A few days later.
After a period of rest and reorganization, the Heaven Dou Empire's fifteen advancing teams had successively arrived at Heaven Dou City.
The Royal Hunting Ground, located fifty kilometers southwest of Heaven Dou City, was the venue for the advanced rounds.
At Camp One of the Royal Hunting Ground, Dean Xin of Hear of Fire Academy was explaining the rules of the advanced rounds to his seven students.
Tickets for the Soul Fighting Competition were no longer sold for the advanced rounds; only personnel from academies that had successfully advanced were permitted to spectate.
The advanced rounds would not eliminate any team; they merely served to rank teams to determine the order of appearance in the finals. Furthermore, the battles would no longer be team-based, but rather 1v1 single combat, where victory was declared once all seven members of the opposing team were defeated. This format placed a greater emphasis on the individual strength of the Spirit Master and their understanding of Spirit and attribute counter systems.
Having already agreed upon the competition rewards with their teacher, the six main female students of Hear of Fire Academy looked refreshed and vibrant, exuding even more vitality and fighting Spirit.
"You achieved first place in your division in the preliminary rounds. The Heaven Dou City division is the most competitive division in the Heaven Dou Empire, which means your team combat ability is undoubtedly the best in the Heaven Dou Empire. Here, I want to specifically commend Rongrong."
"Compared to your performance at the Soto City Grand Soul Arena a year ago, you are much more composed and rational on the battlefield now. You have learned to consider the situation of your teammates and have a general estimation of their strength and characteristics. The amplification efficiency of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has reached 80%."
"I am quite satisfied with your team's performance."
"Although the upcoming advanced rounds will not eliminate teams, they present an excellent opportunity to assess your individual strength."
"Therefore, in the advanced rounds, you may use your basic unique skills in battle. Effectively utilizing basic unique skills to defeat opponents will be a key factor in my individual scoring for you."
"Our first advanced round match is against Plant Academy. I will decide your order when the competition begins. You all prepare yourselves first."
As Dean Xin finished speaking, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were already itching for action.
"Finally, we can use our unique skills! I was almost bursting during the preliminary rounds. If we could have used our basic unique skills, it would have been much easier to defeat the Four Elemental Academies."
"I hope our advanced rounds go smoothly. After all, our goal is first place."