Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

"Your father sent a message asking you to return to Xingluo City?"

"Yes, they're waiting for me outside the city. Do you want to come with me?"

When questioned by Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu shook her head decisively. Seemingly realizing her behavior was inappropriate, she quickly added:

"Shrek Academy holds a very high position; it wouldn't be good for the two of us to leave at the same time."

"That's true. I'll be going now. This trip shouldn't take too long."

Dai Huabin nodded, unaware that after he turned away, Zhu Lu's gaze was no longer tender and gentle, but filled with sarcasm and mockery.

Zhu Lu had already learned of the current situation in Xingluo City through messages from her family.

"Dai Huabin, you don't actually think you can come back, do you? How naive. Growing up in a bloody environment has certainly given you a tiger-like ferocity, but it has also eroded your intelligence."

Zhu Lu knew in her heart that Dai Huabin was probably never going back.

Given the immense public opinion surrounding Xingluo City, only Dai Huabin himself can step forward and fulfill his promise to end this situation.

What is the promise? It's naturally a broken leg and a broken soul. Dai Huabin still mostly thinks it's just about going back to be punished and scolded, and he can't think of anything deeper.

Dai Huabin's limited understanding is inseparable from his upbringing; he had already begun fighting and killing wild beasts before he even awakened his martial spirit.

Facing wild beasts during the golden period of character development, Dai Huabin naturally acquired a beastly nature.

His emotions were lacking, a fact Zhu Lu had noticed long ago. From that moment on, she stopped looking forward to a future with Dai Huabin and simply saw them as a community of shared interests.

They are the only ones in recent generations of the Dai and Zhu families who can fuse their martial souls. She used the martial soul fusion to help Dai Huabin gain a foothold in Shrek Academy.

What Dai Huabin needs to give up is to become the White Tiger Marshal in the future, making her lineage the main lineage of the Zhu family.

However, after Dai Huabin broke his leg, he could never compete with Dai Yueheng, and Zhu Lu did not have enough leverage to get close to Dai Yueheng.

She can only rely on herself now; she needs the protection of Shrek Academy.

The Zhu family not only spread rumors about Dai Huabin that were unfavorable to him in Xingluo City, but also subtly suggested that she return to Xingluo City with Dai Huabin.

Zhu Lu knew perfectly well what the purpose of doing this was.

Dai Huabin is now useless, but he is still Dai Hao's legitimate son. While he has no hope of winning the marshal's title, he will not make Dai Yueheng feel threatened.

Therefore, Dai Huabin's status will not be low, and her investment in this branch of the Zhu family will not be a loss, only the profits will not be as great as before.

The only one who needs to make a sacrifice is Zhu Lu, who has to marry Dai Huabin, who has a broken leg, and be locked up in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion for the rest of her life.

No, Dai Huabin won't become a duke; at most, he'll just have an ordinary mansion.

Zhu Lu was unwilling to accept such a predictable future; she wanted to defy fate and change her destiny!

As long as she remained at Shrek Academy, the Zhu family would never have a legitimate reason to force her to return and marry Dai Huabin.

The Zhu family dared not provoke Shrek Academy, nor did the Dai family.

She had to enter the inner courtyard; she had to find her own glimmer of hope! She had to use this desperately hard-won respite to find a way to protect herself!

She needs a new backer! A Title Douluo, no! A Super Douluo-level backer!

"There's no such thing as poor children maturing early; they're forced to take on responsibilities when there's a knife to their throats..."

A hint of desolation flashed in Zhu Lu's eyes, but it only lasted for a moment before being replaced by fighting spirit.

Since her bottom line is already set, every step she takes upwards is a success!

The therapist's prediction was accurate. By the third day, Wu Feng's body had fully recovered and he was ready to join the battle between the reserve teams.

However, having learned from Xuanzi's dereliction of duty last time, the seven of them held back during the battle, especially Beibei and He Caitou, the two Soul Masters.

Beibei's fourth soul skill, Thunder Dragon Head, was never used again, and He Caitou also stopped launching large-scale soul-guided cannon bombardments.

After all, the Thunder Dragon Head might still be able to withstand some damage, but the bombardment from the Soul Guidance Cannon cluster is no joke. After one round, being crippled would be considered lucky.

Xuanzi clearly saw that the seven people were holding back, and repeatedly emphasized that everyone should go all out, but no one listened to him.

Xuanzi was so angry that he had no choice but to arrange for a medical teacher to be on the sidelines during each battle. After that, the seven people finally stopped holding back.

"Alright, that concludes today's training. We'll meet again at the same time tomorrow."

Xuanzi glanced at the several therapists around him, finding them all an eyesore. He gave a disgruntled snort and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Training for two consecutive days? This is the first time. Is tomorrow some special day?" Wang Dong asked in a puzzled tone, stroking his chin as if deep in thought.

"I don't know, Yuhao, what do you think?" Xiao Xiao shrugged at Wang Dong and smiled sweetly at Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong's eyes narrowed unconsciously. Why did he feel that Xiao Xiao was acting a little differently towards Yu Hao? Oh well, she was probably being too sensitive. It was just normal behavior between friends.

"The competition is about to begin." Although Huo Yuhao's words were brief, the hint was quite obvious.

On the day of the selection competition, Xuanzi mentioned that they would participate in the major competition with the main team, and that they would deal with some teams of average strength.

"So, I'm going to make a name for myself?" Wang Dong put his hands on his hips, his eyes brimming with excitement.

"The teams that can participate in the competition are at least Soul Masters, so our chances of getting a chance to play are not high," Ning Tian shook his head and analyzed.

"The main fighting force will definitely be the regular team. We'll be lucky if we get to play once or twice." Wu Feng echoed Ning Tian, ​​his crimson eyes full of certainty.

Wang Dong's face visibly fell down. "After all this time, we're just accessories. How boring."

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first." Huo Yuhao nudged Wang Dong's shoulder, and the latter rolled his eyes, "You really know how to comfort people."

"I've already been very kind by not stabbing you in the back."

"Go! Go! Go!"

Dean's Office.

"There are quite a few geniuses from the outer academy in this competition." Yan Shaozhe looked at the student information sheet, which recorded the core disciples of each grade in the outer academy.

Some of these core disciples were even marked with special emphasis, with the second-year core disciples being marked with the most special emphasis.

Yan Shaozhe tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and the heart named "Martial Soul Glory" began to beat violently.

"Not only do two students in the second year possess twin martial souls, but they also have three martial soul fusion skills, making them the best in history."

As Yan Shaozhe murmured, his extraordinary wisdom was activated, and a novel idea began to take shape in his mind.

"The Soul Guidance Department has been making more and more underhanded moves lately, so we might as well take this opportunity to get Xian Lin'er away."