For people of Ning Tian and her friends' standing, attending Shrek Academy was never about learning anything. They were there solely to meet more talented peers their own age. To the children of such great families, Shrek Academy was a platform for making connections.
Perhaps because the plot of the previous tournament in Star Luo City had gone off course, Wang Dong had never revealed her second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, so naturally, no one knew she came from the Clear Sky Sect.
But her Radiant Goddess Butterfly martial soul, along with her everyday food, clothing, housing, and transportation, had already given her away completely. Or rather, she was one step away from writing "I have a powerful background" across her face.
Just from the airs Wang Dong put on and the way she treated others, Ning Tian could tell that the power backing her was anything but ordinary.
Ning Tian had become even more certain of that when she learned, over a year ago, that Wang Dong had withdrawn from Shrek Academy.
Unless something major had happened to the family behind her, there was only one possibility: attending Shrek Academy had been nothing more than a diversion for Wang Dong.
Otherwise, there was simply no explaining why Wang Dong would suddenly withdraw from Shrek Academy, especially when her admission to the Inner Court was already nailed down and she would have been able to meet even more geniuses.
The only explanation was that the force behind her was powerful enough to disregard Shrek Academy entirely.
Wang Dong had it easy, but she had left Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and the others in a terrible bind. Before leaving Shrek Academy, Wang Dong had already been on the verge of becoming a Soul Ancestor. Considering the time that had