The second round of the elimination matches began under the watchful eyes of countless spectators.
Spirit Pagoda faced a middling team from the Northern Alliance, one of average strength. Xiao Cheng did not even take the field himself. He merely sat in the resting area, drinking the juice Leng Yaozhu handed him as he watched his teammates perform on the arena.
Qiangu Dongfeng sent the opposing captain flying with a sweep of his staff. Qiangu Qingfeng split apart their defensive formation with a halberd strike. Leng Yaozhu's Phoenix Feather, wreathed in scorching flames, forced the final opponent off the arena—the entire process flowed smoothly, and the battle ended in less than ten minutes.
"No pressure at all." Zhang Geyang crossed one leg over the other, a blade of grass of unknown origin hanging from his mouth. "I could take on five opponents like that by myself."
"That wasn't what you said when that Soul King chased you around the whole arena last time." Xia Zhengleng mercilessly exposed him.
"A tactical withdrawal doesn't count as running away... Can something involving a Soul King even be called running away?" Zhang Geyang's face reddened as he spouted incomprehensible nonsense.
His words sent everyone into laughter, and the air inside and outside the lounge was filled with cheer.
War God Temple and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy also won their matches with ease, advancing to the next round by wide margins.
However, the true highlight of the day was the final match—
Shrek Academy versus Tang Sect.
When the names of those two teams appeared in the drawing results, the atmosphere throughout Ming City Central Stadium became subtly strange.
The relationship between Shrek Academy and Tang Sect was well known across Douluo Continent—from the time Sea God Tang San founded Tang Sect twenty