Chapter 79: The Final Sustenance and Hope!

"Give me back my lovely disciples, you damn beasts!!!"

With an angry roar, Xuan Lao suddenly opened his eyes, which were already bloodshot, while nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red—spun wildly behind him.

In the Silver Moon Mountain Range, upon discovering the disturbance here, countless Silver Moon Giants slowly approached.

The moment they were about to surround Xuan Lao, his nine Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—flashed.

A large hole was suddenly torn open in the starry night sky, and countless meteors fell from within.

Bang~~ bang... bang... Boom!

"Roar, roar, roar!!!"

The sound of the meteors crashing into the ground, the screams of the Silver Moon Giants, and Xuan Lao's sorrowful, angry roars rang out.

"Die, die, die, die, you all must die for me, be buried with my lovely disciples, be buried with the future of my Shrek!!!"

Xuan Lao was filled with immense grief, and as his roar fell, so did that blood-red Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring.

A monster with the body of a sheep, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, and a pair of huge ox horns appeared out of thin air.

Over thirty meters long, blood-red patterns appeared all over its body as it continuously unleashed its fury.

Bang, bang, bang!!!

The huge monster began to stomp its limbs, and before long, bursts of explosions rang out.

Patches of purple Thousand-year Soul Rings slowly rose all around, along with twenty Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings that were black to the extreme.

Outside the Silver Moon Mountain Range, deep in the Core Area.

Sensing the anomaly in the Silver Moon Mountain Range, the Silver Moon Giant King slowly raised its massive head, its gaze passing through the Moon Mark to look toward its old home.

Yet it discovered that a behemoth was trampling over its home, and the nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red—were so blinding.

Its home had been stolen?

Hadn't it just taken its clansmen out to hunt down that group of fleeing humans?

Its home had just been stolen like this???

Looking at the large patch of purple Soul Rings rising, along with a dozen or so scattered Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, the Silver Moon Giant King's heart felt as if it were being cut by a knife.

However... facing that human powerhouse, the Silver Moon Giant King's eyes held a look of deep fear.

This home could no longer be kept, and it seemed it had also provoked an enemy it could not afford to offend, but...

This was the Star Dou Great Forest; even if the human was a Title Douluo powerhouse, so what? If it entered the Core Area, could he catch it?

It couldn't beat him, but surely it could still beat that group of fleeing humans?

The Silver Moon Giant King remembered this grudge of genocide; looking at the twenty-some clansmen remaining by its side, its heart truly felt as if it were being cut by a knife.

"Roar~ Without my command, you are not allowed to return to the Silver Moon Mountain Range. Search, search for me! Even if you have to turn the Core Area upside down, you must find those humans for me!"

Since the Silver Moon Giant King couldn't beat Xuan Lao, it planned to take this grudge out on Xu Nian'an and the others who had escaped.

It swore that once it found them, it would not let them die easily.

Over at the Silver Moon Mountain Range...

After Xuan Lao finished venting and cleared out all the Silver Moon Giants within the Silver Moon Mountain Range.

He tremblingly extended his aged hands and began to slowly pick up the broken remains of the Shrek Inner Court members within the Silver Moon Mountain Range.

"Lan Yazi,... fire starter..."

Some were reduced to nothing but a pool of flesh, some had only limbs left, and some had only half a face; the more he picked up, the more painful and unbearable Xuan Lao's heart became.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~~~

As sounds of air being torn apart approached, Xu Jianyang scanned the battlefield, and seeing the human remains Xuan Lao was slowly piling up, he immediately gasped.

"The Spirit Power of these people before they died was not low, several were Soul Douluo... wait, that is the emblem of Shrek!"

Looking at the broken Shrek academy badge not far away, Xu Jianyang instantly gasped.

He hurriedly arranged for a landing and stood guard over the surroundings...

Looking at the old man's back in front, Xu Jianyang could not discern the other party's strength, which meant the other party's strength was very likely higher than his own.

"May I ask, are you from Shrek Academy?"

With a nervous heart, Xu Jianyang asked.

Xuan Lao's body stiffened; he lifted his numb body and turned his head. His face was already covered in tears, his eyes were bloodshot, and his black hair had turned white in an instant.

