117 Luck is also a kind of strengthThree days passed quietly, and the much-anticipated finals arrived.
There are a total of thirty-three teams participating in the finals, including thirty teams that qualified from the two empires and three guaranteed teams.
The soul masters who can stand here are the elite among the elites.
Unlike the qualifiers and promotions, the finals are very compact, with only five rounds in total. There is only one day of rest and adjustment time between each round, and only three days of rest and adjustment time before the last round.
Therefore, the intensity of the competition is far beyond imagination.
In the first round, three seeded teams will have a bye, and the remaining thirty teams will draw lots to compete, and the winner will advance to the next round.
In the second round, the top two divisions will receive a bye, and the remaining sixteen teams will compete for eight qualifying spots.
The same process continues until the fourth round, when there are no more byes. The six teams compete to select three winners to advance to the final round of the finals.
If you want to get good results, there is no luck, only strength!
"Let's go!"
Lin Chuan tightened his sleeves and glanced at the girls in front of him. All of them had confidence and excitement on their faces, and they were obviously eager to face the upcoming finals.
Tianshui College will also shine in this elite competition!
Walking out of the hotel together, there are already many soul master schools forming teams on the street.
On both sides of the street, there are soul masters sent by the Spirit Hall to ensure that the road to the competition venue is unobstructed to prevent certain academies from being late.
Soon all the participating teams arrived at the competition venue.
The Spirit Hall was well prepared, with rest areas specially built for each academy, surrounding the entire competition venue. At the same time, the VIP judging seats were located on the side close to the Pope's Palace.
"Then I'll go up and draw lots first!"
"Dean Shui, you have to draw a good lot for us!"
The girls all spoke up, using words to wish Shui Lanxin good luck.
After a while, the draw was over and Shui Lanxin slowly walked back to the rest area with a strange smile on her face.
Shui Yueer quickly came forward, "Dean, how's your luck? Who's our opponent in the first round?"
"Our opponent in the first round is Kamikaze Academy."
"ah?!"
The girls were stunned. They obviously didn't expect their luck to be so bad as to be faced with a tough guy right from the start.
However, they were not too worried. Among all the participating teams, Kamikaze Academy was considered to be one of the strongest teams, but it was still far inferior to their Tianshui Academy.
But if a real fight breaks out, it will take a lot of effort.
"It doesn't matter. It's just a Kamikaze Academy. We'll have to fight each other sooner or later anyway!"
Shui Bing'er spoke coldly, her beautiful eyes sparkling with confidence.
Dugu Yan at the side also nodded gently, "Bing'er is right. It doesn't matter who we draw. We are not the ones who should be worried. Instead, we should be the ones worried about the Kamikaze Academy. It's a pity that the Kamikaze Academy is quite strong overall this year, but unfortunately they met us in the first round. It seems that they can only stop here!"
Seeing that everyone was so confident, Shui Lanxin nodded with satisfaction.
"It's good to have confidence, but I'm afraid your idea of fighting with Kamikaze Academy will be in vain."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Shui Lanxin again.
The beautiful dean smiled and said, "Kamikaze College gave up the finals and automatically forfeited, so we won the first round without a fight. At the same time, with the results of the promotion match, we will have a bye for two consecutive rounds."
"ah?!"
Except for Lin Chuan, everyone else from Tianshui College couldn't help but exclaim.
"Dean, why did Kamikaze Academy give up?" Xuewu looked puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
We have come to the finals. Even if it is impossible to win the championship, we should at least give it a try. How can we escape at the critical moment?
Shui Lanxin smiled and did not hide anything.
"The situation is a bit complicated. In addition to the Divine Wind Academy, the Blazing Fire Academy also chose to abstain. However, the core members of the two academies temporarily joined the Thunderbolt Academy and re-formed a full soul team!"
"I'll go, is this okay?"
Shui Yueer couldn't help but complain loudly, "Joining another team temporarily, is this really in line with the rules?"
Shui Lanxin shook her head. "Who knows? But since the organizers of the competition didn't stop it, it's obviously in line with the rules. So in the next competition, Thunder Academy will be a strong opponent."
Of course, the so-called strong opponent is based on the premise that Lin Chuan will not appear.
However, the strength of the Xingluo Empire division should not be underestimated. Coupled with the behemoth of the Spirit Hall Academy, this elite competition is really lively.
"So we didn't even have to play and were directly promoted to the top ten. This is so cool!"
Yu Hairou giggled, her heart filled with surprise and excitement, and the reactions of others were similar.
Although there was a strong opponent among their opponents, they were still full of confidence and defeated all the participating teams to win the final victory.
"Well, being able to have two byes is undoubtedly a good thing. Next, I will watch every game carefully and find out the strength of other colleges. This will help me deal with them if I meet them later."
Shui Lanxin gave a simple reminder and turned to look at Lin Chuan.
"Xiaochuan, to prevent any accidents, you should also play in the next game!"
