Chapter 116: The Soul Master Tournament Begins!
"So, you left Tianshui Academy to join Monster Academy, is that it?" Shui Bing'er questioned Ye Wen.
If that was the real reason, she would be very angry.
"No, joining Monster Academy is just a necessary step for us to leave," Ye Wen shook his head.
"Then what is the real reason you left? Tell me!"
"I can't tell you yet. Wait until…" Ye Wen was about to say more when the announcement for all academies to prepare for entry was heard.
"I want to know now!" Shui Bing'er didn't want to wait any longer, especially after seeing that Ye Wen and his group had joined another academy.
This not only made her, but also the others from Tianshui Academy, think in bad ways. Some even felt that they had betrayed Tianshui Academy.
"Wait until the Soul Master Tournament ends."
"Fine!" Shui Bing'er still didn't get an answer, and with a hint of tears in her eyes, she turned and walked away.
"Bing'er."
Ye Wen wanted to chase after her, but ultimately didn't take a step.
"Boss, why don't you tell Shui Bing'er our true identity as soul beasts? I think she won't tell anyone."
"Let's wait until the Soul Master Tournament is over, it's not the right time yet."
"Okay."
Zhu Zhuqing silently watched everything, it was clear to her that something was going on between Ye Wen and Shui Bing'er, and it immediately made her feel a strong sense of danger.
Soon, all the academies began their appearances, with Tiandou's second team, the Five Element Academies, Canghui Academy, Shrek Academy, and Monster Academy all showing up. A total of 29 teams from the Tiandou region had made their appearances.
Emperor Xue Ye stood slowly and loudly announced, "I, Emperor Xue Ye of the Tiandou Empire, on behalf of the Tiandou Empire, solemnly declare the opening of the Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament!"
"Here, I hope all the Soul Masters participating in this tournament will give their best to achieve great results. You are all the pride of the Tiandou Empire!"
The atmosphere reached its peak at this moment. After a cheer, the pre-selection phase of the Soul Master Tournament officially began.
All the academies entered the arena to begin the first round of the pre-selection matches.
The pre-selection was a single round-robin system, where each team had to fight against all 28 other teams. So, a team would have to play 28 matches in total.
At the end, the five teams with the most victories and highest points would advance to the next stage of the competition, with all other teams being eliminated.
Soon, Golden Bishop Salas from the Spirit Hall came up to draw the battle order for the 28 academy teams. He placed 28 badges on the ground to represent the 28 teams.
With a wave of his hand, the 28 badges were placed in pairs, in perfect order.
The competition officially began!
The first match was Monster Academy versus one of the Five Element Academies, the Elephant Armor Academy!
"Monster Academy is in trouble! The new academy has to face a strong team like Elephant Armor in the first match. I wonder if they'll start doubting life and want to quit?"
"Hahaha! It's not impossible. Elephant Armor is still quite strong! For a new academy to face such a high-level team first, after being beaten down, their mentality will definitely suffer a huge blow."
"Also, look at Monster Academy's students, they're all so young! With such low average ages, their strength must be weak."
"Exactly, sigh, why isn't it us facing Monster Academy in the first match? We could defeat the newcomers, it would motivate us to fight harder!"
"Yeah, too bad, too bad."
Many of the academies began discussing, most of them with a condescending attitude.
The weaker academies looked down on Monster Academy, but the stronger academies, like the Five Element Academies and Shrek Academy, never dared to underestimate Monster Academy!
They were even very cautious!
Because they knew well the talent of Ye Wen, Xie Hu, and Xiao Bai.
"A bunch of ignorant fools," Huo Wu said, shaking her head as she listened to the surrounding voices.
"I didn't expect that we'd be up so soon!" Xie Hu was already excited.
"Let's go, let's make these people who underestimate us shut up!" Ye Wen smiled slightly.
"Yes! Boss!"
Everyone stood up and entered the player preparation tunnel.
"First match, Na'er, Xie Hu, Xiao Bai, Xue Di, Bing Di, Da Ming, you're with me."
"Alright!"
Now, Monster Academy's overall strength was such that even Spirit Hall's team would have trouble handling them. They didn't need to hide anything.
Since the tournament would eventually find out, they decided to send their strongest members in the first match to shock the entire arena!
"Please welcome both teams to the stage!"
The doors to the tunnel opened, and both Monster Academy and Elephant Armor Academy made their way onto the stage.
The audience outside threw blue flowers onto the stage, a sign of support for the team they favored. Elephant Armor Academy received many flowers, while Monster Academy only had a few dozen.
These few dozen flowers were because of Na'er, Xue Di, Bing Di, and Xiao Bai's stunning beauty.
"Monster Academy's people are quite good-looking! I wonder how strong they are."
"Heh, what can a completely unheard-of academy do? They're probably just a bunch of pretty faces."
"Hey! Kids, don't get beaten and cry by Elephant Armor Academy's people later!"
"Hahaha!"
Various mocking and derisive voices filled the air.
But Ye Wen and the others didn't mind at all, because they knew these people would soon realize just how foolish their actions and words were.
"Ye Wen! Back at the exchange meeting, I lost to you! Now, I'm going to get my revenge! No matter how strong you are individually, team battles are all about teamwork! Today, your Monster Academy is definitely going to lose!" Hu Yan Li pointed at Ye Wen, full of confidence.
In their eyes, Monster Academy was only strong because of Ye Wen, and maybe Xie Hu and Xiao Bai weren't weak, but the others were definitely average.
"Heh, you're really confident, huh?" Ye Wen smiled, then turned to his teammates. "No need to hold back, let's beat them down hard."
Ye Wen hadn't forgotten how Hu Yan Li maliciously injured one of Tianshui Academy's members during the exchange.
"Understood, Boss!"
"Then, let's release our soul rings!"
"Spirit Possession!"
Ye Wen, Xue Di, Na'er, Bing Di, Xie Hu, Xiao Bai, Da Ming, and the others all released their soul rings.
(END CHAPTER)
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