Shrek's decision to concede the final match outright had done nothing to lower the audience's opinion of them.
After watching so many days of competition, everyone could already tell that Shrek was simply training its troops and flexing its muscles.
They fielded different people against different teams, giving both the reserve team and the main team a chance to fight. And when they ran into opponents with longstanding grudges like these today, they settled those scores along the way.
Most of the spectators understood perfectly well that the Tang Sect delegation was effectively little different from the Shrek Second Team.
After all, no fewer than three of their core members had competed for Shrek five years ago!
They were all former classmates and must have fought more than enough at the academy. It was perfectly normal for Shrek not to bother going through it again.
Most spectators merely felt a little regret at missing what would clearly have been a spectacular clash of dragons and tigers. Still, the juicy gossip about legitimate and concubine-born sons had already been worth the price of admission.
The final eight had been decided, and there would be a two-day break.
Two days later, the quarterfinals would officially begin.
The round of eight would take only one day to conclude.
Then, after another two days of rest, the semifinals would take place.
After the semifinals, there would be another two-day break before the final.
At that point, the entire tournament would be over.
Today was the first day of rest before the quarterfinals began.
All eight teams got up bright and early.
Before the matches began, they had to attend the draw ceremony, which was extremely important to every team.
The draw ceremony was being held at the Mingyue Hotel.
It had to be said