Although he held the White Tiger Duke in contempt deep down, Meng Hongchen was his woman, after all. He could not take his feelings out on her.
Although he already knew everything, he still had to pretend he knew nothing.
"Yeah, Shrek Academy really has had rotten luck. It looks like we have a very good chance of taking first place this time."
No sooner had Huo Yuhao finished speaking than Xiao Hongchen piped up. "Huo Yuhao, what do you mean? Are you saying our academy can't even beat Shrek Academy in this state?"
Xiao Hongchen's words were like a stone dropped into a pool, stirring up a thousand waves.
The others from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy all turned to look at them. Clearly, they were on Xiao Hongchen's side too.
After all, the empire's honor was at stake.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and gave a cold smile. "Xiao Hongchen, oh, Xiao Hongchen. Your temper is exactly like your grandfather's-just as arrogant and conceited. You should never speak in absolutes. An arrogant army is bound to lose!"
"Do you know for certain that Shrek Academy won't send anyone else? Their Taotie Douluo may be a bit useless, but he certainly isn't slow. With seven days left, would bringing a few people over from Shrek Academy be that hard?"
"Do you know the composition of Shrek Academy's Soul Masters? All you know is that they suffered heavy losses. But what if their team has three or four Soul Emperors? We only have Ma Rulong; everyone else is a Soul King. What are we supposed to fight them with, our heads?"
Xiao Hongchen immediately deflated at that, but he soon retorted, "There's still me! My martial soul is the most suitable for soul tools, and my sister and