Several days have passed.
The preliminary rounds of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament concluded amidst the growing enthusiasm of the people of Tiandou City.
Without a doubt, the biggest winner, or rather, the one who stood out the most, was the dark horse that appeared out of nowhere – Purple Star Academy.
They swept through the competition with overwhelming force, easily securing all victories in the qualifiers and advancing to the next round with a perfect record of first place!
Whether facing established powerhouses or emerging teams of geniuses, the girls from Purple Star Academy have demonstrated a devastating dominance.
Even when facing Kamikaze Academy, which was hailed as the strongest team overall before the competition, the same was true.
Wang Qiu'er didn't even have to make a move; with the help of Dongfang Yao, Dugu Yan, and others, she completely overwhelmed the Shenfeng Academy, which was known for its speed.
On the contrary, when they fought against Tianshui Academy, Zixing Academy encountered some decent resistance.
It was only when the sisters Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er joined forces to unleash the martial soul fusion skill "Falling Snow and Ice," whose terrifying power almost froze the entire arena, that Dugu Yan and her companions truly felt a bit of pressure.
However, since Shui Bing'er and the others had not yet fully mastered this move, Wang Qiu'er, who had been standing in the back to keep watch, chose to make her move as a precaution.
The wind howled with the punches, the dragon's roar shook the heavens and the earth, and the terrifying dragon's might tore through the snow and wind.
Without causing any backlash to the Shui Bing'er sisters, Wang Qiu'er single-handedly and forcefully broke through the "Falling Ice and Snow" move.
This scene also silenced all the teams that still held a sliver of hope for Purple Star Academy.
After the qualifiers, the fifteen teams that are determined in the tournament will compete in the qualifying rounds.
The rules for the qualifying rounds are different from those for the preliminary rounds; instead of a team battle, it has been changed to an individual elimination round.
Although each team still sends out seven participants, they compete one by one. The winner stays on the field, while the loser sends out the next participant until one side loses all of their participants.
The ultimate goal of the qualifying rounds is to create a detailed ranking of the fifteen teams based on their strength, so that teams can be drawn for a bye in the finals. No team will be directly eliminated.
To put it bluntly, this competition format is merely to facilitate the two great empires and the Spirit Hall in selecting talents in advance, and it has little impact on the final champion.
But for Purple Star Academy, which possesses absolute strength, all of this is meaningless.
Whether they are ranked first or fifteenth, they are not afraid of any opponent and will play against whoever they are drawn against.
Since it wouldn't affect the final competition, Dongfang Jing, after obtaining the unanimous consent of all team members, withdrew from the entire qualifying round on behalf of Zixing Academy.
This decision immediately caused a huge uproar upon its announcement.
However, since abstaining was within the rules and there was no violation, and since the Heaven Dou Royal Family and the Spirit Hall were now wary of Purple Star Academy, no one dared to say anything.
Excluding Zixing Academy, which voluntarily withdrew, the qualifying rounds will take a total of fourteen match days.
In just fourteen days, the entire Soul Master world was in an uproar because of the major events that had occurred not long ago.
Various factions and sects are engaged in a power struggle.
The sect that reacted the strongest first was undoubtedly the Haotian Sect, the leader of the three upper sects that had been in seclusion for many years.
Haotian Sect, main hall.
The atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
Tang Xiao, the current sect leader, is a burly, resolute middle-aged man who is staring at the secret letter in his hand with bloodshot eyes, his body trembling uncontrollably.
The letter was sent by his sister, Tang Yuehua, on horseback.
The contents of the letter struck him like a thunderbolt.
My younger brother, Tang Hao, is dead.
He was beheaded and displayed in front of the entire city in Tiandou City Square by a boy named Dongfang Jing!
"Brother Hao! My brother Hao! How dare you! You've gone too far!"
Tang Xiao slammed his palm on the stone table beside him, and the sturdy stone table instantly cracked and collapsed with a crash.
"My brother's blood cannot be shed in vain!"
After the grief came a raging fire.
He immediately summoned all the elders in the sect to discuss going down the mountain to avenge Tang Hao.
However, the elders' reaction poured cold water on his enthusiasm.
"Sect Master, please calm down."
The second elder, his hair and beard both white, stepped forward and said in a heavy tone, "Tang Hao... alas, what happened to him back then has severely damaged our sect. Our current seclusion is precisely for recuperation. If we were to make an enemy of that mysterious Purple Star Academy again for his sake, I'm afraid..."
The Second Elder didn't finish speaking, but everyone present understood what he meant.
"Second Elder! What are you saying!" Tang Xiao glared at him angrily. "The one who died was the Haotian Douluo of the Haotian Sect! Are we just going to let him die like this, without any explanation? What about the reputation of my Haotian Sect?!"
"Sect Master, Tang Hao is no longer a member of our Clear Sky Sect!" Another elder stepped forward. "Back then, he implicated the entire sect for the sake of a soul beast, forcing the Spirit Hall to close the mountain. He was a sinner of the sect! Moreover, we have already expelled him from the sect, and he has nothing to do with us anymore!"
"That's right! We can't risk the future of the entire sect for the sake of one sinner!"
"The Spirit Hall is powerful, and the Purple Star Academy is even more mysterious and unpredictable. Their ability to kill Tang Hao in public speaks volumes about their strength. For us to descend the mountain now is tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock!"
The elders spoke one after another, and almost all of them were against it.
Tang Xiao trembled with anger upon hearing these words.
He knew perfectly well that these old guys only cared about the interests of their sect; they had no feelings left to speak of!
But what they said wasn't entirely unreasonable.
As the sect leader, I cannot act impulsively...
Seeing Tang Xiao struggling in pain, the Second Elder sighed, his tone softening slightly: "Sect Master, we don't want Tang Hao to die in vain. He still possesses our Clear Sky Sect's inherited martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and carries the blood of the Tang family. Moreover, the sect's two inherited soul bones are still on him, which have likely been taken by the enemy. The fact that Purple Star Academy dared to attack him shows they don't take our Clear Sky Sect seriously. They will have to pay the price!"
"What does the Second Elder mean?" Tang Xiao looked up.
The Second Elder said slowly, "We must act according to circumstances. We must ensure that the two sect-inherited soul bones are returned to their rightful owner by Purple Star Academy!"
...
In a certain city of the Star Luo Empire.
This is the location of the Destruction Clan, one of the four major single-attribute clans.
The atmosphere was somewhat somber inside a quaint council chamber.
Seated at the head of the table was a tall, thin old man with sinister eyes. He wore a gray robe and had sharp, eagle-like eyes; he was none other than Yang Wudi, the patriarch of the Po clan.
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