Just as Gu Yuena remained wary of the Snow Empress, the Snow Empress was equally on guard against Gu Yuena.
After all, she still needed to relay the same information to the soul beasts of the Extreme North, ensuring that they—like the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest—were prepared to join this war at any moment.
However, the Snow Empress did not want to travel to the Extreme North alone. She was afraid that if she left, Gu Yuena might take advantage of her absence and make a move on her brother.
With no other choice, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena had to accompany the Snow Empress to the Extreme North together.
And at the very moment the three of them set out, the war between the Sun Moon Empire and the alliance of the Haotian Empire, Shrek Academy, and the Holy Spirit Cult officially erupted.
The Sun Moon Empire did not choose to fight on two fronts. After leaving part of its military strength behind to guard against the Haotian Empire, it redirected the bulk of its soul engineer legions to the border of the Star Luo Empire.
The upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire understood very clearly that there was never much trust within this tripartite alliance.
If they fought on two fronts and forced all sides into battle simultaneously, it would only make the alliance more tightly united.
But if they focused solely on attacking Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult stationed within the Star Luo Empire, then those short-sighted fools of the Haotian Empire would very likely choose to turn a blind eye.
Holding onto the idea of letting the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy, and the Holy Spirit Cult wear each other down—before stepping in at the end to reap the benefits—the Haotian Empire watched coldly as the war grew increasingly intense.
Reality proved that the elders of the Haotian Sect truly were that short-sighted and stupid.
When they realized that the Sun Moon Empire was not attacking the Haotian Empire but was instead going all-out against the Star Luo Empire, their hearts were filled with delight.
After only the briefest hesitation, they tossed aside all the promises they had previously made to Mu En.
What about that agreement stating that if the Sun Moon Empire attacked one side of the alliance, the others were to immediately provide support?
The Haotian Empire's goal was to become the ruler of the entire Douluo Continent.
Watching the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy together with the Holy Spirit Cult grind each other down was something to celebrate—why would they possibly intervene at the first opportunity?
Even when Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire sent envoys repeatedly, urging the Haotian Empire to attack the Sun Moon Empire to relieve their pressure, the Haotian Emperor and the elders of the Haotian Sect acted as though they hadn't heard a thing.
In front of the envoys, they agreed readily enough—but the moment the envoys left, these people began celebrating.
They practically wished for the Sun Moon Empire to go all-out against Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, preferably fighting until brains were splattered everywhere.
The Haotian Empire's actions were no different from stabbing an ally in the back.
This filled Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and even Mu En with burning rage.
"These bastards! I knew from the start they couldn't be trusted! We should have slaughtered those two back then!"
Murderous intent surged from Ye Xishui's body as she nearly charged straight toward the Haotian Empire's imperial palace to kill every last one of those traitors.
The war had only just begun, yet the Haotian Empire's behavior made it impossible to see any hope of victory.
If this continued, they might as well not fight at all—just line up and wait for the Sun Moon Empire to pick them off one by one.
Who knew how the brains of those Haotian Empire idiots were wired?
Such outrageous behavior was something she had thought only Xuanzi of Shrek Academy was capable of—but now it seemed that Xuanzi was not alone after all.
Or perhaps—
One Xuanzi had fallen, and more Xuanzis had risen?
Long Xiaoyao's expression was icy as he looked at Mu En.
"Mu En, what do we do now? Even if our Holy Spirit Cult joins forces with your Shrek Academy, we absolutely won't be able to withstand the Sun Moon Empire's assault."
"If this continues, we won't last long at all before the Star Luo Empire is breached by the Sun Moon Empire's soul engineer legions!"
"But those bastards from the Haotian Empire—where is the support they promised? Why hasn't it arrived yet?!"
Mu En did not know how to answer.
He was just as furious, desperately wanting to split open the heads of those Haotian Sect elders to see whether their brain structure was identical to Xuanzi's.
Otherwise, why did he see Xuanzi's shadow in the actions of these Haotian Empire people?
After taking a deep breath, Mu En turned to Yan Shaozhe, who was also seated in the meeting room, and said in a low voice:
"Shaozhe, go to the Haotian Empire. Tell those people that if they continue to sit back and watch, then on the day the Sun Moon Empire breaks through the Star Luo Empire, we will drag the Haotian Empire down with us to die!"
Mu En was on the verge of madness.
There was already no hope in sight—he had long felt that Shrek Academy had no future left. And now the Haotian Empire was still kicking them while they were down.
Mu En decided he would endure no longer.
Just as he said, he could now accept the destruction of Shrek Academy. But if Shrek fell because of the Haotian Empire's indifference, then before his death, he would definitely take Haotian Empire's powerhouses down with him as burial offerings.
He refused to believe that, faced with such a threat, the people of the Haotian Empire could still pretend not to see.
Yan Shaozhe felt Mu En's resolve and was about to nod in agreement—
When, at that exact moment, a figure came tumbling and crawling into the meeting room.
The moment this person saw Mu En, tears burst from his eyes as he wailed loudly:
"Elder Mu—something's happened to the academy!"
Hearing this, Mu En's heart skipped violently, an overwhelming sense of dread surging from the depths of his soul.
"What happened?"
With a miserable, sobbing voice, the man cried out:
"While we were gone, someone invaded the academy. Elder Gong and all the people who stayed behind were slaughtered to the last."
"And even… even the Golden Tree was uprooted entirely. We don't know where it was taken!"
As those words fell, Mu En's body swayed. His vision blurred, and it felt as though his consciousness were slipping away.
Inside the meeting room, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and the other Shrek Academy elders slammed the table and sprang to their feet, roaring at the man with distorted, ferocious expressions.
"What did you say?! How is that possible?! Who would dare to attack Shrek Academy?! Who dares?!"
"How could Elder Gong die?! How could the Golden Tree be stolen?! What exactly happened?!"
"…!"
They had gone mad.
The elders of Shrek Academy were on the verge of complete insanity.
They had thought that the deaths of Gong Changlong and the other defenders were already the worst possible outcome.
But what they never expected was that the final sentence would utterly crush them all.
"It's true… and Shrek Academy has already been razed to the ground."
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