From the moment Dai Yunze appeared in the Soul Duel Arena, Dai Yueheng had been watching him. Dai Yueheng did not know why Dai Yunze was here; after all, he was not among those selected for the Reserve Team. Although Xuan Zi had not spelled it out, his opening remarks gave Dai Yueheng enough to make a few guesses. Naturally, that made him pay even closer attention to Dai Yunze. Their previous match also led Dai Yueheng to quietly resolve to eliminate him at the first opportunity. Though he was shocked that Dai Yunze had already reached the Soul Ancestor level, he himself was a Soul Emperor. He did not believe he would lose to Dai Yunze again.
As for Yao Haoxuan, who had also spoken just now, he retreated while grumbling, "I have to be the pig again this time," looking utterly guileless.
Dai Yunze, who was on several people's minds, had plenty running through his own head. Xuan Zi's sudden move had really caught him off guard. He had thought he could coast through this without joining the fight between the two generations of Shrek Seven Monsters. As for training, Dai Yunze had initially assumed they would assign him some particularly difficult tasks on his own. But now, looking at the backs of the older students ahead of him, alarm bells rang in his mind.
The young man's seemingly casual warning echoed in his head over and over. Even though he had been very careful, the timeline had still branched off in another direction because of him, slipping past every precaution. Now he could only hope this was merely a "green"-level timeline deviation that would not affect the main timeline.
Dai Yunze's gaze was gloomy. He figured he would coast through the coming battle wherever possible, minimizing the