Heaven Dou Second Team's defeat was inevitable.
Xue Ye had not expected the second team to achieve any particularly outstanding results. After all, everyone could see the gap between them and the first team.
But losing so disgracefully in the very first match of the opening round still dealt his prestige a heavy blow.
When Salas saw that Shrek intended to treat the second team after the match, he gave a quiet chuckle from beside him. "Interesting..."
His voice was not loud, but it was just loud enough for everyone else to hear every word.
Xue Ye's expression took on a faintly ashen cast.
Did Heaven Dou lack healing Soul Masters?
Leaving aside the fact that the academy possessed the finest healing Martial Soul, Nine Heart Begonia, even the second team had a complete support staff.
Did they need Shrek showing off in full view of everyone?
This was not graciousness. It was naked humiliation.
He could accept defeat, but certainly not the humiliation of having his face stripped off and trampled under someone else's feet.
Still, he was ultimately the emperor who ruled an empire. No matter how dissatisfied he felt, he could not show it now.
If he made any move against Shrek, he had no doubt that Salas would immediately leap out to play the good guy.
He would speak up for Shrek and win people over in the process.
Then Xue Ye would become the fool who lifted a rock only to crush his own foot.
On the first day of the qualifiers, Lin Yang did not hurry to leave. Instead, he watched every match from the lounge.
The final results differed little from his expectations, but the Five Elements Academy's performance surprised him somewhat.
Both their overall strength and their individual strength were greater than