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In the distance, Heaven Dou City's towering walls, a hundred meters high, had come into view.
The sturdy granite masonry and the forest of banners atop the walls proclaimed the imperial capital's majesty.
Above and below the walls, guards in regulation iron armor stood solemnly with coldly gleaming spears in hand, exuding the sharp discipline of well-trained soldiers.
As they approached the walls, they felt ever more keenly the feverish tension of a storm about to break.
Huge banners hung between the battlements, their enormous tournament emblems and the words "Continental Advanced Elite Tournament" embroidered in gold thread, snapping in the wind.
Special soul-guidance advertising boards stood on both sides of the city gate, displaying silhouettes of the emblems of title-favorite academies from Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and Spirit Hall, repeatedly drawing the entering crowds to a halt.
Young Soul Masters wearing the uniforms of various academies had become noticeably more numerous. They wore their teams' sashes, their expressions showing both the excitement of their first major tournament and an unmistakable competitive tension.
Alongside the imperial capital's familiar scent of pine soot, the air carried restless residual ripples of soul power. The entire city was gathering strength for the clashes to come.
Inside the carriage, the seven members of the Golden Generation studied the outline of this thousand-year-old imperial capital through the windows.
An air of novelty mingled with tension filled the carriage.
Chu Youwei planted both hands on her hips and was the first to break the silence, her voice carrying its usual frankness and swagger. "Hey, hey, hey! Stop sitting there in silence! Look outside!"
"So this is Heaven Dou City? Those walls certainly look intimidating. Wonder if they could take a swing of Captain He's halberd?"
She nudged He Qiang beside her