None of the teams remained idle during the break.
There was no longer any room for error in the finals. To achieve good results, they had to compete at their very best.
Every team was making intensive preparations for the finals. With the Heaven Dou Second Team and the First Team reaching the finals together for the first time, they were also exchanging information about previous tournaments.
The five-day break soon ended, and the competition officially began.
Early that morning, the teams headed to the arena Spirit Hall had built in Spirit City's plaza.
For the final championship match, the arena would be moved in front of the Papal Palace, where the champion of this tournament would be decided.
The spectators had already been waiting for a long time. As each team appeared, spectators from its home country erupted in cheers. But this was Spirit Hall's home ground, after all.
When the Spirit Hall Academy Team appeared, the cheers reached their peak.
"Our three teams with direct entry to the finals won't be competing in the first round. The rest is up to you." Dugu Yan smiled at Feng Xiaotian and the others.
The match order for the first round of the finals was largely determined by the rankings in the Promotion Tournament.
The lots would be drawn again for the second round, when the three teams with direct entry to the finals would officially begin competing.
Of course, giving those three teams a bye in the first round was also meant to help them get into competitive form as quickly as possible. The other teams had fought their way up through the Promotion Tournament, and their competitive form was blazing hot.
Without giving the three teams some time to adjust, a massive upset might well occur in the first