Jing Hongchen: What???!!!

At this moment, Mu En also spoke some harsh words.

Before the Holy Spirit Cult, the only Ultimate Douluo openly known on the Douluo Continent, made its appearance, he stood at the very pinnacle of the continent's high-level combat power. Though his body was in poor condition, with the Golden Fruit Tree's support, he could still beat up three Super Douluo.

As the leader of such a force, he hoped that Shrek could continue developing for a long time—ideally forever. Only then would it live up to the cultivation Shrek had given him.

But now, after he had gradually delegated authority, these Sea God Pavilion leaders had actually turned Shrek completely into a Soul Master faction. That would inevitably create enemies everywhere and leave them without allies. Shrek had already offended many people during its days as an academy. If this continued, its enemies would only grow more numerous.

By then, it might not be just the Sun Moon Empire. The Body Sect and many other forces might all seek Shrek's destruction.

"Elder Mu! Aren't your words a little too harsh?"

"I am not talking nonsense at all. If you keep this up, Shrek will only gain more and more enemies. We already offended many people when we were an academy. If you insist on turning all of Shrek from an academy into a Soul Master faction, then the consequences will be unimaginable!"

After saying this, the Sea God Pavilion's leader, the Pavilion Master, left the room. He was furious at this moment. These future successors before him were completely unreliable; they were practically pushing all of Shrek into a pit of fire!

How much longer could he live? He did not have much time left anyway.

"What! You mean that Dragon God Douluo Mu En said that if anything happened to those family members, he would chop off his own head and let them kick it around?"

The one who said this was Jing Hongchen. As the leader of the Hall of Virtue, he could not help but marvel at how ruthless Dragon God Douluo Mu En was as he read the report his subordinate had sent him.

"Hall Master, may I ask what this Dragon God Douluo is thinking? If another force wanted to bring down Shrek at this time, they would only need to kill one of those family members. Then he would really have to chop off his own head and let them use it as a ball."

"That is precisely the Dragon God Douluo's thinking. By making such a grave oath, he first wanted to show that no one from Shrek could possibly do such a thing. If one of their family members really met with trouble, it would not necessarily have been Shrek's doing."

"Moreover, that Dragon God Douluo said it at the time: if it was done by their people, then he would chop off his head. He specifically said if it was done by their people. If it was not their people, he would not do it."

"And his actions at this time were correct. Shrek truly has a huge problem at present."

"???"

This eighth-ranked Soul Engineer of the Hall of Virtue could not understand what his Hall Master was thinking.

"During the war between the Sun Moon Empire and the Three Douluo Kingdoms, Shrek was already feared by the Three Douluo Kingdoms because it could rally support with a single call and gather sixty Title Douluo to fight the Sun Moon Empire. Furthermore, over all these years, Shrek has continually poached fresh blood and outstanding talents from the Three Douluo Kingdoms. So while it may appear that Shrek has no enemies and no opponents, it has actually had many enemies for a long time."

Jing Hongchen took a sip of water before continuing.

"For example, the Heaven Dou Empire's protector sect, the Body Sect, has a grudge against Shrek, and the hatred between them runs deep. The previous Body Sect leader, Du Bisi, was killed by Mu En. Those people who only know how to think with their muscles would have gone all out long ago if Shrek did not have an Ultimate Douluo. One could say that Shrek appears to have no enemies on the surface, but its enemies do exist."

"And Shrek has continually poached fresh blood from the Three Douluo Kingdoms, gathering outstanding talents into Shrek. Do you think the Three Douluo Kingdoms are willing to accept that? Do you think their imperial families are willing? Nearly all of their best talents go to Shrek Academy. Do you think they would be happy about that? Therefore, the Three Douluo Kingdoms are also deeply dissatisfied with Shrek."

"It is only because our Sun Moon Empire exists. If not for our Sun Moon Empire, they would definitely have destroyed Shrek, which is lying on top of them and sucking their blood."

"So that was how it was."

"So this matter is truly shaking Shrek Academy's foundations. But I am really curious—who exactly spread books like these? First there was Complete Stories of the Shrek Seven Monsters, and then there was this so-called Supreme Elder Xuan Zi legend... Honestly, this level-98 Super Douluo could not even protect a few students. Could he really be a spy planted by Evil Soul Masters?"

At this moment, Jing Hongchen could not help but sigh. Based on the book's contents, if he had not carefully investigated and confirmed that these matters were true, he would have found it difficult to believe that this was one of Shrek's Sea God Pavilion members.

A level-98 Super Douluo was actually worse than a group of Soul Emperors and Soul Saints. Students died while hunting ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and students died while fighting Evil Soul Masters. Yet their opponents were only Soul Saint- and Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Masters. This Super Douluo was far too useless!

Honestly, even the Hall of Virtue's leader suspected that Shrek's next successor might have been an undercover agent sent by Evil Soul Masters. Otherwise, there was no way to explain it. But perhaps the truth was simply that Xuan Zi was too useless. Otherwise, he might really be an Evil Soul Master—and one who had buried a very deep threat within Shrek.

"Honestly, I cannot help but admire this Xuan Zi. If he truly is an undercover agent, then he has hidden himself far too deeply. Still, investigate him. If he really is an undercover agent, then we will have quite a show to watch."

"Yes."

Afterward, the eighth-ranked Soul Engineer left, leaving Jing Hongchen alone as he looked over the contents above. He truly had to admit that it was explosive.

"The bodies of the female members of the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters were drawn out... Incredible. Who could have imagined drawing such things into it? That was too ruthless. Did Shrek truly offend someone it could not afford to provoke?"