Flender forced himself to calm down. "Little monsters, let's not celebrate too soon. We still have a long way to go if we want to win the championship."
The Shrek team came down from their excitement.
It was true. They had made the top three, but they wouldn't take the third-place prize even if it were handed to them. Only the top two teams would receive Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones. And first place would get five of them!
Xiao Wu was even more desperate to win. Among those five Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones were two belonging to those two beasts. They had been her younger brothers. She had to get them back!
"Our opponents now are the Golden Team and the Super Beast Team. Both are incredibly strong, and we'll have to face them sooner or later. Once we do, we'll most likely lose. I'm afraid we have little chance of winning this Soul Master Tournament, or even coming in second," Flender said with a troubled shake of his head.
"No, Headmaster. We do what we can and leave the rest to fate! We still have a chance." A glint of "wisdom" flashed in Tang San's eyes.
Everyone perked up. Flender asked, "Tang San, what chance do you mean?"
"The fifth round has an individual elimination tournament and a losers' bracket team match. We're at a disadvantage in one-on-one fights, so we can forfeit the individual tournament and enter the losers' bracket match that afternoon. The other two teams will have to fight each other while we conserve our strength. Even if we lose in the end, we'll still finish second and receive Spirit Bones."
"And if we perform beyond our usual limits, we might even win the championship!" Excitement blazed in Tang San's eyes.
It was the same approach he had