The semifinals had barely ended when the finals arrived the very next day.
Shrek Academy vs. Spirit Hall Academy.
The plaza before Pope's Palace was deathly silent.
Sunlight poured down like molten gold, striking the white jade-paved ground and reflecting a blinding glare, as though the entire plaza were burning.
A suffocating pressure filled the air. It was the aura of the Pope seated upon the high platform, silently blanketing every inch of the space.
The seven members of Spirit Hall Academy's team stood in a row. At the very front, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan gazed ahead with undisguised fighting intent.
They wore silver-white team uniforms trimmed in gold, glittering beneath the sunlight in stark contrast to the seemingly plain dark green uniforms on the other side.
Xie Yue's fingers lightly brushed the cold edge of the Moon Blade in his hand, and a contemptuous curve lifted at the corner of his mouth.
In his eyes, the Shrek Seven Devils opposite him were nothing more than a bunch of lucky country bumpkins who did not know their place.
So what if Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls? Before an absolute gap in strength, any talent was a joke.
Hu Liena's gaze lingered more on Han Yuchen, and a trace of complexity flashed through her pink eyes.
This youth had left a deep impression on her at the black market, but today, on Spirit Hall's home ground, before her brother and Yan, she could not allow herself even the slightest hesitation.
Yan stamped heavily on the ground. His dark-red granite skin gleamed with a metallic luster beneath the sun, and the white jade tiles under his feet actually caved in slightly.
He stared at Ma Hongjun. That fat man had performed rather well in the previous matches, but today,