Chapter 512 Reinforcements
Du Bushi is very unhappy and aggrieved now. Although he doesn't think much of soul guides, after the Body Sect became the guardian sect of the Tianhun Empire, he knew from what he saw and heard that he should not use his face to receive soul guide rays.
Now he risked being targeted by soul guides to come to Risheng City to rescue people, no doubt with the intention of earning a good reputation and making the sects of the original Three Douluo Kingdoms change their views on the Body Sect. As a result, the people were rescued, but his plan was completely dashed, and Long Xiaoyao became the idol and even the adoptive parent of those young people.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this beast tide has nothing to do with the Body Sect.
"Aren't those guards afraid that the tokens you gave them are fake?" Even so, Du Bu Si still had to use words to poke Long Xiaoyao.
"Do you think the Silver Moon Token is just an ordinary token? A ninth-level soul guide cannot be faked, not to mention that each ninth-level soul guide can reflect the soul guide's own production style." Long Xiaoyao seemed to be looking at an ignorant and reckless man. "Whether it is the Sun Moon Empire or our place, any ninth-level soul guide can be used as proof of the maker's identity."
"Wow, you guys are so awesome." Du Bu Si rolled his eyes.
Long Xiaoyao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and went to distribute the flying soul guides to the hostages who had just been released. Of course, he still used Kong Deming's token to requisition them from Risheng City. Anyway, the Sun Moon Empire would belong to Long Pavilion sooner or later, so what's wrong with taking a few flying soul guides?
Although the soul masters of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms would psychologically reject soul guides, it is impossible for them to completely avoid contact with them, so they have a strong ability to adapt to flying soul guides. Even if they have never used them, they can barely use them after a little experimentation.
And the one who lets them use the flying soul guide now is Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, their great benefactor. He is definitely letting you use it for your own good!
"Young people whose cultivation level is below that of Soul King should return to the academy and the sect to report the news. The others should come with us to Soto City to fight against the beast tide." Long Xiaoyao can now be said to have a hundred responses to his call.
Everyone obeyed, especially the hostages who were rescued. After recovering, they were so eager to sacrifice their lives to repay the grace of saving their lives. What's more, Long Xiaoyao gave orders not for himself, but for the safety of all mankind.
There is absolutely no flaw to be found, it is simply a savior-level existence!
"Wait! Why does the name Soto City sound so familiar?" Du Bu Si's mind worked quickly. He had been to this place before!
"Oh my god! Did Shrek Academy move to Soto City? Why is the beast tide still chasing them? Are they going to do something weird again?"
"Who knows the specific situation? Let's go over and see if we can negotiate with the beast. Minimizing the losses is the most important thing!" Of course Long Xiaoyao knew what was going on, but he felt it was outrageous when he said it out loud, so it would be better for everyone to see it with their own eyes.
"Hey, Old Long, you really don't know? I heard that your Dragon Pavilion has a good relationship with the ferocious beasts." Du Bu Si seemed to have noticed something and whispered a message to Long Xiaoyao.
"Can you please stop talking nonsense?" Long Xiaoyao quickly denied, "Since the establishment of Dragon Pavilion in the northern border, we have fought hundreds of battles with the soul beasts in the far north. You call this a good relationship?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Ah? I mean the beasts in Xingdou. Without their permission, how can you conduct soul experiments in Dragon Pavilion?" Du Bu Si was obviously very interested in souls. Although he rejected soul guides, he didn't reject souls! What does it matter if the soul is young? The Body Sect has a secret method to increase the age of soul rings. Maybe it can be improved and applied to souls.
"There is indeed some cooperation, but it is based on the exchange of interests. Once the core interests are touched, the other side will change their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book." Long Xiaoyao hinted vaguely, but not to the point that Du Bushi would not understand.
"You mean, someone sneaked into the Star Dou Great Forest again to hunt hundred thousand year soul beasts?" Du Bu Si did not disappoint Long Xiaoyao. Of course, it was more likely because they had such a record before.
"Do you still remember Zhang Peng?" Long Xiaoyao continued to hint, "The wild man in our family has been with soul beasts longer than with humans. He was the one who brought back the news. I dare not speak rashly about the specific situation in front of so many people. What if someone thinks that I deliberately framed Shrek?"
