So, Xuan Zi had these secrets on him.
Su Ming truly hadn't known before that Xuan Zi's Martial Soul could swallow fortune.
He had thought Xuan Zi was simply incompetent.
Now it seemed, he was... well, okay, still incompetent.
Just incompetent in a different field.
"Xuan Zi's fortune is soaring; he's practically glowing. This time, coming to hunt, it seems he's already devored the fortune of those students."
But even so, Xuan Zi couldn't escape his death.
What was this?
Because Xuan Zi met Su Ming, who had stronger fortune?
No.
It was because, even if he was full this time, he still hadn't replenished his fortune deficit.
Last time Xuan Zi led a hunting expedition, he didn't consume much of the students' fortune; he consumed the Auspicious Beast's fortune.
But the Auspicious Beast's fortune belonged to the Spirit Beast race; he couldn't digest it.
So, his calamity began from that point.
When the Auspicious Beast eventually sacrificed to Su Ming, this 'enmity' fell upon Su Ming.
If Xuan Zi's fortune had been flourishing, even if Su Ming's was stronger, fate wouldn't have guided Su Ming to hunt him down.
But Xuan Zi's fortune was in decline.
"Time, fate."
"Since he's an Evil Spirit Master, my last worry is gone."
"Teacher Yi, prepare to strip his Martial Soul."
Stripping a Martial Soul also relied on exploiting the flaws of an Evil Spirit Master's Martial Soul. This Xuan Zi himself had an Evil Martial Soul, so he naturally fell within this scope.
"Hmph, Su Ming, you're truly confident. You really think this old man fears you?"
Seeing Su Ming's murderous intent directed at him, Xuan Zi immediately sneered.
"Xuan Zi, you're truly confident. You really think I'm not here?"
Di Tian also spoke coldly.
Xuan Zi's body stiffened.
He glared at Su Ming.
"Su Ming, is your Body Sect truly colluding with the Spirit Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"Yes."
Su Ming readily admitted.
"Di Tian, kill him."
A rose-gold stream of light emerged from the top of Su Ming's head, transforming into Di Rui.
When Di Rui appeared, Di Tian's gaze shifted slightly.
He scrutinized Di Rui, noticing the changes in her cultivation.
"Hehe, I have twenty-five thousand years of cultivation now," Di Rui said, noticing Di Tian's look, puffing out her chest, her tone very proud.
Then, she stared fixedly at Xuan Zi.
"Kill him. I feel my cultivation can increase by at least another twenty thousand years after this."
Di Tian nodded slightly.
"Good!"
He saw hope.
Back when Su Ming promised he could lead the Auspicious Beast to godhood, Di Tian hadn't been very confident.
Now, seeing Di Rui gain ten thousand years of cultivation in just half a year with Su Ming, Di Tian truly saw a dawn.
At this growth rate, even calculated by a human lifespan, the Auspicious Beast would have ample time to cultivate to a million years.
The entire time, Xuan Zi had no chance to struggle.
His life was no longer in his own control.
Di Tian raised his hand, directly unleashing his trump card.
"Dragon God Claw!"
This matter concerned the Auspicious Beast; Di Tian showed no mercy whatsoever.
Xuan Zi's breathing stopped.
Having seen Mu En take action, he understood even more clearly the sense of oppression Di Tian exuded now.
At least a whole level higher than Mu En!
How was this possible?
This was Di Tian?
"I won't accept this!"
An intense unwillingness welled up in his heart. Xuan Zi looked up to the sky and roared.
Outside his body, a khaki energy burst forth.
Moo!
Schlick.
Under the Dragon God Claw, Xuan Zi's body was pierced through.
He clutched his chest, incredulous.
In desperation, he finally began to fight desperately.
At his chest, Spirit Power gathered.
He wanted to instantly condense a second Spirit Core and break through to the Limit Douluo level!
Spirit Power ignited, and the vortex rapidly took shape.
At that very instant, the sky rumbled with a deep, muffled thunder.
