The proud sons and daughters of the Heaven Dou Empire faced off against the locally rising dark horse monsters. That gimmick alone was enough to draw countless curious and fervent gazes.
In the VIP passageway of the central main spirit arena, the members of Heaven Dou Team One were waiting to enter.
Compared with three days ago, the atmosphere within the team was clearly much more solemn, but also more focused.
However, the one leading them was no longer Qin Ming.
Instead, a middle-aged man of around fifty stood at the front of the team, dressed in the robes of a Heaven Dou Royal Academy instructor.
He had refined features, neatly trimmed short whiskers, and calm eyes that nevertheless carried the poise and steadiness of experience.
He was Sun Buyu, a senior teacher urgently dispatched by Heaven Dou Royal Academy: a level-sixty-eight Control System Battle Soul Emperor whose Martial Soul was the Keyed Golden Gong.
After all, following the letter from Snow White and the overt and covert pressure from various factions, the academy's three education committee members had no choice but to respond as quickly as possible.
Yet they could not bear to lose Qin Ming, a gifted Soul Emperor-level instructor in the prime of his life. In the end, they decided to have him return to the academy as an ordinary teacher for the time being, then make further arrangements after a period of observation and reflection.
At that moment, Sun Buyu calmly swept his gaze over the seven team members before him. His voice was gentle, but carried unquestionable authority. "Remember what I emphasized before the match: respect your opponents, focus on yourselves, and simply perform to the standard you should.
"Although their strength is inferior to ours, they are still opponents worthy of being taken seriously.