"Beeeep-"
A piercing alarm sounded overhead.
Soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Guard Army Corps and the Fire Phoenix Corps Legion arrived in squads from every direction. Within minutes, they had surrounded Xuan Zi so tightly that not a drop of water could have slipped through.
"Huo Ling, commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Fire Phoenix Corps Legion, reporting!"
The highest-ranking soldier, a dashing, short-haired woman clad in crimson armor, spoke respectfully.
"Mm..."
Xu Cheng nodded slightly. "Thank you for your hard work."
"No, it was no trouble..." Huo Ling stumbled over her words.
Smiling, Xu Cheng looked up at Xuan Zi in the sky. "Xuan Zi, it's been three years. Why are you attacking one of your own the moment we meet?"
"One of our own, my ass!"
Xuan Zi roared, glaring at the downcast Xu Sanshi with such resentment that he wished he could swallow him whole. Thankfully, he had noticed something amiss. The boy had been sneaking around when he left. Initially, Xuan Zi had assumed he had some private business and paid it no mind, but the direction he took seemed wrong, so he had followed...
"Xu Sanshi, Shrek Academy has treated you well! Why would you do something so despicable? Betraying your academy, your teachers, your brothers! Bei Bei was the one who suggested taking you along to Sea God Island! You beast!"
Xuan Zi was heartsick.
They had finally nurtured a promising talent second only to Bei Bei and placed great hopes in him, only for him to turn around and stab them in the back.
He would let the whole world know exactly what sort of scum the Mystic Yin Sect was made of!
And, just as expected...
The formerly panicked crowd gradually settled down as guards arrived to maintain order,