The group from Shrek Academy did not have an easy time leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Although Instructor Long Bing led the way, the academy's perimeter was already packed so tightly with people who had rushed over after hearing the news that not even water could seep through. Countless camera flashes mingled with a cacophony of questions. Everyone wanted to see the team of youngsters who had defeated the "Eight World-Shining Stars" with their own eyes, and even more wanted to discover just what lay behind that final burst of seven-colored light.
"Make way! Everyone, make way!"
Xie Xie shielded Gu Yue while grumbling irritably. Just as the crowd hemmed them in so tightly they could barely move, leaving even the Sun Moon Academy's security guards helpless, an icy blue streak of light suddenly sliced across the sky.
"Get in."
The familiar voice sounded like shattering ice. A sleek, high-altitude soul-powered flying car landed steadily in the middle of the crowd. Its doors slid open, revealing Wu Changkong's face, as cold and stern as ever.
As though granted a pardon, everyone hurriedly squeezed into the car. With a roar of its engine, the vehicle shot into the air, leaving all the clamor and curiosity far behind.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's executive conference room was oppressively suffocating.
On an enormous holographic screen, the moment when Tang Wulin shattered the Ice and Snow Goddess's Light-Splitting Sword with a single punch played over and over, along with the earlier footage of Long Chen being instantly suppressed.
"Has anyone figured anything out?"
One of the executives broke the deathly silence, his voice filled with barely concealed confusion and agitation. "I simply don't understand. Even if Long Chen's soul ring configuration was inferior to