The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was the grandest martial spirit competition in the Soul Master world, initiated and hosted by the royal families of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, with Spirit Hall acting as co-organizer.
The strength of its participants was second only to that of the Spirit Hall Elite Selection Tournament.
Its rules were also fairly strict. Students sent by participating academies had to be under twenty-five years old and had to maintain a roster of at least seven competitors for every match.
Furthermore, the purpose of the competition was friendly sparring, so contestants were to avoid seriously injuring or crippling their opponents whenever possible. Deaths were absolutely forbidden.
Should anyone kill an opponent, their academy would not only be responsible for the corresponding compensation, but would also be expelled from the Soul Master Tournament.
The two great empires held this competition to recruit talented individuals, so naturally, they did not wish to see participants kill one another. After all, cultivating a Soul Master was extremely difficult.
The total number of Soul Masters across the entire continent did not even exceed six figures, and outstanding ones were rarer still.
Apart from these rules, there were also certain regulations.
For example, during the competition, contestants could not use any medicine or food not produced by Food System or healing-system Soul Masters. Only Food System or healing-system Soul Masters present on the field had the right to replenish their own teammates.
In other words, if a team wanted supplies while on the competition stage, a Support System Soul Master had to occupy one of the slots on the field. This prevented teams with Food System Soul Masters from cheating.
There was also a rule prohibiting the use of any weapons other than martial spirits.
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