The hall fell silent.
The host walked to the circular stone platform and lightly pressed the surface. Dozens of soul guide pearls lit up at once, rising into the air and slowly revolving like a flowing sea of stars.
"The rules are as follows: all teams will be divided into four groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the promotion rounds. The draw results will be randomly generated by a soul guide array, ensuring fairness and impartiality."
After saying that, he flicked his finger. The floating soul guide pearls began to spin rapidly, colliding and intermingling.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on those points of light.
A few breaths later, the soul guide pearls settled, dropping into the four circles of light on the platform. The names of the participating academies in each group slowly appeared beneath them.
Bing Yekong focused on the section assigned to the three Element City academies.
Group D.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
Elephant Armored Academy.
Canghui Academy.
And several unfamiliar names.
The three academies had been placed in Groups A, C, and D respectively, avoiding one another.
Feng Xiaotian immediately spotted Divine Wind Academy in Group A. Beside it was a team called Blue Dream Academy, one he did not recognize and did not care about.
Huo Wushuang's Blazing Fire Academy was in Group C, together with Thunderclap Academy.
As for Bing Yekong's Tianshui Academy, it was in Group D alongside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Elephant Armored Academy, and Canghui Academy.
"Group D is interesting," Huo Wushuang said with a frown. "Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team aside, those guys from Elephant Armored Academy are all defense-type Soul Masters. They're especially hard to crack. Canghui Academy made it into the promotion rounds last year too, so they're no pushovers. Your group