Behind the Sea God Pavilion Elders followed more than forty Inner Courtyard students from Shrek Academy.
As for Shrek Academy's teachers, they had evenly divided into three groups and headed to the other three sections of the city wall to command the Outer Courtyard students there. They were the most familiar with the students, making them the most convenient commanders.
Xuan Zi gazed into the distance, feeling the terrifying atmosphere of utter silence. Though he had long known the scale of this Beast Tide from the Star Dou Forest, his expression remained grim.
Among the Elders, he was considered one of those who had experienced the previous Beast Tide.
Yet compared to the scene before them, the last one paled in comparison!
The Holy Spirit Cult—or rather, the Sun Moon Empire—had taken the step of slaughtering the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest and diverting the disaster elsewhere. Though sinister and vicious, it was an excellent move from the Sun Moon Empire's perspective.
During the previous Beast Tide, Shrek City had immediately sent out calls for aid. At the time, Mu En had been presiding over Shrek Academy, with the Body Sect providing powerful support at their side.
Although the Body Sect and Shrek Academy had never been on good terms, they had worked together seamlessly on that occasion.
Only then had they held out until sufficient reinforcements arrived, stopping the Soul Beasts' advance and ultimately establishing a mutual non-aggression pact with several Fierce Beasts.
But this time, although Shrek had stockpiled far more Soul Tools than before, Xuan Zi still could not put his mind at ease without testing Shrek's combat strength in a true large-scale war.
Moreover, the Sun Moon Empire had already achieved its goal.
One did not even need to think hard to