The atmosphere inside the Sea God Pavilion was unbearably heavy, as though thunder hung compressed in the air, ready to explode. The harrowing battle reports lay on the desk: two cities massacred, tens of thousands of Federation soldiers fallen in heroic sacrifice. Every word seemed written in blood. The claws of the Abyss Plane no longer hid themselves; their fangs pointed straight at the heart of the human world.
"Prepare for war! Everyone, prepare for war!" Sea God Pavilion Master Yun Ming's deep, commanding voice rang throughout Shrek Academy. "All powerful elders and students, come with me to Sunset Gorge and slay the invaders. We must not let them advance another step! Everyone else, activate the academy's defensive formation immediately and prepare for the worst!"
At his command, the whole of Shrek Academy sprang into motion like a precision war machine running at full speed.
This time, Shrek Academy sent out almost its entire force, gathering elite fighters whose prowess spanned eras. Besides the current Shrek Seven Devils—Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Yue Zhengyu, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan—and Gu Yue, who possessed the Silver Dragon King's power, all of the academy's senior experts took the field. Sea God Pavilion Elders Yun Ming, Guan Yue, Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, Cai Yue'er, Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, Leng Yaozhu, Leng Yulai, and the others each radiated the terrifying aura of a Titled Douluo.
Even more astonishingly, of the legendary Shrek Seven Devils from ten thousand years ago, all six other members appeared, with only Huo Yuhao absent, unable to descend from the Divine Realm! They were "Thunderbolt Bei Bei" Bei Bei, "Blue Silver Emperor" Tang Ya, "Underworld King" Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and "Source of Destruction" He Caitou. Though the years had flowed past, the composure and