Outside the grand drill ground,a full ten thousand Royal Knights surrounded the entire field so tightly that not even water could pass through, their armor shining brightly.
The front row of the Royal Knights stood on the ground,while the rear row sat upright on their mounts, forming a massive circle.
Such strict defense could be said to be flawless.
Emperor Xue Ye's purpose was to let his most elite soldiers witness the strength of the new generation of young Soul Masters, so as to stimulate their fighting spirit.
Between the large circle formed by the knights and the competition arena,all fifteen participating teams had already arrived at the scene,including even those teams that had a bye today.
Even if they were not competing, they still had to clearly observe their opponents' strength.
The rules of the competition were very simple.
Each side sent seven participants to fight,and every participant who entered the arena had to continue fighting until defeated.The winner would face the next opponent,until all seven members of one side were defeated.
The drawing of lots had already been completed last night.
Shrek Academy did not draw a bye in the first round.
Their opponentwas a senior Soul Master academy from the Barak Kingdom, scheduled to fight in the third match of the day.
Teams that advanced through the preliminaries from different regions were grouped together,so everyone naturally saw the familiar opponents from the Four Element Academies.
And when they looked toward Shrek Academy,some people's gazes especially fell on Ye Fan.
Among them were Feng Xiaotian, captain of the Divine Wind Academy team, Huo Wushuang and the Huo Wu siblings from the Blazing Fire Academy team,Shui Bing'er, captain of the Tianshui Academy team, and the captain of the Thunder Academy team whom Ye Fan had not encountered before—
a young man with an ordinary build and unremarkable appearance.
"Today's match, we must fight with momentum,"
"Ye Fan, you go first."
Then everyone waited for a long time, but Flender did not say anything else.
Dai Mubai could not help asking, "Headmaster, aren't we supposed to send seven people?"
"And then?"
Flender smiled faintly."With Ye Fan here, is it even possible to lose?"
Instantly, everyone understood.
This was letting Ye Fan fight one against seven,once again showcasing his strength.
And indeed,Ye Fan had that ability.
Emperor Xue Ye stood up from the VIP stand,and said loudly through a soul tool, "The promotion matches officially begin today. Over the next fourteen days,"
"I hope all academy teams will fully display their own strength and show the demeanor a Soul Master should have. Begin."
As soon as his voice fell, a roar of cheers like mountains collapsing and seas surging rang out in unison, "Long live, long live, long live."
The Royal Knights raised their lances high,the clang of armor and their loud shoutsimmediately startled the participating Soul Masters.
The grandeur of a great nation was fully displayed.
The first match had already begun. The first team to appear was—
the Blazing Fire Academy, and their opponentwas a team called Fabia Academy.
The first representative of Blazing Fire Academy to enter the arena was their captain, Huo Wushuang.
Obviously, the teachers of Blazing Fire Academy had ideas somewhat similar to Flender's.They not only wanted to win this first match,but also wanted to achieve as large a score as possible.
However, the idea of one-versus-seven was probably out of the question.
In the final ranking of the promotion matches,besides the large score, the small score of individual victories was also extremely important.
Once a tie occurred in the overall score, rankings would be determined by the small score.
The match progressed very quickly. Between Soul Masters, once there was a gap in strength, the outcome was often decided in an instant.
Whose soul skills were stronger, whose soul power level was higher—it was easy to defeat the opponent.
Situations involving soul bones were, after all, extremely rare.
In one-on-one matches,there was also no possibility of martial soul fusion skills. Everything depended on individual strength.
In the first major match, Huo Wushuang defeated three opponents in a row,and only after his soul power was heavily consumed did he finally fall.
Continuous battles allowed no rest time.
This was also what made the promotion matches more interesting than the preliminaries: they tested not only the strength of each individual in a team,but also personnel arrangement and tactical planning.
Even the strongest Soul Master found it difficult to defeat opponents continuously by relying solely on personal strength.
After all, no matter how strong the soul skills were, soul power was still limited.
The second representative of Blazing Fire Academy to enter the arena was Huo Wu.
She looked a bit more composed than during the preliminaries, and her movements carried an even more thunderous momentum.Although she was a girl, she brought tremendous pressure to her opponents in every battle.From her appearance, it did not seem like a competition, but rather a life-and-death fight.
Relying on the advantage of a control-type Soul Master, Huo Wu actually defeated four opponents in succession,and together with her brother Huo Wushuang, the two siblings directly crushed the Fabia team.
When Huo Wu walked back from the competition arena,due to the massive consumption of soul power,her physical strength was already somewhat overdrawn, but her pale pretty face was still full of arrogance.Her gaze unreservedly locked onto Ye Fan, and she raised her index finger, pointing at him.
Facing Huo Wu's provocation,Ye Fan's expression did not change in the slightest, and he did not respond in any way.
Many Soul Masters from other kingdoms and duchies also noticed his presence because of Huo Wu's pointing gesture.
Huo Wu had indeed become stronger.
Although only one month had passed,the oppressive aura on her body had clearly grown much stronger, and her explosive power was extremely astonishing.
It seemed that during the previous month, she had indeed put in tremendous effort.
Among all fifteen participating teams,Fabia Academy's team was originally one of the weakest.
But Blazing Fire Academy easily crushed them by sending only two people,and stood out prominently among the many participating academies.
Academies from kingdoms and duchiesstill had a certain gap in overall strength compared to the Five Element Academies.
Among the three academies that had already appeared,at most there was only one Soul Master above level forty,and most were merely in their thirties.
Judging by this, the final ranking battle of the promotion matchesshould still be decided among the five teams that advanced from Heaven Dou City.
Finally, it was Shrek Academy's turn to appear.
Amid everyone's expectations,Ye Fan slowly walked up.
Shrek Academy's opponent in the first round came from the Barak Kingdom—the Royal Academy.
Just like Heaven Dou Royal Academy's status in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Its name was also the same as their kingdom: Barak Academy.
The first participant from Barak Academy to step forward was a tall young man,who looked to be in his early twenties, wearing a black uniform with gold trim.
When he saw Ye Fan, he could not help but be stunned for a moment.
On Shrek Academy's uniforms,there was no longer just one advertisement; almost every corner of the uniform had advertising marks.
In Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy had already become extremely famous.
Those who did not know better might think the uniform was an advertising newspaper.
It was ugly, indeed ugly,but Ye Fan did not care at all—it was all just external appearance.
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