Beyond the forest, many older students were gathered atop a pile of rubble, watching the excitement.
They were all members of older students' teams that Xiao Ze had eliminated.
They looked at one another with a sense of kindred spirits, sharing the same plight.
Seated cross-legged on a stone platform, Bai Feng frowned slightly when he saw the seventh team emerge from the forest.
His estimation of Xiao Ze's strength rose another notch.
But to him, it made no difference.
His Three-Star Dou Ling strength had already put him in a league of his own compared with the other older students' teams!
The more older students Xiao Ze defeated, the greater Bai Feng's reputation would be when Xiao Ze eventually fell to him!
On the other side, a sudden commotion arose among the older students' teams.
Bai Feng couldn't help looking over.
He saw four older students carrying an unrecognizable fellow out of the forest on a stretcher.
"Well, if it isn't Lao Mei! Did a stampede of magical beasts trample you flat? How'd you end up looking like this?"
Although the older students could barely recognize Lao Mei from his face, they could still identify his teammates.
From that, they deduced that the person lying on the stretcher was Lao Mei.
Seeing how wretchedly he'd ended up, someone immediately jeered.
It was clear that he hadn't had much of a reputation in the Inner Academy.
He'd only managed to get by in the Inner Academy by relying on the slight edge his strength gave him.
"Ah, don't ask. We ran into that monster of a new student! He was vicious as they come!"
The older student Xiao Ze had kicked earlier said, clutching his stomach.
"No way, really? That young-looking kid?"
"Impossible. Apart from threatening us verbally, he never