For the next while, Azer and Toudou Kirin stopped going out into the city.
Aside from their matches, the two remained at the academy, either training together or spending their holidays together. Their days were fairly fulfilling.
For the other Phoenix Star Martial Festival contestants, even days without matches were difficult to spend at ease. After all, they did not possess Azer and Toudou Kirin's strength. They had to worry every moment about whether they would be eliminated in the next round, forcing them to work even harder.
But contestants like Azer and Toudou Kirin, who possessed both strength and confidence in themselves, felt no pressure at all.
Under the Operating Committee's arrangements, strong teams would not face other strong teams during the preliminaries.
Therefore, contestants like Azer and Toudou Kirin, who could be considered Championship Contenders, were almost guaranteed not to be eliminated during the preliminaries. The opponents they encountered were destined not to be particularly strong.
And the results of the matches proved precisely that.
In the second round, Azer and Toudou Kirin faced students from the Arle Kant Research Institute. The two were ranked even lower than the Lefevre Black Academy thugs from the first round. Their only notable feature was the new-model Huang-style Armaments in their hands, but before Azer's Black Furnace Magic Sword, even the most outstanding Huang-style Armament could only be severed in a single strike. Thus, they easily claimed victory.
In the third round, Azer and Toudou Kirin faced students from Seidoukan Academy. The two were ranked rather highly, one twenty-second and the other twenty-seventh, and their swordsmanship was quite impressive. Their strength was no weaker than those Lefevre Black Academy thugs from the first round. Yet before Azer even had a chance to act, Toudou Kirin defeated them alone. She still did