At the Sea God Lake, Chen Ming brought everyone who had been selected for the competition over to the lake.
Tang Yue, the person in charge here, saw the large group approaching and came over to greet them.
"Are you here to buy time to cultivate in the Sea God Lake?"
"Yeah. I see it costs three Yellow Badges for an hour. How long you can cultivate depends on you, so give it your all when the competition comes."
Chen Ming glanced at the prices on the noticeboard, then turned to the others and spoke. Everyone responded with enthusiasm.
"No problem, Captain!"
"Good. There are seventeen people who need to cultivate here. Let them cultivate to their hearts' content. Charge it to my card."
He looked at Tang Yue and flipped a Shrek Academy stored-value card into his hand, indicating that they could absorb as much energy as they wanted.
"Sure. I'll settle the bill after they're done."
Tang Yue nodded to show that was fine. And so, everyone except Chen Ming and Dong Qianqiu hurried into the Sea God Lake to cultivate.
Meanwhile, word spread throughout Shrek Academy that the first-years planned to challenge the strongest students from second through sixth year all at once.
The first-years were the talk of the Academy. Everyone was saying they were overestimating themselves. What good would twenty people do? The sixth-year Soul Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor Master could wipe them all out single-handedly.
On the rooftop of the teaching building, Tang Yuge met Chen Ming.
"I've heard everything about you guys... Are you really confident you can lead the first-years in a battle against the strongest students from second through sixth year, all at once?"
Tang Yuge was extremely worried about their prospects. They might have twenty people, but having more