Boom!
The referee announced the East Cang Arts and Soul Master Academy's victory, and the crowd erupted.
"What happened? Didn't the Blue Xiang Advanced Soul Engineer Academy win? Did the referee read it wrong?" Someone who had kept their eyes shut, too afraid to watch the arena, finally opened them at the referee's announcement and asked in confusion.
"He didn't read it wrong. The East Cang Arts and Soul Master Academy won! I knew it-how could they be so careless even at the Soul Fighting Tournament? It was all fake! That's East Cang for you. They kept their strength hidden and took down the Blue Xiang Advanced Soul Engineer Academy without losing a single soldier!" someone beside them immediately exclaimed.
"Illusions!" People from quite a few academies also caught on and murmured the word.
"East Cang is shameless! They actually resorted to trickery at the Soul Fighting Tournament. That scene in the arena was far too bloody. If Blue Xiang Academy hadn't thought they'd already won, they wouldn't have lost. What a frustrating defeat!" someone said.
"Heh, all's fair in war. At least East Cang Academy won, and they had the easiest victory of any team. They also revealed the least about their strength. Aside from the fact that they have a powerful Illusionist, do you know a single
thing about them? Perhaps the East Cang Arts and Soul Master Academy's team really will be a major dark horse this time." Someone else held a completely different view.
Indeed, aside from the fact that East Cang Academy had an Illusionist, not a single member's Soul Rings, Martial Soul, or Soul Power had been revealed. East Cang Academy had become the most mysterious of all the academies, easily defeating the Blue Xiang Advanced Soul Engineer Academy without spilling a drop of