Elder Xuan and Du Busi offered no further explanation. The sudden turn of events, however, left everyone plunged into silence.
If Elder Xuan had broken everything down for everyone, the doubts would only have multiplied. Yet Elder Xuan's demeanor—looking as though he had encountered an utterly irresistible fate as he walked away in despair—weighed upon everyone's hearts like a heavy stone.
Had Elder Mu, venerable man that he was, truly broken through the shackles of the hundredth rank? What manner of existence was the Golden Ancient Tree? Where did it come from, and why had it killed Elder Mu? What realm was the strength of the Golden Ancient Tree in? What changes would Mu En's death bring to the continent's landscape? What was the implication behind Elder Xuan's words—*"As long as one does not break past the hundredth rank, Shrek remains Shrek"*? Did it mean that once one broke through the hundredth rank, no matter where one fled, death was inescapable?
Chapter 774