The journey from Heaven Dou City to Spirit City took roughly twenty days.
The Grand Finals used an elimination format, so a winner could be decided from the thirty-three participating teams in fewer than ten days.
Led by Xue Qinghe, crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, a procession of over a thousand people set off for Spirit City in grand fashion.
Although the various academies each pursued their own interests, they still represented the Heaven Dou Empire on the surface. Thus, the smell of gunpowder between them had faded considerably compared with the Preliminary Tournament and the Promotion Tournament.
Several academies on particularly good terms even traveled together.
The usually arrogant and overbearing Shrek Academy had become much more subdued, perhaps because a single member of the Galaxy Fleet had swept all seven of their fighters in the Promotion Tournament.
To let the contestants rest more comfortably, the Heaven Dou Empire had specially commissioned fifteen enormous luxury carriages exclusively for them.
These carriages even incorporated some basic Soul Tool technology. Their shock absorption was excellent, making for an exceptionally smooth ride.
Of course, these rudimentary civilian applications were all that remained of the Soul Tool technology openly circulating across the Douluo Continent.
As for the Galaxy Fleet and Black Feather Douluo, who attracted the most attention and earned the greatest hatred from Xue Ye, their group had already returned to Spirit City a few days earlier.
In a small grove outside Spirit City.
Qian Chongling wore his eternally unchanging black outfit, while Bibi Dong stood beside him in a long purple dress, looking graceful and regal.
"This is the car you were talking about? The new car developed by the Martial Soul Research Institute?"
With one hand on her hip, Bibi Dong pointed at the black, spider-shaped car