"Peace talks?"
In Shrek City, Xu Jiawei quickly scanned the message that Xu Jiujiu had brought, his voice rising slightly.
After the Sun Moon Empire's army had broken through Star Luo City with unstoppable momentum, Xu Jiawei had originally intended to die together with the city, but he was suddenly rescued by people from Shrek Academy.
The Sun Moon Empire seemed to have some plan in mind and did not send anyone to stop them. They simply allowed Shrek Academy to rescue the members of the imperial family and even took away several ministers without caring.
Now, not only he, but also the imperial families of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire had been arranged to stay in Shrek City just like him.
There were still Sun Moon Empire troops encircling the city outside, but it seemed to be nothing more than a formality. They did not block ordinary people from entering or leaving, and their attitude was rather mild.
It was as if they simply did not want Shrek City to send people to help the three great empires, with no intention of making things difficult for them.
"You mean that after the Sun Moon Empire captured Star Luo City, Heavenly Dou City, and Dou Ling City, nearly occupying the entire Douluo Continent and driving us here, they suddenly proposed peace talks?"
"Exactly." Xu Jiujiu was also somewhat puzzled. "Logically speaking, they can now concentrate their army in one place. Even if Shrek Academy still has experts, it is ultimately just a lone city."
"With the current national strength of the Sun Moon Empire, capturing Shrek City would only take some effort, yet they seem to have no intention at all of launching a forceful assault on Shrek City."
"Although this peace talk message was also sent to us, the Sun Moon Empire's true target is mostly Shrek Academy."
Xu Jiawei stood up, holding the paper recording the message, and slowly paced to the window. "Shrek Academy is probably not as simple as we imagined."
As a former ruler of a nation, Xu Jiawei was certainly not a foolish person. The Sun Moon Empire had relied on the power of the Heavenly Disaster Douluo and several soul mentor corps to break through Star Luo City without much difficulty, yet they had now stopped their steps before Shrek City.
There must be some secrets here that even he had not understood.
"What is Shrek Academy's attitude?"
"It is still unclear for now." Xu Jiujiu shook his head. "This place is full of Shrek Academy people, so our men find it difficult to gather information."
"However, Your Majesty, should we see what the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling sides think?"
"Alas." Xu Jiawei let out a long sigh. "Jiujiu, do you think that at this point, our attitude, along with Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling, really matters?"
"What the Sun Moon Empire has always feared has never been us, but only Shrek Academy. Our fate will ultimately be decided by Shrek Academy, not by ourselves."
As Xu Jiawei spoke, he lightly closed his eyes, and two clear tears slid from the corners of his eyes. Even though he had once been a ruler of a nation, with his deep scheming nature, his voice was now trembling slightly.
"The Star Luo Empire has fallen by my hand. I have let down the ancestors of Star Luo…"
"Peace talks?"
In front of Sea God's Pavilion, Xuan Zi had also received the letter from the Sun Moon Empire.
The great battle that had been anticipated did not appear outside Shrek City.
At that time, they had already prepared for the Sun Moon Empire to attack the city. Who would have thought that the Sun Moon Empire would only show themselves outside the city, leave behind two soul mentor corps, and then quickly change their direction of attack, bypassing Shrek City to join forces with the Southern Royal Soul Mentor Corps, completely breaking through the Star Luo Empire's defensive line.
Merely watching the Sun Moon Empire soul mentor corps outside the city, that were poised and ready, seemingly able to charge into Shrek City at any moment, none of the people from Shrek Academy dared to leave easily.
After all, from the initial surprise attack on the Heavenly Soul Empire to the water route assault on the Star Luo Empire, Ju Zi had used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain more than once.
No one dared to rashly guess whether this was another one of Ju Zi's schemes. If the experts of Shrek Academy were left to support the three great empires, and the Sun Moon Empire suddenly turned back to attack Shrek City…
The consequences of that were something no one could bear.
And the result was that the three great empires, without the support of high-level experts, were still defeated by the Heavenly Disaster Douluo and the Royal Soul Mentor Corps, even with several Worshippers joining hands. The three great empires had finally lost their ability to resist.
It was only at this moment that Xuan Zi received the peace talk letter from the Sun Moon Empire.
"What do they want to discuss?"
Inside Sea God's Pavilion, the only two remaining elders, Elder Song and Elder Zhuang, also appeared beside Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi frowned, quickly scanned the letter in his hand, and then handed it to Elder Song beside him.
"Asking us to submit to the Sun Moon Empire?" Elder Song's voice immediately rose a few degrees. "Our academy's people died at the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult, and now they want us to submit to the Sun Moon Empire?"
"Alas." Elder Zhuang also let out a light sigh, though much calmer than Elder Song. "They are asking for the sky while we can haggle on the ground. What they want is probably not for us to truly submit."
"What do you think, Elder Xuan?"
Xuan Zi also had no idea for a moment and subconsciously looked up toward the Golden Tree in front of Sea God's Pavilion. However, that ancient golden tree only gently swayed its leaves and gave no response.
"Alas, have Lin'er and Mei'er come back. Let's discuss it together."
With that, Xuan Zi turned and walked toward Sea God's Pavilion. But after reaching the doorway, he paused for a long time.
What path should Shrek Academy take in the future? Elder Mu, if you were still alive, what decision would you make?
"You're back?"
Inside the Star Luo City imperial palace, Ju Zi lowered her head to handle the reports in her hands without looking up, only speaking softly.
"Mm." Lin Xiao nodded, walked straight to the side, and sat down. After glancing at Ju Zi, he closed his eyes and did not disturb her further.
Within the plane of the dead inside his body, soul power surged, and the surrounding heaven and earth origin energy continuously poured into his meridians, then rapidly converted into soul power.
During this period, he had continuously fought against various experts. After successive battles, Lin Xiao had gained quite a lot and could clearly feel his strength improving.
After all, even other Super Douluo might not have the opportunity he had to "spar" with other high-level experts of the same cultivation.
A long while later, the night outside had already grown deep, and Ju Zi finally raised her head.
"Before I sat in this position, I only thought about grasping power firmly in my hands. Now, I realize that without the energy of you, Title Douluo, handling all the big and small affairs is not an easy task."
"Are you going to hand over the power?"
"No." Ju Zi's voice turned slightly cold. "Never."
"How are things with Shrek Academy?"
"There is still no reply." Ju Zi stood up and moved her body a little. "But speaking of which, is Shrek Academy really that dangerous?"
"If you don't want everything you have now to disappear like a dream, it's best not to act rashly." Lin Xiao did not open his eyes; his low voice simply came from his mouth.
"Report, Reporting to the Marshal, a message from Shrek Academy."
Outside the door, the voice of an orderly rang out loudly.
Upon hearing this, Ju Zi looked toward Lin Xiao and smiled slightly. "The reply we've been waiting for has arrived."
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