At that, Ye Lingbo and Chu Wen exchanged glances.
"So Luo Yu was already a Shadow Guard?"
Ye Lingbo froze. She lived right next door to Luo Yu's dorm room, yet she hadn't known about this.
That brat sure knew how to keep things under wraps!
"Damn it, he overtook me just like that!"
Chu Wen looked bitter.
He remembered the warning his younger brother, Chu Ge, had given him over the phone.
"Bro, Luo Yu's strength is skyrocketing. If you run into him in the tournament, you have to run!"
"If you can't, just withdraw! There's no shame in it!"
Back then, Chu Wen had been baffled. "Little bro, did he actually scare you senseless?"
"Your big brother has a spot on the Shadow Guard youth rankings, you know."
"Why would I be afraid of Luo Yu?"
"And withdrawing just because I'm facing Luo Yu? How is that not embarrassing?"
"There's no shame in losing to Luo Yu," Chu Ge had said matter-of-factly.
That had infuriated Chu Wen at the time.
His little brother had changed. He was no longer the hotheaded young Chu Ge who loved fighting.
Coming out of his memories, Chu Wen thought it over carefully. It seemed his brother's warning had been quite reasonable.
Had Luo Yu gained a lot in Shikkotsu Forest?
Just then, Luo Yu and Little Bunny burst into the lounge, laughing and joking.
They had come to the lounge not just to rest, but mostly to gather intelligence.
The lounge buzzed with lively conversation, making it an important hub for everyone to share information.
With that goal in mind, the human and rabbit happily claimed an entire table's worth of desserts.
They stood in stark contrast to the exhausted people around them.
Everyone looked bewildered by their hearty appetites.
He had