The Eastsea Alliance Grand Competition officially began.
The administrative chief of Eastsea City first delivered a long, bloated opening speech.
At the end of it, he said excitedly,
"This time, we are honored to welcome Shrek Academy to compete. Let's give them a grand round of applause!"
Cai Yue'er led several students, with Wu Siduo at their head, straight to the center of the arena.
"Shrek! Shrek!"
The roar of the crowd rang out from the stands.
Wu Siduo and the others held their heads high.
They were representing Shrek in battle, bearing the greatest honor.
The competition moved quickly. The first stage was a sixty-four-team knockout round.
Any team that drew Shrek Academy was considered strong if they could last a whole minute.
Some teams even used the moment they stepped onto the stage to promote their academy, then immediately surrendered.
Losing to Shrek Academy was nothing to be ashamed of.
It even showed that their academy knew its own limits.
"Boss, I stood in front of Shrek two seconds longer than everyone else just now."
"Their captain—I held out against one more move, and he even looked at me an extra time."
Most teams that faced Shrek had this sort of attitude.
Every now and then, one or two academies tried to challenge them, but they were defeated with ease, without exception.
"Captain, this is way too easy."
The Green Snake, Zheng Yiran, toyed with a little emerald-green snake coiled around her arm and spoke to Wu Siduo with some disdain.
Wu Siduo made no comment.
"Don't let your guard down. The Federation—or rather, that team from the War God Temple—hasn't made a move yet."
Ye Xinglan suddenly spoke up.
Her gaze was fixed on the tallest young man from Eastsea Academy.
Her Stargod Sword told her that