It was another early morning, and Star Luo Plaza had once again filled with spectators eager to watch the matches. Both Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would be competing in today's four matches, so the spectator stands were packed.
Perhaps the Star Luo Empire had admitted more spectators today, because the crowd in Star Luo Plaza was especially large. Heads jostled together, forming a dense, dark sea as far as the eye could see.
The competitors' rest area, however, had become noticeably deserted. Most of the participating teams had already been eliminated, and now they could only dutifully buy tickets and squeeze into the stands to watch.
The sixteen remaining teams would play four matches today and another four tomorrow. Then came the individual matches between the same opponents, which would also take two days.
After those four days of competition, the Round of 16 would be over. Each round of the Knockout Tournament would be followed by a day of rest before the next round began.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's match was in the afternoon, so there was no need for them to come in the morning. Nevertheless, they had still arrived at the venue, and their target was undoubtedly the Shrek Academy Team-or, more precisely, Huo Yuhao.
To the spectators' surprise, however, Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei was absent from the battlements of the Imperial City today. Even the imperial experts and several important ministers who had previously attended were nowhere to be seen.
News of the attack on the Starlight Auction House had been sealed off and classified as top secret. Everyone who had attended the auction that day had been ordered to keep it confidential. After all, the Star Luo Empire could not afford such humiliation. Evil Soul