The moment they heard that the first round would be an elimination match, the faces of the Shrek students darkened. If Shrek entered the Continental Soul Master Grand Tournament only to be eliminated in the first round, they would become a huge joke.
Yet Wang Yan looked utterly confident, without the slightest worry. Smiling faintly, he said, "What are you doing? Are you nervous? There's absolutely no need to be nervous. Once the matches begin, you'll discover that your opponents are far weaker than you imagine. You've forgotten something: you are all elite students chosen by Shrek Academy. Although you're only the reserve team, the fact that you can represent Shrek here proves that you possess considerable strength. Other academies are nowhere near comparable in that regard. You can't treat the opponents in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament as though they were the formidable enemies you face in your annual promotion assessments!"
After Wang Yan's encouragement, the reserve members of the Shrek Seven Monsters immediately regained their confidence.
Wang Yan continued feeding them motivational nonsense. "Other than Yuhao, all of you have the optimal Soul Ring configuration. Every one of you has a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. Do they? Do you think Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are so easy to hunt? I can tell you that in many advanced soul master academies, even their teachers rarely reach the level of Soul King or above. Although your opponents are around twenty years old, it is already quite impressive if their entire team has cultivation above three rings. Four-ring opponents are extremely rare. I dare say that unless you encounter the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy in the first round, you won't meet anyone at the five-ring level at all. What is your cultivation? Four four-ring Soul Ancestors, plus