The two-day break gave the eight remaining teams a chance to catch their breath.
Every team was making the most of the time to make their final improvements and adjustments.
As the day of the quarterfinals arrived, all of Mingdu was already bustling early in the morning.
Before dawn, huge numbers of spectators had already poured out of the city, all to secure a better spot to watch the matches.
Four matches would be held in a single day, each a clash between powerhouses, and any one of them would be enough to give every spectator a feast for the eyes.
As a result, an especially large number of Sun Moon citizens came to watch today, finally displaying the Sun Moon Empire's home-field advantage.
As the sun rose, the teams representing the highest level of the younger generation in the world today headed out of the city, escorted by a human wall of soldiers.
The four teams competing that morning were not the only ones heading to the venue.
Shrek, the Holy Spirit Sect, the Body Sect, and the other teams competing that afternoon had also arrived early.
During the round-robin stage, they could skip other people's matches and simply focus on fighting their own.
But in the quarterfinals, learning as much as possible about the threats posed by potential opponents became especially important.
Even Shrek, with its wealth of information, was no exception.
Whether to witness the battles firsthand or to get used to the atmosphere of the competition early, this was something they ought to do.
Of course, the people from Star Luo National Academy were absent. Drawing the Holy Spirit Sect team was no blessing, but it had given them the most perfect excuse imaginable, and they had fled as soon as the draw ended.
Counting the