After Bai Xiaoxiao's match, Yang Tian's Demon Hunt Squad had won all eleven of its eleven matches, achieving a one-hundred-percent win rate in the first round. This was beyond everyone's expectations.
The higher-ups of the Six Great Temples paid particular attention to this legendary squad because its commander was Yang Tian, humanity's acknowledged strongest warrior. His standing was like that of the Demon God Emperor among the Demon Race.
Next, the matches between the great temples heated up. Only thirty or forty matches remained, and ninth-tier powerhouses began taking the field one after another.
The spectators had already confirmed that Dawn of Light had as many as eight ninth-tier powerhouses. Its two members at the eighth order, ninth rank were only a matter of time away from breaking through to the ninth tier.
The competition continued late into the night.
The hundred-plus matches finally ended.
Inside the Grand Proving Ground, Chen Zidian announced the first-round results. "All matches on the first day of the Holy Temple Grand Competition have concluded successfully. There were a total of one hundred and two matches. The results of the first round of individual competition are as follows: twenty-three qualifiers from the Knight Temple, twenty from the Magic Temple, fifteen from the Soul Temple, thirteen from the Assassin Temple, eleven from the New Era Demon Hunt Squad, ten from Dawn of Light, and ten from the Warrior Temple. Their points equal their respective numbers of qualifiers."
A clean sweep by Yang Tian's Demon Hunt Squad might have been expected, but Dawn of Light's clean sweep put quite a few people on their guard. This squad might be another dark horse.
The previously low-profile Dawn of Light had likewise gone from mysterious to stunning everyone in a single stroke.
All of this was within Yang Tian's