"Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live! Long, long live!"
The spectators below shouted in unison, their fiery emotions stirred up almost instantly.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."
One hundred and eight ceremonial cannon shots thundered from the imperial city's battlements in succession, and all of Star Luo Plaza became a sea of cheers.
Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei and the empress led the civil and military officials to their seats. Xu Jiawei waved to the prime minister beside him, who immediately understood and issued the order to begin the tournament.
"According to the rules of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, the first round will be a knockout tournament. A total of one hundred and thirty-three advanced Soul Master Academies and Soul Engineer Academies have registered for this year's tournament. Following the draw, one academy received a bye in the first round, so there will be sixty-six matches in total."
"The first round will follow a knockout format, and the losers will immediately end their journey in this year's tournament. The first match is about to begin. The two sides are the team from Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy of the Dou Ling Empire, and the team from the continent's foremost academy, Shrek Academy, which boasts countless honors and has claimed almost every tournament championship over the past thousand years."
The moment the announcer made this declaration, the atmosphere throughout Star Luo Plaza erupted.
"Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!"
Cries of Shrek Academy's name rang out in almost every corner of the plaza, while an imperceptible shadow flickered through Xu Jiawei's eyes.
Shrek Academy's reputation as a Soul Master Holy Land was simply too resounding-so resounding that it almost eclipsed all the radiance of the imperial families of the Former Douluo Three Kingdoms.
At least