"Now, master and disciple, catch up with each other. Since you already have the ability to kill me, I can safely expend my soul power."
The Golden Ancient Tree's voice slowly rang out, then vanished. In its place, a brand-new stream of soul power began circulating through the Golden Ancient Tree's veins, flowing toward its roots.
"Senior Ancient Tree?"
Huo Yuhao spoke in surprise, but received no further response.
Huo Yuhao had more or less guessed the meaning behind the Golden Ancient Tree's earlier words.
To keep Ah Yin in a state of soul paralysis, completely unable to absorb the Golden Ancient Tree's energy, required the expenditure of soul power.
Before this, Elder Mu had been continuously consuming his own soul power to buy time for the Golden Ancient Tree.
Under such circumstances, the one expending their soul power would likely end up paralyzed as well. That was why Elder Mu had been unable to give the slightest response to Huo Yuhao's arrival.
Once the Golden Ancient Tree had confirmed that Huo Yuhao possessed the ability to destroy it and make Ah Yin's efforts come to nothing, it finally knew that its power would not become Ah Yin's wedding dress.
Thus, without the slightest hesitation, the Golden Ancient Tree took Elder Mu's place, expending its own soul power to continue sealing Ah Yin on the spiritual level.
Huo Yuhao turned around once more and looked at the illusory Dormitory Building before him, his heart filled with complicated emotions.
This old Dormitory Building had long since ceased to exist in the present-day Shrek Academy.
To prevent future Shrek Academy students from doing something as foolish as having hundreds of people fight over two toilets, Huo Yuhao had allocated part of the academy's profits years ago to construct new buildings.
The current