"Good luck, Ning Tian."
As class monitor, Huo Yuhao encouraged Ning Tian and the others before the match began.
Besides, compared with the team from the First Freshman Class, Huo Yuhao was more eager to face Ning Tian's team.
After all, before the Freshman Tournament began, Huo Yuhao had invited Ning Tian's group to train with his, but they had turned him down.
What Huo Yuhao thought was the reason: the young sect master of the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect thought he was too weak, and training together would only drag them down. (He couldn't help it; Huo Yuhao had been insecure since childhood.)
Though he seemed sunny on the outside, the truth was different. If he hadn't met Tang Ya on his way to Shrek, he wouldn't have secured a place at Shrek Academy through the Tang Sect. With his poor talent, he likely wouldn't have been admitted at all—and would probably have gone down a dark path.
An Evil Soul Master?
With Electrolux around, Huo Yuhao wouldn't become an Evil Soul Master. But he would probably become something even more terrifying.
Ning Tian's actual reason for refusing: that bastard Bai Ran went straight for the support, leaving no chance to enjoy a proper fight.
"Good luck."
"Good luck."
Beside Huo Yuhao, Bai Ran and Xiao Xiao offered their encouragement at the same time.
Bai Ran did find it a little disappointing that he couldn't personally thrash the First Freshman Class team.
But Ning Tian was from Freshman Class Nine too. Whether Ning Tian thrashed them or Bai Ran did, what was the difference?
Ning Tian felt nothing in particular when he saw Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
But the sight of Bai Ran filled him with an inexplicable sense of resignation.
If their opponents hadn't been from the First