After Xue Qinghe and the others from Spirit Hall had all left, Xue Xing emerged from the shadows. The expression he had worn in the past was gone; now his face was etched with exhaustion, and tears glimmered in his eyes.
Xue Xing knew that with this as a beginning, such things would happen often in the future. The Heaven Dou Empire he belonged to might one day disappear before his very eyes.
But even though he understood all this, there was nothing he could do to stop it. Spirit Hall was simply too powerful now. The two great empires and the Upper Three Sects together were no match for them.
Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu and the others flew toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
But to everyone's surprise, not long after they left Heaven Dou City, they ran into a group of people. They recognized them: former students and teachers of Shrek Academy. There were three teachers and four students.
Li Yusong, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin were the teachers. As for the students, they were the remaining four: Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing.
When Tai Yi and the others spotted them, the group naturally spotted Tai Yi and his companions as well.
After they had fled, Zhao Wuji and Flender left. They heard the sounds of battle, but the two never returned. Later, they went back to search for Flender and Zhao Wuji. When they couldn't find them, they understood that the two must have died.
And the culprits were the Qian Renxue and Tai Yi standing right before them.
Zhu Zhuqing was different. She had joined Shrek Academy too recently to feel any attachment to anyone there apart from Dai Mubai. So their deaths meant little to her. Her feelings for Dai Mubai were