At last, the figures in the distant sky, tiny as black dots, gradually became clear and slowly descended beneath their gazes.
"They're finally coming back." A smile immediately appeared on Yan Shaozhe's face.
Xian Lin'er had already stepped forward. "They're finally back." Clear excitement shone in her eyes.
"Children, welcome home." Yan Shaozhe and the other four strode forward to greet them. As he spoke, the five came before the members of the Shrek Team, who had returned laden with honors.
Xian Lin'er was still barely able to control her emotions. Zhou Yi, behind her, could no longer hold back. She hurried forward and carefully examined her precious students, only letting out a deep sigh of relief after confirming, in particular, that Qian Ran was safe and sound.
Although they had not been away long, everyone had changed greatly.
These powerhouses from Shrek Academy all sensed that the young geniuses before them had far stronger presences than when they had left the academy.
Those mighty presences and that condensed Soul Power made their hearts pound.
Cai Mei'er had described some of what had happened during the tournament in her letters to Shrek Academy, so they had long known about everyone's changes. Actually seeing them, however, was still startling.
At the same age, had they been placed among this group, they would at most have ranked somewhere in the middle.
Originally, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng could not have been considered top-tier talents, but with Qian Ran's help, their talent had been forcibly raised several notches.
The same went for Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan. Their potential was clearly greater than in the original work.
Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao were already top geniuses, and Qian Ran had elevated them to a level rarely seen in a century. Even