Bei Bei said gravely to his companions, "We not only have to win this match, we have to win beautifully. We have to display the glory that belongs to Shrek Academy. Yuhao, I'm counting on you."
Huo Yuhao nodded forcefully. He had already worked out how to defeat them—and how to win in a way that would utterly humiliate them, intimidating all the other opponents in the process.
Their heads were held high, their dark nostrils aimed at the Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy team as though they had been born to look down on others.
By the time he stepped onto the stage, Huo Yuhao had already drafted the script for what came next. Victory was mandatory, but it also had to be shocking enough to intimidate all those who coveted Shrek's glory because they believed Shrek had weakened.
So, they would kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, they could only trouble themselves with being that chicken, slaughtered for the other monkeys to see.
The seven members of each side gathered in separate corners of the arena, staring at each other from afar.
Shrek's proud boys and girls all held their heads high and puffed out their chests, looking down their noses at others. In stark contrast, the Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy team looked ashen, their faces pale and their legs trembling. To avoid standing out, Qian Renshuang put on the same appearance as her teammates, looking at the Shrek Seven Monsters as though she had seen some terrifying beast.
The spectators were dumbfounded. Hadn't Shrek Academy only sent its reserve team? Weren't they afraid of being eliminated in the very first round? There would be no second chance in the knockout rounds.
It was not just them; even the competing