"Xuan Zi, in just half a month, we've lost over a dozen Inner Academy teachers and more than twenty Inner Academy disciples. There are only forty disciples left in the Inner Academy now."
Fan Yu stood before Xuan Zi, his expression grave as he spoke. Beside him, Zhou Yi's face was filled with terror and disbelief, and her body trembled slightly.
There had been few precedents in the history of the Douluo Continent for Shrek Academy's entire Inspection Corps to mobilize. The last event to provoke such a massive response had been the war between the Sun Moon Empire and the Former Douluo Three Kingdoms that decided both sides' fates.
Yet even against the Sun Moon Empire at the height of its power, Shrek Academy had never been forced into such a passive position. Huo Yuhao, a mere Soul Ancestor, had single-handedly inflicted casualties on over a third of Shrek Academy's Inner Academy elite. It was simply unimaginable.
"Where was the last place Huo Yuhao was seen attacking?" Xuan Zi clenched the wine cup in his hand so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
"Outside Tianming City in the Star Luo Empire, less than five hundred li from the Mingdou Mountain Range..." Fan Yu fell silent before continuing, "And there's another piece of bad news I have to report..."
Xuan Zi's icy eyes fixed on Fan Yu, striking fear even into this burly, six-foot-tall man. After a moment, Xuan Zi exhaled and closed his eyes. "Go on."
"Elder Qin was stationed in Tianming City. After Huo Yuhao struck, two Inner Academy teachers and four Inner Academy disciples were killed, while Elder Qin..." Fan Yu said heavily, "went missing..."
"Bastard!"
An earth-shaking bovine roar rang out. Xuan Zi's robes billowed without wind, and a terrifying pressure of soul power suddenly swept