"Victory is ours!"
Wang Yan noticed something was wrong with everyone just in time. He hurriedly offered some reassurance and gathered them together.
"You're fighting for Shrek's honor! Sweep away the gloom of these past few days with a victory that crushes everything in its path! You'll be Shrek's heroes!"
The rhetoric was old-fashioned, but they were youngsters, and it was exactly what they wanted to hear.
Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi temporarily cast aside their distracting thoughts and resolutely stepped onto the stage.
Nervous though they were, they still had more than enough confidence in their ability to win a crushing victory...
Across from them.
Tianling Academy also took the stage.
Unlike in the original story, where facing Shrek had left them so timid they could barely walk steadily, they were now practically bursting with excitement.
Just yesterday, a Black-Robed Man had come to them. Not only had he handed them seven Ice Element Soul Tools, he had also shown them a Recording Crystal revealing precisely why Shrek Academy was short of members!
Against Shrek at full strength, they would probably have been wiped out in an instant.
But against this depleted Shrek team, they might just stand a fighting chance!
This was the best opportunity in ten thousand years. If they defeated Shrek, Tianling Academy would not only earn everlasting fame and leave a bold, indelible mark on history, but the entire Dou Ling Empire would bask in its reflected glory!
Faced with such an overwhelming temptation, who cared who the Black-Robed Man was?
All they wanted was to win!
Moreover, the Black-Robed Man had explicitly told them that the Soul Tools he had given them to counter the Ice Element were intended for Ling Luochеn, the opposing team's only Soul King. That sent their confidence soaring!
Even