The next four days of competition passed without incident. All the major powerhouse teams advanced smoothly as expected, and Chang'an Academy was no exception, securing every victory with steady, methodical play.
Today was the seventh day of the tournament, marking the final battles of the first round-robin stage.
Under the competition rules, each team faced one representative team from each of the seven regions in sequence, completing one full round-robin cycle.
For Chang'an Academy, their first two opponents had been Elephant Armor Academy from Toske Province and Godwind Academy from Lagehanma Province.
After that, they successively faced Winter Battle Soul Academy from Tianshui Province, known for its combat techniques—especially its collaborative background with the Alliance of Weapons—Tulip Academy from Oswei Province, distinguished by its Plant type martial souls, and Star Field Academy, one of the weaker teams from the Central Left District.
When they faced Yue Si Academy, also from Fasinuo Province, both sides tacitly sent out their substitute lineups and concluded the match without going all out.
Against these opponents of comparatively weaker overall strength, Chang'an Academy continued its usual strategy—letting veterans guide the newcomers.
Thanks to the high proportion of veteran members and the large number of Soul Kings on the team, they had tremendous flexibility in rotating personnel and could arrange their tactics with ease.
This allowed crucial support core members like Xiao Yi, backed by Gu Wuyan, to receive valuable opportunities to rest between matches, greatly reducing their appearance frequency.
Such careful rotations and sufficient rest were vital for handling the national semifinals, whose intensity far exceeded that of the provincial tournament.
Even so, the strain of the competition and the number of minor injuries suffered by Soul Masters remained immense.
The four medical instructors Chang'an Academy had brought with them—Pu Shuirou, Bao Yiling, Wen Shouren,