The morning quickly passed.
By then, the Freshman Assessment's Knockout Stage was nearing its end, and the top eight teams had emerged from the morning's contests.
Without question, they were all outstanding teams.
What no one had expected, however, was that Xie Huanyue's team, a potential champion, would fall with its halberd broken and buried in the sand in the round of sixteen. It was certainly cause for lament.
But there was no helping it. After all, Chen Ping's team, which had defeated them, was also a championship Seed Team with a perfect record of ten wins in the Knockout Stage!
Chen Ping's team was a true super seed that had fought its way out by trampling over two Seed Teams with perfect ten-win records.
For precisely that reason, when Chen Ping and his two teammates arrived at the competition grounds that afternoon, they immediately drew intense attention from the other seven teams.
Clearly, no one wanted to face a team that had already toppled two championship Seed Teams in the quarterfinals.
When Chen Ping stepped out of his team as its captain, his expression calm, and joined the line to draw lots, the captains of the other seven teams could not help turning their eyes toward him.
This seemingly gentle, refined fellow had beaten Xie Huanyue in a head-on clash of pure strength that morning, even knocking him flat with a single punch!
Quite a few captains instinctively swallowed.
To them, the pressure Chen Ping gave off now was no less than that of Dai Huabin, the Soul Elder at the end of the line. It even surpassed his.
After all, they had all watched recordings of Dai Huabin's matches, but since he had not encountered any particularly strong teams, neither he nor his teammates had revealed much of