When they reached the academy gate, they happened to run into the competitors from the Advanced Department. The Advanced Department had registered for the Youth Group's seven-person team competition, and among them was someone they knew—Xu Xiaoyan's brother, Xu Xiaoyu.
When Xu Xiaoyu saw Class Zero, he sidled up to Xu Xiaoyan and said provocatively, "Xiaoyan, if they bully you, just tell me. I'll beat them up for you."
Xu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes. "Worry about yourself. Don't fail to even make it through the preliminaries again. Beat them up for me? Did you forget what happened last time in the Spirit Ascension Platform?"
Xu Xiaoyu's expression stiffened. Reminded by Xu Xiaoyan, he recalled that these Class Zero kids were the ones they had encountered in the Spirit Ascension Platform last time. He said awkwardly, "This time, all the cadets competing with us have three Soul Rings or more. We'll definitely get good results. What happened in the Spirit Ascension Platform was an accident. I just didn't perform well."
Xu Xiaoyan curled her lip. "Hmph. When we entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, you said you could protect me. In the end, didn't we both get beaten out together?"
"I already said that was just an accident," Xu Xiaoyu muttered, with no confidence at all.
By the time they arrived at Eastsea Plaza amid chatter and laughter, many people were already waiting there. They were all competitors and team leaders participating in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
When Tang Wulin's senior sister, Mu Xi, saw Class Zero arrive, she immediately ran over and grabbed his ear. "Why are you only getting here now? Do you really need to bring this many people to a competition?"
Tang Wulin said, "The academy also registered us for the Youth Group's three-person team competition, so