"Almost all the teams that got eliminated were wild teams." Yu Xiao Xiao lectured the three contestants, her expression earnest. "Wild teams have low cultivation and no resources. They're almost always eliminated in the virtual battles. But the further you advance, the more powerful the teams you'll face. Our Si Nan Academy is one of them—we're backed by the Si Nan Universe and have abundant resources."
"Every day, different cultivators spar with you. Conditions like these are really just the basics for a powerful team."
"Even stronger teams have all kinds of Heaven's Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as powerful cultivators to teach them and pass on formidable battle techniques. Some people even seal themselves away to avoid certain threats, skipping one Yin God Festival after another. They only emerge when they think the time is right. There are far too many people like that."
"And those are only the powerful teams we know about."
"The teams that make it into the top ten of the Six Luminaries region are even more terrifying. They're surely backed by experts who've survived for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer. Some of those experts can meet Lord Mi in person. With just a glance, they could destroy the entire Si Nan Universe. Even the Lord of our Si Realm would bow and pay his respects to beings like that."
"So don't get careless. The Ancestral Realm is only the starting point..."
The more Yu Xiao Xiao said, the paler the three students grew, including Qi Meng.
Lu Yin was speechless. What a blow to their morale.
Si Nan Academy had never even fought those truly powerful teams. Why bring them up?
Yu Xiao Xiao had gone on at length, thinking she was boosting their morale, but she'd only