That's right!
Why expose it now?
Keeping the opponent unable to figure out your background, suddenly erupting during the match, and catching the other side off guard—this is the smartest approach!
Shrek's behavior, besides satisfying a momentary sense of vanity, has no substantial help for winning the championship; instead, it gives opponents the opportunity to research counter-strategies.
"Brother Liu Yuan is right."
Xiao Hongchen restrained the arrogance in his eyes and nodded, "I was thinking too simply."
"I almost had my rhythm thrown off by that bunch of idiots from Shrek." Meng Hongchen also stuck out her tongue and smiled embarrassedly.
Hearing Liu Yuan say this, all the students completely abandoned their previous thoughts of exposing their abilities.
They felt that what Liu Yuan said made a lot of sense, and even felt that Shrek's approach was as low-class as an upstart showing off wealth.
Walking behind, Jing Hongchen watched Liu Yuan's back, the appreciation in his eyes growing even stronger.
He had discovered another one of Liu Yuan's strengths: knowing how to endure.
It is not scary for a young person to have talent; what is scary is having talent while also knowing how to restrain one's sharp edge and understand the situation.
Shrek's arrogance was already engraved in their bones, causing them to lose basic judgment of the situation.
But Liu Yuan, he completely lacked this flaw!
"This child will surely achieve great things," Jing Hongchen sighed secretly in his heart.
Entrusting the team to Liu Yuan was the most correct decision he had made.
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Soon, the group passed through the bustling streets and arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Hotel.
Inside the lobby at this moment, although the people from Shrek had already left, the aftershocks of that shock had still not dissipated.
People from various academies gathered in groups of three or five, and the topic of discussion still could not move away from that shocking "Rank 72" from just a moment ago.
Just at this moment.
The figures of Liu Yuan and the others appeared at the lobby entrance.
"They're here, they're here! The people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have arrived!"
Someone shouted, and the gazes in the lobby converged on the entrance once again.
As the runner-up of the previous tournament, and the only academy that had been able to pose a threat to Shrek in a thousand years, the weight of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was naturally not light.
Those academy representatives who had originally been discussing Shrek all ceased their conversations, looking at Liu Yuan's group with burning gazes.
Curiosity.
Inquiry.
Even carrying a hint of ill intent.
"Is this the Sun Moon Team?"
"They don't look like much; compared to Shrek's aura, they are far worse."
"I wonder what the strength of the leader is this time?"
"Hey, do you think they might also be like Shrek and just drop a big bombshell?"
"Very possible! After all, they are old rivals; you can lose the person, but you can't lose the stance!"
Many teachers and students from various academies widened their eyes and pricked up their ears. Some interested parties had even quietly taken out notebooks, preparing to record intelligence on the Sun Moon Team.
If the Sun Moon Team could also be like Shrek and expose their own background for the sake of one-upmanship, that would simply be a godsend for those academies that needed to prepare tactics in advance.
After all, although the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had been inferior to Shrek all these years and was jokingly called the "ten-thousand-year runner-up."
But it was undeniable that their spirit tool technology was peerless under heaven, and their overall strength was the most outstanding among academies other than Shrek; to other academies, they remained a mountain that was difficult to surpass.
Therefore, their intelligence was equally very important. For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire lobby became subtle again. Everyone held their breath, waiting to see how this group of "challengers" from the Sun Moon Empire would handle the "show of force" Shrek had just left behind.
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