The match ended, and everyone present could not help but get excited. Each person was whispering to one another, discussing the highlights of the battle between the two.
This fight made the students from the other academies recognize the gap between themselves and Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian.
From the aftershocks of the battle alone, it was clear that in a one-on-one fight, the strength of these two was undoubtedly the most powerful.
Even when facing a Soul Emperor-level Soul Master, the two standing on the stage right now might still have the power to fight.
At this moment, the teachers and students from the other academies all felt a sense of powerlessness because Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian's performance was terrifying.
Aside from the reactions of the other academies, Emperor Xue Ye in the VIP section was overjoyed. So many geniuses were appearing within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire , what did this mean?
It meant that as Emperor, his reputation was shining. After all, soon they would be stepping out of the empire to compete with the young Soul Masters of the entire continent.
Ning Fengzhi was also smiling. Seeing so many excellent Soul Masters emerging was something that pleased an elder of the Soul Master world like him.
The only one with a dark expression was Platinum Bishop Salas of the Spirit Hall. At this moment, Salas was staring coldly at Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian, not knowing what he was thinking.
With the battle between Shrek Academy and the Godwind Academy over, the promotion tournament had entered its final stage. The remaining teams determined their winners and losers, and with that, the promotion tournament came to a successful conclusion.
The tournament lasted a total of fourteen days, with every team fighting in fourteen matches. Shrek Academy was the only team to win all fourteen matches, once again making history.
After the competition ended, Emperor Xue Ye once again gave an impassioned speech to inspire everyone. He also announced the official conclusion of the promotion tournament and presented awards to the top three competitors.
The top three were Feng Xiaotian, Tai Long, and Huo Wu, whose individual wins were the highest among all fifteen teams.
The reason they were ranked at the top was because they participated in the most individual matches and had the most victories.
Tai Long had just reached the Soul Sect level and still managed to achieve such results. This was partly due to his own strength but also because Dai Mubai and the others had hardly taken action.
For example, Tang San did not participate in a single match during the promotion tournament. Yet for some reason, even though Tang San had not appeared, Platinum Bishop Salas still kept an eye on him whenever he looked toward Shrek Academy.
Oscar also noticed this unusual attention but did not know the reason. His only guess was that it had something to do with Ao Yue's clone attracting attention.
After all, Hu Liena and the others already knew that Ao Yue's younger brother was Oscar. Perhaps Spirit Hall was secretly plotting to deal with him, one of the only two heirs of the Sword Sect.
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With the promotion tournament concluded, the finals would soon begin. This would be the true battle to decide which was the strongest academy on the continent.
This time, each team was given only three days to adjust. After three days, all fifteen teams, along with their teachers and an escort of five hundred Royal Knights , a group of over a thousand people , would set out for the venue of the finals, Spirit City.
As Emperor, Xue Ye could not leave Heaven Dou City.
Therefore, after the tournament ended, Emperor Xue Ye announced that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would represent him as the envoy of the Heaven Dou Empire and serve as a judge for this grand competition.
The fifteen teams representing the Heaven Dou Empire would be personally accompanied by Xue Qinghe to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall would host the final tournament.
Spirit City was located at the border of the two empires and did not belong to either of them. Most importantly, the Pope's Hall, one of the two most sacred halls of Spirit Hall, was located there.
This newly built Pope's Hall was said to be one of the grandest buildings on the entire Douluo Continent. Because of it, Spirit City had become a holy place for all Soul Masters, serving as Spirit Hall's equivalent of a capital.
The journey from Heaven Dou City to Spirit City took about twenty days. The final matches would not last long because they would all be elimination matches , one chance for each team, with the winner taking all and the loser eliminated.
Thus, the fifteen teams from the two empires plus the three seeded teams made a total of thirty-three teams. The entire competition would be finished in less than ten days.
This meant that the twenty-day journey would be their last chance to truly rest.
To ensure the participants could rest well, the Heaven Dou Empire specially prepared dozens of huge luxury carriages exclusively for them.
