The area of Spirit City was not large, but its city walls were built entirely to the scale of the capitals of the two great Empires, appearing grand and majestic, solemn and dignified.
Those patrolling the city walls were all Spirit Masters wearing Spirit Hall uniforms.
When the sixteen participating teams were about to enter Spirit City, a Cardinal walked out from the city gate and led the group of over two hundred people to a hotel, arranging resting areas for the participating teams.
As for the Royal Knights, they were stationed outside Spirit City.
Before leaving, the Cardinal from Spirit Hall also conveyed an order.
The Grand Finals would officially begin three days later.
The next day.
Heaven Dou Academy's lead teacher, Qin Ming, went to Spirit Hall to draw lots.
There were thirty-three teams in the Grand Finals.
In the first round, three seeded teams received a bye.
The remaining thirty teams drew lots; winners advanced, losers were directly eliminated.
The Heaven Dou Vice Team's opponent for the first round was a team from the Star Luo Empire.
This team's strength was average, with only two Spirit Ancestors in total.
Three days passed.
All participating teams arrived at the competition venue one after another.
For the Soul Master Tournament, Spirit Hall specially opened up an extremely vast area in the center of Spirit City to serve as the competition venue and spectator area.
The diameter of the competition stage was over a hundred meters, which was more than enough for a group of low-tier Spirit Masters.
The entire stage was cast from special black rock, making it extremely sturdy, difficult for even an ordinary Spirit King to destroy.
Heaven Dou Team's resting area.
"The Grand Finals are finally about to begin, it's truly exciting!"
Dugu Yan looked confident, Ning Rongrong was eager to try, and everyone's faces were filled with excitement.
Aside from the Heaven Dou Vice Team, the six members of the Heaven Dou Main Team, excluding Yang Yuan, also showed expressions of longing.
Soon, they too would be able to showcase their skills.
The talents of the Heaven Dou Main Team members were quite inferior to those of Yu Feng and others; even now, none of them had broken through to Level 40.
But this was normal, the Bottleneck of Level 40.
Even Yu Tianheng was stuck for a year, let alone them?
Although they hadn't broken through to Level 40, all of them had reached Level 39.
And with the FormationYang Yuan created for them, ordinary Spirit Ancestor teams would definitely not be their opponents.
So they also looked forward to going on stage and showcasing their skills.
At the same time.
In the Spirit Hall team's resting area.
Three young people looked towards the Heaven Dou Team's resting area from a distance.
One of them, a burly, arrogant red-haired youth covered in flame patterns, pouted and said indignantly:
"Those are the two Spirit Hall teams? Supreme Pontiff said they would be our biggest opponents, I thought they'd have three heads and six arms or something, but they don't seem like much."
"Yan, don't underestimate them!"
"Leaving aside Yang Yuan, the captain of the Heaven Dou Main Team, Dugu Yan of the Heaven Dou Vice Team is also a tricky character, worthy of our attention."
"Also, there's that Ye Lingling. As a healing Spirit King, if we encounter her, we must deal with her immediately, otherwise, we will be in considerable trouble."
Beside Yan, Xie Yue, with silver hair and crimson eyes, said calmly.
But as one of the three young prodigies of Spirit Hall, Yan had grown up surrounded by various accolades since childhood and clearly didn't take Xie Yue's words seriously.
He said carelessly, "Xie Yue, when did you become so indecisive?"
"If Yang Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were to team up, perhaps I'd feel some apprehension, but who told them to be so foolish as to give us an opportunity?"
Xie Yue frowned and said in a deep voice, "I always feel that things aren't that simple. No matter what, we can only win this time, not lose."
One must know that the reward for first place in this Soul Master Tournament was a total of three Spirit Bones.
Not only that, these three Spirit Bones were all ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones of extremely high quality.
And these were the Spirit Bones Bibi Dong had specially prepared for the three of them, most suitable for them.
The reason for this arrangement was mainly because there were too many Elders in Spirit Hall who needed Spirit Bones. Even Bibi Dong couldn't directly give three extremely high-quality Spirit Bones to the trio for absorption, otherwise, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other Elders.
It was just unexpected that so many Geniuses had emerged in this year's Soul Master Tournament.
Even the Spirit Hall team didn't have absolute certainty of victory.
Hu Liena, with shoulder-length golden hair and a beautiful face, said, "Brother, don't worry too much. With our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Heaven Dou Team won't be able to stir up any trouble."
Yan laughed, "Nana is right. Your Martial Soul Fusion Skill has defeated Spirit Emperors before, what is there to fear from them?"
"Let's hope so," Xie Yue nodded slightly, but the solemnity in his brows did not dissipate.
As the captain, he had to consider more.
Soon after, the horn for the Grand Finals officially sounded amidst widespread anticipation.
The four spectator stands were packed, and the cheers, like a mountain tsunami, almost reached the heavens.
The first round of matches commenced in this fervent atmosphere.
First to appear was Divine Wind Academy, facing the Star Luo Empire's Long Kui Academy.
Feng Xiaotian led his team to easily crush their opponents in less than five minutes, advancing with ease.
Heaven Water Academy went up against a Heaven Dou Empire duchy team, also securing an easy victory.
The Heaven Dou Vice Team also ascended the stage amidst widespread attention.
Their opponents were a powerful team from the Star Luo Empire, with as many as four Spirit Ancestors.
But what was the use?
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling didn't even need to participate, still easily defeating their opponents with the force of a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves.
In the Spirit Hall team's resting area, Hu Liena and the other two showed expressions of regret.
"What a pity, I wanted to use this opportunity to gauge their strength," Xie Yue murmured.
"Hiding their strength? Quite clever, actually," Hu Liena pursed her red lips slightly, "However, in the face of absolute strength, these tactics are useless."
The first round of matches concluded!
The dust settled, and the audience watched with great satisfaction.
Time quickly moved to the second day.
Now, eighteen teams remained in the competition.
In the second round of matches among the eighteen teams, two victorious teams from the Promotion Round of the two great Empires received byes: the Heaven Dou Vice Team and the Star Moon Team.
The Star Luo Royal Team and the Spirit Hall Team went on stage one after another.
But what was most anticipated was the appearance of the Heaven Dou Main Team.
The moment Yang Yuan led the Heaven Dou Main Team members onto the stage.
The gaze of everyone from every team was focused on him.
By this time, the information about Yang Yuan being a 14-year-old Spirit Emperor had already spread among the major teams.
Everyone couldn't help but want to know just how strong Yang Yuan truly was!
And the Heaven Dou Main Team's opponent was... Shrek Academy!
The two teams slowly ascended the stage.
It was as if a huge shadow enveloped the feet of the Shrek Group.
Ma Hongjun remembered the scene of being forced to his knees by Yang Yuan's gaze back then, and his legs instinctively went weak.
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at Tang San, who was walking side-by-side with Yu Tianheng at the very front, and stammered, "Third Brother, can we win?"
Inside the team, there was dead silence!
(End of Chapter)
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