Entering the Grand Soul Arena under the gaze of the spectators,
this time, two staff members immediately came forward,
leading them to the participating teams' rest area.
Starting from yesterday, fourteen matches were held every day.
Seeing Shrek Academy arrive,
members of the other academies cast many looks their way,
with the one receiving the most attention undoubtedly being Ye Fan, who had displayed Soul King–level strength.
Revealing one's strength was indeed the best way to prove oneself.
At this moment, although the words on the back of Shrek Academy's team uniforms had changed,
the academies that were about to become their opponents had no interest in paying attention to that.
What they cared about more was how to defeat Shrek Academy.
"Headmaster, who are our opponents today?"
Dai Mubai asked Flander.
Flander was stunned for a moment. "How would I know?"
"Am I the one competing, or are you the ones competing?!"
These past few days, he had been busy looking for advertising partnerships.
Not only the current floral water advertisement,
but several other advertisements were also in the middle of negotiating prices—
how would he have time to pay attention to the competition?
Dai Mubai was speechless for a moment. "Headmaster, you can't just think about making money."
"You should at least show some concern for us."
Flander chuckled and said, "Brat, do you have an opinion?"
Seeing the strange look in Flander's eyes,
Dai Mubai shuddered and hurriedly shook his head. "N-no, none."
Flander smiled and said, "Although I'm the headmaster, the division of labor is different."
"Don't worry. Erlong has been observing your opponents these past few days."
"In a moment, she'll tell you the detailed situation of your next opponent."
"I'll remind you of one thing—if you don't win the championship this time, I won't allow you to graduate."
"You can just participate in the next one, hahahaha."
Flander burst into laughter.
Five years later, their ages would still allow them to continue participating, since the limit was under twenty-five.
Especially now, Ye Fan, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San were all not yet fifteen, so they could even participate in two more tournaments.
While they were speaking,
Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong walked over together.
They didn't have Flander's obligation to set an example and were wearing their own clothes.
The expressions on Yu Xiaogang's and Liu Erlong's faces felt somewhat strange.
Could it be that there would be trouble even in the preliminaries?
Seeing everyone looking at him,
Yu Xiaogang spoke.
"Your second match in the preliminaries will be against a very strong opponent. Right now, you have three choices."
"First, Ye Fan continues to go on stage and carry out a crushing victory."
"Second, forfeit this match and preserve your strength."
"After all, the top five teams in the preliminaries by points can all advance to the promotion round and the finals."
Liu Erlong beside him said, "You've heard of Elephant Armor Sect, right? Ranked sixth among the Seven Great Sects."
"Your opponent today comes from Elephant Armor Academy, established by Elephant Armor Sect."
"All seven of their participating members are direct descendants of Elephant Armor Sect."
"Three of them have reached level forty, and the other four are also close to level forty."
"They can be said to be the new generation of elites of Elephant Armor Sect."
Elephant Armor Sect?
Hearing these three words, the expressions of the Shrek Seven Devils couldn't help but become somewhat strange.
It felt very familiar.
Previously, when searching for a soul ring for Yu Tianheng in the Star Dou Great Forest, it seemed they had encountered people from Elephant Armor Sect—
specifically, Elephant Armor Sect's sect master, Huyan Zhen.
Just as Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was known as the strongest auxiliary sect,
Elephant Armor Sect also had its own title—
the strongest defensive sect.
The inherited martial soul of Elephant Armor Sect was called the Diamond Mammoth,
a super martial soul with extremely high defensive power,
whose characteristics were mainly reflected in strength and defense.
Among martial souls of the same level, there were almost no soul masters who could break through their defenses.
If it weren't for the fact that Elephant Armor Sect did not have a Titled Douluo,
their ranking likely wouldn't have been merely sixth among the Seven Great Sects.
Even so,
the sect master of Elephant Armor Sect, an eighty-seven–level Soul Douluo, could still rely on his formidable defense to withstand some non–main-attack Titled Douluo.
This showed how powerful their martial soul was.
Yu Xiaogang continued, "If the battle were in open terrain, perhaps the lineup you used in the previous match would still have some chance."
"What Elephant Armor Sect is worst at is speed. Using guerrilla tactics to wear down the opponent's soul power would be a good choice."
"But the competition arena area is only so large."
"Fighting within this area, if Ye Fan doesn't go on stage, you practically have no chance at all."
"Although the opponent doesn't have an auxiliary soul master, because their martial souls are the same, the stacked power is extremely astonishing."
"If Ye Fan doesn't go on stage, it's best to avoid the battle."
Flander let out a miserable cry. "If we avoid the battle, then my advertisements…"
Liu Erlong glared at him irritably.
"Old Flander, I think you've fallen headfirst into money."
Flander looked at Dai Mubai and Ye Fan with a bitter expression.
"You decide for yourselves."
Dai Mubai also looked at Ye Fan, waiting for his decision—
to go on stage or not.
"Since there's no real training significance, then let's cleanly and decisively deal with the opponent."
"I still have confidence in my own strength,"
"so there's really no need to struggle with it that much."
"We'll just push through all the way."
Oscar said,
"Brother Fan, your abilities are being exposed too much."
"That way, opponents can make tactical adjustments targeting our situation."
"You'll be at a big disadvantage, after all, most of our combat power is centered on you."
Ye Fan smiled faintly.
"So what if everything is exposed? I'm showing my hand—they still have to lose."
The third day of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament officially began.
Ten of the twenty-eight teams entered the arena.
Within the enormous plaza, the layout had already changed compared to the first day.
Aside from the central competition platform that Ye Fan and the others had used before remaining unchanged,
four more platforms of the same size had been erected beside it.
Although the areas of these five platforms were all very large,
within the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena, which could accommodate eighty thousand spectators simultaneously,
they still didn't appear crowded.
All twenty-eight teams were still divided into three groups for the third day's battles, with Shrek Academy being one of the teams in the first group to take the stage.
Because of their terrifying explosive power in the first match,
and because their opponent was also Elephant Armor Academy, a team widely regarded as a strong contender for the championship,
their match was once again arranged on the central main competition platform.
As a grand event held every few years, and with the participating soul masters all being targets of recruitment by various factions,
the number of distinguished guests watching the matches in the VIP stands today was almost the same as on the opening day.
Not only were the empire's high-ranking officials all present,
but the Empire's Emperor, Xue Ye the Great, was also still seated in the central position of the front row.
Only,
the two people beside him had now become four.
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