God Realm.
Observing the changes in the lower world, Tang San sighed with an inexplicable feeling.
Su Ming had truly grown into a formidable force.
A flicker of killing intent passed through his eyes.
His relationship with Su Ming was absolutely not good, even to the point of a life-or-death struggle.
From Tang San's perspective, if someone repeatedly tried to kill him, he would absolutely never negotiate peace with that person.
That was the path to certain death.
But at this moment, Douluo Star had almost completely fallen under Su Ming's control.
With a single thought, he could find the several forces that influenced the continent's situation within a day, and in just one month, have his will carried out.
The continent seemed to have been won by the Sun Moon Empire, but who was truly manipulating it?
Tang San's gaze was deep and profound. He stared at Shrek Academy, seeing the mere hundred-person force, then switched the view through the God Realm Core, observing the forces gathered by the Tianhun Royal Family, the Douling Royal Family, and others.
These remnants of the royal families could still gather a force of fifty people.
Fifty Spirit Masters with cultivation above Spirit King's was no small force. It showed the Sun Moon army hadn't completely exterminated these royal families.
Of course, the Tianhun Royal Family had more or less benefited from Wei Na's connections to the Body Sect. They set the precedent, and the Douling Royal Family decisively submitted.
Naturally, this was also interspersed with major battles. The Douling Empire was simply too terrified, hence their spinelessness.
The Star Luo Empire was purely because they had the earliest contact with spirit metal, developed the fastest, grew inflated, and chose death over surrender.
Seeing this contrast, Tang San secretly sighed.
"Shrek Academy's strength is still lacking."
It was at this moment he realized how outwardly strong but inwardly weak Shrek Academy was.
An academy was, after all, just an academy. When it came to large-scale mobilization, they could only muster a little over a hundred students with cultivation above Spirit King.
Although some forces behind the students acted, recalling them to form their own squads, even including these, the number was only two to three hundred.
Across the entire continent, Spirit Masters above Spirit King weren't that numerous, but certainly not few'hree to five thousand probably existed. Yet Shrek Academy, hailed as the holy land of the Spirit Master world, could only gather at most two to three hundred at a crucial moment?
In the past, there were times when Shrek Academy rallied a call, and many Titled Douluos supported it. But now was different from then. In this time of decline, graduates from Shrek Academy in the past didn't respond to the Academy's organization. Instead, after probing the news, they formed their own squads, preparing to change their destiny in the upcoming planar war.
Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao felt a slight warmth between his brows. Sensing the latest Divine Trial information, he felt somewhat helpless.
"Undergo trial in the Abyssal Battlefield. Kill ten Monarchs within two years."
The rewards were extremely rich, so rich it made Huo Yuhao drool: one God-bestowed Spirit Ring, plus an increase of ten thousand years to the age limit of all his Spirit Rings!
For him, this was basically equivalent to two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings.
Besides, the God-bestowed Spirit Ring didn't necessarily have to be used early; it could be fused when he obtained his ninth Spirit Ring, which might not just result in a hundred-thousand-year ring then.
"Abyssal Battlefield? Where is that? Is it a place outside the Douluo Continent? A battlefield? Will I be teleported there?"
Huo Yuhao shook his head, dismissing these thoughts.
More likely, it was related to Su Ming's visit to Shrek Academy a month ago. At that time, the Golden Ancient Tree mentioned there would be a planar war and that Shrek Academy would participate. The Academy's urgent mobilization of personnel over the past month proved this point.
Divine Trials had adapted to the changing times—this was likely intentional.
Feeling a small hand slip into his, Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong beside him, a touch of tenderness appearing in his eyes.
"Dong'er."
Wang Dong'er looked worried, gazing at Huo Yuhao and asking, "Is the new trial difficult?"
She knew Huo Yuhao had received a Divine Trial.
Of course, Divine Trials couldn't be disclosed to others, but she had another way. Under Tang San's guidance, she coincidentally laid it all out to Huo Yuhao.
Back then, Huo Yuhao was terrified. Only when the Emotion God issued no punishment did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm not sure either."
Huo Yuhao shook his head.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered as he looked at Wang Dong'er. "Dong'er, your Divine Trial always gets all kinds of cutting-edge information. Do you know about the Abyssal Battlefield?"
A hint of confusion flashed in Wang Dong'er's eyes, but the next moment, a butterfly-shaped mark glowed between her brows. Her eyes flickered several times at that moment, as if receiving information.
Watching this, Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue in amazement.
Dong'er was truly heaven-favored. The deity she received actually cared for her so much. Not only were her trials simple, but even daily confusions and questions could be quickly answered.
This made him quite envious.
Look at how capable her father-god was with information.
By comparison, the Emotion God seemed a bit lacking. He actually had to abide by God Realm rules and couldn't give too much guidance within the trial.
"The Abyssal Battlefield doesn't exist yet," Wang Dong'er said.
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was stunned.
Was the Emotion God messing with him?
Seeing Huo Yuhao's stunned expression, Wang Dong'er giggled.
"Just kidding. The Abyssal Battlefield doesn't exist now, but Su Ming will soon create it. Our Douluo Star will establish a direct connection with another plane called the Abyss. The area where the two planes engage in war will be the Abyssal Battlefield."
"What about the Abyssal Monarchs? What level of opponents are they?"
Huo Yuhao asked urgently.
Wang Dong'er was stunned again and began receiving information transmitted from the butterfly mark on her brow.
After digesting the message, she looked at Huo Yuhao with concern.
"Your trial isn't to kill Abyssal Monarchs, is it?"
Seeing Wang Dong'er's expression, Huo Yuhao's heart sank.
"Why? Is it very difficult?"
"The structure of the Abyss plane is differentnt from ours. It's layered, each layer like an independent world, with a total of one hundred and eight layers..."
Wang Dong'er shared the information about the Abyss with Huo Yuhao.
Hearing that Abyssal Monarchs were at least Titled Douluo-level existences, Huo Yuhao's heart turned ice-cold.
Killing a Titled Douluo's could still manage that.
But killing a Titled Douluo on a battlefield was a completely different level of difficulty.
The key was that an Abyssal Monarch was the Lord of a Plane for their layer. Although their individual strength might be slightly lower, they absolutely had numerous subordinates.
The effort required to kill one Monarch was the result.
Moreover, this planar war wasn't just for Shrek Academy to participate in. Clearly, all factions would go all out to gain benefits.
Not to mention anything else, everyone wanted Battle Armor. It was said that long-term fusion with Battle Armor could subtly enhance Martial Soul origin, and this could be inherited!
How to obtain Battle Armor?
Obviously, battle achievements would be the main path.
Huo Yuhao could imagine how many people would be competing with him for kills.
What made Huo Yuhao feel most uncomfortable was that there were only one hundred and eight Abyssal Monarchs in total, and only thirty-six had strength at the ordinary Titled Douluo level!
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