The dome of the Sea God Pavilion shimmered with pale golden light in the dusk.
Xuan Zi tapped his fingers against his armrest, each soft knock seeming to strike at everyone's heart.
The report spread before this Level 98 Taotie Douluo bore a glaring "173" marked in cinnabar under enrollment numbers-for the first time in Shrek's ten-thousand-year history, its incoming class had fallen to three digits.
Smack!
Xian Lin'er suddenly slapped a silver-white soul-tool sword onto the conference table. The nine core arrays engraved along its blade radiated heart-palpitating energy fluctuations.
"Everyone, take a look. This is 'Heavenbreaker,' which our Soul Tool Department spent three years developing-the continent's first Level 9 Melee Soul Guidance Tool!" Her long hair flew as she spoke excitedly. "With this weapon, Bei Bei could challenge a Super Douluo above his level. That would no longer be a dream!"
The dean of the Soul Tool Department raised her head proudly, as though trying to prove that the academy's investment in her department over the years had not been empty talk.
At least it had yielded some results.
And needless to say, Heavenbreaker had been made for the entire academy's sole hope, Bei Bei. The meaning behind its name was simple and clear: break through the Sun Moon Empire's blockade and restore Shrek's glory.
Qian Duoduo shifted uneasily beside his wife.
Metal slag still stained the front of this newly promoted Level 9 Soul Engineer's uniform. He noticed the flash of anguish in Elder Lin's eyes as they swept over the blade-to create this academy-defending treasure, the academy had sold the last three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones remaining in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
What treasures did the Treasure Gathering Pavilion have left now? Its reserves had been emptied, everything donated to the Soul Tool Department...
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