Today was already the fourth day of the tournament. Early that morning, the audience's cheers were already echoing through Star Luo Plaza.
There was only one reason: today's first match featured Shrek Academy. And Huo Yuhao, the Soul Saint whose rings were all Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, whom they had been eagerly longing to see, would fight again!
Although today was only the first round of the round-robin stage, with just four of the eight groups competing, all sixty-seven teams that had advanced from the knockout tournament were seated in the rest area without exception.
They had come to watch the matches-or, more precisely, to watch Huo Yuhao fight. They wanted to see whether this student from the Body Sect and Shrek Academy truly possessed such terrifying strength.
When that black-clad figure appeared once again in the entrance passage for the competing academies, all of Star Luo Plaza erupted.
"Shrek! It's Shrek!"
"Huo Yuhao! Huo Yuhao!"
Under the eyes of thousands, Huo Yuhao acted as though none of them existed. He paid no attention to anyone's gaze and simply led the members of Shrek Academy's team into the rest area.
Meanwhile, the tournament host was already warming up the crowd. He first announced the academies that had passed the first round, then began introducing the group assignments.
After delivering a long, impassioned string of bland nonsense, the host shouted in his most rousing voice, "Next, please welcome the team from the continent's number one academy, Shrek Academy, and their opponents, the Star Luo Empire's Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, into the waiting area! Will the captains of both teams please come onto the stage to determine the format of their match?"
Huo Yuhao stood and walked toward the stage. At the same time, the captain of Yunluo Advanced Soul