Shrek Seven Devils Team vs. Skywater Academy

"The twenty-first round of the Preliminary Tournament is about to begin. The two teams participating in the first match, please prepare to take the stage!"

The tournament official host's resounding voice spread throughout the entire venue through the Amplification Soul Tool, clearly reaching the exclusive rest areas of the competing academies as well.

"It's time. Let's go."

Over at Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er was the first to rise. She then led her team out of the rest area and toward the Main Central Spirit Fighting Platform.

As the team leader who did absolutely nothing, Shui Wuxiang also slowly rose from her seat and followed behind the team.

Before leaving the rest area, however, she deliberately glanced toward the distant VIP Seating Area, trying to find the handsome figure who had already been chosen as her daughter's future husband.

Yet she found nothing.

Since the opening ceremony, that Holy Son Palace prince had not appeared in the VIP Seating Area again, leaving Shui Wuxiang deeply regretful.

Before Shui Bing'er and the others took the stage, Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy, which shared close ties with Skywater Academy, naturally came over to cheer them on.

Huo Wu held Shui Bing'er's little hand and pulled her aside to whisper for quite a while. Huo Wu seemed to have promised Shui Bing'er something, making the latter's beautiful face, filled with a hazy and ethereal charm, flush red.

Meanwhile.

In a relatively secluded corner of the rest area, Tang San rose to his feet and swept his gaze across the six teammates surrounding him. With the bearing of the team's soul and leader, he spoke:

"There isn't much time. The match is about to begin, so I'll say a few final words."

"Skywater Academy is difficult to deal with. From the Preliminary Tournament until