These carriages even used some basic soul tool technology, with excellent shock absorption, making the ride very smooth.
Of course, this was about the limit of the soul tool technology that had been passed down on the Douluo Continent.
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Spirit Hall attached great importance to the finals. During the promotion tournament, Spirit City had already designated a special location as the venue for the finals of this year's Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
At the same time, Spirit City announced a decree that during the competition, no one who was not a Soul Master would be allowed to watch, not even nobles. This added a layer of mystery to the finals.
The commoners did not resent this decree. After all, Soul Masters were already lofty figures in their eyes.
Spirit Hall was like a sacred temple to them, and since the decree was issued personally by the Pope, who would dare complain?
Instead of resentment, this only increased their yearning and imagination for the tournament and Spirit Hall.
The journey was very peaceful, and ten days passed quickly, meaning they had completed half of the trip to Spirit City.
With five hundred Royal Knights as escorts, their protection was comparable to that of the imperial family. Every city they passed through welcomed them in the best possible manner, and no trouble arose along the way.
Today marked the eleventh day of travel.
Shrek Academy's carriage was positioned in the center of the procession because they were the champions of both the promotion and qualifying tournaments.
Inside the carriage, everyone was quietly cultivating. Nearly three months had passed, and the soul power of Dai Mubai and the others had already increased.
Tang San, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Jiangzhu, who had all gone through intense battles, had each broken through another level of soul power three days earlier.
Dai Mubai was not far from reaching level fifty-six. Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong had been training diligently during this period. Since they did not need to spend time fighting, they too were only a step away from breaking through.
Oscar and Dugu Yan were both clones, so their soul power levels did not advance. Instead, they spent the entire journey helping the others cultivate.
At this moment, while the Shrek students were meditating, a chilling aura suddenly spread from not far away, heading straight toward the Heaven Dou Empire's team.
Their route mostly followed official roads, taking small paths only when shortcuts were available. Right now, they were taking such a shortcut.
They were passing between two low hills. This shortcut was said to save dozens of miles of travel. The mountain path was narrow but relatively smooth, allowing the carriages to pass without difficulty.
The chilling aura came from the hills on both sides, and not only Oscar and the others felt it.
The captain of the Royal Knights suddenly shouted, "Everyone, be on guard."
The order was obeyed instantly. The Royal Knights protecting the Soul Masters immediately raised their lances.
The Soul Master students, however, looked relaxed. With so many talented Soul Masters here, what was there to worry about?
Even though the students were fewer in number than the Royal Knights, in actual combat strength they were far superior.
Besides, among the teachers leading the academies were many powerful Soul Masters. At least twenty of them were above the sixtieth level. Such a team could easily take on an army of over ten thousand men.
At that moment, countless rocks rolled down from both sides of the hills like raindrops. The falling rocks appeared suddenly and in perfect unison, quickly raining down on them.
This terrain was very disadvantageous for the entire group. The Royal Knight captain quickly ordered them to accelerate forward, leaving the falling rocks to be dealt with by the five hundred knights.
This was when the overall quality of the Royal Knights showed itself. Although they were not all Soul Masters, their combined strength was formidable.
The hills were not very high, so the falling rocks were not too heavy to resist. The knights stepped back a few paces, leaving a clear path in the middle for people to pass. Then, they raised their lances and faced the rocks head-on.
Steel clashed with stone as they used their lances to deflect the falling rocks one by one. The five hundred lances formed an iron wall, and in this dangerous terrain, not a single rock broke through their defense.
Seeing this, some of the Soul Master students who had looked down on ordinary people now felt a new sense of respect.
The fifteen academies, under the guidance of their teachers, quickly moved out of the dangerous area. To gain more speed, they abandoned the carriages and ran on foot. As long as they escaped this terrain, there would be nothing to fear.
Now, everyone wanted to know who had the audacity to attack even the Royal Knights. This was the Heaven Dou Empire's territory , could they really be bandits? What kind of bandits would dare target such a powerful group? Were they out of their minds?
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