At the same time, Shrek Academy.
The aftermath of the explosion gradually dispersed.
With Xuan Zi at their head, the elder veterans who had resisted the explosion in midair fell in swathes, smashing heavily into the ruins.
Under the protection of these Sea God Pavilion elder veterans and the Golden Tree's last reserves of power, the damage from that strike had been forcibly reduced to a minimum.
However, although no one in Shrek Academy had died, the damage it had suffered was far from small.
The Sea God Pavilion had been almost completely destroyed, and the Golden Tree's energy had also been drained by more than half. Its branches and leaves had turned dim and lusterless.
Xuan Zi had charged at the very front, so naturally, he had suffered the heaviest injuries.
"Cough, cough... Pfft!"
He coughed violently, spitting up a few mouthfuls of murky old blood from time to time, his face as pale as paper.
Xuan Zi raised his head and glared viciously at Mu En not far away.
Mu En sat on a broken section of wood, looking at him with a faint trace of apology as he sighed and said:
"Xuan Zi..."
"Your sacrifice was all for the academy!"
"Your Sea God's Will will never be forgotten by the academy!"
The corner of Xuan Zi's mouth twitched.
This old bastard had already raised the matter straight to the level of Sea God's Will. How was he supposed to refute that?
He could only force this foul anger down into his stomach.
"Wait, what's this?"
Just then, Xuan Zi suddenly felt his right hand, which was tightly wrapped in bandages, begin trembling out of his control.
A burning pain came over him, accompanied by a tingling numbness.
My right arm... is merging further with me!
At this