Since the quarterfinals involved real combat, considerable time was needed for the students' skills to come off cooldown and for them to recover and regroup, preventing excessive fatigue. As a result, this round took far longer than the previous rounds fought using virtual projections.
Even so, the spectators outside remained enthusiastic. The matches were much more exciting now.
All eight schools in the quarterfinals belonged to the Four Glories and Five Revivals. Among these elite universities, not a single student qualified to fight was an unknown nobody. Every one of them had some degree of fame.
Clashes between powerhouses, with only one able to claim supremacy, drew the spectators' attention even more keenly.
Even without being able to watch the fights, seeing familiar names appear on the scoreboard gave them something to look forward to.
Some people even set up betting pools on the spot, and plenty of spectators wagered on the winners and scores.
For most spectators who could afford admission, the money won or lost was pocket change. But placing a bet made waiting for the results on the scoreboard a little more entertaining.
What the spectators had not expected was that even clashes between experts could turn into one-sided beatdowns.
Eastern Glory University failed to put up even a respectable resistance. Nanrong University won in under six hours, becoming the first team in the Championship Tournament to reach the semifinals.
This round did not leave the spectators thinking Nanrong University was particularly outstanding. Instead, they felt Eastern Glory University was utterly incompetent.
"A student with a Wolf Card got instantly crushed by a student at the same level without one. What a joke."
"No wonder Ban Dingyuan could block Eastern Glory University's gates all by himself. Who knew they were this weak?"
"Lu Daoxing alone took down