After Tianshui College has two byes, there will be almost no weak teams left among the remaining opponents. Even though Tianshui College is considered a leader among them, it is still better to be cautious.
Lin Chuan naturally had no objection to this, but the others were immediately unhappy.
"Ah? If Xiaochuan plays, will there be room for us to perform?"
"How about this," Lin Chuan chuckled and said, "I'll go on stage and tie up the weakest opponent, and let you guys fight six against six. If you really lose, I'll take action. How about that?"
"That's fine!"
After a brief discussion, the tactics for the game were finalized.
If Lin Chuan appears on the field, it means that some people will not be able to participate in the competition. Together with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, three people will be replaced.
Shui Lanxin's idea for this is to alternate between the third and fourth rounds.
It will depend on the situation at that time. If they encounter a weak team, then Qiu Ruoshui and the other person will fight. If they encounter a strong enemy, naturally Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan will play!
No one had any objection to this arrangement.
Being able to achieve this is not the result of the efforts of one person alone. In order to win the final victory, the girls are willing to make sacrifices.
Once all teams are ready, the finals will officially begin.
Unlike the qualifiers, the finals did not have the grand opening ceremony that one might imagine, everything was kept simple.
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The Spirit Hall simply sent a cardinal to the stage to announce the start of the finals, and also announced the starting lineup and bye list.
With the order from the Spirit Hall referee, the first game began.
Lin Chuan was somewhat interested at first, but as he watched, he completely lost interest and didn't know who proposed the team competition.
Of course, there were some minor incidents along the way. For example, after the Thunder Academy appeared, it directly caused the other academies in the Tiandou Empire to explode.
The three academies merged into one, isn't this playing tricks?
Unfortunately, no matter how the other academies protested, it was ineffective. The Spirit Hall was quite strong, and in the end they had no choice but to accept it.
In the final analysis, the three major colleges did not break the rules, they just found loopholes in the rules.
But with the strong debut of Thunder Academy, there was one more favorite to win the championship among the thirty-three teams, which made the other academies miserable.
However, all this has little to do with Tianshui College.
While other colleges were suffering, they were still living quite comfortably, staying in the rest area every day and watching others perform on stage.
The basic information about the two imperial academies has also been preliminarily acquired, but it is not ruled out that they are still hiding their strength. However, we have basically already known their powerful competitors.
Wuhun Academy, Xingluo Royal Academy, and Thunder Academy.
As for the others, they are still a little lacking.
In this fierce competition, the first two rounds of the game ended quickly, and the top ten of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition were announced.
After four days of rest, Tianshui College finally faced its first opponent.
As the draw results came out, Tianshui College's opponent had also been determined. The one among the three seeded teams that was recommended by the Tiandou Empire was the Tiandou Royal College!
Upon learning of this result, Lin Chuan had an unusually strange expression.
I didn't expect that after poaching Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling from Tiandou Royal Academy, I would meet them again in the finals, and I would be about to send them out personally.
To be honest, Lin Chuan himself felt a little embarrassed.
"Sister Yan, do you want us to be gentler later?" Yu Hairou came forward and blinked mischievously.
Hearing this, Dugu Yan chuckled and shook her head, "No need, Lingling and I have nothing to do with Tiandou Royal Academy anymore, let it be as it is, just do your best, come on!"
Since the opponent is the Royal Fighting Team, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling have no plans to play.
After all, they are old friends of the Royal Fighting Team members. Even though they are no longer in the same academy, they have no intention of fighting with them.
What's more, the current Royal Fighting Team is not that strong, so just leave it to others.
"Don't worry, Sister Yan, we will definitely win!"
Shuiyue'er clenched her fists, her pretty face showing full confidence.
"Please invite the contestants from both sides to come on stage!"
The referee outside the Spirit Hall came to the rest area to urge them, and everyone immediately stopped talking.
"Get ready to go on stage. This is our Tianshui team's first match in the finals. We must play well, because there are a lot of people watching us!"
Shui Lanxin spoke softly and pointed somewhere not far away.
Although not many people came to watch the game, the Spirit Hall had prepared special soul guides in advance, which could broadcast the situation on the scene to the Spirit Halls in the major cities. Therefore, even though there were not many people on the scene, there were many people watching the game from all over the world.
"Sisters, let's go!"
Shui Bing'er spoke coldly, but her words were filled with determination.
Lin Chuan, who was standing in the line, rolled his eyes in annoyance, but was powerless to complain.
"Now please welcome the contestants from both sides to the stage!"
Following the referee's order, the Tianshui team and the Huangdou team came on stage one after another, but Lin Chuan was the last one to come, with Shui Lanxin, Leng Man and Qin Shan standing beside him.
"Dean, does it have to be like this?"
"Of course. Since you don't want to dance, then accompany Bing'er and the others. Stop talking nonsense. It's about to start. Don't let me down!"
Shui Lanxin urged softly, reaching for her waist, and a guqin appeared in her hand.
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