Bingqin Huo Wu left with Sun Yunhai and the others. The first round of the knockout stage was scheduled to finish in three days, so going first had quite a few advantages for East Cang. After their match ended today, they would have at least three days to rest and recover.
However, three days was nowhere near enough for Sun Yunhai's injuries to heal.
Jiang Hai did not retrieve the Flying Sword Case. Having it or not made little difference to him, but after facing the formidable Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in its very first match, East Cang had a difficult road ahead. Without the Flying Sword Case, never mind winning the championship-they might not even make it through the knockout stage.
Though fierce, this first battle had left both sides badly battered. Whoever won would have a difficult road ahead.
One could only say that the members of the Sun Moon Empire's Tournament Committee had underestimated East Cang Academy far too much. Though they had only one Soul King, and their strength on paper might not even place them among the top fifty participating teams, how could victory and defeat be measured solely by figures on paper?
The Sun Moon Empire had reaped the bitter fruit of its own actions.
After such a strong opening, the matches that followed were also packed with excitement. Since this was the knockout stage, each team had only one chance: lose and go home, or win and advance to the next round. Thus, some teams that looked weaker on paper emerged as dark horses, but none of their battles could compare with the first.
The morning's matches continued until noon. Only eight battles took place all morning, making for rather slow progress. With 167 teams in the first round of the