Time passed quietly...
The preliminary rounds of the Soul Master Tournament continued.
After the tenth round, the teams participating in the Heaven Dou City preliminary rounds had already widened the gap. Cupid Academy, with an impressive record of ten wins out of ten, rightfully took first place. Several other teams shared the same record, including the Five Elements Academy's Heavenly Water Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Divine Wind Academy.
As for the Five Elements Academy's Elephant Armor Academy and Thunder Academy, they unfortunately lost to other academies. Coincidentally, their opponents were all the same academy:
Tang San's team, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.
Strangely enough, aside from the Elephant Armor Sect they encountered at the beginning, Cupid Academy, where Yun Chuan was, did not encounter any other Five Elements Academy teams afterward.
On the other hand, Elephant Armor Sect encountered four other academies in a row and lost without exception. Their defense seemed to have become ineffective. Thus, Cupid Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and three other elemental academies ranked in the top five of the preliminaries, all with undefeated records.
Elephant Armor Academy fared the worst among the five elemental academies, with five wins and five losses in ten matches, hovering only in the middle of the pack. Not only did Elephant Armor Academy not expect this, but even the organizers of the tournament were caught off guard. This also widened the gap between the teams in the preliminaries, with the top five teams leading by a wide margin.
However, the upcoming matches will not be easy. Yun Chuan's Cupid Academy's eleventh-round opponent is Blazing Fire Academy, another of the five elemental academies—a powerful team composed entirely of fire-attribute soul masters.
This round's match between Cupid Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, both from the top five, is undoubtedly the biggest highlight, and they are unsurprisingly placed on the center stage.
Even before the match begins, the stands are already bustling with activity. At least a third of the spectators are dressed in cyan swordsman attire similar in style to Yun Chuan's "Dugu Qiubai" (a legendary swordsman) vest. They are undoubtedly fervent fans!
Although the Five Elements Academy was equally strong, Cupid Academy, with its grassroots origins, resonated more easily with the audience. Especially the slogan of "One Man Breaks Through the Tournament," and the invincible aura of "Unrivaled Swordsman"! This had already stirred up a wave of swordsmen in Heaven Dou City!
Although it was far from the registration period, Cupid Academy had already received a deluge of applications. This showed just how much fame Yun Chuan, the "Unrivaled Swordsman," had brought to the academy.
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"First round, center arena, Cupid Academy vs. Blazing Fire Academy," the host announced loudly.
In an instant, the entire stands erupted into a sea of cheers, some supporting Blazing Fire Academy, but most supporting Cupid Academy.
Cupid Academy had already defeated one of the Five Elements Academy; if they could defeat Blazing Fire Academy, their status would undoubtedly rise to another level. All the spectators eagerly awaited this moment.
The host, flying in mid-air, had barely finished speaking when the two teams stepped onto the arena!
Countless eyes watched the two teams slowly walk onto the stage from the passage. Leading the Cupid Academy team was, naturally, Dugu Qiubai. The six behind them, having already experienced nine matches, even wore smiles as they stepped onto the stage, acting as if they were receiving an award.
On the other side was the Blazing Fire Academy, dressed in gold and red uniforms. The seven of them formed a triangular formation and walked onto the stage, their faces also bearing relaxed smiles.
However, Yun Chuan could see that their eyes were not relaxed; on the contrary, they were very serious. Or rather, they were strategically disdainful of Cupid Academy and Dugu Qiubai.
But in a real fight, they would be very serious tactically, without any slackening.
At the very front, in the center of the triangular formation, stood a man of medium build, with ordinary looks but an imposing air of heroism.
Yun Chuan, through the information gathered by Dean Brand, knew that this man was the captain of Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Wushuang. A level 43 offensive-type Soul Master, whose Martial Soul is a one-horned fire tyrannosaurus. This Martial Soul possesses extremely terrifying attack capabilities, with formidable head-on attack power!
Following closely behind is another offensive-type Soul Master, level 39, whose Martial Soul is a blazing fire leopard. Next are twin men, whose Martial Soul is a fire crane, agility-type Soul Masters, specifically flight-type, extremely powerful, also at level 39.
Last are two men and one woman. The two men are tall and appear to be defensive Soul Masters, but are actually support-type Soul Masters. Their Martial Soul is Mars.
Yun Chuan could roughly guess from the name of their Martial Souls that their support-type Martial Souls likely enhance the power of the seven's fire-attribute attacks.
The last one is the only girl among the seven, and also the tallest. Her figure is very well-proportioned—well-proportioned in all the right places. She is also extremely beautiful; she is likely the control-type Soul Master among them, Huo Wu.
Her martial soul is the shadow of the Fire Shadow, which is her own shadow.
It's a very peculiar martial soul. At the same time, her level is the highest among the four, level forty-four!
This Fire Dancer is the most popular in the team, which is normal; she's beautiful and strong. With both beauty and charisma, such a beauty always attracts the most attention in battle.
Fire Dancer is the only controller in Blazing Fire Academy, so she's definitely the commander.
The two teams stepped onto the arena.
"Line up!"
The referee glanced at the two teams, his eyes filled with intense curiosity, seemingly wanting to know what would happen when these two teams clashed.
"Dugu Qiubai."
Huo Wushuang looked at the cold-eyed swordsman in blue robes with a sword at his waist, a smile appearing on his face. "Such an arrogant name, is that really your real name? You're quite an interesting person, but it won't be so easy for you to single-handedly conquer the entire tournament. The first ten matches were lucky for you; today, this eleventh match will be your end!"
His tone was arrogant.
And as a member of the Elemental Academy, he had every right to be arrogant.
The other six, except for Huo Wu, all glanced at Yun Chuan, completely ignoring the six behind him.
However, the six who had been serving as background figures behind Yun Chuan had long since become indifferent to this after experiencing ten consecutive matches, simply smiling and acting as if it had nothing to do with them.
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