Early this morning, teams from all participating academies, led by Spirit Hall staff, arrived at the competition venue.

"Our rest area has a great view. Even if you sit here, you can see clearly what's happening on the ring." Sun Buyu said with a smile.

The rest area was lined up in a row. Canaan Academy was the strongest team in the Tiandou Empire, so they were naturally arranged in the front. As for Shrek Academy, they were arranged at the back!

After all the teams entered, the pre-match draw ceremony began.

"I'll go draw lots first. You guys wait here." After giving the instructions, Han Yu came to the drawing site under the guidance of the staff.

There are a total of 32 teams in this competition, and there is no need for a complicated competition system. The champion team can be decided through rounds of competition.

The champion teams of the promotion tournament of the two empires and the two teams that advance to the finals will not meet before the semi-finals.

This is also a rule specially set by the Spirit Hall to prevent strong teams from being eliminated prematurely.

The first to take the field were naturally the representatives of the Spirit Hall Academy team.

He took out a stick from the iron box containing four sticks.

The referee who called out the votes, after looking at the lot, said loudly: "Spirit Hall Academy team, lot number one!"

The next one was Han Yu. He was lucky and drew number 32.

That is, before the finals, the Canaan team will not meet the Spirit Hall team.

Afterwards, the Xingluo Royal Academy team drew number 17, and the other team drew number 16.

Numbers 1 to 16 and numbers 17 to 32 are divided into two half-zones.

It is worth mentioning that the Shrek team drew number 21, the Kamikaze Academy drew number 15, and the Blazing Academy drew number 22.

After the draw, Shrek Academy was in the same half as Canaan Academy. In other words, they had a chance to eliminate Shrek personally, but the prerequisite was that Shrek could enter the semi-finals.

Back in the rest area, Han Yu announced the good news.

"Oh, I think Shrek and his team will only be eliminated in the top 16."

In the second round, Shrek Academy will face Thunder Academy. And in the preliminaries between the two teams, Thunder Academy obviously did not use its full strength.

"Even if they fall to Thunder Academy, they are still among the top nine." Han Yu suddenly thought.

"Top nine? Is there such a ranking?" Everyone was puzzled.

Han Yu did not explain anything, but said: "This time the schedule is much simpler. We only need to win 50% of the games in a row to win the championship. Since we are No. 32, the first round of the game is scheduled for the last game. Before that, let's observe the strength of several strong teams, especially the Spirit Hall Academy team."

Han Yu got the news from Golden Crocodile that this year's Spirit Hall Academy team is very powerful, and all members are Soul Kings. Moreover, the three members of the golden generation are all high-level Soul Kings.

However, the opponents in the second half were not very strong. Before they met Shrek Academy, there were no truly strong teams among their opponents.

…

On the other hand, the people at Shrek Academy seemed a little distressed.

According to the schedule, if they want to enter the finals, they have to overcome four strong teams.

"The Spirit Hall is obviously targeting us." Yu Xiaogang said angrily.

After Tang San's "filial words" yesterday, he has completely gotten rid of the shadow of failure today.

After all, Flanders was the only one who drew the lot, so he had bad luck. What can be done about it? However, "Xiao Gang, there is another good news. Blazing Academy has given up."

"What!" everyone was surprised.

The Soul Master Competition is everyone's dream. Now that it has reached the finals, how can they just give up?

"Don't be too happy too soon, there is some bad news." Flanders scratched his head and said with embarrassment: "The Blazing Academy and the Divine Wind Academy have merged. The original substitutes of the two teams were each other's main players. So, it is not considered a violation."

"However, I have good news. The newly formed Wind and Fire Team is not in our half. The only way we can meet them is in the finals."

Yu Xiaogang continued, "In the upper half, the Spirit Hall Academy is very strong. They may not be able to defeat the Spirit Hall Academy."

Hearing this, Tang San and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

In the previous games, they lost the most to the Kamikaze Team. As long as they didn't run into the opponent, the haze in their hearts could be swept away.

Next, all participating teams gathered on the field.

Originally, there was no opening ceremony in the finals stage, but for some reason this year, the Spirit Hall added an opening ceremony.

For countless audiences and contestants, it is a great honor to see the true face of Pope Bibi Dong.

What's more, they will be able to see Bibi Dong twice this year, at the opening ceremony and the finals.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

As all the contestants were in place, Bibi Dong, surrounded by a group of powerful men, walked out of the gate of the Pope's Palace.

No matter the audience or the contestants, the moment they saw each other's true faces, they all knelt on one knee to express their respect for Bibi Dong.

"Greetings to His Holiness the Pope!"

“How dare you refuse to kneel before the Pope!” A cardinal shouted angrily when he saw the contestants of the Shrek team standing in unison.

Bibi Dong glanced in the direction of Shrek. Liu Erlong, who was at the back of the team, unconsciously held Yu Xiaogang's arm, as if to declare her sovereignty.

Bibi Dong's eyes trembled slightly, and she felt unhappy immediately.

Originally, the Spirit Hall's rules did not require one to kneel down to worship the Pope. But today, she had to embarrass Shrek.

“Since they don’t want to kneel, then teach them how to kneel!” Bibi Dong said calmly, with no emotion on her face.

Tang San took a step forward, bowed in Bibi Dong's direction, and said neither servilely nor arrogantly: "Your Highness, I, Tang San, kneel to the heavens, the earth, and my parents, but I will not kneel to the Pope. I don't think there is a rule in the Spirit Hall that requires kneeling to the Pope, right?"

Ning Fengzhi, who was sitting in the VIP seat, immediately echoed: "Your Holiness, look..."

"I'm sorry, Sect Master Ning, we in the Spirit Hall do have such a rule." At this time, Snake Spear Douluo came out with the Spirit Hall's regulations.

He is Qian Renxue's bodyguard. Now that he has come to Wuhun City, he naturally does not need his protection.

Bibi Dong frowned slightly. She didn't know why the Worship Hall was so kind to her today.

As for Snake Spear Douluo, this was obviously not his own decision.

The moment he saw the clause, Ning Fengzhi was as shocked as if he had eaten shit. "It was Ning who said too much. Your Holiness, please do not blame me."

After he finished speaking, he quickly signaled Chen Xin, who moved his lips slightly and sent a voice message to Ning Rongrong: "Rongrong, kneel down quickly. The Spirit Hall is targeting you this time, don't make things difficult for your father."

Plop! The practical Ma Hongjun knelt down first. After hearing Jian Douluo's hurried tone, Ning Rongrong also understood the seriousness of the matter. She pulled Oscar and knelt down together.

As for Tai Long, he also wanted to kneel down, but seeing that Tang San was still standing there, he was stuck in the state of kneeling or not kneeling, which looked very funny.

As for the rest of Shrek, they still stood there motionless.

Ning Fengzhi saw it all and was worried!

(End of this chapter)