You narrowed your eyes slightly, sneering inwardly.
Old foxes were old foxes. He made it sound so noble, but wasn't he really just lusting after the secrets of this transmigrator?
You knew this was Mu En's bottom line.
He could let you, a "monster," leave because killing you would cost too much.
But he absolutely couldn't let the transmigrator's corpse fall into your hands. Otherwise, if you got hold of some kind of powerful force from another world, the balance of the continent would be shattered.
"What if I refuse?"
"Then this old man will leave his bones here if he has to, but I'll keep you all from leaving."
Mu En slowly straightened his back. A Golden Dragon Might, as if from the primordial wilderness, suddenly erupted from him, forcibly holding you and Xiong Jun in place.
That was the might of a Limit Douluo!
You weighed the pros and cons.
The transmigrator was dead, so his value had plummeted. Fighting Mu En over a corpse clearly wasn't worth it.
"You want the corpse? Fine."
A playful smile curled your lips. You stepped aside and pointed at the transmigrator's corpse, frozen behind you.
"Bring me something in exchange."
A glint flashed in Mu En's cloudy old eyes. He slowly asked, "What do you want, young friend?"
"Simple."
You raised a finger and pointed toward the heart of Shrek Academy, your tone so casual you might have been asking for something trivial.
"I want that tree—the Golden Ancient Tree."
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Then an overwhelming surge of Soul Power erupted!
"Outrageous! You're dreaming!"
Xuan Zi's hair and beard bristled. The chicken leg in his hand crumbled to powder.
What was the Golden Ancient Tree? It was the foundation of Shrek! The site of the Sea God Pavilion! And the