"Wasn't that a bit underhanded?" Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Cao Jinxuan raced along the return path together. Wang Dong deliberately kept some distance between Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan. As a fellow girl, she found Cao Jinxuan's earlier actions deeply contemptible.
"This is Shrek, where only the strong survive." Cao Jinxuan curled his lip dismissively. "Other than your own team, every other student is, in a sense, your competitor."
"Just like history—no one cares what methods the final victor used. They only know that history is written by the winners!"
Wang Dong nodded thoughtfully. For some reason, she felt that Cao Jinxuan's words did make a certain amount of sense, yet something still felt off inside her, leaving her uncomfortable.
The three had pursued Xie Huanyue here, so they had not returned empty-handed. At the very least, they had done something to the members of another team.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao, who was hiding nearby, similarly paid no attention to the tearful Zhu Lu. In the original story, this girl had never been easy to deal with. Wu Feng and Ma Xiaotao might have been fiery in temperament, but they were mostly frank and unpretentious, which Huo Yuhao greatly appreciated.
Thus, Huo Yuhao led Xie Huanyue and the other far away from Zhu Lu, casually caught a few Ten-Year Soul Beasts, and prepared a grand barbecue. To Huo Yuhao's surprise, Cui Yajie's cooking was exceptionally good, leaving the two boys praising the feast to the skies.
Xie Huanyue's return was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Death Fire Sea Team. Without taking Huo Yuhao's other trump cards into account, Xie Huanyue, who possessed the god-level martial soul Sun God Ape, had always been the strongest member of the team.
"Whoever marries you someday, Yajie, will really be in