That evening, the atmosphere in Shrek Academy's conference room was extremely grave.
They had clearly just won a complete victory, yet there was not the slightest hint of celebration.
The reason was simple: their opponent had been decided.
Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, one of the top eight teams from the previous tournament.
This was another top-eight academy placed in the same group as Shrek Academy. It could be said to be Shrek Academy's greatest enemy during the Elimination Round.
Unlike Zhengtian Academy, Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy was a frequent top-eight contender. Unless they encountered a powerhouse like Shrek or Sun Moon in the Sweet Sixteen, they had a place among the top eight in almost every tournament.
In their previous two matches, they had displayed the combat power of a full five Soul Kings. Although their captain, Gu Zhujian, was slightly lower in rank than Ye Wuqing, he was still a level fifty-seven Assault System Battle Soul King. Among the current Shrek Team, only Huo Yutong could confront him head-on.
It could be said that aside from the Team Battle, where Shrek still barely had a fighting chance, their chances of winning in the other two match formats had dropped to an extremely low level.
In the Individual Elimination Match, although Huo Yutong possessed absolute strength, her endurance was a major problem. At most, she could defeat two opponents in a row. By the time she faced the third, she would no longer have the strength to fight.
And assuming she took out two of the enemy's Soul Kings, once she left the stage, the opponents would still have three Soul Kings and two Soul Ancestors remaining. Shrek, meanwhile, would only have Tang Wulin, a quasi-Soul King-level combatant; Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou,