According to the rules of the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament,
the first round was a rotating knockout round.
Of the 133 participating teams, Shrek Academy had drawn a bye.
The remaining 132 teams would compete in sixty-six seven-on-seven team matches.
The winners would advance to the second round; the losers would immediately end their journey in this tournament.
There would be no second chances.
The first match was also known as the opening match.
It soon got underway amid the audience's cheers.
Shrek Academy should have played in this match, but because it had drawn the bye,
the opening match had changed.
The announcer's booming voice rang across the entire arena through an Amplifying Soul Tool.
"Good morning, spectators and honored guests!"
"Welcome to this year's All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Masters!"
"I'm sure you've all been getting impatient, so without further ado, the first match is about to begin!"
"Now, allow me to introduce the two sides."
"They are Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy from the Douluo Empire, and their opponents are the runners-up of previous tournaments, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, known as the 'Ten-Thousand-Year Runner-Up'!"
In the waiting area, Jing Hongchen,
upon hearing the words "Ten-Thousand-Year Runner-Up,"
instinctively clenched his fists.
The others also looked displeased.
"Do these Star Luo people all lack basic decency, or do they just have nobody who knows how to speak?"
"Whispering behind our backs is one thing, but calling us the Ten-Thousand-Year Runner-Up in front of everyone? They've gone too far!"
"The Star Luo Empire, huh? I'll remember them. If we run into a team from Star Luo Academy later, just watch me teach them a lesson."
Seeing how merciful everyone was being,
Chen Mo immediately corrected them. "You're all being far too merciful. If you ask me, we