Time returned once more to ten thousand years ago!
The final round of the Round-Robin Tournament had concluded, and with the top eight decided, this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had entered its final stage.
Among all the qualifying teams, the four that had taken first place in their groups were the Shrek Team, Witch Cult, Snow Demon Sect, and Holy Spirit Sect.
The four teams that had advanced as second-place finishers were the Tang Sect, Star Luo National Academy, Ming City Soul Engineer Academy, and Heavenly Dragon Gate.
Yes, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, representing the Sun Moon Empire, had failed to qualify. Since they had been placed in the same first group as the Shrek Team and Tang Sect Team, those two powerful teams had jointly targeted them, leaving them unable to advance.
Today was the first rest day before the top eight matches began, but early that morning, all eight teams had risen bright and early. A drawing ceremony would be held before the matches began. For every team, this was extremely important.
Advancing as a second-place team did not mean they were weak!
Take the Tang Sect, for example. They had deliberately yielded to Shrek Academy. Anyone with eyes could see that the Tang Sect's overall strength exceeded Shrek Academy's. In fact, they had successively helped Shrek Academy severely injure several opponents, allowing Shrek Academy to advance smoothly.
The drawing ceremony was held at the Mingyue Hotel. It had to be said that the organizers' decision was well received by the competing teams. It was much more considerate, allowing them more time to rest.
In the Mingyue Hotel's grand banquet hall, all eight teams that had entered the top eight had arrived.
On the stage at the front sat Zheng Zhan, the