Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day since the official start of the finals.
Unlike the previous preliminary and advancement matches, the six rounds of the finals had a rest day between each round. Moreover, there was a three-day adjustment period between the fourth and fifth rounds.
In the first round of the finals, Blazing Fire Academy faced Thunderclap Academy, but the Thunderclap team directly surrendered.
In the second round, since Blazing Fire Academy ranked first in the advancement matches, they automatically advanced without a match.
Early in the morning, the members of the Blazing Fire team arrived at the arena, preparing for their third-round match.
"Aunt, who is our opponent in the third round?"
In the rest area, Mu Yang asked Mu Xiyue, who had just returned from the drawing ceremony.
"It's the Star Luo Royal Academy team. Our match is scheduled as the third one this round," Mu Xiyue answered directly.
"Star Luo, huh?"
Mu Yang raised an eyebrow.
It had to be said that the Star Luo Royal Academy team was quite strong. Their captain, Davis, was a five-ring Soul King, and their vice-captain, Zhu Zhuyun, had reached Rank 48 as a Soul Ancestor. When these two joined forces to unleash the Netherworld White Tiger, their strength was comparable to that of a six-ring Soul Emperor—perhaps even stronger than the weaker ones among them.
Additionally, possibly due to the influence of Whale Glue, aside from Zhu Zhuyun, the Star Luo Royal Academy team had five more four-ring Soul Ancestors. While one of them seemed to have just broken through to Rank 40, they had still achieved the remarkable feat of having all their main members above Rank 40.
With such strength, combined with the trump card of the Netherworld White Tiger, the Star Luo Royal Academy team was no weaker than the Divine Wind team and was far superior to the other imperial royal team, the Heaven Dou Team.
To avoid any careless mistakes leading to an upset, Mu Xiyue reminded everyone, "Don't underestimate them. As far as I know, whenever the Star Luo Royal Academy team has a member from the royal White Tiger family, they always have the Netherworld White Tiger fusion skill as their trump card.
This time, the captain of the Star Luo Royal Academy team is Crown Prince Davis, a five-ring Soul King, and their vice-captain is also from the Hell cat family. These two will definitely be able to use the Netherworld White Tiger, so we must take their strength seriously.
Of course, as long as we stay steady and play it safe, we won't lose."
"Mm."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Coincidentally, in the third round of the finals, not only was the Star Luo Royal Academy team facing Blazing Fire Academy, but the Heaven Dou Team was also up against a tough opponent—Divine Wind Academy.
If nothing unexpected happened, both empire-sponsored royal academy teams would be eliminated in the third round.
This made Mu Yang suspect whether the Spirit Hall had manipulated the drawing process on purpose to embarrass the two great empires.
After all, there were six rounds in the finals, yet the two royal academy teams that had been directly promoted to the finals were set to fall in the third round. This was a heavy blow.
Additionally, it was worth mentioning that Shrek Academy had been lucky. Their opponents in the first and second rounds were relatively weak, and they had advanced both times by relying on Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld White Tiger.
However, Shrek's luck had run out. In the third round, they faced an opponent they had absolutely no chance of defeating—the Spirit Hall team. Their match was scheduled just before the Blazing Fire Academy's battle against Star Luo Royal Academy.
In the original story, Shrek Academy miraculously overturned the odds and defeated the Spirit Hall team. But that was in the original story—this was the present. Without Tang San and Xiao Wu as their main forces, and with only Dai Mubai as their sole four-ring Soul Ancestor, there was no way they could win against the Spirit Hall team.
Half an hour later, the third round of the finals officially began.
The first match was an "internal battle" of the Heaven Dou Empire: Divine Wind Academy versus Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Excluding the captains of both teams, the overall strength of their members was quite evenly matched, with all main players having reached at least Rank 40 in soul power.
Unfortunately, compared to Divine Wind Academy's captain Feng Xiaotian, who had long since reached the five-ring Soul King level, the Heaven Dou Academy Team's captain, Yu Tianheng, fell short—his soul power was only at Rank 44 as a Soul Ancestor.
Though the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's inherited secret technique, Dragon Transformation, was powerful, the fact remained that a full major rank difference in soul power wasn't something easily bridged. Even the Dragon Transformation technique wasn't enough—unless Yu Tianheng could pull off something as extreme as Tang Hao's Ring Explosion technique.
As expected, once the match officially began, the six members of the Divine Wind team found themselves slightly at a disadvantage against the well-coordinated teamwork of the Heaven Dou Academy Team. However, Feng Xiaotian completely dominated Yu Tianheng, despite the latter receiving healing support from the powerful auxiliary-type soul master Ye Lingling.
With no other choice, the Heaven Dou Team's vice-captain, Dugu Yan, had to abandon fighting the other six Divine Wind members and instead assist Yu Tianheng.
If she didn't, once Yu Tianheng was defeated, the Heaven dou Battle Team wouldn't even have someone who could withstand three moves from Feng Xiaotian.
Unfortunately, the heaven dou Battle Team had already allocated one slot to Ye Lingling, a healing-type soul master. Now, with Dugu Yan shifting her focus to assisting Yu Tianheng, this left only four members actively fighting the Divine Wind team.
A four-versus-six battle. Even with a healer supporting them, the Heaven Dou Academy Team was clearly at a disadvantage.
After all, among the four remaining Heaven dou academy Team members, two were defense-type, and two were agility-type. Their team composition was somewhat unbalanced, and with fewer members, it was no surprise they struggled.
If not for the healer's support, the four of them wouldn't have lasted three minutes.
More importantly, even with Dugu Yan reinforcing Yu Tianheng, she still couldn't change the fact that Yu Tianheng was being completely suppressed by Feng Xiaotian.
A minute later, after roughly gauging Yu Tianheng's strength and giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy some face, Feng Xiaotian stopped holding back. His expression grew serious as he stepped forward and leaped into the air.
"Third Soul Skill, Gale Wings!"
At the same time, Feng Xiaotian's third soul ring lit up, and a pair of azure wings suddenly emerged from his back.
With a flap of these azure wings, Feng Xiaotian shot high into the sky. The next moment, his arms merged with the wings, and he dove straight down, the sharp, glowing blue wings slicing toward Yu Tianheng below.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Body!"
Seeing this, Yu Tianheng dared not hesitate. His body erupted with purple lightning, his fourth soul ring shone brightly, and with a surge of soul power, a translucent, electric-purple shield materialized around him.
Clang—!
In the next second, Feng Xiaotian's left wing struck down, producing a sharp, jarring impact.
With this attack, Feng Xiaotian failed to break through Yu Tianheng's fourth soul skill, a defensive ability boasting an age of 8,000 to 9,000 years.
However, before Yu Tianheng could relax, Feng Xiaotian suddenly twisted midair like a butterfly, bringing his right wing down in another slash.
As if signaling the beginning of an onslaught, each time Feng Xiaotian repositioned himself in the air, a sharp, glowing blue wing slashed downward.
This move was none other than the self-created soul skill he had spent a great deal of effort developing—Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
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