The sun was setting in the west.
On the path circling Shrek Academy.
The four boys and four girls were split into two groups, struggling toward the finish line.
Zhu Zhuqing dragged Ning Rongrong along, with Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran beside them.
Though exhausted, they still maintained their lead and had not been caught by the other four boys.
"Rongrong, Yiran, Xiao Wu, we're almost there!
"Keep it up!"
With one hand dragging Ning Rongrong and the other pulling Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing cheered Xiao Wu on from behind.
Though she only had twenty-eighth-rank soul power, placing her at a middling level among the four girls.
The speed advantage of her Netherworld Spirit Cat martial soul, combined with the boost from her leg-strengthening shoes, made her the main pillar of support.
Behind them were Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, all looking half-dead.
Each was pale-faced and drenched in sweat, every step feeling like torture.
Zhao Wuji's enhanced gravity was applied equally to everyone.
Especially Tang San! Because Yu Xiaogang had implicated him, he bore twice the gravitational pressure.
It was not obvious at first, but the farther they went, the more agonizing it became.
His Blue Silver Emperor had yet to awaken and was no different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
Under training of this intensity, he still had to scheme against his three fellow sufferers.
If not for the Mysterious Heaven Technique endlessly restoring his soul power, he would likely have collapsed long ago.
Tang San had no mind left for anything else. As long as he reached the finish line, it would be victory!
The four of them panted rapidly, their lungs expanding and contracting like broken bellows as they staggered toward the finish line.
This was no longer running. At best, it was