Was this list of byes just a coincidence?
Perhaps it was.
No matter what, once this list of byes appeared, the group stage was essentially over.
As the setting sun emerged on the horizon, the final matches of all eight groups each reached their conclusion.
Among these sixteen finalists...
The Freedom Federation, aside from Norton Lane, had three more contestants advance as second-place finishers in their groups.
Other than Prince Saint Lucca, who had been eliminated by Ling Zhan, all five remaining contestants from the Holy Light Empire advanced.
As the host nation, they were allowed one additional participant slot. This had been the rule in every previous tournament.
At a glance, the Holy Light Empire and the Freedom Federation alone occupied half of the sixteen finalist slots.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Kingdom team had seen both its second and third seeds eliminated, leaving only Li Chaoge and Ling Zhan as their two lone survivors.
Although the stats Ling Zhan had displayed had indeed shocked everyone.
Whether he could win the championship remained unknown.
After all, they could make up for shortcomings in their stats with equipment.
Thus.
The first day of the Global Magic Beast Championship officially came to an end.
Yet every spectator who walked out of the arena wore an excited flush upon their face.
And the word discussed most often was "Freelancer."
The same was true across the internet at that very moment.
Audiences worldwide had already formed an extremely deep impression of this monstrously gifted Freelancer.
Countless people gave this Freelancer's performance a thumbs-up.
The topic of "Freelancer" continued to soar in popularity across the entire internet.
No one had expected that the contestant who brought them the greatest surprise would be the Freelancer they had once scorned and looked down upon most.
With the