Nonetheless, Liu Zilang only dismissed those discussions with a laugh.
Since he had once faced the same opponents, he was well aware of the kind of players he would be meeting in the invitational tournament.
Liu Zilang was not confident that their team would prevail but he knew that those monstrous players were not undefeatable.
Before the invitational tournament in California, Liu Zilang applied for a weeks' leave from the counselor in advance.
Of course, counselors from universities like the University of Jianghai were unauthorized to approve leaves that were relatively long.
However, Liu Zilang had been rather "popular" lately and his university had been promoting multicultural development among students.
Once they heard that he was about to represent Asia in the invitational tournament in California, America, the principal called him in to give him words of encouragement in hopes that he could win honor for their university.