(The tournament arc is now complete. Next comes the storyline about preparing to make a getaway. All the hidden threads laid down earlier will gradually be unearthed. Please keep supporting me!)
Below the arena, Wang Yan stared at everything in stunned disbelief and murmured, "We won? Elder Song, we won! We're the champions. We really are the champions!"
His voice trembled. By the time he reached the last sentence, he was roaring, shouting hysterically, with even a hint of tears in his voice.
Elder Song was no calmer than Wang Yan. Every wrinkle on her aged face seemed to have come alive again.
"They really did it. Even under these circumstances, they still upheld Shrek's honor."
"No, the one who upheld Shrek's honor was Huo Yuhao. Without him, we wouldn't even have had a chance of reaching the top sixteen," Wang Yan said, shaking his head. "Elder Song, Yuhao is no longer one of Shrek's people, but I hope the academy can give him the reward he deserves. Without his outstanding performance, history might have been rewritten."
"Yes, but..." Elder Song looked hesitant, as though pondering something.
Xu Jiawei's face looked somewhat flushed, and he was equally excited. Shrek Academy's victory also meant safety for the Star Luo Empire.
By then, the entire Star Luo Plaza had become a boiling sea. Because the members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had suffered such severe injuries, the awards ceremony had to be postponed.
The fervent atmosphere in Star Luo Plaza lasted for several hours. Only with tens of thousands of soldiers maintaining order did the crowds gradually disperse.
To keep Star Luo City from remaining overcrowded, His Majesty Xu Jiawei, emperor of the Star Luo Empire, publicly announced that the final awards ceremony would not be open to