On the other side, Ice Empress, hearing their discussion, frowned and said, "Even if it's just the paper strength known from Yuhao's mouth, the strength of Shrek Academy and its related forces is not to be underestimated. If it really develops into a full-scale war, the Spirit Pagoda would find it very tricky to handle. Even letting the Federation take the lead in handling this matter isn't easy, is it?"
The strength of the Federation is certainly not weak. Take the Central Army, used to counterbalance the War God Temple, for example. A large number of strategic soul-guided weapons, including high-level fixed soul-guided shells, are concentrated in the Central Army and are directly commanded and dispatched by the parliament.
At the Central Army's base, there are more than a hundred level-nine fixed soul-guided shells, and there are also super weapons that can deliver level-nine fixed soul-guided shells to any location on the Douluo Continent, showing the strength of the Central Army.
But not to mention whether these armies with their respective garrison tasks can be moved, even if they are moved, the use of weapons of mass destruction in dealing with such matters can easily cause counter-effects.
In other words, what Ice Empress is worried about is the Federation going to extremes, thus planting the seeds of disaster.
Huo Yuhao could understand Ice Empress's thoughts.
If, as in the original work, the Federation dared to release a God-Slaying soul-guided shell in Shrek City, whether Shrek Academy would be destroyed or not, Huo Yuhao didn't know, but he knew that every high-ranking official of the Federation would have to step down, even to the point of committing suicide to atone for their sins. Their descendants would also be cursed for a lifetime, and there would be greater turmoil within the Federation.
This time, there was no Holy Spirit Cult to take the blame. Everyone would know it was the Federation's purge operation against Shrek Academy, and no one could be held responsible for the lives of millions of people.
Not to mention Shrek City, even just the students of Shrek Academy, if they indiscriminately killed all the outstanding descendants of these major soul master families without giving them a chance to "return to the right path," it would cause a lot of trouble.
For example, Le Zhengyu, if he were directly labeled as an evil soul master, would the Angel family agree to such a slap in the face?
The biggest problem with academies is connections. After so many years of development, there are many people and soul master families related to Shrek Academy.
There are Shrek students in the military high command, other academies have Shrek students... even members of parliament have Shrek students. If the Federation doesn't want to leave them with any excuses or give Shrek a chance to overturn the case and rebuild, they can't use extreme measures to eliminate them all at once.
This operation must be a trial against Shrek, not a massacre. The starting point must be just, and the process and result must also be just.
Only in this way can the mouths of everyone be shut, and the hope of Shrek's revival be nailed down at the root.
"A slight move in one part can affect the whole situation. The actual controllers of the Federation now are the various soul master families, big and small. The high-ranking officials of the Federation have finally got a suitable knife, so they will handle it carefully."
Huo Yuhao said, "As for the inevitable pain that needs to be faced. To clean up a force that has stood in the Douluo Federation for tens of thousands of years, how can it not come at a cost?"
In any case, the current situation is much better than in the original work.
In the original work, the total strength of the forces related to Shrek Academy was at least equivalent to half of the entire Federation's strength, and in the end, there was the bizarre situation where the four major forces of the Federation belonged to the same family.
If it were really that situation, without a scapegoat, whether to take action or not would really need to be carefully considered.
Ice Empress shook her head, "What I'm worried about is not just this. Since the Holy Spirit Cult and Star Luo have involved Shrek Academy, they might intervene again later, causing more chaos during the Federation's internal turmoil."
"In that case, why not let Shrek Academy play its role first, eliminate Star Luo and the Holy Spirit Cult, and then settle the accounts?"
Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress looked at each other and smiled:
"Ice Empress, you've got it wrong. Xu Chengzhi's approach is very clever. The knife he handed over makes us have to choose Shrek when dealing with Star Luo, the Holy Spirit Cult, and Shrek. After all, some opportunities, once missed, may not come again."
Ice Empress was stunned, then reacted and nodded thoughtfully.
So that's how it is, she had thought wrong.
What was the knife Xu Chengzhi handed to the Federation?
Shrek colluding with the enemy, betraying the country, soul masters degenerating into evil soul masters, suspected of being involved with the Holy Spirit Cult.
In that case, could they finish off the Holy Spirit Cult and Star Luo and then turn around to deal with Shrek?
No, because there would be no reason left!
Shrek has already participated in the war, practically eliminating Star Luo and the Holy Spirit Cult, and you say they colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult and Star Luo?
That would be slander!
Shrek would also have more room for excuses, making it much harder to deal with them than now.
The other spirit souls on the side suddenly realized, and Tian Meng even clicked his tongue in admiration.
"It's indeed an open conspiracy. Even after following you for ten thousand years, Yuhao, I still can't match you humans in these twists and turns."
Look at how dirty this play is, the purpose and intention are directly laid out there, but the other side has grasped the Federation's demands, making the Federation must follow the plan. Truly worthy of being the emperor of Star Luo.
Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress talked for a long time about settling accounts with Shrek and sent the message back to the Spirit Pagoda.
The initial shock might erupt before they return to the Douluo Federation, so the Spirit Pagoda needs to prepare early.
After completing these, Huo Yuhao also returned to the mission's base in Star Luo, and then was pulled in front of Leng Yulai, who looked at him with a strange and shocked gaze, pointing at the distant Jia Lin held by Gu Yuena.
"Where did that child come from?"
Although it had been explained that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena's actions need not be overly concerned, the two of them went out and brought back a child with innate level twenty soul power... How could she remain calm?
The limit for a soul master's innate soul power is level ten, and the record for innate level twenty soul power was only the Six-Winged Angel martial soul from twenty thousand years ago, which was a divine-given martial soul!
Jia Lin's origin is clearly not ordinary, likely related to gods!
"Found her."
Seeing Leng Yulai's disbelieving expression, Huo Yuhao shrugged and smiled, "Dark Phoenix Douluo, if not found, where else could she have come from?"
Leng Yulai was momentarily speechless.
She wanted to say, how could such a prodigy with innate level twenty soul power appear in this shabby place like Star Luo?
But other than this explanation, there was no other reasonable explanation.
After all, it couldn't possibly be that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena gave birth to her, could it?