he was still a little scared when he recalled the scene not long ago. If there were more auspicious beasts among the soul beasts hunted this time, Di Tian would probably go berserk.
"When I met her, she had already used her ability to transform into a human form, and she said she was curious about the human world."
Di Tian opened his eyes slightly, was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "I was indeed a little too indulgent towards her, and it almost caused a disaster."
He recalled his experiences several years ago and had a rough guess in his mind.
The auspicious beast was born with intelligence, and it must be because of her first contact with humans that she became curious about the human world. But she had no idea how dangerous the human world was, and he could no longer pamper her as before.
Di Tian said to the purple-haired woman, "Zi Ji, when the beast tide starts, you will stay in Xingdou and protect the auspicious beasts and the core area."
"Yes."
The woman called Zi Ji nodded slightly without objection.
Her strength is the weakest among the ferocious beasts, and when the beast tide starts, not all ferocious beasts should come out in full force, there must always be some left behind.
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The core area of Xingdou is a green space full of vitality.
This place is also within the so-called dangerous area, but it is not as dangerous as rumored. On the contrary, there are birds singing and flowers blooming here, and there are no signs of danger at all.
Looking around, there were no soul beasts to be seen. Beside the azure water pond, there stood two beautiful female figures. One had blue hair, and the other had long purple-black hair. They were Huo Qiu'er and Zi Ji.
Huo Qiuer naturally recognized this Zi Ji. She was the Demon Queen who was ranked ninth among the ten most ferocious beasts.
Emperor Tian was preparing for the beast tide, and he still specially sent a beast to guard Xingdou, which was enough to show his importance to Huo Qiuer. But Huo Qiuer didn't like the feeling of being followed like this. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Emperor Tian should not easily launch a beast tide, because that would play into the hands of the Holy Spirit Church.
Just as she was still thinking, Zi Ji spoke up: "Lucky Beast, do you have any special purpose for transforming into this appearance?"
Huo Qiuer put away her thoughts for the time being and replied, "Aunt Ziji, is there any problem?"
Zi Ji has a charming appearance, with a jet-black scale in the center of her forehead, emitting layers of purple light.
"I thought that if you wanted to change your form, your hair would be golden or reddish-yellow. Why did it turn into blue?" Zi Ji expressed her doubts.
"...Maybe it's because the first human I saw looked like this." Huo Qiuer said ambiguously.
"Humanity?"
Zi Ji frowned slightly and thought to herself that auspicious beasts should not be allowed to come into contact with humans.
She warned like an elder: "Humans are a bunch of greedy guys. They wantonly hunt our soul beasts for soul rings. This time they went too far and even nearly killed the Scarlet King. Di Tian and the others will definitely make humans pay the price."
The Red King almost died?
Huo Qiuer couldn't help but feel nervous. Could it be that Ye Xishui or Long Xiaoyao took action personally?
"Is he a human Extreme Douluo?" she asked hurriedly.
Zi Ji said coldly: "Yes, and she is a female human with the Bright Phoenix Martial Spirit."
Hearing this martial soul, Huo Qiuer showed a confused expression. She never expected Zi Ji to give such an answer.
A powerful Ultimate Douluo with the Bright Phoenix Spirit, and a female? Where did this person come from?
There are only a few strong men above level 95 in the entire continent, and all of them are top strong men in famous towns.
The martial soul is a secret that needs to be hidden for ordinary soul masters, but for these top powerhouses it is a household name that cannot be concealed at all.
But I have never heard of any Extreme Douluo powerhouse with the Bright Phoenix Spirit.
There are only a few Extreme Douluo masters on the continent, including Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Du Bu Si and Xuan Lao who are close to the Extreme, and then there is a gap. If you really want to count, you can also count Beidi Douluo, but that person has the most sufficient alibi.
Huo Qiuer's expression was solemn. The only person she could think of who had the Bright Phoenix Spirit was Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Spirit Department of Shrek Academy. But he could never reach the level of Ultimate Douluo, and he was not a woman.
Could it be Yan Shaozhe’s mother?
This was the only possibility Huo Qiuer could think of. It couldn't be that Ye Xishui had another martial soul which was the Bright Phoenix.
She originally thought that it was the Holy Spirit Church that wanted to drive the beast tide, but now it seems that Shrek is also involved?
"His-"
Huo Qiuer was instantly horrified. Under the beast tide, with millions of lives in the entire Shrek City, plus the souls of human soul masters and powerful soul beasts, there was no telling what level of evil soul masters would be fed.
There must be a dark hand behind all this, pushing it forward. Even Di Tian and other ferocious beasts have become pawns of that dark hand.
Huo Qiu'er didn't want the beast tide to happen, not because she wanted to persuade Di Tian to swallow his anger. Rather, she didn't want it to completely detonate the long-standing conflict between humans and soul beasts, causing both sides to fall into a full-scale war, which would ultimately benefit those sinister people who watched the show from behind and reaped the benefits.
She knew that the beast tide would not be limited to Shrek City. After Shrek City was captured, the next step would be Douluo Three Kingdoms.
The beast tide will certainly remind humans of the fear of the Star Dou beasts, but under the all-out resistance of humans, the Star Dou Great Forest will also suffer heavy losses, and the result will be a lose-lose situation for both sides.
But Huo Qiuer knew that she could not persuade Di Tian. The world of soul beasts has always only advocated the use of force and is unwilling to negotiate. With such conclusive evidence from the Bright Phoenix, is there still a need for peace talks?
Moreover, the conflict between humans and soul beasts has been going on for a long time. Even if we tell Emperor Tian that it was the Holy Spirit Church and the evil soul masters who were secretly fanning the flames, in Emperor Tian's eyes they are all human beings and there is no difference.
This war seems to be destined and inevitable.
If we talk about who has the ability to stop this war and prevent the two sides from rushing into fighting, it seems that there is only one person.
Huo Yuhao's figure naturally appeared in Huo Qiu'er's mind. He was fully capable of stopping both sides. It was not that they simply stopped fighting, but that they stopped to figure out the whole story first, and then settled the grudges after all the facts were clear.
And based on Huo Qiuer's understanding of him, the Star Dou Great Forest now holds the moral high ground, and with the peace agreement in place, it was humans who breached the contract first.
As long as Xingdou made it clear that Shrek had to hand over the relevant culprits, Huo Yuhao would never interfere too much.
And there might even be a chance to mediate the conflict between humans and soul beasts.
Huo Qiuer suddenly thought of something.
Humans need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings, but she clearly remembered that Huo Yuhao had a soul ring that was not obtained by relying on soul beasts.
Gradually, she could no longer suppress her excitement and wanted to go find Huo Yuhao right away.
"Auspicious beast, what's wrong with you?" Zi Ji noticed that something was wrong with Huo Qiuer and asked.
Huo Qiuer regained her composure and shook her head, saying, "Nothing, Aunt Ziji, I want to stay in seclusion for a few days. I will come out after Uncle Ditian and the others are done."
Zi Ji paused and walked outside, but still reminded: "The situation is special now, don't leave the core area again."
Although she had left, she was always paying attention to Huo Qiuer's aura. Her mission was to take over from King Chi and protect the auspicious beast.
Huo Qiuer frowned slightly. With Zi Ji guarding her, it seemed unlikely that she would be able to sneak away again.
Just as she was thinking about how to leave, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and looked at the pool of water in front of her. Ripples were passing by on the clear water surface.
After staring for a long time, Huo Qiuer suddenly shouted: "Come out!"
The water was calm and no sound responded to her.
Huo Qiuer said coldly: "I'll give you three more seconds, can you come out?"
Still no sound responded.
"three……"