Open Window Theory (Ten Thousand Characters Daily)

For a time, both the underworld and the public sphere were abuzz with claims that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy would choose to forfeit, leaving the people deeply worried.

It had to be said that Xu Tianran understood the Open Window Effect well. If the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy lost to Shrek in the third match, then whether they had concealed their strength or gone all out, losing a match on their home turf would always be distressing.

But if public opinion was saying that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy would surrender without a fight and would most likely choose to forfeit after weighing the pros and cons, then if the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy chose to fight at that point while concealing their strongest enforcer, the outcome would be acceptable to most people, win or lose.

Huo Yuhao had naturally caught Xu Tianran's intentions from this sudden wave of public opinion. But would Huo Yuhao let him have it so easy?

Of course not.

Didn't they want to conceal their strength, save their trump cards for last, and use the others from their academy to probe Shrek Academy's new faces—their combat abilities, soul rings, soul skills, and other details?

Then they could first see whether they even had the ability to knock him down. They were old friends who had crossed blades five years ago. Sparring with each other would be enjoyable, wouldn't it?

At least, that was how Huo Yuhao saw it.

Five years!

Did you know how hard those five years had been for me?!

He had entered the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament at the age of twelve or thirteen. Xuan Zi had still been unreliable back then and had nearly gotten the entire