After the Snowy Night Emperor finished speaking, he left the stage under the fervent gazes of the Heaven Dou Empire's soul masters. He returned to his seat and the host invited the Star Luo Empire's Emperor, Dai Aotian, to speak.
Dai Aotian was only a few years younger than the Snowy Night Emperor, but his soul power was at the pinnacle of the Douluo level. Dai Aotian's life force and energy were at their peak. Therefore, no one could tell that he was close to sixty years old from his face. His footsteps were quick and steady.
Unlike the Snowy Night Emperor and the Holy Dragon Douluo, Dai Aotian encouraged the Star Luo Empire's soul masters and promised them rewards. However, the rewards he promised were far less generous than the Martial Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire's. However, at the end of his speech, Dai Aotian said a few very domineering words.
"Students, I know that some of you want to join the Martial Spirit Hall. That's not a problem. Since you want to join the Martial Spirit Hall, I won't stop you! However, since you've chosen to join the Martial Spirit Hall, you'll be seen as a traitor in the Star Luo Empire. You and your family will be banished from the Star Luo Empire and will never be allowed to enter again! "
It was clear that the Star Luo Empire's imperial family was much stronger than the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family. They had more control over the Star Luo Empire, so they could take more effective measures against betrayal. Although Dai Aotian's daughter, Dai Qingli, was engaged to Wang Kai, it was only a marriage between two powers. Dai Aotian wouldn't allow the Martial Spirit Hall to steal from the Star Luo Empire!
After hearing Dai Aotian's warning, many of the soul cultivators from the Star Luo Empire began to retract their thoughts. After all, the Star Luo Empire was a country that prided itself on its clans. If their clans were to become traitors and be expelled from the Star Luo Empire because of their own actions, the price to pay would be too great!
However, there were many commoner soul masters in the Star Luo Empire's team. To them, the Martial Spirit Hall's invitation was still very attractive. They didn't have any powerful families behind them. If they could live a better life outside the Star Luo Empire, they were willing to accept such a price. This was also one of the reasons why the Martial Spirit Hall's soul masters rarely came from powerful families.
After Dai Aotian's speech, Ning Fengzhi represented the sect and gave his blessings to the participating soul masters. Ning Fengzhi slowly walked to the center of the stage amidst the audience's applause.
"I'm very happy to be invited as a guest for the opening ceremony. this tournament. As the Sect's sect master, I've seen too many soul masters' growth Luo Empire. Every soul master's cultivation Academy has has to undergo many hardships and trials and tribulations!
"However, what I want to say is that the sharpness of a treasured sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Those who are able to participate in the Soul Master Tournament are undoubtedly the elites of the younger generation. Just as the Holy Dragon Douluo and Their Majesties have said, I hope that all of you will be able to unleash your full potential on the competition stage and achieve the results you desire! "
After all the representatives had finished speaking, the opening ceremony moved on to the next segment. It was also the most exciting segment — the grouping segment.
There were a total of thirty-two teams that had entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament's qualifying round. However, only eight teams would be able to enter the final round. If the top eight were to be decided through these one-on-one matches, many teams would be eliminated due to their bad luck, and it wouldn't be fair, even though it would be very quick.
However, if every two teams had to compete, then the 32 teams would have to compete in close to five hundred matches. The amount of time spent wouldn't be too much, and soul masters' soul power and physical strength wouldn't be able to support such frequent battles.
Therefore, as a compromise, this year's Soul Master Academy Tournament's qualifying round was decided by grouping the 32 teams into four groups. Each group had eight people, and the Martial Soul Hall team, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family team, and the Star Luo Imperial Family team were all placed in different groups.
After the grouping, each group would have an average of two people who would advance to the next round. Within each group, the teams would compete in one-on-one matches, and the teams in each group would be ranked according to their number of victories. The top two teams would advance to the next round.
However, there were still some loopholes in this system. After all, there were only three seeded teams, and one of the groups didn't have a seeded team. Furthermore, the strength of the teams in each group could be different. It was very possible that some of the teams in the group would be stronger, and some of the teams that had the strength to enter the finals would be eliminated.
Although luck was also a factor in becoming a strong soul master, this was still a man-made tournament. Fairness was more important than luck. Therefore, apart from the top two teams in each group that would advance to the next round, the third and fourth teams in each group would advance to the next round as the losers.
After the winners and losers were decided, the teams in the winners' group would be randomly divided into four groups to compete in one-on-one matches to determine the four losers. These four losers would then be divided into two groups to compete in one-on-one matches to determine the two weakest teams. Correspondingly, the losers' group would also compete. However, the losers' group would determine the two strongest teams.
After this, the top six teams in the winners' group would advance to the finals, and the bottom two teams in the winners' group would compete in one-on-one matches with the top two teams in the losers' group. After six matches, the two teams with the most victories would advance to the finals.
This was the process of the qualifiers. Therefore, it was clear how important it was to be placed in a good group to advance to the finals.
After all, although entering the winners' group didn't mean that they would advance, it was already a kind of glory to be able to advance. If they could be placed in the fourth group without a strong seeded team, it would undoubtedly increase their chances of advancing. At the same time, they could avoid exposing their trump cards, so they could deal a fatal blow to their opponents when they least expected it.
After returning to the center of the podium, the emcee smiled at the audience. After that, he continued to say, "Next, let's invite the representatives of the various teams to draw lots for the qualifiers! After the drawing of lots, the opening ceremony will officially end. The first round of the qualifiers will begin in the afternoon, and the four groups will compete in one match each! "
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