The day of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition was drawing ever closer.
In these past few days, Shrek had also gone to look for Martial Souls.
Tang San was unable to make his breakthrough in the last two days.
Eventually, he had to purchase an Immortal Grass Elixir at a high price from Qingfeng Tower.
Finally, he succeeded in breaking through to level 70.
He reached the level of a Soul Saint.
Upon hearing that his disciple Tang San had made a breakthrough, Brock began to strut around Shrek Academy with a grand air.
He carried himself as if he couldn't wait for everyone to know that he had an exceptional disciple.
Soon, a group went to look for a Soul Ring.
Liu Erlong, Flander, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming joined forces.
They finally found a decent soul beast for Tang San.
After absorption, Tang San advanced to a level 72 Soul Saint.
The Dou Huang Battle Team had also been making impressive progress in their training these past few days.
Zhu Zhuqing had even gone up another level.
From level 55 to level 56.
That day,
every member of the Dou Huang Battle Team was training against the clock.
Ye Feng also joined their training.
The upcoming finals were a significant challenge for him as well.
In order to lead the Dou Huang Battle Team to the best possible ranking, Ye Feng participated in the regular training.
It must be said that after Ye Feng joined the training, everyone took on an extremely hardworking attitude.
Each of them improved remarkably.
Nearly every day there was a small advancement.
And Dugu Yan also advanced to the level of a level 55 Soul King.
Now, the overall Soul Power of the Dou Huang Battle Team had increased noticeably.
Yu Tianheng, as the captain, was now a level 69 Soul Emperor.
Of course, reaching level 69 had been an arduous journey.
He had spent hundreds of millions of gold coins and consumed many Immortal Grass Elixirs, fearing the bloating and hollowness that could come with them, so he underwent special training from the instructor every day.
Of the twenty-four hours in a day, he spent nineteen hours in high-intensity training.
This was how he stabilized at level 69.
Dugu Yan, the vice-captain, was a level 55 Soul King.
Zhu Zhuqing, a level 56 Soul King.
Ye Lingling, a level 54 Soul King.
Shimo, a level 52 Soul King.
Shi Mo, a level 51 Soul King.
Yufeng, a level 51 Soul King.
Osslor, a level 51 Soul King.
All members were at least Soul Kings!
No one knew how much effort they had put in.
It could be said they were not far behind the captain.
"Alright, everyone come here and gather around, I have something to announce."
On the training ground,
at that moment, a voice rang out.
"Gather!!"
Yu Tianheng shouted loudly.
Everyone assembled quickly.
In just three seconds, they were standing right in front of Ye Feng.
"Good, I believe you all know that tomorrow is the first round of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Finals; you've all worked hard in these days of training," Ye Feng said to them.
"Not hard at all! If it weren't for the instructor, we wouldn't have made it this far, let alone become Soul Kings!!" the group responded,
their voices booming loud and clear.
"Tomorrow in the first round, everyone must be spirited and give it their all," Ye Feng looked at the group.
"Yes!!" the group's collective gaze was fixed on Ye Feng,
their fighting spirit seemingly ready to explode!
"Very good, this spirited demeanor of yours is commendable. Now, let me explain the competition format," Feng was very satisfied with their full-spirited attitude.
This was truly a team that could win the tournament!
"Okay," the group nodded.
In these past days, they had been busy with training and were unaware of the competition's format.
Today was a good time to listen.
"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition finals will feature thirty-three participating teams, among which three seed teams are sent by the two great empires and Martial Soul Hall. Undoubtedly, the team sent by Martial Soul Hall Academy is the greatest threat to us. If we win the first round and advance to the second, the top academy from each of the two great empire zones will have a bye. The earlier we secure a bye, the more advantageous it is, affording us sufficient rest time," Ye Feng explained.
"Thirty-three teams?" the group was astonished upon hearing this.
They had not expected that the two great empires and Martial Soul Hall would have teams directly seeded into the finals.
Being seeded meant that they would go straight to the finals without fighting.
