Huh? A Wild Loli?

Laughter and cheerful voices drifted from Shrek Academy's tent, as though they were not worried about the upcoming matches in the slightest.

Not far from them stood Blazing Academy's tent. After hearing the laughter coming from Shrek Academy, a curvaceous girl gritted her teeth and said, "Those bastards! How can they still be so relaxed at a time like this?!"

Huo Wushuang shook his head with a bitter smile. "They have a team made entirely of Soul Ancestors. The promotion matches are easy for them to begin with. Advancing is already a certainty, so how could they not be relaxed?"

"I know!" Huo Wu cut him off sharply, though her face still showed resentment. Those bastards were seriously infuriating!

Outside, Ning Fengzhi was inspecting the encampments of the various academies alongside a young man. Behind them followed two full ten-man squads of Royal Knights. Hearing the laughter from the tent ahead, the young man's expression shifted. "Teacher, that is Shrek Academy's tent, isn't it?"

Ning Fengzhi sensed the surroundings carefully, then nodded with a smile. "That's right. It is their tent."

The young man nodded and said with interest, "Let's go in and have a look!"

"As you wish, Crown Prince."

This young man was none other than Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!

Zhao Xuan seemed to sense something inside the tent and spoke up, "Someone we know has arrived."

At his words, everyone stopped talking and curiously looked toward the tent flap, each of them wearing slightly puzzled expressions.

Someone they knew, here? Who could it be?

Just as Zhao Xuan had said, footsteps soon sounded outside the tent. Then, a fair hand pulled aside the flap, and someone entered from outside.

"Dad!"

Ning Rongrong looked at the newcomer in surprise. Ning Fengzhi also