All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, The Battle Begins!

Two days remained until the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

All of Shrek's Seven Devils gathered for their final special training.

Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Grandmaster brought five people to stand before the group.

"Xiao San, Xiao Chen, these are your substitute members," Grandmaster said with a slight smile, looking at the five behind him.

Among these five, besides Tailong, the other four were:

Huang Yuan, male, Level Thirty-Nine Assault System Battle Soul Elder, Spirit: Lone Wolf. Spirit Rings: Two Yellow, One Purple.

Jing Ling, male, Level Thirty-Five Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder, Spirit: Skeleton. Spirit Rings: Two Yellow, One Purple.

Jiang Zhu, female, Level Thirty-Five Healing System Tool Soul Elder, Spirit: Healing Scepter. Spirit Rings: Two Yellow, One Purple.

Ye Lengleng, female, Level Thirty-Nine Healing System Tool Soul Elder, Spirit: Nine Heart Begonia. Spirit Rings: Two Yellow, One Purple.

These individuals were once geniuses from Blue Tyrant Academy. Now that Blue Tyrant Academy and Shrek Academy had merged, they had all stayed to prepare for this grand continent-wide event.

They didn't feel any dissatisfaction about being substitutes for Shrek Academy. Tang San and Ye Chen were both geniuses.

Even Xiao Wu, who had the lowest spirit power, was Level Thirty-Eight.

Although Shrek's Seven Devils were powerful, the tournament schedule was too demanding. Adding a few substitutes would allow for rotation.

"Lengleng, aren't you returning to the Royal Fighting Team?" Ye Chen walked up to Ye Lengleng and ruffled his head.

Ye Lengleng shook his head. "Brother, I finally found you. I'm staying at Shrek Academy. I'm not going anywhere. I want to watch you become the final champion."

Ye Chen looked at Ye Lengleng, then at the other Shrek team members. They shared a common goal: the championship!

"Everyone, sit down," Grandmaster waved his hand. Everyone formed a circle around Grandmaster, listening to his explanation.

"In two days, the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament will officially begin. I will first explain the rules to you. Rules are limitations, but they can also be exploited as advantages," Grandmaster said, kicking the drowsy Ma Hongjun and looking at everyone.

Ma Hongjun stuck out his tongue. His eyes lit up as he saw the substitute member Jiang Zhu ahead.

Jiang Zhu was nineteen years old, exceptionally pure and beautiful. She was older than Shrek's Seven Devils. While she couldn't compare to Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, or Ning Rongrong, her figure was excellent, and she looked very innocent. How could Ma Hongjun not like her?

Ma Hongjun looked at Jiang Zhu. Jiang Zhu also noticed Ma Hongjun looking at her. She blinked, and a hint of a smile appeared in her clear eyes. She nodded gently.

Jiang Zhu was so innocent that she thought Fatty was just a little brother. How could she know what Ma Hongjun was imagining right now?

"There have been some changes to the rules this year. Each academy must send eight people to participate in the tournament. The first seven must be under twenty-five years old, and the eighth person can be under thirty. During battles, it is only sparring; killing is not allowed, or the team will be disqualified," Grandmaster explained.

"Besides these two regulations, during battles, no food or medicine produced by non-Food System Spirit Masters can be used. Another rule is that no weapons other than spirit weapons can be used, meaning Tang San's hidden weapons cannot be used."

"For this tournament's schedule, the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Martial Soul Hall teams will directly advance to the final round. The vice-teams of the two empires and teams from other academies will participate in the preliminaries."

"What we're going to participate in is the regional competition within Heaven Dou City. There are five spots available to advance, so as long as we compete for these five spots, we can pass the preliminary rounds, enter the promotion matches, and finally compete for the knockout stages."

"In the preliminary rounds, it's a single round-robin system, conducted in team battles. The team with the highest score enters the promotion matches, while the promotion matches will be conducted in a special way. Although the participating teams will still send out seven participants, they will duel one by one. The winner stays on the field, and the losing side continues to send out participants until all participants from one side have been defeated."

"Therefore, the preliminary rounds can be said to be a competition to showcase team strength, while the promotion matches are a stage to display individual strength. The reason for having promotion matches is to allow the higher-ups of the two great empires and Martial Soul Hall to better identify particularly outstanding young Soul Masters among these participants."

"A total of thirty-three teams will participate in the finals, and they will draw lots for a brutal knockout tournament."

"In the knockout stages, the first event will be individual elimination battles, and finally, the top six teams will be determined. These six teams will draw lots to determine the final top three. Then, the teams that have gone through individual elimination battles will proceed to the final team battle."

After listening to Grandmaster's explanation, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but say, "Grandmaster, why is this competition so complicated? I'm a bit dizzy listening to it."

Dai Mubai said irritably, "What's there to be dizzy about? No matter what the format is, as long as we don't lose a single match, the final championship will be ours, won't it?"

Ye Chen also understood the rules this time.

Simply put, as long as they don't lose, they can go all the way to the end and participate in the finals.

In the finals, he would likely face Qian Renxue.

To what height would Qian Renxue's strength reach?

Grandmaster nodded slightly and said, "For this competition, what I want to tell you is that in the preliminary rounds held in Heaven Dou City, only four of the eight little monsters can participate, along with four substitute players. If you expose your strength too early, you will also expose your weaknesses, and the road ahead will be extremely arduous."

"Moreover, Ning Rongrong cannot participate in the preliminary rounds; she needs to undergo special training," Grandmaster said.

"Only four can participate?" Tang San asked, exclaiming in surprise.

After all, with the addition of the eighth person, major Soul Master Academies would have extremely strong experts join.

Geniuses under thirty years old might even reach the level of Soul Elders at level forty-nine.

Grandmaster said with a stern face, "You guys discuss the spots for the preliminary rounds yourselves."

Everyone from Shrek's Seven Devils looked at Ye Chen.

It was up to Ye Chen to decide Shrek's actual participating lineup for the preliminary rounds.

"Brother Chen, you decide. We'll all listen to you," Tang San said.

Ye Chen looked at everyone and said, "Since you're letting me arrange it, for this preliminary round, the four substitute players will be Tailong, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu. As for our Shrek's Seven Devils participating lineup, it will be..."

"Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Laoda, and myself will participate."

"Zhuqing, Rongrong, Fatty, and Xiao Ao, you don't need to play for now. I will make adjustments based on the lineup."

Ye Chen looked at everyone.

Even though it wasn't that important in the preliminaries, they still had to ensure they qualified.

And this lineup was clearly the most perfect.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar would be their trump cards in this battle.

Ye Lengleng was also a member of Shrek. If Jiang Zhu got injured, she could also fight. Although Ye Chen was also a Healing Spirit Master, Jiang Zhu and Ye Lengleng could both save him spirit power during the battle.

Unknowingly, two days had quietly passed.

The Shrek group had arrived in Heaven Dou City of the Heaven Dou Empire. The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had attracted almost everyone in Heaven Dou City.

This battle would be an annual grand event!

And this meant,

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was about to officially begin!