The day after the auction ended.
The round of sixteen began amid the audience's eager anticipation.
With the Star Luo Imperial Family pulling strings behind the scenes.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced a formidable opponent.
Unfortunately for their opponents, their lineup of one Soul Emperor and eight Soul Kings was even stronger.
They felt no pressure whatsoever.
They could have ground the opposing academy into the dirt with their eyes closed.
As for Shrek Academy.
Thanks to Xuan Zi's performance, its main team had suffered devastating losses.
Only one Soul Emperor and one Soul King remained to lead the reserve team into battle.
And neither the Soul Emperor nor the Soul King had fully recovered from their injuries.
Their opponents, however, were hardly any better off.
Facing the Lingdou Advanced Academy's lineup of just two Soul Kings, Ma Xiaotao cleaned them up with ease.
But this also caused her evil fire to show further signs of erupting.
Fortunately, with help from Ling Luochеn, Xu Sanshi, and Huo Yuhao, she managed to stabilize it.
Still, she would probably have trouble taking the field again.
After three days of matches.
All eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals had emerged.
They were the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the Star Luo Royal Academy, Shrek Academy, the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, Di'ao Academy, Zhengtian Academy, and Star Emblem Academy.
On the day the list came out.
The Tournament's chief organizer announced the quarterfinal matchups to the participating academies and the audience.
"Following deliberations by His Majesty and the Organizing Committee, and upholding the principles of fairness, impartiality, and transparency, we hereby announce the quarterfinal matchups!"
"The first matchup will be the Star Luo Royal Academy against the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul