The venue of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was alive with a roaring sea of voices that day.
Around Spirit City's enormous central arena, banners blotted out the sun. To every major power on the Douluo Continent, this tournament was undoubtedly a grand feast.
On the VIP viewing platform, Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire Emperor had both come in person, looking down at the arena below.
In previous Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournaments, these two emperors, burdened with countless affairs each day, would never have appeared here together.
But now, the situation had been turned upside down!
This time, Shrek Academy had sent even its students who were merely two-ring Soul Grandmasters into the tournament to face the talented disciples of their nations head-on.
Everyone knew Shrek Academy was a Monster Academy, but they also wanted to see just how large the gap would be between a team of mere two-ring Soul Masters and their own talented disciples.
Although they had already watched the matches between Shrek Academy's students back in Suotuo City, those had, after all, only been contests among members of Shrek Academy.
This, however, was a true competition between Shrek Academy's monsters and the geniuses nurtured by the established powers of the outside world.
On the other side of the VIP seats, within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's reserved section.
Gu Rong walked over to Ning Fengzhi, lowered his voice, and spoke.
"Fengzhi, are we really going to stay here and watch this entire tournament?"
Gu Rong swept his gaze over the young Soul Masters below, all rubbing their fists and palms in anticipation, then continued.
"That girl Ning Rongrong isn't even here now. There doesn't seem to be much point in us lingering in Spirit