Zhao Xin and others were arranged in a luxurious room on the top floor. Each person had a bedroom and a special conference room for their use.

Zhao Xin walked into the bedroom and saw the same elegant style as the hotel's exterior, and smiled slightly. He noticed from entering Tiandou City that all the buildings inside Tiandou City were retro in style. The whole city gave people a feeling of grandeur and majesty. The only bad thing was the lack of technological color.

Zhao Xin knew that the three kingdoms of the original Douluo Continent were very hostile to the Sun Moon Empire, but today in Tiandou City, he finally saw real hostility. Here, the daily lives of the residents had almost nothing to do with soul guidance technology. It was said that the Tianhun Empire did not even have a soul guidance academy.

After a tiring journey, everyone had a good sleep that night and were full of energy the next day to visit Tiandou City.

Xie Yun knocked on everyone's door early the next morning and invited them to go shopping in Tiandou City.

Hearing Xie Yun's invitation, everyone did not hesitate and wanted to see the prosperity of Tiandou City. Walking on the streets of Tiandou City, Zhao Xin's first feeling was the bustle. The vendors coming and going, the customers bargaining, and the audience who came for the fighting spirit competition made this ancient city extremely lively.

Zhao Xin didn't buy anything after browsing the place, but he ate a lot of delicious food. However, the four girls in the team did buy a lot of small things, and Ma Xiaotao even gave Zhao Xin a small accessory, which was a specialty of Tiandou City, saying that she wanted to repay Zhao Xin for saving her life.

Zhao Xin looked at Ma Xiaotao's slightly red cheeks and just smiled, then accepted the gift amid everyone's teasing looks.

After returning to the hotel, everyone did not practice but ordered a big meal, looking very happy.

After a day of playing, we will have a day off tomorrow, and the competition will start the day after tomorrow.

The next afternoon, all fourteen team members plus their teacher Wang Yan sat in the conference room to hold a pre-match mobilization meeting.

Wang Yan sat in the first seat. On his left were seven inner court students headed by Wang Dengke. On his right sat members of the reserve team. Sitting in the first seat was Zhao Xin. They were obviously ranked according to their strength.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Everyone went out to play for a day yesterday. How was it? Have you gotten your mind back now?"

Xie Yun laughed: "Teacher Wang, you won't worry that we will forget about the game because we are having so much fun, right? Haha!"

Wang Yan smiled and said nothing.

"Teacher Wang, our reserve team is still unclear about the specific procedures and rules of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. Can you introduce it to us?" Zhao Xin asked politely.

"Of course. The original purpose of holding a meeting this afternoon was to mobilize people and to popularize relevant knowledge to you."

Wang Yan coughed lightly and said calmly: "The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition is the ultimate battle among the academies of various countries. It is based on the principles of fairness and justice. What is being competed is the comprehensive strength of each academy. Therefore, the competition method is also the most diverse and flexible."

"I went to register for you this morning. I learned that there are a total of 133 students from the Advanced Soul Master Academy and Advanced Soul Instructor Academy participating in the competition, all staying in this hotel. The first round of the preliminary competition is a direct elimination round. In other words, the losing side will be eliminated directly. The first round will be a team battle. Seven against seven. The draw will be held tomorrow. It is expected that the first round will take three days to complete."

"The first round is the knockout round. Is it so cruel?" Gong Yang Mo asked in surprise.

He nodded to Zane and answered his question, "The first round is the elimination round, which will eliminate many colleges and greatly reduce the number of participants. The elimination round is to eliminate people. Many colleges come here and only have one round."

"It's unlucky for our academy to face us in the first round!" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

Wang Dengke waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's just a draw, it depends on luck."

"Okay, listen to me. The teams will be divided into groups after the first round. Each group will have about eight or nine teams. They will play a round-robin tournament. During the round-robin tournament, a random match system will be adopted. There are three types of random matches. One is a single elimination system, the second is a three-two-two cooperative battle mode. The third is a seven-on-seven team battle. This will test your overall strength. Every game will be drawn and then the game will be played. The game will be played in the mode drawn. It is the best test of your overall strength."

"I will explain the specifics of these modes to you in detail after we get through the first round. Now you have to face your opponents in the first round. Only after we get through this round can we have a chance to enter the knockout round. This is what I think, let the reserve team play in the knockout round."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked.

Wang Dengke slammed the table and stood up, "Teacher Wang Yan, are you kidding? The elimination match is so important, and you let the reserve team play. Although they are all geniuses, they only have three rings on average, and the highest is four rings, while most of their opponents have an average of four rings. Aren't you afraid of losing? Shrek, which has been glorious for thousands of years, actually lost in the first game of the elimination match. Can you bear this responsibility?"

Although Wang Dengke acted like a gentle senior in front of Zhao Xin and others these days, his martial spirit and the way he fought showed that he was actually a very tough person. Although he was facing a teacher, he was not polite when speaking. Of course, he did not take Wang Yan seriously. After all, in terms of strength, he was one level higher than Wang Yan.

Mu Xuhui looked at the tense situation and expressed his thoughts.

"Teacher Wang Yan, I know you made this arrangement because you don't want to expose our strength, but like the captain said, it's too dangerous. You should at least send one or two members of the main team to play with the reserve team. This way, you won't expose too much of our strength and you'll win for sure."

While the main team members were confronting Wang Yan, several people on the reserve team sat upright in their chairs, not saying a word, nor daring to speak, as it was not their turn to speak yet.

Zhao Xin felt that he just had to obey the arrangements. If he was asked to play, he would play and win the game with the least exposure of his strength. If he was not allowed to play, he would not play and could just sit in the audience and cheer for his teammates. How great is that!

No matter what Wang Dengke and Mu Xuhui said, even if Wang Dengke's words were somewhat disrespectful, Wang Yan remained calm and composed. When no one spoke, Wang Yan finally spoke: "That's all. Now, I'll tell you why."

"Every member of the reserve team has the best soul ring ratio, and even Zhao Xin surpasses the best ratio. Everyone in the reserve team has a top-level martial soul. Especially Zhao Xin, he is not even inferior to some soul kings, and he can even beat them in battle. Tell me, how many academies can have a six-ring soul emperor and even let him participate in the elimination match instead of hiding his strength?"

The members of the main team said nothing, because what Wang Yan said was right. After training together for more than twenty days, they all knew Zhao Xin's true strength, which was no worse than the Soul Kings among them.

Wang Yan then said to the reserve team, "Don't worry. Although your opponents are all around 20 years old, it's pretty good if they can ensure that everyone in the team has a cultivation level of more than three rings. It's rare to find an opponent with four rings. Even if you're unlucky enough to meet a five-ring opponent, Zhao Xin, dare you tell me you can't beat him?"

Zhao Xin shook his head.

"As for the Six-ring Soul Emperor, they will definitely not appear in the knockout rounds. Although it is a draw, we will definitely not meet last year's top four in the knockout rounds. The strong duels will be in the future, so we will not meet the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy in the knockout rounds. They are our opponents. We should crush other academies with our strength."

"I must tell you that we must play on the first day of the knockout rounds. As the last year's champions, we must be the first to play."

The reserve team was already not that nervous, but when they heard they would be the first to play, they became nervous again.