After the communication Spirit Tool was connected, Xiao Hongchen's voice rang out quickly, and it even carried a hint of complex, no, should I say quite complex emotions.
"Grandpa."
"Xiao, you guys arrived so fast?"
Jing Hongchen's voice came through the communication Spirit Tool with a hint of a smile, obviously not expecting that the Spirit Tool modified by Huo Yuhao could allow Xiao Hongchen and the others to travel from the Sun Moon Empire to Shrek City so quickly. I must say, this technology was truly quite covet-worthy.
"How is it? Have you seen the people from that Shrek Academy in the Sky?"
"How is the strength of the students there? How do they compare to Huo Yuhao?"
Xiao Hongchen was silent for a moment, then raised his head and cast his gaze onto the battlefield ahead.
Tang Wulin and Wang Dong'er were both holding the Golden Dragon Spear, rushing into the encirclement of the Abyssal Creatures.
Although the two did not know any exquisite spear techniques, simply holding the long spears and sweeping horizontally could directly wipe out quite a few Abyssal Creatures.
Devouring Lizards, Four-Clawed Bats, Six-Clawed Bats...
Those things were no different from paper cutouts in front of the Golden Dragon Spear. After a spear sweep, even though the two Golden Dragon Spears had not been enhanced by the Dragon Slaying Blade, not a single one of these low-level Abyssal Creatures could resist the armor-breaking and devouring abilities of the Golden Dragon Spear. They were all directly absorbed and strengthened by the Golden Dragon Spear, while simultaneously feeding back to Tang Wulin and Wang Dong'er.
Tang Wulin and Wang Dong'er's faces clearly showed pleasantly surprised expressions. After all, with this fed-back energy, the combat-capable time of the two could be said to have increased quite a bit.
After watching the battle between these two, Xiao Hongchen's gaze quickly fell upon another petite figure. That was Xiao Xiao. At this moment, Xiao Xiao was holding the nine phoenixes flute in her hand, placing it to her lips and gently playing it.
Woo—!
The melodious flute sound echoed across the battlefield. The sound was not harsh, but instead carried a strange rhythm.
As the flute sound spread, an invisible force instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.
Nine Phoenixes Ritual Domain!
Those Abyssal Creatures that were frantically pouncing forward suddenly felt their bodies sink heavily after being enveloped by the flute sound, their movements becoming incomparably sluggish as if thousands of catties of heavy burdens were pressing down on their bodies.
They struggled desperately, only to find that their speed plummeted and even moving became difficult.
Right at this moment, Xiao Xiao put away the nine phoenixes flute, flipped her wrist, and the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron appeared in front of her.
Boom!
The huge cauldron body descended from the sky, fiercely smashing onto those controlled Abyssal Creatures!
One smash wiped out a large area. Those Abyssal Creatures did not even have time to let out miserable screams before they were smashed into meat paste, then turned into grey airflow and were sucked into the bead.
Directly carrying out area-of-effect clearing, these Abyssal Creatures obviously had no way to cause any trouble for Xiao Xiao.
At this time, Xiao Hongchen's gaze fell upon another girl. Xi'er was holding a pitch-black sickle in her hands, and her movements were quite agile. Every time she swung the sickle, an Abyssal Creature was harvested.
As the pitch-black blade swept across, the bodies of those Abyssal Creatures split into two halves.
Their combat power was also quite fierce. Rather, among this group of Shrek Academy students fighting here, not a single one was weak. Xiao Hongchen could not help but fall silent; the scenes unfolding before his eyes made him feel like his worldview was collapsing.
Then Xiao Hongchen slowly opened his mouth to reply.
"Grandpa, although not every student can compare to Huo Yuhao, but... everyone's combat power is stronger than mine."
Xiao Hongchen was now a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, and was close to breaking through to the fifth ring. However, facing this group of Shrek Academy students, he could be said to have no sense of superiority at all.
Of course, Xiao Hongchen also saw that some students only had three Spirit Rings, but even with only three Spirit Rings, the combat power they erupted with was not something he could compare to.
They were simply all acting like they were cheating.
