The second round of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament had concluded, and forty-two teams advanced to the third round.
Of them, only thirty-two teams would be able to enter the Round-Robin Tournament. That would depend on their performance in the third round.
The third round of the Elimination Tournament would first determine twenty-one qualifying teams.
The remaining eleven teams would be selected from the twenty-one defeated teams based on points.
Victory guaranteed entry into the Round-Robin Tournament, while defeat still left them a chance to compete based on minor points.
After the first two rounds, even some of the weaker teams that had advanced were already beginning to show signs of fatigue. Injured members, reduced numbers, and other issues had become major problems for them.
In order to secure a place in the Round-Robin Tournament, many matches had turned brutal. After a single round, five people had died and over twenty had been seriously injured. On average, every match saw casualties.
Because of this, many teams raised objections with the Tournament Organizing Committee, strongly questioning the referees' ability to control the matches.
The Sun Moon Empire officials were also troubled by this and could only issue an announcement, promising that referees would do their best to control the pace of the upcoming matches and reduce casualties. At the round of thirty-two, Titled Douluo would also be assigned as referees.
However, this did not seem to be a problem for the Witch Cult.
During the third round, their opponent had merely been an obscure sect team. Upon drawing the Witch Cult, the other side could only consider themselves unlucky before choosing to concede.
Thus, having fought only in the first round of the Elimination Tournament, the Witch Cult successfully avoided the second and third elimination rounds and became one