A few hours later, all fifteen matches in the first round of the finals had concluded.
Of the thirty-three teams participating in the finals, only eighteen remained.
The brutality of the knockout format was laid bare at that moment.
The draw for the second round of the finals began once more.
According to the tournament rules, the first-place teams from the Promotion Tournament in the Heaven Dou Division and the Star Luo Division received byes in the second round of the finals.
Those were the Galaxy Fleet and the Sword Rain Academy Team.
If the results of the first-round draw had left Shrek Academy thoroughly satisfied,
then the results of the second-round draw left Yu Dashi with mixed feelings.
Shrek Academy's opponent in the third round was the Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
In other words, it was the team given direct entry by the Star Luo Empire, one of the three seeded teams.
Although the Star Luo Royal Team posed no great threat to the Shrek Academy Team, Yu Dashi still did not want to face them so early.
After all, every trump card played meant one fewer left in hand. Naturally, they should save whatever they could.
That was what left Yu Dashi somewhat irritated.
Another match in the second round, however, made Yu Dashi grin from ear to ear.
That match pitted the Spirit Hall Advanced Academy against the Divine Wind Blazing Fire Academy.
In other words, the Seven-Star Team versus the Windfire Team.
During the Promotion Tournament, the Windfire Team had used "underhanded shortcuts" to beat the Shrek Academy Team until they scattered like fallen blossoms and flowing water.
Yu Dashi would never forget that "feud steeped in a sea of blood."
The Seven-Star Team had never made a move, and Yu Dashi