On the main platform, Xu Tianran watched the members of the Sea God Family with great interest.
The reason was simple. Compared with the Holy Spirit Cult, an Evil Soul Master organization that devoured people without even leaving their bones behind, a force headquartered far out at sea yet possessing formidable combat strength would yield better results if they cooperated. Once his grand ambitions succeeded in the future, he would not need to spend extra effort dealing with his own allies.
Even if cooperation with the Sea God Family was impossible for now, he could at least get acquainted with them in advance.
In fact, Xu Tianran was not the only one thinking this way. His dear second brother, Xu Tianming, thought the same. However, Xu Tianming had no shortage of troubles surrounding him, and under covert surveillance, it was difficult for him to establish any connection with the Sea God Family.
"Your Highness, it is time." Ju Zi spoke softly.
Xu Tianran emerged from his thoughts and nodded toward Unbreakable Douluo, who had long been standing before the microphone on the main platform.
Unbreakable Douluo gave a slight nod, then looked toward the crowds filling the arena after arena before him. By rough count, there were hundreds of thousands of spectators.
Yesterday, he had served as the on-duty referee and needed to personally judge the situations on the field. Today, however, as the Chief Referee, he would not be taking the field himself during the upcoming Preliminary Round. Instead, he would supervise the Rank 8 Soul Tool Masters summoned to serve as referees.
"Silence." His voice, infused with Soul Power, carried through the Amplifying Soul Tool.
The outskirts of Mingdu immediately fell silent. Countless pairs of eyes fixed themselves on the main platform, while the teams scheduled to compete