Di Tian sneered and struck out with another claw.
Xuan Zi roared, meeting the attack.
Su Ming distanced himself from the battlefield, admiring the fight where Xuan Zi was utterly crushed.
He truly lamented Xuan Zi's courage.
What was he thinking?
Even if you really broke through on the battlefield, you still wouldn't be a match for Di Tian.
The complementary Yin-Yang dual Spirit Core is a joke to you?
The battle didn't last too long.
In barely a minute, Xuan Zi, currently Shrek's strongest combatant, fell.
Electrolux was always ready. The moment Xuan Zi died, he acted, deducting Xuan Zi's Martial Soul. Simultaneously, Xuan Zi's earth attribute origin was also integrated into his Martial Soul by Electrolux.
"You... actually wanted his Martial Soul?"
Di Tian revealed a trace of fear.
Having lived this long, it was the first time he'd seen a method to strip Martial Souls.
Su Ming became mysterious in his eyes.
Su Ming didn't chat much with Di Tian and left the scene.
Seeing this, Di Tian also returns directly to the Land of Extreme Danger.
"Su Ming, Su Ming, my cultivation is increasing again."
Di Rui's words confirmed for Su Ming that Xuan Zi indeed was the culprit causing her fate to change.
The key wasn't Xuan Zi seizing fortune.
It was that he not only seized fortune but also added that portion of fortune to Shrek Academy.
For the Star Dou Great Forest, this was a catastrophe.
Such a great disaster naturally had to be borne by the Auspicious Beast.
Thus, in the original story, she had to completely sacrifice, burning all her soul except the fragment given to Tang Wutong, and sacrifice to Huo Yuhao.
Wei Na and the others were hiding in a cave.
Only when Su Ming returned did they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Su Ming, what happened?" Long Aotian inquired.
"Xuan Zi was caught by Di Tian. Di Tian killed him."
Su Ming was concise and to the point, not describing it in detail.
He led the five of them to continue hunting.
Shrek Academy.
"Why do I have this ominous premonition?"
Yan Shaozhe stopped his meditation, frowning.
As soon as he started meditating, he felt restless all over.
"Could it be... something happened to the students Elder Xuan took hunting again?"
If something happened to this hunting team, it would be a major incident.
Dai Yueheng was in the team!
If Dai Yueheng died, how would Shrek explain to the White Tiger Duke's Manor?
Before, they didn't need to explain; Shrek was dominant.
But the current situation had caused Shrek's prestige to fall again and again. In recent years, fewer and fewer genius soul masters were recommended by city lords from the Douluo Three Nations; geniuses were being kept within their own countries.
Among them, Star Luo was the most extreme.
Not only cultivating Spirit Masters, but also Spirit Engineers and even blacksmiths.
They had climbed the fastest these years.
"If Dai Yueheng really does get into trouble, Xu Jiawei might seize this opportunity and hold on, further hindering the flow of talent."
Yan Shaozhe frowned, his anxiety growing.
He paced back and forth, his breathing becoming heavier, his unease deepening.
Time passed.
Two months later, Wei Na's hunting journey concluded.
"Su Ming, thank you. If not for you, I really wouldn't have been able to obtain a rare Spirit Ring like the Silver English Beast's."
Wei Na was beaming, trying out her new sixth Spirit Skill, "Imprint."
Nearby, Zhang Wei was still fusing with the Heaven-Shaking Roar's Spirit Ring.
His gaze furrowed and relaxed intermittently.
If not for the very stable fluctuations in his Spirit Power, others would have worried he was having trouble fusing the spirit ring.
After waiting another hour or so, Zhang Wei finally finished fusing the ring.
"How's the Spirit Skill?"
"Sixth Spirit Skill: Deterrence!"
Deterrence?
Su Ming was taken aback.
Not a sound-based skill?
"My spiritual power can fuse with my will, spreading out in all directions, exerting a deterrent effect on all life forms within the coverage area, similar in effect to Dragon Might."
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