The Soul Bones shone atop Papal Mountain, their radiance visible even from its foot.
The aura of the Soul Bones seeped into the heart, intoxicating all who felt it.
For a moment, greed flashed in the eyes of quite a few spectators. But soon, each of them snapped awake as though from a dream.
Never mind whether they could seize the Soul Bones-even entertaining thoughts they should not have was enough for the Spirit Hall experts present to kill them with ease.
Bibi Dong pushed her palm forward, placing the Soul Bones on the tray before her for everyone to inspect, while also spurring on the members of the three competing teams.
Once the speeches ended, the members of all three teams returned to their respective rest areas under the Red-Robed Cardinal's arrangements.
Next, a series of arena matches would determine a winning team that would advance to the Grand Finals.
The two defeated teams would then face each other in the Losers' Bracket Finals. The victor would compete against the winning team for the Soul Bones and the tournament championship.
The three teams had the time it took an incense stick to burn to arrange their tactics. Once time was up, they would take the stage in turn for one-on-one arena matches.
The Heaven Dou Second Team's rest area.
Qin Yuan gathered everyone and made himself clear. "We'll go straight into the losers' bracket. Don't waste time in the arena. Eliminate the Shrek Team, then meet the Spirit Hall Academy Team in the final match."
Feng Xiaotian and the others nodded solemnly.
Fighting arena matches against the Spirit Hall Academy Team's four Soul Kings would be truly unwise. If they wore themselves down too much, their performance would suffer once the Losers' Bracket Finals began.
Shrek Academy's rest area.