For Misty Pavilion to surpass the Dongfang Family, they had to compete against them directly, and defeating the Dongfang Family's first team in the team competition was undoubtedly the best way. However, the Dongfang Family only needed to win two matches to advance, so Misty Pavilion's first team had little chance of encountering them.
Still, no one dwelled on it too much. They would be participating in the international Martial Arts Tournament later, so there would be more chances to face each other. Even if they did not meet, it did not matter. As long as Misty Pavilion's first team won the championship, it would prove they were stronger than the Dongfang Family's first team. That would make calls for Misty Pavilion to become the number one guild even louder, perhaps making it only a matter of time.
At two in the afternoon, the team competition's challenge matches officially began. Since only five or six teams had signed up, the order was not randomized as it had been at noon. The registered teams challenged others in ascending order of points. Upon hearing this, Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others became rather depressed, because this meant they had almost no chance of meeting the Dongfang Family's first team—given the Dongfang Family's strength, they only needed to participate in two matches to advance.
Though they were frustrated, there was nothing they could do now, so they stopped dwelling on it and began watching the upcoming challenge matches.
Just as San Mei Shi and the others had predicted, the Yinian Family had indeed paid the hefty registration fee to enter the challenge matches. They were the first to take the field, yet they suffered defeat in their very first match against the Long Family. Their opening had gone terribly.
After that, the