The rest area.
With ten thousand years of honor behind it, Shrek naturally occupied the front row.
The Sun Moon Empire, the perennial runner-up for ten thousand years, naturally sat in the second row, and so on.
Shrek Academy already stood in the spotlight, regarded by every academy as its greatest enemy. Now, with this lineup of "children and cripples" on display, it instantly drew every academy's attention.
"So arrogant, huh? A Cheng, if you hadn't recorded everything with your Image Stone yesterday, they might really have bluffed us." Xiao Hongchen leaned over.
"Once the match is over, their true colors will show." Xu Cheng smiled.
There was naturally no chance of them being eliminated in the first match.
Even though he had secretly slipped Tianling Academy some defensive Soul Tools that countered ice, Ling Luochеn was no pushover. Her talent for ice was exceptionally powerful, and she had area-of-effect Soul Skills. With Bei Bei attacking, Xu Sanshi defending, He Caitou providing logistical support, Xiao Xiao assisting, and the black-and-white pair's Martial Soul Fusion, they already rivaled a team ranked in the top fifty.
At most, it would give Shrek Academy a nasty headache.
But that little headache was not to be underestimated.
Shrek was now like a small boat tossed about in a gale. Until the other teams could gauge its true strength, few would attack rashly. That was also its advantage.
But what if it was already teetering on the brink in its very first match?
If even the elimination round proved a rough, tortuous struggle, this wounded, sickly tiger called Shrek would soon have its true condition exposed. Then it would face genuine danger...
"They really are all injured..." Meng Hongchen stole a glance at the group.
Through Xu Cheng's Spiritual Sharing, she could clearly see that