Flender: Though Tang San Was a Bit Weak, He Should Still Have No Problem Handling the Qualifying Rounds

"And the Qualifying Rounds will proceed in a special format."

"Although each competing team will still send out seven students, they will fight one at a time."

"The winner remains on the field, while the losing side sends out another student."

"This continues until all of one side's participating students have been defeated."

"Therefore, the preliminaries can be said to showcase a team's strength, while the Qualifying Rounds are a stage for displaying individual strength."

"The reason the Qualifying Rounds exist—"

"Is to allow the higher-ups of the Two Great Empires and Spirit Hall—"

"To better identify particularly outstanding young Spirit Masters among these competitors."

"There will be a total of thirty-three teams in the Grand Finals, where lots will be drawn for brutal elimination matches."

"Headmaster, wait a moment."

Oscar was the one who spoke this time. He asked in confusion,

"Headmaster, you just said that each of the Two Great Empires has one Seed Team."

"And there are fifteen teams each that advance through the preliminaries and the Qualifying Rounds."

"By that count, there should only be thirty-two teams in the Grand Finals."

"Where does the thirty-third team come from?"

Flender smiled faintly.

"I forgot to mention that there are not only two Seed Teams in the Grand Finals, but three."

"This third team is the one given direct entry by Spirit Hall."

"It could also be called the most competitive team."

"Although Spirit Hall is not an Advanced Spirit Master Academy, it has specialized institutions for training Spirit Masters."

"In the previous three Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournaments—"

"Apart from the Star Luo Empire winning the championship once—"

"Spirit Hall's team won the championship in the other two."

"They will also be your strongest opponents in the future."

"Based on my experience, the Spirit Master