"What did you say?! Wang Dong'er is missing?"
At the training grounds of the Inner Court on Sea God Island, within Shrek Academy.
Upon hearing the news Zhang Lexuan had brought back, Yan Shaozhe shot up from his seat, his expression instantly darkening.
"What on earth happened? How could someone who was perfectly fine simply vanish? Has the Clear Sky Sect offered any explanation?"
Zhang Lexuan stood before him, listening to Yan Shaozhe's heated words with a helpless look of her own.
The next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament would soon be held in Mingdu, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, and little time remained before its official opening.
Excluding travel time, they had only a little over ten days left to train and build their teamwork.
To ensure that Shrek could carry on its ten-thousand-year legacy of glory and claim the championship, the entire academy had long since entered an intense state of preparation.
Putting together the competing team was the highest priority of all.
Yet at this crucial juncture, Wang Dong'er, who had already been confirmed as a main team member, had vanished without any warning.
For Yan Shaozhe, who was already overwhelmed, this was yet another splitting headache.
After all, Shrek Academy's current situation was nowhere near as good as people might imagine.
Over a year earlier, the Holy Spirit Cult had launched a surprise attack and killed many of the academy's outstanding students, leaving a temporary gap in its ranks of elite students.
Then, more recently, Jiang Nannan had withdrawn from the academy, Huo Yuhao had fallen victim to a villain's schemes, and the Auspicious Beast, who should originally have joined Shrek Academy, had not followed that original course and enrolled.
All this piled frost upon the snow for a tournament lineup that was