Elsewhere.
Inside the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, the preliminary tournament continued.
After the eleventh round ended, the Advanced Spirit Master Academy teams competing in the Heaven Dou City Division began to pull apart in the standings.
With eleven victories in eleven matches, every one of them an overwhelming rout, the Martial Soul Hall Second Team deservedly occupied first place.
Behind them were several teams with identical records of ten wins in ten matches: the four members of the Five Elemental Academies other than Elephant Armor Academy, along with the Shrek Seven Devils, who represented Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Farther behind were Blue Tyrant Academy, Canghui Academy, and other middle-ranking teams with eight, seven, six, or five wins.
Last came weaker academies such as Auckland Academy.
Notably, after losing to the Shrek Seven Devils, Elephant Armor Academy had faced the Martial Soul Hall Second Team and the other Four Elemental Academies in succession, losing every match without exception.
Their luck could hardly have been worse.
For some unknown reason, Elephant Armor Academy's captain, Huyan Li, had missed all five consecutive matches.
Without its most important link, the team's defensive formation suffered a drastic reduction in strength. It was practically useless, easily broken by their opponents.
As a result, Elephant Armor Academy had managed only a dismal four wins and six losses in ten matches, dropping even into the lower ranks.
This also meant that Elephant Armor Academy would very likely become the first of the Five Elemental Academies to lose its chance at a top-five finish.
Neither the spectators nor the competitors had expected such an outcome. Even the organizers of the Elite Spirit Master Tournament had not seen it coming.
As the preliminary tournament teams spread farther apart in the standings, the situation gradually became