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As the group chatted, more teams entered and took their seats. Gradually, there were quite a few people on all four sides of the stage, but the seats in front of the stage remained empty.

Ye Qingshuang complained, "They really have to show differentness in every aspect."

Although no one was named, everyone understood that it referred to those empires. In fact, the time was almost up, but none of the four great empires' teams had arrived.

The reason they did this was simply to arrive later, so that by then most of the other teams and spectators would have arrived, and their arrival would attract everyone's attention.

If you don't go in, I won't go in either, and we'll just stay there. If it doesn't have any impact, that's fine, but it does. Sometimes it even exceeds the time limit. Small countries will be disqualified from the competition if they exceed the time limit, but the Empire... they just say their carriage was blocked on the way, such a lame excuse, and the Empire can't really investigate.

After Ye Qingshuang finished complaining, she sighed, "But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, they're all empires."

Ling Yi listened quietly without saying a word.

After a while, the people from Ruoshui Kingdom arrived. When they saw Ling Yi and his group, and thought about what had happened before, their expressions were not very pleasant.

No one in Lingyang paid any attention to Ruoshui; they were all focused on the Empire's location.

As time passed, all the teams from the smaller countries entered the arena, and many people came to watch. Currently, only the teams from the four great empires have not yet arrived.

Ye Qingshuang glanced at the sky and whispered to Ling Yi, "It's almost time. If we delay any longer, we'll have to go in."

Ling Yi smiled but didn't say anything.

As Ye Qingshuang said, the imperial team began to enter the arena when the designated time was approaching.

“Ling Yi, the team in red school uniforms is the Western Flame Empire team.” Ye Qingshuang knew that this was Ling Yi’s first time here and he didn’t know about the empire teams, so she introduced them: “The second team, the one in pure white school uniforms, is the Northern Underworld Empire.”

"The greenish-blue one on the other side is the Southern Kite Empire," Ye Qingshuang said, looking at the group coming from their direction. She lowered her voice and said, "The sky blue one is the Eastern Yang Empire."

Ling Yi replied, "Understood."

Ye Qingshuang continued, "The Western Flame Empire team has four faces we saw last year and four new members. Ling Yi, if you face a Western Flame Empire player, be careful of those two red-haired ones."

Ling Yi looked at the Western Yan Empire's troops and saw two red-haired people, a man and a woman.

The boy is about 1.9 meters tall, with a cool and aloof appearance and a strong physique.

The girl was about 1.7 meters tall and had a bright and beautiful appearance... Just as Ling Yi was looking at the girl, she noticed his gaze and looked back at him. Their eyes met, and the girl smiled at Ling Yi with a warm and radiant smile.

Ling Yi remained calm even after being caught red-handed, slowly turning her gaze away and asking Ye Qing Shuang, "What happened to the redhead?"

Ye Qingshuang said, "The Western Yan royal family possesses a strange fire, but only those with pure bloodlines can wield it. The symbol of pure bloodlines is red hair."

"So, that means they both possess a different kind of fire?"

Ye Qingshuang nodded: "Mm."

Ling Yi asked, "What about the other three great empires?"

It's impossible that only the Western Flame Empire has the Strange Flame. If only the Western Flame Empire has it, what are the other three empires even competing for?

Ye Qingshuang said, "As expected of you, you are really smart."

Ling Yi: "..."

Ye Qingshuang said, "That white-haired one from the Northern Underworld Empire, she has dual-attribute spiritual roots of ice and water, but her water and ice are very strange, they can extinguish strange fires."

"That girl with dark green eyes from the Southern Kite Empire, don't let her petite and cute appearance fool you, the vines she summons are anything but cute."

Ling Yi waited a while, but Ye Qing Shuang didn't continue speaking, so he asked, "That's all?"

Ye Qingshuang: "That's all."

Ling Yi: "The Dongyang Empire doesn't have it?"

Ye Qingshuang: "Really not."

According to this allocation, shouldn't all four empires have them?

Seeing Ling Yi remain silent, Ye Qingshuang said, "Although the Dongyang Empire is not special, the people of the Dongyang Empire are also very strong. Last year, three of them made it into the top ten."

The rules of the competition were announced during their conversation, and the next step was to go up and draw lots.

There are twenty small countries, with three slots for each country, for a total of sixty people.

The four empires each have eight slots, for a total of thirty-two people.

There are a total of 92 people, one-on-one matches, forty-six games.

The academy prepared two boxes, with wooden plaques inside numbered from one to forty-six. Those who drew the same number plaque became opponents, and their cards could not be swapped.

"Everyone, come up and draw lots now." The teacher in charge of the drawing process said, "Although there are two boxes, it doesn't mean that the numbers in the two boxes are separate. There may be one number 1 card in one box, or there may be both number 1 cards in one box. So don't take any chances and think that you can draw with the Imperial students and that you won't run into an Imperial player. I'm telling you, it's impossible!"

"We're starting to draw cards now. Those who draw cards, go to the teacher to have your cards recorded. Once they're recorded, you can go back to the field and wait to play your turn."

After the teacher finished announcing the results, everyone started drawing lots.

Ye Qingshuang casually picked up a wooden plaque, and saw that it was number three.

Goodness, so many people have tried to touch it, but none of them managed to remove the sign that's so far ahead.

After taking notes, Ye Qingshuang stood aside waiting for Ling Yi and Lin Chengtian to return.

When the two arrived, Ye Qingshuang asked Ling Yi, "How much?"

Ling Yi showed her: "Forty-six."

Ye Qingshuang exclaimed, "Good heavens! One of us is always at the front, and the other is at the back. It's like they're keeping us watching all the matches before we can leave!"

After Ye Qingshuang finished speaking, she looked at Lin Chengtian: "How much is yours?"

Lin Chengtian showed the two the sign: "Twenty-one."

“I’m in front, he’s in the middle, and you’re behind,” Ye Qingshuang said. “It’s been the whole thing.”

The three of them exchanged a glance, then, not wanting to say anything, returned to their seats.

Soon, everyone had finished drawing their cards.

Sixty players from small countries and thirty-two from empires will be eliminated in the first round, with a large number of players from small countries being eliminated.

That's normal, though. In these kinds of imperial competitions, smaller countries are just there to play along.

Everyone returned to their positions, and the game began.

In the first round, two number one cards were played, one by a student from the Southern Kite Empire and the other by a student from a small country in the Western Flame Empire region.

One minute on the field, half a minute off, less than three minutes later, the first match ended, and the Southern Kite Empire emerged victorious.

Ye Qingshuang: "This can't be called a defeat, it's a crushing defeat."

As they were talking, the second match began.

It was still an empire against a small country, and the small country suffered a crushing defeat, with the Dongyang Empire emerging victorious.

Ye Qingshuang was very nervous: "The previous two matches were between small countries and empires. I hope it won't be like that too?"

"If it's an empire, I might as well just concede and save myself the trouble of going back and forth."

Teacher Mu said irritably, "What discouraging talk are you giving me?"

Even if you lose, you have to go up there!

Ye Qingshuang wanted to argue back, but before she could say anything, the teacher announced the next contestants.

Lingyang Kingdom versus Ruoshui Kingdom.