"Is it that you can't say, or you don't want to say? I, Yu Xiaogang, am upright and honorable. Since you don't trust me, why bother meeting? Let's leave it at that. I wish you all the best at Peach Garden Academy."
Yu Xiaogang flicked his sleeve and left.
"Xiaogang, you..." Liu Erlong's eyes were filled with pain.
...
At this moment, on the competition field.
Su Ran had already drawn the match-up. The finals would be much faster than the preliminaries and advancement rounds because it was an elimination system: 30 into 15, 16 into 8, 8 into 4. By the time of the grand finals, a team would only have three or four matches.
Su Ran returned to Peach Garden Academy's waiting area, where Ning Rongrong and the others had already gathered around him:
"Teacher, which academy are we fighting?"
"It's a shame that Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy both got byes as seeded teams in the first round. I've been enduring them for a long time!"
Su Ran said indifferently: "Your first opponent is a team from Star Luo Empire, Fire Leopard Academy. Their strength is average, so you can win as long as you play normally. In the second round, we will get a bye, which means if you win this match, you can directly advance to the quarter-finals."
The fifteen advancing teams from Star Luo Empire were not strong, most of them weaker than the Four Elemental Academies, so Peach Garden Academy had no pressure to win.
Most of the teams that would eventually advance to the top sixteen and top eight should be Spirit Master teams from Heaven Dou Empire.
From the high vantage point of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, the entire Douhun Arena could be overlooked.
Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong's gaze fell upon the teams of Peach Garden Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, wondering what she was thinking.
"Peach Garden Academy's roster: Teacher Su Ran, Su Ran, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Wang Sheng, Ye Lingling. Only seven members, no substitutes. Every member has shown excellent performance in the preliminaries and advancement rounds. Ning Rongrong's Golden Bell Cover is impenetrable. Xiao Wu's Two-Form Boxing uses leverage to become stronger against stronger opponents. Dugu Yan's potent poison is even more terrifying..."
Platinum Bishop Salas respectfully reported the situation of the Peach Garden Team to Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong from behind her.
"Indeed, an extraordinary teacher. Her mere presence is ethereal. No wonder Yue Guan and Gui Mei suffered losses at his hands."
"However, their spirit power is still a bit weak."
"Your Holiness must not be careless. The techniques learned by these Peach Garden Academy students are all unpredictable and unheard of."
"Enough. This Supreme Pontiff will observe their performance from now on."
Bibi Dong said indifferently. Seeing Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang emerge from the corner shortly after, another beautiful woman walked out from where he had left. The beautiful woman looked a bit disheveled, her hair messy, as if she had been tormented by something. The hand holding the Supreme Pontiff's scepter immediately tightened, and her face darkened:
Good heavens, Yu Xiaogang, is this what you call 'once loved'? To have the mind to do such a thing at a critical moment in the competition!
Hmph! Disgusting!
When Yu Xiaogang returned to the Heaven Dou seating area, a cold voice transmitted to him:
"Who is she? Your new lover?"
Yu Xiaogang said in a deep voice: "Like you, an old acquaintance with whom I once had feelings, but she is no longer the same as before."
"Is that so?"
...
"First round, Plant Academy vs. Blazing Academy!"
"First round, Tianshui Academy vs. Star Luo Royal Academy's second team."
As expected, Peach Garden Academy easily won their first match. However, Su Ran and the others did not leave the arena but continued to watch the matches from the spectator area.
After all, not only were the Peach Garden Team members Su Ran's students on the field, but Tianshui Academy and Plant Academy also had students who had received his temporary true teachings.
Tianshui Academy itself was already strong, and Water Binger had good comprehension, so victory was a foregone conclusion.
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