The arrival of Bai Luo and the Ice Empress shifted the atmosphere in an entirely different direction.
Before this, almost every student from Shrek Academy had believed Xuanzi would have no trouble asserting his authority this time.
Ma Xiaotao was certainly powerful, but her foundations were still too shallow. Her age alone made that clear.
Compared with Xuanzi, who was level 98, the gap was enormous.
Yet no one had expected Bai Luo and the Ice Empress to suddenly enter the fray.
They did not know the Ice Empress.
But judging by the way she had just neutralized Xuanzi's attack, it was clear that she, too, was a top-tier powerhouse on his level.
"Looks like Xuan Zi won't be getting his way this time."
Yao Haoxuan shook his head and murmured under his breath.
He simply could not suppress the gloating in his voice.
The members of the Shrek Academy Preparatory Team who had not experienced the incident with the Death Messenger, along with the Shrek Main Team members transferred in afterward, could not truly understand Xuanzi's behavior.
But Yao Haoxuan had lived through the incident with the Death Messenger and lost both his legs in it.
Without Bai Luo's intervention, Yao Haoxuan would still have been bedridden. He understood it all too well.
He was the one most dissatisfied with Xuanzi's habit of hiding behind his status as a teacher and throwing his seniority around.
He simply knew that his own strength was limited for now.
Even Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Saint, could not stand against Xuanzi. What could a Soul King like him possibly do?
Yao Haoxuan had seen Ma Xiaotao's performance in the arena earlier and understood perfectly well that the gulf between them was like a chasm carved by the heavens.
He had the will, but