The Shrek Seven Devils' dismal exit barely stirred a ripple.
No one showed any pity for their defeat. Instead, most responded with sneers and mockery, especially those from the Heaven Dou Empire.
Because they had fought so viciously and brutally during the Preliminary Tournament and Qualifying Tournament, the Shrek Seven Devils Team had a decidedly poor reputation among all the competing teams from the Heaven Dou Empire.
Those from the Star Luo Empire were even less restrained.
After all, they had competed on behalf of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and the Heaven Dou Empire.
As their longstanding rivals, those from the Star Luo Empire naturally had no wish to see the Shrek Seven Devils achieve better results or advance farther than they did.
Having Spirit Hall take both first and second place in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was, in fact, somewhat easier to accept.
As for the Shrek Seven Devils Team taking third place and ranking above every competing team from the Star Luo Empire-so what?
As the saying went, anyone below the champion had no place at the table. No one remembered who came second, let alone third.
They were all eight ounces against half a pound, so why should one brother laugh at the other?
With the fifth round of the Grand Finals over, the two teams from Spirit Hall advanced to the final match to contest the championship and the four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones awarded as prizes.
Whatever their reasons for attending, the spectators were all in high spirits. Having witnessed such a spectacular match, many Spirit Masters now had something to discuss and boast about afterward.
Only the Shrek Seven Devils slunk away and returned to their lodgings, quietly savoring defeat and licking their wounds.