Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Nangong Wan said with a gloomy face: "Master, we have been tricked. The person who came is just a bait. He can become invisible and is a Spiritual Element Title Douluo. Although his strength is average, he is very fast and has a strong sense. After discovering us, he pretended to escape, and Mask and I chased after him. When we caught up with him, he was suddenly ambushed. Mask was not careful and was seriously injured in an instant. I am no match for the opponent alone, so I can only fight hard to break through. If I didn't have two ways to save my life, I'm afraid I would be like Mask now, unable to come back."

Zhongli Wu did not doubt Nangong Wan's words, nor did he think that Nangong Wan would betray him. After all, Nangong Wan was an evil soul master, and apart from the Holy Spirit Church, he had no place to stay. No evil soul master would defect to the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, and they would not accept the surrender of any evil soul master. After all, the situation of evil soul masters being hated by everyone was no joke.

But what he could not have imagined was that Nangong Wan would actually be a spineless person who was afraid of death. It can only be said that Nangong Wan usually performed well in the Holy Spirit Church, making the people of the Holy Spirit Church, including Zhongli Wu, think that he was a very pure evil soul master who was indifferent to life and death and would fight against anyone who refused to obey.

Upon learning of the Mask's death, Zhongli Wu's face turned grim. Although Masked Douluo was considered very weak among the Titled Douluo of the Holy Spirit Church, no matter how weak he was, he was still a Titled Douluo and a high-end combat force in the Douluo Continent. To lose a Titled Douluo in such an unclear manner, anyone would feel the same as Zhongli Wu does now.

Zhongli Wu looked at Nangong Wan with a sinister look in his eyes and said in a cold voice, "Who ambushed you? You two Titled Douluo, can't you even escape? Tell me, how did Mask die?"

Nangong Wan's heart trembled, and he almost fell to his knees, but he knew that even if he betrayed Ji Lin now, Zhongli Wu would not let him go. After all, in fact, he had betrayed once, and he still had the prohibition left by Zhang Lexuan on him. That was the secret method of Shrek Academy, and its effect was no less than the curse left on him by Ye Xishui. How dare he betray Ji Lin?

He could only suppress his fear and pretend to be calm, saying in a deep voice: "Master, the people who ambushed us were from Shrek Academy. Mask was first seriously injured by a Title Douluo who used the power of light, and then was killed by a Soul Douluo who used the ultimate fire and possessed the Fire Phoenix spirit. I was seriously injured by a Title Douluo who possessed the Silver Moon spirit using a hundred thousand year spirit skill. The situation was urgent at the time, and I could only use my life-saving trump card to escape. I was unable to rescue Mask. Please punish me, Master."

After saying that, Nangong Wan's knees softened and he knelt down in front of Zhongli Wu, lowering his head in shame.

"Shrek Academy?" Zhongli Wu's expression was slightly moved when he heard the word Shrek. All along, the Holy Spirit Church believed that its biggest rival was not the Body Sect, but Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy has accumulated tens of thousands of years of experience, and its disciples are all over the world. They originally belonged to the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, especially the military. It is unknown how many people are from Shrek Academy. Once Shrek Academy makes a call, there will definitely be many responders. This is why the Sun-Moon Empire failed in the first holy war. It was because of the intervention of Shrek Academy that it failed.

Moreover, Shrek also has a continental inspection team that hunts down evil soul masters everywhere. For a long time, the people from the Holy Spirit Church would take a detour when they saw people from Shrek Academy.

It has been a while since the war began. Although Shrek Academy has not openly joined the war, Zhongli Wu has never relaxed his vigilance against Shrek Academy. In his opinion, the last obstacle for the Sun-Moon Empire to unify the Douluo Continent must be Shrek Academy, because that was what happened in the last holy war. Zhongli Wu never underestimated Shrek Academy, and Zhongli Wu knew very well that Shrek Academy had produced seven gods. For Zhongli Wu, who was cooperating with the Sun-Moon Empire and aiming for the throne of god, he would not be surprised even if Shrek Academy took out a magic weapon.

According to Nangong Wan, the people who ambushed him and Masked Douluo were from Shrek Academy. Could it be that Shrek Academy could no longer sit still? Was it also going to intervene?
Nangong Wan knelt obediently on the ground, quietly waiting for Zhongli Wu's thoughts.

"What are the specific strengths of those people from Shrek Academy?"

Zhongli Wu asked in a deep voice.

Nangong Wan replied respectfully, "The one who severely injured the Mask should be a Super Douluo. His martial spirit is a golden phoenix. He uses the power of light and is very powerful. I don't think I can defeat him head-on. The one who killed the Mask is also a Phoenix martial spirit owner. Although she is only an eight-ringed Soul Douluo, she has the ultimate fire attribute. That flame is very terrifying. Anyone below a Titled Douluo will die if they touch it. And she also has a 100,000-year soul ring."

