The drawing results were settled. Yun He of Sea God Academy had actually drawn a bye, meaning he would not need to compete in the semifinals and would advance directly into the battle for the top three.
Such luck left everyone speechless, yet no one questioned it.
The two semifinal matches, meanwhile, held everyone's attention.
The first was Fang Qing versus Hua Piaomiao.
On the arena, Fang Qing and Hua Piaomiao stood facing each other.
Hua Piaomiao was cool and aloof as the moon. Phantoms of the sun and moon alternated around her, her aura ethereal yet vast.
Fang Qing, meanwhile, stood as still as a deep pool and lofty mountain, the Dao rhythms of the Five Elements contained within him.
"Fellow Daoist Fang, please."
Hua Piaomiao's voice was clear and crisp, without much hostility. She knew that her younger sister, Hua Fengfeng, was close to Yang Qi. This battle was more for sparring and exchanging insights, to verify what they had learned.
"Fellow Daoist Hua, please."
Fang Qing nodded with a smile as well.
The battle began, and Hua Piaomiao made the first move.
With a light wave of her jade-like hand, she formed the Sun Wheel Seal with her left hand. A dazzling phantom of a golden Great Sun condensed overhead, blazing Yang Yan erupting forth and burning the void. With her right hand, she formed the Moonlight Seal, and a cold, radiant phantom of a silver moon appeared at the same time, scattering endless frosty light and freezing all things.
Sun and moon shone together, yin and yang revolved, light and darkness intertwined. In an instant, the arena became the Sun and Moon Shine Together Realm.
"Sun Moon Academy's Sun and Moon Shine Together Grand Canon truly lives up to its reputation!"
Cries of amazement rose from