Douluo Continent: The Frozen Bird Martial Soul, the Descends of the Ice God

However, he was met with angry stares from the Shrek Academy members.

Having realized what was going on, Flander coughed lightly and said, "Registration is complete. You guys better be on your best, after all, you're the team aiming for the championship."

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a slightly mocking voice rang out not far from them.

"Championship? That's hilarious! You guys don't even deserve it!"

Upon hearing this, the Shrek Academy members all looked angrily toward the source of the sound, and then they saw a group of Soul Masters dressed in moon-white Soul Master robes with the words "Azure Radiance" embroidered on their shoulders.

They were from Canghui Academy, one of the advanced soul master academies, and were deliberately mocking Shrek Academy because of some previous conflicts with them.

"What did you say?"

Immediately, a gorilla-like figure jumped out from Shrek's group and started arguing with them.

The commotion between Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy immediately attracted the attention of other academies in the spectator area. Many people immediately showed expressions of anticipation, wanting to see the two sides fight.

Soul Masters' Soul Skills, while not exactly secrets, are not easily revealed either.

Especially in this medieval-like world, information is not readily available, so most academies only have a superficial understanding of their opponents.

The fact that there is fighting now is naturally a good thing for them, as it allows them to gather intelligence in advance and avoid being at a disadvantage in future battles.

Even Shui Wuhen glanced sideways at Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy, but he was curious about the level of the students from the other academies.

Although he has gained a general understanding of the strength of these academies through recent research, seeing is believing, and information may not always be accurate.

Shui Wuhen hadn't forgotten what was written in the online novels of his previous life. Generally, those who could directly display their talents weren't considered true geniuses. There was a high probability that some even more powerful geniuses would emerge later, such as the angel girl he had once met.

Unfortunately, the two sides never actually fought. Seeing this, Shui Wuhen stopped paying attention and began to meditate with his eyes closed.

After what seemed like an eternity, the opening ceremony finally began!

On the stage above the competition area, the host was using a megaphone to introduce the teams that were going to compete to the audience.

"Next up is the Tianshui Team from Tianshui Academy. Tianshui Academy is famous for only recruiting beautiful women, but this year their team actually has a man in it. Could it be that Tianshui Academy has finally relaxed its recruitment requirements?"

Upon hearing the host's words, most of the audience turned to look at Tianshui College, and upon seeing the beautiful girls from Tianshui College, they erupted in the loudest cheers ever.

Upon hearing this voice, many people from other academies curled their lip, and some even muttered under their breath, "So what if you're popular? In the end, it's still about ability that matters."

However, to others, these words sound like sour grapes.

Of course, there were also many people staring fiercely at Shui Wuhen, who was standing in front of the girls from Tianshui Academy. Their jealous gazes seemed to want to devour Shui Wuhen.

However, Shui Wuhen did not care about this. At this moment, his gaze was already on the VIP seats.

There weren't many people in the VIP section, but they weren't few either. Judging from their attire and the aura they exuded, you could tell they were either rich or noble.

Among these people, the three sitting at the very front are the most eye-catching.

At this moment, Shui Yue Ruo, who was standing next to Shui Wuhen, saw him looking at the VIP seats and whispered, "Wuhen, the people in the first row of the VIP seats are not ordinary. From left to right, they are Platinum Bishop Salas, Emperor Xueye, and Ning Fengzhi."

"So it was them."

Upon hearing this, Shui Wuhen suddenly realized that he had naturally heard of all these names.

Ning Fengzhi is the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, one of the three upper sects, and is known as the number one support soul master on the continent.

The Platinum Bishop holds a very high position in the Spirit Hall, and is a powerhouse close to the Title Douluo level, second only to the Pope and the elders.

As for Xueye, needless to say, he was the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, one of the two great empires of Douluo Continent.

The fact that they all came to watch the opening ceremony shows how much importance the mainland attaches to this elite competition of advanced soul master academies across the continent.

About half an hour later, all the teams from the academy had entered the venue. Shui Wuhen counted them and there were a total of twenty-eight teams.

According to the rules, the Tiandou Division only has five qualifying spots, which means that the remaining twenty-three teams will be eliminated.

Next came the classic opening ceremony speeches, but to Shui Wuhen's surprise, the three speakers were all very brief, lasting only a few minutes.

You should know that in my previous life, similar speeches by leaders would last at least half an hour.

After the speeches, the host smiled and said, "Thank you for your speeches, Emperor Xueye and Bishop Ning of Salas. Next, Bishop Salas will draw lots for the first round of the preliminary rounds."

After speaking, the Platinum Bishop Salas, led by a court maid, slowly walked to the host's side, placed his hand in the box, and began to draw lots.

"First round of the qualifiers: Flamebringer Academy vs. Auckland Academy!"

"First round of the qualifiers: Kamikaze Academy vs. Scar Academy!"

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"First round of the preliminary rounds: Tianshui Academy vs. North Academy!"

Upon hearing that her academy was to be paired with North Academy, Shui Yue Ruo couldn't help but smile. North Academy was ranked relatively low among all the advanced soul master academies, and it was no match for Tianshui Academy.

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"In the first round of the preliminary rounds, Heaven Dou Royal Academy will face off against Shrek Academy."

Upon hearing about this match, all the academies looked at Shrek Academy in surprise, because there was only one match at the opening ceremony to liven up the atmosphere, and that was between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and its opponent.

However, many spectators in the audience were dissatisfied, believing that this was a biased move towards the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, deliberately choosing an unknown opponent for them.

In response, Platinum Bishop Salas calmly remarked, "Are you questioning the Spirit Hall?"

This one sentence immediately silenced the entire room.

The Spirit Hall holds an almost sacred status on the continent.

Because the martial souls of the vast majority of people on the Douluo Continent are awakened by the deacons of the Spirit Hall.

Only a very small percentage of people are awakened by their own family or power, but these people make up less than one percent of the total population.

Shui Wuhen had a favorable impression of the Spirit Hall because his and his sister Shui Bing'er's spirits were awakened by the Spirit Hall.

It was precisely because he awakened an excellent martial spirit that the Shui family and his marquis father's attitude towards them underwent a complete 180-degree change.

Otherwise, even if Shui Wuhen and his sister died outside, the Shui family wouldn't even glance at them, because there were simply too many illegitimate children of noble families.