The Shrek Academy preparation area was deathly silent.
Yu Xiaogang's expression was so grim it seemed as though water might drip from it.
His fingers clenched tightly around the chair beside him, his knuckles turning white. Behind his lenses, his gaze was fixed on the pale green figure on the stage.
Ye Feng had won.
What did that mean?
He quickly ran through the current battle situation in his mind.
Ma Hongjun, Huang Yuan, Tai Long, Lin An, and Zhu Zhuqing—the five of them had already lost.
Although Ye Feng had won onstage, he had expended quite a bit. His breathing was visibly hurried, and the fluctuations of his Soul Power were much weaker than at the start.
But that was not the problem.
The problem was that Shrek only had two people left.
Cinderella and Dai Mubai.
Yu Xiaogang's gaze swept over the two figures below the stage. Level forty-seven Cinderella and level forty-eight Dai Mubai. Two Soul Ancestors—at any previous tournament, they would have been core combatants capable of turning the tide.
But this tournament...
His gaze shifted toward Plant Academy's preparation area.
Four people were still standing there.
Ye Feng had expended more than half his strength, but he had not been eliminated. Behind him stood three teammates who had yet to take the stage.
Based on Yu Xiaogang's years of research into the tournament, any team that could emerge from the kingdom qualifiers would have at least three Soul Ancestors.
Luo Yunxi from Plant Academy, who had already appeared, was a Soul Ancestor, but she had lost after being worn down by Lin An. As for these remaining three...
There had to be at least two more Soul Ancestors.
Possibly even all three.
Yu Xiaogang's fingers curled slightly.
Cinderella was strong. At level forty-seven, she would