After listening to Xiao Hongchen's words, the other end of the communication Spirit Tool fell silent for a moment.
Jing Hongchen naturally heard his grandson's current mood clearly. He also had not expected that Shrek Academy in the Sky would be this terrifying.
It directly struck away his grandson's arrogance as a Genius.
He had let Xiao Hongchen go over to experience the World, not to make Xiao Hongchen lose his arrogance.
And now that Xiao Hongchen had been struck to this extent, he could not imagine what state Meng Hongchen and Ji Juechen were in right now.
Right at this time, Xiao Hongchen continued to speak.
"Grandpa, there is one more thing I want to tell you. This Shrek Academy in the Sky not only has students with very strong abilities, but they also master quite formidable Spirit Tool technology."
Xiao Hongchen's gaze fell upon the black-rank mechas on standby in the distance, and then he slowly spoke.
"They have hundreds of black humanoid mechas. Humans can directly enter these mechas to control them, and their combat power is very formidable. Based on my estimation, if they were to make a move against the Sun Moon Empire, they could probably take down the Sun Moon Empire in less than half a day. Adding the entire Douluo Continent together, it probably would not be able to withstand this level of attack."
Xiao Hongchen's evaluation could be said to have been quite high. Jing Hongchen naturally also knew that his grandson could not possibly say alarmist words; this was a fact.
After hearing this, Jing Hongchen fell silent, seemingly thinking about something.
Xiao Hongchen did not speak again either, just quietly listening. At this time, Meng Hongchen on the side also noticed the commotion here, turned around, and looked at Xiao Hongchen.
After a good while, Jing Hongchen's voice finally rang out.
"Xiao, listen well. I have already deregistered the student status of the three of you. Starting from today, you are no longer students of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy."
Xiao Hongchen was stunned for a moment, obviously not reacting to what Jing Hongchen had just said. What did it mean that he just made a phone call and directly got his student status beaten away? And it was even deregistered by his own biological grandfather.
"What?!"
"Grandpa, what did you say?! Deregister student status?! We are no longer students of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy?!"
"Grandpa, you aren't joking, are you?!"
Facing Xiao Hongchen's questioning, Jing Hongchen only replied flatly, his tone carrying a trace of complex emotion.
"I am not joking, Xiao. If you can enter that academy to study, then naturally it would be best. That academy's resources are much better than our academy's."
Upon hearing Jing Hongchen's explanation, an angry expression appeared on Xiao Hongchen's face as he spoke incredulously.
"Grandpa! Am I someone who would willingly abandon my own academy just for resources?! The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy has cultivated me for so many years, and if I leave for better resources, what do you take me for?"
Jing Hongchen was silent for a moment, then let out a sigh.
"Xiao, things have come to this, and I will not hide it from you anymore."
There was a bit more exhaustion and helplessness in his voice.
"The entire Sun Moon Empire has now fallen into danger. Currently, the Evil Soul Master organization has colluded with the Sun Moon Empire. Now I am deeply bogged down in a quagmire and unable to extricate myself. I don't want you guys to follow in my footsteps."
Xiao Hongchen's pupils shrank abruptly, and his face instantly turned pale. The Evil Soul Master organization... had already colluded with the Sun Moon Empire?
Grandpa was deeply bogged down in a quagmire? His brain went completely blank, and he could not believe the words he was hearing at all.
"Grandpa, you..."
Xiao Hongchen opened his mouth wanting to say something, but was interrupted by Jing Hongchen.
"If you have enough ability in the future, then you can help the Sun Moon Empire and change the status quo."
"Right now, the situation is not too bad yet, and things haven't continued to deteriorate."
"I can still hold it together... but eventually it will all fall apart."
"I know you are very outstanding, but if you stay in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, then you won't be able to escape the same fate as me."
"Enough said. If we communicate again in the future, then don't bring up today's matters. As for this matter, I will handle it on Your Majesty's side."
As soon as his voice fell, Jing Hongchen ended the call on the communication Spirit Tool. Xiao Hongchen gripped the communication Spirit Tool, standing dazedly in place.
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