"Well said!"
"Exactly! Exactly!"
"Shaozhe has considered everything thoroughly. We old folks can't compare!"
"Then it's settled!"
Yan Shaozhe's solution sounded genuinely reliable. The elders clapped and laughed. In their eyes, Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory outweighed everything else.
"Elder Xuan, don't blame yourself too much," Yan Shaozhe comforted him. "Everyone knows the Godly Taotie Bull martial soul forces you to eat for long periods. This was only an accident. It won't affect the bigger picture."
At those words, much of the deep shame on Elder Xuan's face faded. Compared to the previous tragedy in the Star Dou Great Forest, where several Inner Academy disciples had died in the jaws of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the price of three lightly injured and three severely injured this time was not enough to break through his mental defenses.
"Xuan Zi, what are you standing around for? Hurry and get Chen Zifeng, Du Gu Lin, and the other two! Keep dawdling and you'll miss the first elimination round!" Old Song urged.
"Ah, right, right, right! I'm going now!"
Elder Xuan nodded repeatedly. Earth-yellow Soul Power spread across his body as he prepared to rush out of Sea God Pavilion and bring the four Inner Academy Soul Kings to Star Luo City as emergency reinforcements.
"Stop."
A calm voice carrying invisible authority rang out. The two words were spoken evenly, yet Elder Xuan, who had been about to shoot off at full speed, forcibly halted. He turned toward the figure reclining in the lounge chair, then unwillingly edged another step toward the door and stammered, "Elder Mu, time is short, I..."
"I told you to stop. Couldn't you hear me?"
Mu En's tone grew harsher. An aura as profound as an abyss and as towering as a mountain, like Reign Over The World itself, seeped