Seeing this scene, Xu Jianyang frowned... hair turned white overnight???

Looking at the green robes worn by the crowd behind Xu Jianyang, especially Xu Shang, whom he had seen three days ago, he knew who they were looking for.

Moreover, every time Xu Nian'an released a distress signal, he would also release the Xuanming Sect's distress signal flare; he guessed who they were and why they had come here.

He immediately looked at Xu Jianyang with a face full of guilt.

Seeing Xuan Lao's look of immense guilt, Xu Jianyang's pupils shrank violently.

In fact, when he first arrived, he had already sensed the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast...

His mind was filled with a thousand thoughts, but in the end, his gaze remained fixed on Xuan Lao.

"I'm sorry!"

After waiting for a long time, Xuan Lao finally spat out these three words; Xu Jianyang's body went limp, and he staggered back several steps, almost unable to stand steady.

Xu Jianyang opened his mouth, and a dry voice came out.

"Search... search along the surroundings for me, do not let any corner go unchecked."

"The Young Master of the Xuanming Sect, I want to see him alive if he is alive, and if he is dead... he cannot be dead!!!"

Hearing Xuan Lao say the words "I'm sorry," Xu Jianyang was shocked, his heart turned cold, and a sense of foreboding surged into his mind.

It couldn't be? It couldn't be? It couldn't be...

Xu Jianyang raised his hand, and the Xuanming Sect signal flare exploded instantly.

Immediately, he began to wait anxiously: one minute... ten minutes... thirty minutes.

After hesitating for a long time, Xuan Lao spoke again, but this time his voice sounded incomparably aged.

"Before sunset, I discovered other movements and went to investigate, but I accidentally lost my way."

"By the time I saw the children's signal flare for help and arrived here... the children... the children had already been attacked by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast..."

Xuan Lao did not continue speaking, and Xu Jianyang felt ice-cold all over.

Xu Nian'an was dead?

The Shrek soul-hunting team encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and was completely wiped out?????

The hope for the rise of the Xuanming Sect was extinguished.

Not long after, soul power surged throughout Xu Jianyang's entire body, and his complexion turned incomparably red in an instant.

Bang! Puchi!

A giant turtle burning with flames slowly emerged, bang bang!! Boom!

"Silver Moon Giant King, if you do not die! I, Xu Jianyang, swear I will not be a man!"

"Situation, there is a situation, Elder, there is a situation!!!"

Not long after Xu Jianyang's rage, a large group of people from the Xuanming Sect came running over quickly, carrying a person.

This person was wearing a tattered Shrek Inner Court uniform, had flashy pink short hair, and his entire body was covered in numerous lacerations, with a dense, silver moon-marked wound running through him.

"Elder, we found this person in the center of a lake several kilometers away; when we found him, he was already in a state of severe injury and unconsciousness."

Hearing this, Xu Jianyang's face lit up with joy, and Xuan Lao even jumped up directly.

"Chu Qingtian!!!"

"Treat him, treat him, give me your full effort to treat him immediately; once he wakes up, you must ask for news of the Young Master!"

It is unknown how much time passed; the night faded, and the light descended.

After receiving medical treatment, Chu Qingtian slowly regained consciousness.

"Xuan Lao... save... save Senior Sister, save Senior Sister Le Xuan, and Junior Brother Nian'an!"

Relying on Chu Qingtian's final consciousness before falling into a coma, Xuan Lao and Xu Jianyang learned that Xu Nian'an and several other Inner Court students were likely still alive, and they were immediately excited.

This was their final reliance and hope!

"Search! Even if we have to turn over the entire Star Dou Great Forest!"

Xuan Lao's gaze was resolute, and Xu Jianyang was even more decisive, directly sending people back to the Xuanming Sect to bring more men; even if it meant mobilizing the entire Xuanming Sect to search, he would spare no cost.

Seeing this, Xuan Lao did not hesitate in the slightest, quickly flying out of the Star Dou Great Forest to find the people from Shrek and inform them of the situation.

Manpower disappeared one after another; in forty-eight hours at the earliest, all reinforcements would arrive.

(End of chapter)