Growth: A Tyrannical Counterattack!

"Why don't we..."

"Keep a low profile for now?"

"Pretend we can't beat them, take a few minor injuries, and give them some face?"

"Master will be taking us away before long anyway. There's no need to stir up trouble with these people at a time like this."

"That makes sense."

"..."

The two of them quickly decided in secret to pretend to be bullied and let them vent some steam.

After all, they had no need to stand out during this coming stretch of time.

Nor did they need to achieve any impressive results.

After learning what true cultivation was like—or rather, how powerful the cultivators outside and the various cultivation methods and Sorcery/Techniques of the Moon Embracing Sect were—they truly had no attachment to the Ruins of Return...

Perhaps the upper levels of the Ruins of Return held plenty of good things.

But in this shithole of an environment, even climbing to the second level came with endless trouble and was as difficult as scaling the heavens... Why bother?!

So, keeping a low profile and avoiding being targeted in the next round—nothing wrong with that!

That was indeed what they thought.

And it was what they had planned to do.

But plans ultimately could not keep pace with change.

These 'upperclassmen' from the student council did not come after them directly.

Instead, they first challenged the two men's 'classmates'.

And these classmates just happened to be people close to them. Or rather... in the entire school, these were the only two people they could truly get along with and count as friends.

But now...

The two of them were facing two vice presidents of the student council.

The moment they struck!

The two vice presidents showed no mercy.

With such an enormous gap in strength, it was like