Just as the Shrek Seven Devils Team became locked in a confrontation with the Canghui Academy students after a quarrel in the rest area...
Ye Qifeng and Yue Guan had already led the seven girls of the Martial Soul Hall Second Team into the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
They did not head to the rest area reserved for the competing academy teams, however. Instead, they made their way to the VIP Lounge prepared for the opening ceremony's guests.
As a heavyweight team that had traveled from afar, nominally at the invitation of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the Martial Soul Hall Second Team naturally received different treatment from the other Spirit Master academy teams.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Family had arranged a better lounge for them, both to demonstrate its hospitality and to prevent information about the Martial Soul Hall Second Team's members from leaking, preserving the suspense until their entrance.
The moment their identities had been checked and verified by tournament officials and they entered the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, tournament staff led the Martial Soul Hall Second Team down another passage and into the VIP Lounge.
But after they entered the VIP Lounge, before Ye Qifeng could even sit down for a moment's rest, Qian Renxue, in her guise as Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, sent someone to invite him away.
It was precisely this series of arrangements by Qian Renxue that left Liu Erlong, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the other women in the rest area waiting eagerly for Ye Qifeng and the Martial Soul Hall Second Team in vain.
Huo Wu, Ye Qifeng's official girlfriend, was especially disappointed. It was almost plain to the naked eye, yet the ardor in her heart only burned more fiercely.
As the competing Advanced Spirit Master