"I know. It's the Scorpion Tiger Douluo who practiced with the blood of soul beasts and was hunted by Moon! What did he say? Give me a lowdown so that I can prepare myself mentally. I have to know how serious the situation is, right? Let's communicate via telepathy. Don't worry, I won't leak a single word before we arrive at the scene!" It is human nature to eat melons, and even a strong man like Du Bu Si is no exception, but he will never admit it.
“Xuan Zi has attacked the three red demon mastiffs, and he also wants to kidnap the auspicious emperor beast, in order to force the beasts in Xingdou to provide spirit rings or even souls to Shrek Academy!” Long Xiaoyao became more and more anxious as he spoke. “Let’s not talk about him tearing up the treaty first. Do you know where the auspicious emperor beast came from? It’s the child adopted by the God of Beasts…”
"I'm so awesome!" Du Bu Si slapped his thigh and couldn't help cursing out loud, his expression twisted and unbelievable, scaring all the soul masters so much that they didn't know what was going on and looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Stop looking, follow me to the front line!"
Damn it! No matter how rampant the Body Sect was back then, they never thought of kidnapping the Beast God's child after stealing his dog. Long Xiaoyao was right. No matter how good the relationship was, it couldn't stand such a toss! Du Bu Si put himself in her shoes and really couldn't bear it. If he didn't promote Shrek Academy, it would be hard to relieve the hatred in his heart.
But on the other hand, this also shows that this beast tide may not be resolved peacefully, because no matter what, humans are the ones who are in the wrong.
Not to mention that Xuanzi also wiped out the family of his own student. When Du Bushi heard Xiao Xiao expose the deeds done by the Shrek Supervisory Group, he thought he had heard it wrong.
Isn't this definitely an evil soul master?
If we count the human towns and villages destroyed along the way by the beast tide, wow! The damage is even greater than that caused by the evil spirit masters!
But there was no way to expel Xuan Zi and the other top leaders of Shrek Academy. Although Du Bushi really wanted to do so, he knew very well that it would be of no avail. How could the ferocious beasts be so easy to talk to?
Don't say that humans should unite and face the outside world. Any normal person knows that this matter cannot be washed away. If it can be resolved by ceding land and paying compensation, it would be considered a kindness on the part of those beasts.
The question is how much land to cede and how much compensation to pay? The Lima Plain has been partially occupied by the expansion of the Xingdou Great Forest, and now the most fertile central Lima Plain is about to fall, which means that the Tianhun Empire is about to lose its most important granary.
Even if the beast tide stops at Soto City, the Sky Soul Empire will have to purchase food from other countries in the future, but this is not a long-term solution after all. If you want to completely solve the food problem, you have to...
Perhaps there is no need for the Sun-Moon Empire to attack, as the Sky Soul Empire will declare war on the Xingluo and Douling Empires.
Shrek Academy.
Faced with the largest beast tide in history, even the Shrek executives were panicked. After all, the academy now had no walls to protect it. Even freshmen could easily cross those fences, which were not even as good as the bushes in the Star Dou Great Forest to the army of soul beasts.
Lin Lao and others could only pretend that they knew nothing, and asked the defenders to let the teachers and students enter the city, and expressed that they would fight against the beast tide together with the soul masters in Soto City.
This request was not excessive, because there were no restrictions on entry and exit in Soto City, and teachers and students often went from the suburbs to the city to participate in the Soul Fighting Competition. Now the beast tide was coming fiercely, and before the cause of the beast tide was figured out, one more soul master meant one more force.
On the city wall, the defenders were on full alert. The soul masters held soul guides in their hands, and their soul rings shone brightly in the morning light. The city lord stood at the highest point, but at this moment he looked solemn. Five years ago, he led his troops to the border to support the Body Sect in fighting against the beast tide. Now the same crisis has come to Soto City, and the burden on his shoulders is as heavy as a mountain.
The city was already in chaos. After the news spread, civilians fell into panic, and the streets were crowded with people fleeing. Some people dragged their families and pushed carts full of belongings, trying to escape to Tiandou City through the north gate. In the market, vendors abandoned their goods, and food was trampled on the ground. Crying and cursing were heard one after another. Some even took advantage of the chaos to loot supplies. The city defense troops were exhausted, and the calls to maintain order were drowned out by the chaos.
In this chaos, a figure seemed out of place. A middle-aged man was walking leisurely among the crowd, and the chaotic flow of people could not even touch the hem of his clothes. His slender figure was well-proportioned and upright, wearing a white coat with a fur collar, and his long gray hair fluttered in the wind, like a ray of flowing light.
