Mu En was utterly helpless. Once again, he felt that accepting the Golden Ancient Tree's treatment back then and restoring his body to peak condition was, in all likelihood, not a good thing at all.
If he had simply died back then, how could he have gone through so much torment?
And how would he have been forced to face the various outrageous actions carried out by this entire group of pig teammates?
He had originally thought that with Niu Tian and Titan, these two top-tier experts, along with the other reserve forces of the Clear Sky Sect, they would surely become Shrek Academy's best allies in this war.
Yet before the war with the Sun Moon Empire had even officially begun, those Clear Sky Sect fellows had already stirred up such a mess.
Renaming the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Clear Sky Empire—this act alone already revealed the wolfish ambitions of those people from the Clear Sky Sect.
Titan's previous high-sounding speech, talking about how the Clear Sky Sect's involvement was for the sake of the Douluo Continent, for the sake of uniting the original forces of the Douluo Continent to jointly resist the Sun Moon Empire, this outsider—
But now it seemed that what the Clear Sky Sect truly hated was not the fact that the Sun Moon Empire was about to unify the continent.
What they hated was that the one unifying the continent was not their Clear Sky Sect!
Just look at what kind of allies their Shrek Academy had.
The Holy Spirit Cult was a force composed entirely of evil soul masters.
And now, the Clear Sky Sect had finally revealed their true face as well.
At this point, even if Mu En wanted to explain things to the civilians of the Star Luo Empire, he had no idea how to even begin.
Moreover, he couldn't possibly imitate the Holy Spirit Cult and the Clear Sky Sect by slaughtering all the civilians who resisted, could he?
Although Mu En didn't care about the lives of those people, if he truly did such a thing, then Shrek Academy would never have a chance to clear its name again.
Just as Mu En was feeling utterly disheartened about Shrek Academy's future, Yan Shaozhe and Dai Hao suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.
Yan Shaozhe, his face full of worry, looked at the absent-minded Mu En and spoke urgently.
"Teacher, the Sun Moon Empire has declared war on us, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult!"
"According to reliable information, the Sun Moon Empire's army has already begun moving toward the border. They're preparing to proactively provoke a war with us!"
At the side, Dai Hao hurriedly nodded.
"That's right, Elder Mu. We also need to make preparations in advance."
"Our Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire both border the Sun Moon Empire. Unlike the Holy Spirit Cult, we can't avoid directly facing the Sun Moon Empire."
"Once a real war breaks out with the Sun Moon Empire, our Star Luo Empire will inevitably be at the very forefront of the battlefield!"
At this moment, Dai Hao's heart was filled with worry. He was deeply afraid that what the Clear Sky Sect had done in the Heavenly Soul Empire would inspire Shrek Academy.
Leading Mu En to learn from the Clear Sky Sect—discarding him, the emperor, and instead letting their own people from Shrek Academy take his place.
If that happened, even if the Dai family could be preserved and wouldn't be wiped out like the Xu family and the other Star Luo aristocratic families, they would still become a laughingstock of the entire continent.
If possible, Dai Hao naturally did not want such a thing to happen.
And precisely because of this, Dai Hao looked at Mu En with a probing expression and said.
"Elder Mu, the enshrined experts of the Star Luo Empire have already been eliminated, and our Dai family doesn't have any top-tier powerhouses."
"So this time, we'll still have to trouble Shrek Academy to dispatch strong experts to deal with the Sun Moon Empire's soul engineer legions."
Hearing this, before Mu En could respond, Yan Shaozhe's expression instantly darkened.
"Dai Hao, what do you mean by that?"
"Could it be that you want our Shrek Academy to resist the Sun Moon Empire alone, while all of you sit behind and reap the benefits?"
Don't be fooled by the fact that Dai Hao was now the new emperor of the Star Luo Empire—before Yan Shaozhe, he didn't have the slightest bit of presence.
Dai Hao waved his hands repeatedly, looking flustered and fearful as he denied it.
"How could that be? I, Dai Hao, am not that kind of person. I would never think of only taking advantage without contributing, like you said."
"But I also hope you can understand—our Dai family has only two Titled Douluo at most. We truly don't have the ability to face the Sun Moon Empire's terrifying soul engineer legions!"
Dai Hao's tone was extremely sincere, and what he said was indeed the truth.
Although the Dai family was the inheritance of the Shrek Seven Monsters from ten thousand years ago,
They had long since declined, and even the imperial throne had been snatched away by the Xu family several thousand years earlier.
The Xu family had always been wary of the Dai family making a comeback, so naturally they would never allocate many resources to them.
Being able to cultivate two Titled Douluo already counted as no small feat for the Dai family.
A family possessing two Titled Douluo would be considered quite impressive even across the entire Douluo Continent.
But in this war that would determine the future fate of the continent, the current Dai family was simply not enough.
Yan Shaozhe had already guessed that Dai Hao wanted to preserve his strength, to prevent a repeat of what happened to the Heavenly Soul Empire—being usurped by Shrek Academy.
Yet he still spoke without giving any face at all.
"It doesn't matter. Even with only two Titled Douluo, you can still play a certain role in this war."
"The current Star Luo Empire is your Dai family's Star Luo Empire. As the imperial family, your Dai family absolutely cannot miss this war!"
Dai Hao's mood became extremely heavy. He desperately wanted to refuse Yan Shaozhe's demand.
But he also knew very clearly that once he refused, it would mean nearly tearing his relationship with Shrek Academy apart.
Shrek Academy could let them replace the Xu family and once again become the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire—naturally, they could also very easily kick them down again.
Realizing this, Dai Hao forced out an extremely ugly smile.
"Headmaster Yan is joking. Such an important war—how could our Dai family, as the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire, possibly not participate?"
"Please rest assured. As the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, I will personally lead the army and fight alongside Shrek Academy's experts to resist the Sun Moon Empire's invasion!"
Yan Shaozhe snorted twice upon hearing this, neither confirming nor denying it.
"It'd better be so."
"I don't want to see internal turmoil erupt within the Star Luo Empire, like what happened in the Heavenly Soul Empire, when a great enemy is right in front of us."
This naked threat left Dai Hao speechless. He could only lower his head, concealing the anger in his heart.
Seeing this scene, Mu En's heart turned ice-cold.
The Sun Moon Empire had already declared war on them, yet their own people were already on the verge of turning against each other.
Not to mention the two difficult allies, the Clear Sky Sect and the Holy Spirit Cult.
It was foreseeable that their alliance would never be particularly solid.
There would inevitably be mutual suspicion, with no one willing to stand at the very front to face the Sun Moon Empire.
But what about the Sun Moon Empire?
Even without having personally seen their soul engineer legions, Mu En could still imagine it.
At this very moment, the Sun Moon Empire's army must surely be united from top to bottom, all striving toward the common goal of unifying the continent!
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