"As far as I know, two members of the academy's rumored new Heavenly Kings Team—and perhaps even the third and fourth—are already close to breaking through the threshold of rank forty."
Long Yue swept his gaze around the room, finally stopping on the tense figures before him: Shadow King Teng Teng, Wind King Lin San, Tower King Ye Zhi, and Wolf King Hua Lantang.
"Are you still congratulating yourselves that they didn't spend another year building up before challenging you?"
"Are you congratulating yourselves that, with me here, we can at least secure seven points in this friendly match and guarantee victory?"
There were three one-on-one matches, one two-on-two match, and one seven-on-seven match. Each one-on-one match was worth one point, the two-on-two match was worth two points, and the seven-on-seven match was worth four points.
If Long Yue competed in every category, the other Kings considered victory a certainty.
That was also where the Kings' confidence came from.
After all, it was impossible to say there was no pressure when facing En Zuo's team. If they lost, the Heavenly Kings Team would become a laughingstock after this friendly match.
Long Yue said in a deep voice, "But I'm telling you now: aside from the team battle, I will not be competing."
Seeing the ugly expressions on his teammates' faces, Long Yue felt somewhat dissatisfied. No wonder his junior brother had disdained to associate with these people.
They had no composure at all when facing geniuses younger than themselves.
In truth, this had much to do with the rumors circulating around the academy.
En Zuo's team alone had six rare Twin Martial Souls, and even Dai Linger possessed the Hell Spirit Cat and Spirit Eyes as her Twin Martial Souls.
The only member with a single Martial Soul possessed the