Even Yan Shaozhe could only escort Huo Yuhao to the staircase leading to the Sea God Pavilion's second floor. Although he was the dean of Shrek Academy, he could only watch Huo Yuhao go up alone.
As Huo Yuhao stepped onto the stairs to the second floor, a golden light suddenly flared, and everything around him turned illusory.
A rich golden halo instantly enveloped Huo Yuhao. A dazzling brilliance filled his vision, and the ground vanished beneath his feet. The next moment, when his feet touched solid ground again, the golden light around him had quietly disappeared.
He looked around and discovered that he had arrived in the somewhat familiar hall from before. Statues stood along its inner side: the academy's founders, the Golden Iron Triangle, together with the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils.
Not far from Huo Yuhao, Mu En lay quietly in a reclining chair, his complexion ashen and his eyes dull. Already exceedingly old, he now had half his white hair turned a faint gray.
"Yuhao, this powerful human seems to have reached the end of his life," Brother Sky Dream said with a soft sigh.
The Ice Empress in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness also let out a wistful sigh, seemingly grieving for Mu En as well.
The Ice Empress and Brother Sky Dream were themselves supreme experts among soul beasts, so they naturally understood what these changes meant for Mu En. Though they did not know the reason, his life force had already drained away considerably, further shortening his remaining lifespan.
Even the ever-confident Ice Empress understood that she was no match for the powerful human soul master before her. Yet even an expert like him could not withstand the erosion of time. It left both her and Brother Sky Dream feeling like