Truthfully speaking, they were only in charge of making sure that no one cheated in these preliminaries. They naturally didn’t want to get involved in any arguments between students!

  They weren’t freakin’ stewards who had to have a hand in everything!

  Just as they wanted to leave, they heard Qiao Mu shouting again, “Mentor! You couldn’t be thinking of running away? Is that appropriate?”


  The two black-clothed elders slipped, and they turned to look at the little fellow who had donned a solemn poker face.

  “They’re thieves! If everyone acts like them and snatches other people’s battle spoils as they pleased, then there would be no point to this competition! There wouldn’t be any fairness to speak of at all!” Qi Xuanxuan pointed at those people from River Horse Academy, while the latter’s faces darkened in chagrin.

  “That’s right, that’s right!” The little fatty nodded repeatedly while hammering a zombie’s head.

  Qiao Mu promptly yelled, “Don’t crush the core. make sure to gather them!”


  “Oh!” The little fatty quickly dug through that zombie’s rotting head, and sure enough, he found a small core.

  Qiao Mu turned to look at the people from River Horse Academy, gesturing with her gaze for them to quickly hand the stuff over.

  The students from River Horse Academy had very ugly expressions. One of them even protested, “We really didn’t pick up eight cores, only three.”


  “You big liar!” Qiao Mu berated and produced a flowing stream of water in her hand. She stared at them without a trace of warmth in her icy eyes. “Don’t force my hand!”


  The two proctors also hastily reprimanded the River Horse Academy students when they saw this. “What are you dawdling for. Quickly hand over their things.”


  These students were already fighting before entering the zombie’s base. If they didn’t uphold the existing rules, who the hell knew what the result of the infighting would be.

  However, the proctor’s reprimands frustrated the River Horse Academy students very much.

  They could only unwillingly shell out eight cores with long faces and throw them into Qiao Mu’s open sack.

  Qiao Mu gave a nod and stuffed the bag back into her pocket. She then turned around to leave while carrying her small bundle.

  Sha Gua, the leader of the River Horse Academy team, got more furious the more he looked at her back. He couldn’t resist hollering, “Stand right there!”


  “What other comments do you have?” Qiao Mu turned back to look expressionlessly at Sha Gua.

  “Stoic Face, I’m telling you. We’ve been had this time, but just you wait!” Sha Gua yelled defiantly, “We haven’t seen the end of each other, so there will be a chance!”


  Qiao Mu swept him a glance before trotting to Mo Lian. She looked up at him and deadpanned, “Why do losers always like to talk big at the very end?”


  Mo Lian grasped her petite hand with a smile. “Because they’re dumb.”


  The little fellow nodded in agreement. She walked with Mo Lian toward the mentors while holding her bundle.

  On the side, Wei Xu’s teeth ached when he looked at her.

  “Wait for me a bit!” Qiao Mu abruptly patted Mo Lian’s hand.