Luckily, the thing Xu San and Xu Si feared most never came to pass. Annie, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao didn't draw into the same group. Feng Baobao drew "Jia Flower Deer" for the first match, Zhang Chulan got "Yi White Tiger," and Annie got "Jia Vermilion Bird." They hadn't all ended up with the same draw, even though Feng Baobao had let Annie cut in line and the two of them had drawn the two slips stuck together.
As soon as the contestants finished drawing lots, the efficient Celestial Master's Mansion announced that the first round of the selection tournament was officially underway.
There were four arenas, and four of each animal. The heavenly stems indicated the order of entry, and contestants who drew the same animal would compete together. That meant Annie and Feng Baobao were competing at the same time, leaving Zhang Chulan, Xu San, and Xu Si unsure which match they should watch first.
But soon, they wouldn't have to choose.
To Zhang Chulan's surprise, although Annie and his Baobao-jie were both in the first round and competing simultaneously, the first to finish was Baobao-jie.
Her opponents were three Inhumans she'd once beaten black and blue and dumped into the sea. The three of them had once joined the same school together, been kicked out together, and then gone off to cause trouble together. They even called themselves the "Little Peach Garden of Tianjin."
The key point was, those three knew when to quit. The moment they saw Feng Baobao was their opponent, they realized they had no chance and had no intention of getting beaten up again. They immediately shouted that they surrendered.
Feng Baobao became the first victor to advance from the first match of Group Jia. Zhang Chulan was astonished, but then hurried