"As for the one who severely injured my subordinate, he should also be a Super Douluo, with a martial soul of Silver Moon and two hundred thousand year spirit rings. His strength is above my subordinates, and the opponent attacked by surprise. My subordinates were not careful for a moment and were severely injured in an instant."

Before returning, Ji Lin and the others had already thought of a story. Nangong Wan's words were half true and half false. In a short period of time, even Zhongli Wu could not tell the truth from the false.

"Golden Phoenix? Super Douluo? Yan Shaozhe?" Zhongli Wu's eyes turned cold, "Bright Phoenix Yan Shaozhe, Bright Phoenix Douluo, he actually came in person. It seems that Shrek Academy is really going to intervene in the front battlefield."

"There is also the Ultimate Fire Phoenix Martial Spirit. This should be Yan Shaozhe's beloved disciple. Ultimate Fire! Humph! Mask's death was not unjust. As for the Silver Moon Martial Spirit, haha! It must be Zhang Lexuan from Shrek Academy! Interesting."

Although he said it was interesting, Zhongli Wu's face became more and more ugly. Although there were no Ultimate Douluos in Shrek Academy now, the Holy Spirit Church had never been less wary of Shrek Academy. Even though the Holy Spirit Church had become a force to be reckoned with and had two Ultimate Douluos, they had no plan to directly attack Shrek Academy.

Of course, this was also the reason why his mother and Uncle Long were unwilling to attack Shrek, otherwise he would have taken the priests and elders to test how much strength Shrek Academy had left after losing the Dragon God Douluo. It was because of fear that he did not dare to act rashly, but he did not expect Shrek to join the battle, and as soon as he came, he caused the Holy Spirit Church to lose an elder at the level of Titled Douluo. Zhongli Wu remembered this grudge.

In Zhongli Wu's plan, dealing with Shrek Academy is a matter of sooner or later, but his mother and Uncle Long cannot be counted on. He originally planned to use the power of the Sun-Moon Empire to deal with Shrek Academy. No matter how strong Shrek Academy is, it is an academy mainly for soul masters, and the concept has long been deeply rooted. Although it is rumored in recent years that they have made a considerable investment in the soul guide department, Zhongli Wu sneers at this. Can the gap in the level of the soul guide industry be caught up with by a temporary effort?
No matter how impregnable Shrek City is, when I lead the numerous soul guide corps of the Sun-Moon Empire to launch a concentrated attack and give them a few more level nine fixed-type soul guide shells, let's see how arrogant they can still be.

But Moon Douluo Zhang Lexuan? Thinking of Zhang Lexuan's martial soul being the moon, Zhongli Wu couldn't help but think of the old guy in the Sun-Moon Empire that his mother was very afraid of. That old guy's martial soul was also the Silver Moon, one of the inherited martial souls of the Sun-Moon Empire's royal family. Is this Zhang Lexuan related to that old guy and the Sun-Moon Empire?

If there is a connection, that would be interesting!

“Since Shrek Academy is here, let them come over, Marshal Lin Hai.” Zhongli Wu turned to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai stood up quickly and said respectfully, "Please give me your instructions, Imperial Master."

Zhongli Wu said in a deep voice: "During this period of time, you need to have your people strengthen their vigilance, especially the various soul detection devices, and increase the detection strength. Once there is any discovery, you must inform me immediately. I want to see what Yan Shaozhe is planning to do by coming here in person this time."

"Yes." Lin Hai agreed respectfully.

Zhongli Wu then turned to Nangong Wan and said, "As for you, Nangong, since you brought back information this time, I will not pursue the matter of Mask. After all, you did a good job to come back alive from the ambush of Shrek Academy and bring back such important information. However, don't chase the enemy recklessly next time. You and Mask are the backbone of our sect. I am very sad that Mask died. I don't want you to get into trouble too."

"Thank you for your concern, Master." Nangong Wan quickly stood up and bowed.

Zhongli Wu waved his hand and said, "Okay, go down and recuperate. You will be of use in the next battle."

"Yes." Nangong Wan then turned and walked out.

Just as Nangong Wan reached the entrance of the commander's tent, Zhongli Wu suddenly called out, "Wait a minute."

Nangong Wan's body stiffened slightly, but it was very slight and not obvious.

Zhongli Wu threw out a green pill and said calmly: "Take this pill. It can help you recover quickly. Shrek Academy is coming at you aggressively. The next war is likely to start soon. Your fighting power is indispensable."

Nangong Wan quickly took the pill and said with gratitude, "Thank you, Master."

"Go." Zhongli Wu waved his hand again, Nangong Wan bowed respectfully again, then turned and left.

After leaving the general's tent, Nangong Wan's originally grateful expression suddenly turned calm. Zhongli Wu's method of winning people's hearts was indeed brilliant. If it were him before, he would most likely be moved to tears of gratitude, but now that he had betrayed Zhongli Wu, he just wanted to survive. Now he only hoped that the people of Shrek Academy would keep their word and let him go after this was over.

If it was Ji Lin, he would never believe it no matter what. He is a vicious evil soul master, how could he believe a verbal promise.

(End of this chapter)