The fourth round of the Promotion Tournament had begun.
This would be the fiercest round yet. By the end of the coming battles, only three teams would remain, and none would receive a bye.
The draw had been announced yesterday.
The Golden Team would face the Martial Soul Hall Team, while the Super Beast Team would face the White Tiger Team, the top team from the Star Luo Division in the Promotion Tournament. As for the Shrek Team, their luck was as good as ever: they were up against another team of nobodies.
Tang Chen and the others could not understand it.
Was Spirit Hall doing this deliberately, or was Shrek really that lucky?
From the start of the Grand Finals until now, Shrek had faced nothing but weak teams.
The stronger Evil God Team, Thunder Team, and Three Elemental Team had all been eliminated in earlier rounds.
Interestingly, every team from the Three Elemental Team had been knocked out by a Spirit Hall team.
"Is Shrek really that lucky? They've made it this far, and they're still facing weak teams?!" Kupa, High Priestess of the Fire God, said in disbelief.
"Could the draw have been rigged?" Kane, High Priestess of the Wind God, wondered.
Yu Yuanzhen snapped, "Don't be ridiculous! Spirit Hall's elders conducted the draw. If it was rigged, why would they deliberately give Shrek weak opponents and keep them away from the strong teams? Do you think Spirit Hall wants Shrek to win the championship?!"
Danielle, however, was inwardly scornful.
Having grown up in Slaughter City and seen the worst of human nature, Danielle was good at reading people. She was certain Spirit Hall had arranged Shrek's draws deliberately.
The reason was easy enough to understand.
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