On Brainwashing Techniques, Shrek Still Does It Best

The second round of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had ended, and forty-two teams had advanced to the third round.

Of them, only thirty-two teams would be able to enter the round-robin stage. That would depend on their performance in the third round.

The third round of eliminations would first determine twenty-one qualifying teams.

The remaining eleven teams would be selected from the twenty-one defeated teams based on points.

Victory guaranteed entry into the round-robin stage, while defeat still left a chance to compete on tiebreaker points.

After the first two rounds, some of the weaker teams had begun to show signs of exhaustion even if they had qualified. Injured members, reduced numbers, and other such problems had become major headaches for them.

In order to secure a spot in the round-robin stage, many matches had turned brutally fierce. After a single round, five people had died and over twenty had been seriously injured. Nearly every match had casualties.

Because of this, many teams raised objections with the tournament committee, strongly questioning the referees' ability to control the matches.

The Sun Moon Empire authorities were also troubled by the matter and had no choice but to issue an announcement, promising that referees would do their utmost to control the pace of the upcoming matches and reduce casualties. At the top thirty-two stage, Title Douluo would also be sent in as referees.

However, this did not seem to be much of a problem for the Witch Cult.

When the third round began, their opponent was merely an obscure sect team. Upon drawing the Witch Cult, the other side could only consider themselves unlucky before choosing to forfeit.

Thus, having fought only in the first elimination round, the Witch Cult successfully avoided the second and third elimination rounds and