Because they had to enter early to prepare for the opening ceremony, Class Zero's cadets were called up at dawn the next morning, when the sky had only just begun to brighten.
Led out of the hotel by the staff, the sea breeze instantly woke the still-groggy group.
The opening ceremony for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition was held at Skysea City Stadium. It was a massive venue capable of seating eighty thousand people, and also the largest stadium in Skysea City.
Though it was called an opening ceremony, it was really just the organizers introducing the origins and significance of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, offering encouragement to the participants, having contestants from each city make an appearance, and finally holding the Lottery Ceremony.
The Lottery Ceremony was the team leaders' responsibility, so Class Zero did not need to take the stage. They could only stand bored amid the crowd and wait for the ceremony to end.
Tang Wulin pointed at the platform still being constructed in the middle of the stadium and asked Xie Xie beside him, "What are they doing?"
Xie Xie explained, "You don't know? There's going to be an Exhibition Match later. I heard the organizers spent a fortune inviting powerful students from Shrek Academy, while their opponents are the champion seven-man team from our Skysea Alliance's previous Grand Competition. The Federation is doing this to show us just how big the gap is between us and students from top academies. I don't think there's much point to it."
Hearing Xie Xie's words, Tang Wulin asked in confusion, "How is there no point? The Federation is doing it to motivate us, isn't it? Only by knowing the gap between ourselves and our peers can we set clearer cultivation goals."
Xie Xie shook his head slightly.