"Although the finals' format is not exactly daunting, we cannot afford to be overly relaxed and risk getting capsized in the gutter because of complacency," he continued.
At this moment, Ye Feng addressed everyone with a serious demeanor.
"Understood! We will give it our all!"
Yu Tianheng was the first to speak.
"Give it our all!"
The crowd chimed in unison.
"Good, then I'll now arrange the list of contestants who will be participating in the first round tomorrow. This will be another team battle after such a long time; you must cooperate well."
Ye Feng said.
"A team battle! Fantastic! We can fight together again!"
Hearing this, Yu Tianheng was very excited.
Ye Lingling was also itching to move.
In the previous advancement competitions, support-class Soul Masters didn't get a chance to participate.
They could only dryly watch from the sidelines.
Now they finally had a chance to enter the arena.
They were so happy and excited.
Compared to individual battles, they preferred team battles even more.
"Now, I announce the list for tomorrow's competition. The first one is Yu Tianheng, the second is Dugu Yan, the third is Zhu Zhuqing, followed by Osslor, Yufeng, Shimo, and Ye Lingling, you're in charge of providing support and healing for everyone. Shi Mo and I will be the substitutes,"
Ye Feng told everyone.
He had already arranged everything crystal clear.
"Captain, you guys are finally going to play together. Instructor and I will cheer for you from below the stage!!"
At this moment, Shi Mo said with a grin.
He felt honored to be a substitute alongside the instructor.
At least their names would be listed together.
In the future, he could brag to his children about this,
"Back in the day, your dad was listed among the top experts of the entire Continent."
"This day has finally come. Don't worry, we won't let everyone down."
Yu Tianheng said.
The day he had been longing for was finally approaching.
Everyone was extremely excited. Tomorrow would be the grand competition of the advanced Soul Master academies across the Continent, and everyone had spent a lot of thought on the final tournament.
"One more thing I need to make clear, remember not to hide any of our strengths in the first round. I want you to start strong and intimidate them, fight a beautiful and impressive opening battle, got it?"
Ye Feng said to everyone.
He wasn't from Shrek Academy.
They like to play with sneaky tactics over there.
But that kind of thing doesn't fly at Tian Dou Royal Academy.
When they fight, they fight outright.
Unleashing the strongest Soul Power they have.
Fighting the most beautiful battles.
"Understood! We'll fight beautifully and win!!"
The crowd immediately grasped Ye Feng's intentions,
and responded at once.
"Very well, when you're on the field, be aggressive. If you can defeat an opponent in one move, do it without any fancy moves, and don't make any unnecessary, rookie mistakes,"
Ye Feng again addressed the group.
"Alright, Instructor Feng, we've got it,"
replied the crowd.
"Okay, now everyone go back and rest up to prepare for tomorrow's match. We'll skip this afternoon's training session,"
Ye Feng said.
After all, the competition was tomorrow.
There really was no need to continue training today.
Otherwise, they would be tired during tomorrow's competition.
"Alright!"
Hearing that they could go back to rest,
everyone instantly relaxed their tense muscles.
They could finally get some good rest.
Every day since the instructor's return had been hellishly tough.
"Tian Heng, come here,"
Ye Feng called out to Yu Tianheng at this moment.
"Instructor, what's the matter?"
As Yu Tianheng saw Ye Feng calling him, he promptly jogged over.
If it weren't for the instructor, he wouldn't be who he was today.
Now, aside from his family, the instructor was the dearest person to him.
"I'm asking you, what level are you now?"
Ye Feng looked at Yu Tianheng.
The rest of the Tian Dou Royal Academy also stopped to see what the instructor was up to.
"Level 69 Soul Emperor!"
Yu Tianheng told Ye Feng.
This period was his fastest time of improvement.
Mainly because he had a good uncle.
If he weren't so desperate to catch up to Yu Xiaogang's complacent disciple, he wouldn't have worked so hard!
"Do you want to advance to level 70?"
Ye Feng asked.
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