Welcome day finally arrived, the biggest event on the Green Campus calendar.
The older students who had been at the academy for a while weren't about to miss a chance to watch the newcomers make fools of themselves.
Among the freshmen, plenty who fancied themselves strong were quietly waiting for their chance to become the center of attention.
Every student on Green Campus might have been a prodigy back home, but at Pearl Academy, it was easy to get lost in the crowd of magical geniuses.
That day, everyone was talking about the Beast Fighting Competition, set to begin that afternoon.
Over the years, it had become one of Green Campus's most anticipated events.
Colorful banners printed with Summoned Beasts hung across campus. There were even enormous posters at the student community entrance featuring students who had excelled in past competitions. They looked unbelievably cool!
Mo Fan got dressed early that morning, making sure he looked sharp and full of energy.
After all, the Summoning System students were the stars of this competition.
The four roommates arrived at the Green Fighting Pavilion together, then went their separate ways.
As a Summoning System student, Mo Fan had to head backstage early to prepare. The others went to their respective departments' seats.
The Green Fighting Pavilion was a magnificent building, with a Duel Arena inside even larger than a soccer field.
It normally hosted major matches, but today the Duel Arena had become a vast cage enclosed by a Barrier, known as the "Beast Fighting Iron Cage."
Tiered seating surrounded the Beast Fighting Iron Cage on all sides. Row after row of seats filled the stands; it could probably hold ten thousand people without much trouble.
Only an institution as wealthy as Pearl Academy would build an arena this large.
Students streamed