Morning sunlight spilled over the streets of Shrek City, its golden radiance draping this ancient city of a thousand years in a warm mantle. But for the seven members of the Seven Luminaries Team, today was destined to be special—they were about to depart for Ming City, the capital of the Sun Moon Federation, to take part in the Federation-wide Grand Tournament.
Outside the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, rows of pitch-black mechas had been waiting for quite some time. The Spirit Pagoda emblem—a towering pagoda reaching into the clouds—was emblazoned on their sides, gleaming brilliantly beneath the sun.
They were the Spirit Pagoda's own mech unit. With Ming City about to host the Federation-wide Grand Tournament, powerful forces were gathering from all corners, and the currents of the age were converging. Since they were heading there to compete, they could not tarnish the Spirit Pagoda's reputation as one of the continent's foremost powers. The spectacle had to be sufficient.
Xiao Ran stood before the mech formation, looking at the seven neatly lined-up youths before him, his eyes filled with gratification and anticipation.
"Are you all ready?" Xiao Ran asked.
"Ready!" the seven answered in unison.
"Good. Board the mechas." Xiao Ran swept out a hand. "Destination—Ming City!"
The seven entered their respective mechas. After flying for more than ten hours, endless stretches of steel buildings appeared at the edge of their vision. A super-metropolis, larger than every city on the continent aside from Shrek City, suddenly burst into view.
Ming City!
The capital of the Sun Moon Federation, the political, economic, and technological core of the entire Douluo Continent—the undisputed dominant city standing in the west.
Compared to Shrek City, where ancient charm and modernity blended together, Ming City displayed extreme modernity and technological sophistication everywhere. Skyscrapers stood row upon row,