The weak were all ordinary in the same way, while the strong each had their own cheats.
After a brief rest, the Advancement Tournament officially began.
The sixteen groups were assigned to fifteen competition zones.
The arena in the center of Mingdu had been divided into two sections, allowing two groups to compete at the same time.
And the only ones qualified to compete in the central arena were Group One, where the Mingdu Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team was, and Group Two, where the Shrek Academy Battle Team was.
Without a doubt, the central arena was also the liveliest of all the arenas.
The Third Prince did not appear to watch the matches again.
The matches for Group One and Group Two began at the same time.
Coincidentally, the first matches of the two groups happened to have the Shrek Academy Battle Team and the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy Team taking the stage. It was hard not to suspect that whoever arranged the matches was trying to stir things up.
Even more coincidentally, when they took the field, the two teams walked out from the same-side passage and happened to meet.
The captains of the two teams, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen, happened to lock eyes.
The team members behind them all stared at one another with incomparably solemn expressions, making no attempt to hide their fighting spirit and hostility, as if their next opponents were each other.
Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, revealed a gentle smile. Xiao Hongchen wanted to find a flaw in Huo Yuhao and expose his hypocrisy, yet he discovered in disbelief that Huo Yuhao's smile seemed to come from the heart. Just looking at Huo Yuhao alone, he could not muster any hostility. Even his own heart seemed to be warmed.
He was