Chapter 260: The Three Seeded Teams, Thunder Academy's Opponent
After Thunder Academy defeated Holy Dragon Academy, they successfully passed the first round of the Grand Finals. Since they had a bye in the second round, they advanced directly to the next stage without needing to fight again.
It was actually quite amusing. The bye for the second round was supposed to belong to the teams that had taken first place in the promotion tournaments of the 2 great empires: Thunder Academy from the Heaven Dou Empire and Holy Dragon Academy from the Star Luo Empire. Both teams should have advanced straight through the second round, but Holy Dragon Academy had already been eliminated in the first round, so naturally, it could not enjoy that privilege.
This was the first time a team that placed first in the promotion tournament had been eliminated in the very first round of the Grand Finals. Holy Dragon Academy could truly be said to have made history.
Although Thunder Academy did not need to fight in the second round, they did not go back to rest. Instead, they remained in the resting area to watch the matches, because this round marked the first appearance of the 3 seeded teams that had entered directly. Their battles naturally had to be observed carefully.
The first team to talk about was Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One.
They barely needed to do anything. Just by revealing their Spirit Rings, they had already frightened their opponents half to death. Throughout the entire battle, the rest of the team, including Yu Tianheng, hardly made a move at all. Dugu Yan alone swept through the enemy with her powerful poison techniques.
For a Spirit Master like Dugu Yan, who specialized in wide area poison attacks, fighting one against many was as easy as eating and drinking. Especially when the opponents were weaker than her, sweeping through them was only natural.
With a lineup of 1 Spirit King and 6 Spirit Ancestors, Dugu Yan single handedly poisoned 7 opponents with ease. After that battle, the remaining teams all became much more serious when looking at Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One. None of them dared underestimate them anymore.
In previous tournaments, the seeded teams directly advanced by Heaven Dou Royal Academy were usually very weak. Most of the time, they were just there to make up the numbers and even serve as a joke. Frankly speaking, they were not even as strong as the Five Elements Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire. Without direct qualification, they might not even have made it through the preliminaries.
But now, Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One used its strength to tell everyone that this year was different.
After Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One displayed the strength of a seeded team, it was Star Luo Royal Academy Team One's turn.
As the seeded team directly promoted by the Star Luo Empire, they were naturally not weak either. Their lineup consisted entirely of Spirit Ancestors. Their captain and vice captain were especially powerful. Judging from the Spirit Power fluctuations they released, Dai Weisi should be level 49, while Zhu Zhuyun should be level 47. Both of them were not far from becoming Spirit Kings, and their Spirit Power ranks were among the highest in the entire tournament.
Moreover, the 2 of them also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. If used, it should allow them to unleash combat power close to Spirit Saint level for a short time, making them far from easy to deal with.
Of course, because Star Luo Royal Academy Team One had drawn a relatively weak opponent in the second round, they did not reveal their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Instead, they kept it hidden as a trump card.
While Star Luo Royal Academy Team One was fighting, Yu Tianlin specifically paid attention to the resting area of Blue Tyrant Academy. He wanted to know what Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were thinking when they saw their elder brother and elder sister, who were practically their destined enemies.
Soon, Star Luo Royal Academy Team One cleanly dealt with their opponent and won the match.
After that, the main event finally arrived. It was time for Spirit Hall Academy Team to appear.
Unfortunately, because their opponent was too weak, the 3 members of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation did not take the field at all. They only sent out 7 Spirit Ancestors and easily won the match, leaving Yu Tianlin, who wanted to observe the Golden Generation in battle, slightly disappointed.
Just like that, the second round of the Grand Finals came to an end. Including Thunder Academy, which had advanced automatically, a total of 10 teams entered the next round.
Although there was a day of rest between each round, Yu Tianlin and the others did not dare relax too much. They continued keeping themselves in the best possible state at all times.
A day passed, and the third round of the Grand Finals quickly arrived.
In the third round, Divine Wind Academy and one team from the Star Luo Empire received byes. The remaining 8 teams drew lots for their opponents. This time, Vice Dean Lei Bao was still the one drawing for Thunder Academy.
It was worth mentioning that because Dugu Yan was participating in the tournament, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo had also come to watch the matches starting from the second round of the Grand Finals.
Moreover, for some reason, he had somehow learned that Spirit Hall had been tampering behind the scenes. So from the second round onward, he insisted on personally supervising every draw.
Since Dugu Bo had stepped in, Spirit Hall naturally could not continue rigging things. Trying to pull tricks in front of a Titled Douluo was far too easy to expose. If Dugu Bo pointed it out on the spot, Spirit Hall would be put in an extremely awkward position.
If Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin had also gone to the draw area, they could have restrained Spirit Hall too. However, one was the Clan Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the other was the Grand Elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Their status meant they could not lower themselves to that level. At most, they could only verbally warn Spirit Hall.
But Dugu Bo was different. He did not belong to any great faction and only maintained a cooperative relationship with the Heaven Dou Empire, so he had far fewer concerns. More importantly, this draw concerned his own granddaughter. Naturally, he would not allow her to suffer while Spirit Hall played dirty.
Thus, after Spirit Hall lost the chance to cheat, the draw results for the third round were announced.
Thunder Academy's opponent was Star Luo Royal Academy Team One.
That was interesting. They had run straight into a seeded team.
Star Luo Royal Academy? Yu Tianlin was not afraid at all. Relatively speaking, they were actually the weakest among the 3 seeded teams. Even if their captain was the Crown Prince of the Star Luo Empire, Yu Tianlin would still beat him all the same.
A prince of the Star Luo Empire was nothing special. Yu Tianlin had beaten one before.
Oh right, he had also beaten a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire before.
Counting it all up, Yu Tianlin could practically be called a "Prince Slayer."
Only 4 matches were needed in the third round, and the match between Yu Tianlin's team and Star Luo Royal Academy Team One was scheduled as the last one.
Logically speaking, with only 3 matches before theirs, it should not have taken too long. But the reality was the opposite. The teams that had reached the top 10 were all strong, and once they started fighting, the battles dragged on for a long time. Yu Tianlin and the others waited for quite a while before it was finally their turn to take the stage.
When they saw that the third match had ended, the members of Thunder Academy straightened up in the resting area. Led by Yu Tianlin, they walked toward the arena.
On the way, they happened to run into the team that had just finished its match and was preparing to leave.
It was Blue Tyrant Academy.
That was right. The match before theirs had been Blue Tyrant Academy versus another team.
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