Held once every five years, with each empire getting its turn only once every twenty years, the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament had finally come to the Star Luo Empire. The entire empire attached great importance to the tournament, even choosing Star Luo Plaza, right in front of the imperial palace in Star Luo City, as its venue.
Star Luo Plaza was enormous and could accommodate the greatest number of spectators. Reportedly, thirty thousand soldiers had been mobilized within the city just to maintain order during this tournament. Ten thousand of them were assigned to duty in Star Luo Plaza alone.
A short distance east of Star Luo Plaza stood a seven-story hotel.
This grand hotel, called the Star Emperor, belonged to the imperial family. It had been cleared out specifically to accommodate contestants from the various countries' advanced Soul Master Academies and Soul Engineer academies.
As the defending champions and the continent's foremost Soul Master Academy, Shrek Academy's contestants had been given luxurious rooms on the top floor. Not only did everyone have a separate bedroom, but they also had a dedicated conference room.
At that moment, all eleven team members and their supervising teacher, Wang Yan, were sitting in the conference room for a pre-tournament rally.
They had arrived in Star Luo City yesterday, making them among the last participating academies to arrive. But as they were the defending champions and the continent's foremost academy, everyone else merely attributed their late arrival to Shrek Academy's pride.
Wang Yan sat at the head of the table. To his left were Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochеn, and Xixi, their faces still pale. All four had suffered internal injuries. Although they had received medication and tended to their recovery, the hurried journey using Flying Soul Tools had instead shown signs