After Emperor Xue Ye made the announcement, most people agreed, with no objections.
Seeing the Shrek Team win, Feng Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief and was very happy.
In the lounge, Tang San curiously asked, "Brother Yu, is that illusion ineffective against you?"
Ye Yu nodded, "Yes, pretending to be in pain was just a ruse to kill them. Since they harbored murderous intent towards us, naturally, we couldn't let them live."
Tang San nodded, feeling that Canghui Team's fate was well-deserved.
After that, the competition proceeded intensely, and soon, the last round of the preliminary rounds arrived. Moreover, the top five qualifying positions were already determined.
The rankings of the preliminary rounds in the Tian Dou Great Fighting Soul City division have now been released.
First Place: Shrek Team, with twenty-six wins out of twenty-six matches.
Second Place: Divine Wind Team, with twenty-five wins out of twenty-six matches.
Third Place: Thunder Team, with twenty-five wins out of twenty-six matches. They are considered tied with Divine Wind for second place.
Fourth Place: Blazing Fire Team, with twenty-three wins out of twenty-six matches.
Fifth Place: Celestial Water Team, with twenty-three wins out of twenty-six matches.
Sixth Place: Xiangjia Team, with twenty-one wins out of twenty-six matches.
The only match Thunder Team lost was to the Divine Wind Team, and the only match Divine Wind Team lost was to Blazing Fire Team. It's not that Divine Wind is weaker than Blazing Fire, but rather a key person threw the match. As to who it was, it goes without saying.
Looking at the rankings, the Divine Wind Team members were quite dissatisfied.
"If the boss hadn't thrown the match, we'd also have a perfect record, tied for first with Shrek Team."
"Ah, the boss truly values romance over friendship."
"What should we do with such a captain, waiting online, urgent."
...
The dissatisfaction of his teammates made Feng Xiaotian explain, "I don't value romance over friendship. I'm very loyal to my brothers, and I'd go to great lengths for you all!"
"For Huo Wu, too? Even at the cost of stabbing us in the back?"
"Ah, don't say it like that, didn't I say it before? Just give me a break. For the next half month, I'll treat you all to a feast every day to make it up to you."
"Alright then."
Judging by the rankings, the teams advancing were Shrek, Divine Wind, Thunder, Blazing Fire, and Celestial Water. Because Xiangjia Team lost to Shrek and also to the other four elemental teams, they couldn't participate in the promotion matches.
This left Xiangjia Sect Leader Huyan Zhen feeling very embarrassed, and he didn't come to watch any further matches.
Today is the last round of the preliminary round. Although the five qualifying teams have already been determined, the final round still needs to continue, as rankings may change.
In today's match, Shrek was represented by Ye Yu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Talon, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu.
The match is about to begin, Shrek versus Celestial Water Team.
All the teams took the stage, and at this moment, a figure sneaked through the crowd to the Shrek Team and, after finding Ye Yu, called out, "Brother Ye Yu, you have to do your best later!"
Ye Yu knew who it was, it was Feng Xiaotian.
Xiao Wu said, "You, again, with the same words every time, aren't you annoyed?"
Every time it was Shrek's turn, Feng Xiaotian would come over and cheer. Because Huo Wu said that whoever beat Shrek would be her boyfriend, Feng Xiaotian had to ensure no other team could defeat Shrek before he himself could.
Feng Xiaotian grinned, "Celestial Water Team is strong, they haven't gone all out yet in previous matches, you can't lose to them. If you lose, wouldn't Huo Wu become someone else's girlfriend? You must win."
Ye Yu said, "Don't worry, we'll keep winning and won't lose a match. We're aiming for the championship."
Feng Xiaotian was surprised, "The championship? You have that kind of ambition?"
Tang San asked curiously, "Don't you?"
"Of course not, we never considered the championship. Who could beat those monsters from the Martial Soul Hall?"
Feng Xiaotian seemed to remember something and said cautiously, "I know some information about Martial Soul Hall Team, do you want to hear it? But if you face us, it would be best if you could go easy on us."
Xiao Wu said, "We don't want to know anything about Martial Soul Hall Team, no matter how monstrous they are, they're still not as monstrous as my Brother Yu."
"Alright then, the match is about to start, I'm off."
Watching Feng Xiaotian's hunched figure quickly retreat, Ye Yu sighed softly, "Even though you might be strong, it's a pity there's me in the team, you can't possibly win without knowing my true strength."
As they were about to go on stage, Ye Yu and the others had already seen their opponents.
The Celestial Water Team, seven women in green attire, all with excellent figures and appearances, each with a different style. There were loli types, pure types, seductive types, lively types, and all the audience's eyes were on them.
The Five Great Elements Academy all have their own unique admission requirements.
For example, Xiangjia Academy requires students to weigh more than three hundred pounds, which is why Xiangjia Academy is also called Fatty Academy, since everyone there is overweight.
Other element academies require martial souls with specific attributes, otherwise, they don't accept even the most talented individuals. Celestial Water Academy not only requires a Water Attribute but also has three special requirements.
First, they only accept girls.
Second, they only accept beauties.
Third, they do not accept cross-dressers.
Originally, there was no third rule, but due to an incident some time ago, it was added.
This incident involved a 'girl' from Nuoding City who came to enroll; initially, it seemed as though they qualified, but soon after the academy discovered that this person was actually cross-dressing as a girl and was a male. Despite looking very feminine, they were disqualified.
Ye Yu and the others were already aware of Celestial Water Academy's enrollment criteria.
Xiao Wu jokingly said, "Dai Mubai, if you were to choose an academy to be a teacher at, you'd definitely choose Celestial Water Academy, right?"
Xiao Wu's joke was actually a jab at Dai Mubai, given his known playboy tendencies.
"Xiao Wu, you really know me," Dai Mubai didn't deny it and confidently agreed.
Dai Mubai imagined dreamily, "If I could be a teacher or even the dean at Celestial Water Academy, how wonderful that would be. But, I suppose such an academy wouldn't hire male teachers, right?"
Tang San responded, "I've heard from the Master that indeed all teachers at Celestial Water Academy are female, except the dean is male."
Xiao Wu was curious, "How does the Master know?"
"Because the Master is friends with the dean, and often visits Celestial Water Academy to discuss martial soul insights with Dean Impermanence, who is an author."
Dai Mubai teased, "Are you sure the Master goes there just to discuss insights?"
Xiao Wu warned Dai Mubai with a glare, "Be careful Aunt Er'long will hear you, or you'll be in big trouble."
Dai Mubai, already aware of Liu Erlong's imposing fierceness, shivered and hastily held his tongue.
At this moment, the referee announced, "The match is about to begin, Shrek Team and Celestial Water Team, on stage!"