By then, Heavenly Fiend Douluo had returned to the walls of the Imperial City and exchanged a few words with Xu Jiawei.
Only afterward did Heavenly Fiend Douluo return to the ruins of the Soul Fighting Arena and announce, "The team battle in the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament has concluded."
"Given that the Soul Fighting Arena has been completely destroyed and cannot possibly be repaired within a short time, in the interests of fairness, both sides will complete the remaining matches directly on the Soul Fighting Ruins."
"Both sides will have one minute to rest. The individual knockout stage will begin in one minute."
"Also, both sides must select their seven participants for the knockout stage themselves. Once decided, no further changes will be permitted."
The moment Heavenly Fiend Douluo delivered this ruling, the Sun Moon Team deflated.
If the Star Luo Empire's officials had decided to resume the competition only after fully repairing the Soul Fighting Arena, they would have had ample time to recover and a chance to reverse their one-match deficit with two straight wins.
Unfortunately, Xu Jiawei had also realized that waiting until the Soul Fighting Arena was fully repaired would be unfair to the side with fewer injuries. With a sweep of his hand, he ordered both teams to get straight to fighting on the ruins.
In any case, Chen Ping's ten staff blows had smashed the entire Soul Fighting Arena apart, and the wreckage was fairly evenly distributed. Conditions on both sides were about the same, so they might as well fight like this.
Hadn't people always said that a perfectly flat, stable fighting environment hindered Agility Attack System Soul Masters? This Soul Fighting Ruins map counted as an epic buff for them, didn't it?
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