The match began.
The first few bouts passed without incident.
Blazing Fire Academy easily defeated their opponents through the coordination between Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
On Shrek's side,
in order to conceal their strength—mainly because Han Yuchen needed to play dead—Master arranged for reserve members like Tailong and Huang Yuan to compete.
Though the fight was somewhat difficult, Xiao Wu ultimately secured the match with a burst of power.
Han Yuchen sat in a lounge chair in the rest area the entire time, covered with a blanket and holding a thermos.
He looked exactly like a retired old cadre.
"You have to commit to the act."
Facing everyone's contemptuous stares, he spoke with complete conviction.
Finally,
it was Godwind Academy's turn.
Exotic Beast Academy's first competitor stepped onto the stage.
He was a burly Soul Ancestor whose martial soul was the Great Ape.
"Godwind Academy, please enlighten me!"
He let out a thunderous roar, brimming with momentum.
However,
the person who walked out from Godwind Academy silenced the entire venue.
He was very thin.
So thin that he looked like a skeleton.
His uniform hung loosely from his body, as though it were draped over a clothes rack.
He said nothing and offered no salute.
He merely walked mechanically onto the arena, then...
raised his head.
What kind of face was that?
His skin was an ashen gray, his eye sockets deeply sunken, and his eyeballs were almost entirely white.
His lips were cracked, exposing blackened teeth.
"Th-this... is that a person or a ghost?"
The Exotic Beast Academy competitor jumped in fright and instinctively took a step back.
"The match begins!"
The referee gave the order.
That Godwind Academy competitor moved.
There was no glow from any soul skill.
Like a frenzied wild beast, he dropped to all