The tournament was about to begin, and there was simply no time to replace the competing team members.
Yet Shrek had actually sent only its reserve team at a time like this?
Could it be that they believed this reserve team alone would be enough to deal with their opponents?
Although the early matches usually did not involve particularly strong opponents, and the results were not all that important, this was still far too arrogant. They were completely disregarding the other teams!
As Elder Ma finished speaking, anger surfaced on the faces of the team members.
They had been working overtime here, studying countermeasures based on intelligence, while the other side had not sent a single official team member?
Just as everyone was simmering with indignation, Ye Luochen spoke up.
"In my opinion, things should not be that simple."
Upon hearing Ye Luochen's words, everyone present turned their gazes toward him.
Although they had all spent a long time studying Shrek, no amount of research could compare to Ye Luochen having personally spent several years at Shrek. When it came to Shrek's situation, Ye Luochen naturally had the most authority to speak.
"Shrek places immense importance on honor. Even if this is only the preliminary stage, they would never treat it so lightly. Otherwise, if they were defeated by another academy, it would be a serious blow to the honor they value most."
Everyone nodded at those words.
It was a simple and common situation.
A supreme expert could defeat weaker opponents countless times, but as long as he was defeated by one of those weaker opponents even once, it would become an indelible stain upon his reputation.
There was no way Shrek would fail to understand that.
"Therefore, I believe Shrek must have encountered some sort of trouble and