Chapter 133: The Finals! Top Ten!
Soon, everyone sent people to draw lots.
Finally, the first opponents for each academy were decided.
Beast Academy's first opponent was an academy team from the Xingluo Empire, whose strength was rather average, far weaker than the Five Great Elemental Academies.
Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ice Bear King, A Tai, Daming, Erming, and Xiao Bai easily dominated their opponents, securing the first victory.
During this, they naturally released their martial souls, but surprisingly, even with their martial souls activated, Bibi Dong couldn't detect any soul beast aura from them.
This made Bibi Dong even more doubtful, thinking to herself: "Could it really be this coincidental?"
"But if they are soul beasts, why can't I detect anything? There is no way such subtle methods exist." Bibi Dong found it hard to understand, but there was still plenty of time during the tournament to verify this.
There were no surprises, as Tianshui, Divine Wind, and Thunder teams easily won their first matches and advanced.
Shrek Academy was also lucky, facing a weak team, and successfully advanced.
After the first round of matches, out of the 33 teams, only 18 remained, with Spirit Hall's team, Xingluo Team 1, and Tiandou Team 1 already having a bye.
The first-place team from the promotion tournament also received a bye.
In the Tiandou region, the first-place team in the promotion tournament was Beast Academy, while in the Xingluo region, it was the Shadow Academy. These two teams also entered the bye stage.
That meant five teams, including Spirit Hall's team, Tiandou Team 1, Xingluo Team 1, Beast Academy, and Shadow Academy, would not have to compete in this round.
The remaining 13 teams would compete in the second round.
The next day, the second round of matches continued.
The 13 teams that didn't have a bye drew lots to determine their opponents. One team would receive a bye, and the remaining 12 would face off in pairs!
After the draw, Shrek Academy pulled the bye card.
Evil Tiger looked dumbfounded. "Damn, Shrek Academy really has all the luck! How did they even make it into the top ten?"
Although Ye Wen disliked Shrek Academy, he said honestly, without exaggerating or belittling, "Although Shrek Academy isn't as strong as I imagined, with their strength, making it into the top ten is still possible."
In the Soul Master Tournament, Spirit Hall, Xingluo Team 1, Tiandou Team 1, and the Five Great Elemental Academies were the regular top teams. Shrek Academy, managing to make it past Elephant Armor and Fire Academy, still had some strength.
After the second round of matches, Tianshui, Thunder, and Divine Wind teams once again secured victories.
After the second round, Tianshui Academy, ranked second in the promotion tournament, and Xingluo's Dragon Ivy Academy received a bye.
Now, there were eight teams with a bye: Spirit Hall's team, Xingluo Team 1, Tiandou Team 1, Beast Academy, Shadow Academy, Tianshui Academy, Dragon Ivy Academy, and Shrek Academy.
The remaining four teams would compete in the third round.
Eventually, Divine Wind and Thunder both defeated their opponents and made it into the top ten!
The fourth round would be the final battle for the top ten!
The competition was approaching its end, but Bibi Dong from Spirit Hall showed no reaction. This confirmed Ye Wen's guess: they couldn't be sure whether his group was composed of soul beasts.
"Now, the fourth round of the Soul Master Tournament finals, first match: Spirit Hall's team vs. Thunder Academy!"
"Second match: Beast Academy vs. Tiandou Royal Academy!"
"Third match: Tianshui Academy vs. Dragon Ivy Academy!"
"Fourth match: Xingluo Royal Academy vs. Shrek Academy!"
"Fifth match: Divine Wind Academy vs. Shadow Academy."
With Su Yuntao announcing the matchups for the fourth round, Snow Empress, Xiao Bai, and Na'er all let out a relieved sigh.
Xiao Bai happily said, "Great! Tianshui Academy vs. Dragon Ivy, we'll win this easily and smoothly make it into the top five!"
"Yeah! This is fantastic, Tianshui is getting closer to the goal they wanted to achieve."
Everyone was excited.
Ye Wen and the others had spent several years at Tianshui Academy and knew very well that their goal was to make it to the top four in the Soul Master Tournament.
To help Tianshui Academy reach the top four, Ye Wen had originally planned to leave, but then stayed for another year, training them and enhancing their strength. He even gave them two immortal herbs.
Now, Tianshui Academy was very strong. In Ye Wen's eyes, even Tiandou Team 1 would struggle against them. They were at least top four level!
But the Soul Master Tournament was based on a draw system, so luck played a large part. If they faced Beast Academy or Spirit Hall's team too early, it could be disastrous.
Xingluo Team 1 had Davis and Zhu Zhuqing, whose powerful martial soul fusion technique, the Ghostly White Tiger, would also be hard to deal with.
So everyone was still a bit worried about Tianshui Academy, but now, they were almost guaranteed a spot in the top five, just one step away from the top four.
"Now, let's welcome the first match, Spirit Hall's team vs. Thunder Academy!"
The two teams stood up, with Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan leading the way to the stage.
"Finally, Spirit Hall is up. Boss, what do you think their strength is?" Evil Tiger asked.
"They're not bad. At least Thunder Academy won't be a match for Spirit Hall's team," Ye Wen said seriously, crossing his arms.
"Not a match? Are they that strong?"
"Hehe, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena's individual strength is very strong. Also, Xie Yue and Hu Liena have a terrifying martial soul fusion technique, the power of which can even slay a Soul Saint!" Ye Wen smiled.
"What! Two Soul Kings can fight a Soul Saint?!"
Evil Tiger, Ice Bear King, and the others were all shocked.
"So, the golden generation of Spirit Hall isn't to be underestimated. Their superiority isn't just in their soul power level but also in their combat abilities."
"Let's watch the match carefully."
"Mm!"
Everyone stopped talking and focused all their attention on the stage.
Soon, the match began.
Xie Yue and Yan led the charge, attacking Thunder Academy without even using their martial soul fusion technique. After some fighting, they easily defeated Thunder Academy!
"Spirit Hall's team wins!"
"Indeed, Spirit Hall is on another level. They're not a team that can be easily compared to others. The only team that could defeat them is probably us," Evil Tiger said, looking more serious.
"Now, please welcome the second match: Beast Academy vs. Tiandou Royal Academy!"
"Alright, it's our turn now. Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, Na'er, Daming, Snow Empress, you seven go up."
"Yes!"
The seven of them stood up and made their way to the stage.
Seeing that Ye Wen wasn't participating, Dai Tianheng from Tiandou frowned. "Hmph! Ye Wen, you dare not face us in the Tiandou Royal Academy match?!"
Evil Tiger sneered, "Tch, Tiandou Royal Academy doesn't need our boss to show up! We can easily crush you!"
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