"Something's happening up ahead!" Xiao Ze's voice rang out, and the three girls immediately grew alert.
"No need to be. It's a group of freshmen."
Xiao Ze explained, putting them at ease.
They'd encountered a few groups of freshmen lately, and most of them had looked dejected.
The pride and sharpness they'd felt after passing the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and successfully entering the Inner Academy had been snuffed out by this little Fire Energy Hunting Competition!
However, Xiao Ze sensed something unusual about this group of freshmen.
They entered a clearing, where five freshmen were leaning miserably against tree trunks, resting.
At the sound of someone approaching, the freshmen immediately snatched up the weapons beside them, as if every rustle in the grass were an enemy.
Recognizing a familiar face, one of them cried out in surprise.
"Xiao Ze!"
"What happened to you? Did you run into a magical beast? How did you end up in such a sorry state?"
Xiao Ze's brows knitted slightly.
At the end of the day, the Fire Energy Hunting Competition was only a trial among students. Usually, no one went this far.
At Xiao Ze's question, indignation immediately appeared on the freshman's face.
"Xiao Ze, you have to be careful! There's a group of upperclassmen up ahead ambushing freshmen!"
"It seems he's the guy who had five points of Fire Energy deducted by an elder at the entrance. He's holding a grudge, so he's been ambushing freshman teams at key points!"
"They don't just hit hard—they've also been hurling the most humiliating insults at us!"
Another freshman couldn't help speaking up, his eyes brimming with anger.
After hearing them out, Xiao Ze looked again at their miserable injuries.
"Looks like that senior's got no sense of decency. He clearly doesn't consider us students