The morning sunlight shone down on the platforms in Shrek Academy's arena.
The stands were already packed so tightly with students taking part in the freshman assessment that not a drop of water could have squeezed through.
Below the stands, the referees had used Soul Power barriers to forcibly separate the spectators from the dozen or so platforms.
Huo Yuhao's trio stood in a corner of the stands, watching the matches below as they waited in boredom for their next match.
They had already fought several matches over the past two days. Each time, the opposing team had usually been knocked unconscious by Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Shock the moment they faced him.
They only needed one more win to advance to the final thirty-two.
Just then, a gentle voice came from behind them.
"Yuhao, your big sister's here to cheer you on."
Ma Xiaotao stood there in red, a black veil covering her face. Behind her was Ling Luochеn, wearing a blue dress and a cat-shaped crown.
"Xiaotao, Luochеn."
Huo Yuhao went over to greet them and introduced the two women to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.
Once everyone had gotten acquainted, they stood together in the stands to watch the matches below.
Then Ma Xiaotao quietly leaned close to Huo Yuhao and whispered:
"Yuhao, who are you waiting for?"
At her question, Huo Yuhao pointed toward a corner of the arena.
Ma Xiaotao followed his finger with her gaze.
A lavishly dressed boy with a sinister face and double pupils stood in the center of a platform.
On closer inspection, the boy's most striking feature was the ear on his head with half of it missing.
Back then, Huo Yuhao had chewed up that half of his ear and swallowed it. Even the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's appeal to