"Dean! Something terrible has happened! Shrek is here demanding Huo Yuhao!"
Lin Jiayi rushed into Jing Hongchen's office with bad news.
"Ah. What was bound to happen has happened."
Jing Hongchen's face darkened at the news. He had expected this ever since Huo Yuhao disappeared.
Earlier, Jing Hongchen had gone to Kong Deming and asked him to rescue Xiao Hongchen.
Kong Deming had agreed, but even he could not be certain he could bring Xiao Hongchen back.
Shrek's strength ran deep. Their chances might have been good if the new Soul Tool had been finished, but it still needed a little more work.
Was there no other way? No. I have to try.
"Where is Shrek now?"
Jing Hongchen shook those thoughts from his head. He needed to know Shrek's movements first. There might still be a way out.
"They're at the Mingdou Mountains, waiting for us to come and talk."
Lin Jiayi answered at once. Before Shrek had even set out for the Star Dou, Jing Hongchen had ordered him to keep watch on its movements.
So the moment Shrek made its move, he had received word and rushed over to report it.
"The Mingdou Mountains... Why there?"
Surprise showed on Jing Hongchen's face. Any other location would have been one thing, but Shrek had chosen the Mingdou Mountains.
The Mingdou Mountains had formed when the two continents collided. Its treacherous terrain made it vital to both sides. Each continent held half, and with their forces evenly matched, neither would yield an inch.
The mountains had always been a point of contention between the two continents. Now Shrek was there too.
Jing Hongchen felt the situation turning dangerously delicate.
If the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy clashed with Shrek there, the armies on both sides would hardly stand