He was playing with a jumping knife in his hand, and the blade was faintly flashing with dark golden light. Every time the knife light passed through the air, tiny black cracks were actually created in the surrounding space, as if even the void was torn apart.
There was no smile on his face, and his deep eyes revealed indifference and anxiety, but his steps were still calm, as if the impending catastrophe had nothing to do with him, and as if everything was under his control.
Suddenly, a young man rushed towards him in panic, but it was as if he had hit an invisible wall, and he staggered and fell to the ground.
The boy was wearing a white school uniform with the emblem of Shrek Academy embroidered on his chest. He looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, and his face was full of panic. He was obviously a freshman who had just enrolled. He looked up and saw a pair of deep eyes with a chilling coldness.
The middle-aged man glanced down at the boy, his eyes lingering on the school uniform emblem for a moment, and the jumping knife in his hand spun lightly, and the crack in the air disappeared instantly, "Xiao Chi, where is Bai Ri Chi? Where did you hide her?"
The boy was overwhelmed by the momentum and stammered, "I, I don't know... I just enrolled in school and the teacher asked us to evacuate..." Before he finished his words, the middle-aged man had passed by him and his figure quickly disappeared into the crowd.
"Now you are no different from lost dogs."
On the distant horizon, a dark army of soul beasts surged like a tide, raising dust and covering the sky. The roar of the soul beasts was deafening, and the fate of Soto City was at stake. The middle-aged man was now standing on the roof of a tall building somewhere in the city, overlooking the chaos in the distance, with the jumping knife gently turning in his hand. His eyes passed through the crowd and pointed directly in the direction of the Shrek elite.
Suddenly, a sharp cry came from the sky, and dozens of flying soul beasts broke through the defense line of the soul guide outside the city and swooped down like a black cloud. These soul beasts were shaped like giant eagles, with wings that were several feet wide when spread out, feathers as sharp as steel blades, and eyes that were scarlet, emitting a bloodthirsty and murderous light. They were the famous "Sky-Splitting Eagles" in the Star Dou Great Forest, known for their speed and destructive power. At this moment, they swooped straight into the city, tearing the roofs with their sharp claws and pecking at the fleeing crowd with their sharp beaks.
The crowd became even more panicked, with screams rising one after another. A sky-breaking eagle locked onto a fallen civilian and swooped down, about to tear him to pieces. At this moment, a white shadow suddenly appeared, and a dark golden blade pierced through the air, instantly causing black cracks to appear in the surrounding space.
The Sky-Splitting Eagle let out a shrill wail, and its huge body was split in two by the blade in mid-air. Blood fell like rain, and as its body fell to the ground, a circle of inky black soul rings emerged. The middle-aged man landed on the ground, and his clothes were not stained with a trace of dust. He looked up at the sky, and more Sky-Splitting Eagles were circling down, but they seemed to have sensed his threat and hesitated for a moment.
He did not stop. With a twist of his wrist, the jumping knife spun rapidly between his fingers, and the dark golden light became more and more dazzling. His figure flashed and he leaped into the air again. The whole person seemed to turn into a stream of light and rushed straight towards the group of flying soul beasts. Wherever the knife light passed, the space was torn into fine cracks, and each crack accurately devoured the life of the Sky-Splitting Eagle. One, two, three... In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen soul beasts were killed by him. The broken limbs and wings fell like a rainstorm, and the ground was covered with blood.
"Hey! Old White Bird, are you alone?" A deep voice sounded, and a large green light filled the air, spreading towards the tide of beasts outside the city.
Then, Long Xiaoyao and Du Bu Si brought reinforcements from the sky and landed on the city wall. Seeing this, the defenders and the city lord were almost moved to tears, this was too timely!
On the other side of the city wall, the senior staff of Shrek Academy stood there, overlooking the dark beast tide outside the city, their faces were so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out. The city defense army of Soto City was busy adjusting the soul guides, trying their best to resist the impact of the beast tide. They didn't know that the source of this disaster came from Shrek Academy.
As soon as Du Bu Si finished speaking, a chilling murderous intent suddenly enveloped the city wall. Everyone turned around and saw a white shadow appear in front of them like a faint light. The middle-aged man had climbed up the city wall at some point. His slender figure was as tall and straight as a pine tree, and his white coat fluttered in the wind.
"Who is this gentleman?" The city lord was filled with gratitude. If the middle-aged man had not killed a dozen flying soul beasts just now, the civilians in the city would definitely have suffered heavy casualties.