Upon hearing this, the audience immediately began discussing it.
"Yeah, Shrek Academy has always been the Continent's Number One Soul Master Academy, and they've always been the champions of the Soul Duel Tournament. How could they possibly cheat?"
"Could it be that the empire's referees misjudged the matter?"
For a moment, confusion appeared on every spectator's face.
Xuan Zi's face filled with grief and indignation as he shouted, "It seems everyone believes that Shrek Academy has been wronged. I firmly reject this kind of slander against Shrek Academy! This is undoubtedly a conspiracy targeting Shrek Academy! Therefore, I announce that Shrek Academy will withdraw from the tournament in protest against the corruption within the Soul Duel Tournament!"
Xuan Zi thought to himself that, with that strange Anti-Cheating Soul Guidance Device in place, Shrek Academy's strength would be severely weakened. Moreover, given the level of these reserve team members, even if Xu Jiawei helped manipulate things behind the scenes, it would still be difficult for them to secure a spot in the top four.
After all, to reach the top four, they would at least have to defeat another top-eight team. Yet the strongest among the reserve members was merely a Soul Ancestor. Based on the patterns of previous Soul Duel Tournaments, teams capable of reaching the top eight generally had Soul Emperors!
Even though Shrek Academy's students were generally of a high caliber, they would still be at a disadvantage when facing Soul Emperors.
To be honest, if someone on the team possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Xuan Zi absolutely would not have made such a decision. After all, Martial Soul Fusion Skills were generally quite powerful.
As for waiting until those main team members recovered from their injuries before competing, that was undoubtedly impossible. Ma Xiaotao and the