That night of "fighting" had been more exhausting for Huo Yuhao than battling a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
If he hadn't had the seemingly boundless source Soul Power of the Ice Empress and Snow Empress backing him up, his own Soul Ancestor-level Soul Power would have been nowhere near enough. Ma Xiaotao's terrifying Evil Fire would have burned him to ashes long ago.
When the first rays of morning sunlight fell, Huo Yuhao pushed open the door with a pale face and unsteady steps, as if his body had been hollowed out.
"Yuhao, how is she?" Zhang Lexuan, who had been waiting outside the door, immediately came forward, her face full of concern.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and replied hoarsely, "It's under control for now, but Senior Sister Xiaotao is in terrible shape. The Evil Fire has receded, but her mind is badly damaged, and... the Evil Fire is still surging back again and again. It could erupt again at any moment."
Zhang Lexuan's expression changed at his words. She made a quick decision. "We can't wait any longer. We have to return to the academy immediately!"
With Xuan Lao personally escorting them, Huo Yuhao brought out the Liuguang Flying Shuttle. Carrying everyone aboard, it turned into a streak of light and sped back to Shrek Academy as quickly as possible.
Beneath the Golden Tree, in Sea God Pavilion.
Rich, surging waves of light filled the air. This was the heart of Shrek Academy, and the place with the strongest life force on the entire continent.
Huo Yuhao carried the unconscious Ma Xiaotao straight into a secret chamber deep within Sea God Pavilion.
"Yuhao, I'm counting on you." Yan Shaozhe looked at his beloved student's pale face, his eyes filled with worry and reluctance. But at that moment,