121 Round One (1/2)
As the battle began, Black Cloud's side took the first move. As for Dixuan's side, the two brothers noticed that they had already moved even before the match had officially started.
Under the stage, small roots were being spread beneath the feet of the opposing side, ready to strike at any time.
”It seems Dixuan will win even faster than we thought.” Wang Tao commented.
”What do you mean?” Jia Yazhu asked as she didn't notice anything.
”Look at the big flower.” Yang Chen suddenly said.
Jia Yazhu nodded and observed the large flower monster on Dixuan's side, it took her a bit before she realized what they meant.
”I see what you mean now, I didn't even notice until just then,” she said.
”Maybe you didn't eat enough carrots when you were younger.” Wang Tao teased.
”Hmph,” she replied as she watched.
On Black Cloud's side, the five monsters moved at the same time to attack. Dixuan's team didn't move an inch as if they were scared of the opposing team.
Just as the Dixuan team was about to take a hit, the ground erupted as the roots that were spread under the ground were all unleashed at the same time.
In an instant, the Black Cloud team was caught up in roots and was unable to move an inch. It only took an instant for the Dixuan team to defeat the Black Cloud team even with similar strength.
It was a clear display of strategy which can instantly turn the tide of the battle in your favor. The battle of the first year ended immediately while the other battles of the other years were ongoing.
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After thirty minutes, the battle between both academies ended. Dixuan won 3-2 which meant they would proceed to the second round, while Black Cloud University was eliminated. After the next two schools battle, Black Cloud would battle against the team that lost in order to decide 9th and 10th place between the ten universities.
Another thirty minutes later, another team had lost and would soon battle against Black Cloud university. Thirty minutes later, Black Cloud university had lost again and placed 10th out of every university.
As for how fifth place and sixth place will be determined, it would be a battle against the top of the five non-seeded universities and the lowest-ranked of the top five seeds.
Now that the first round is over, the second round would soon begin. Since the War God Academy, Heaven's Gate, and Nine Peaks Academy were in the top three, their battles would be towards the end of the second round, which meant Ye Qin and Wang Tao would need to wait a while before it was their turn to show off.
The two other top-five academies that hadn't been introduced yet are the Battle Temple in fourth place and the fifth place is the Monster Haven university. The Battle temple focused mostly on military and battles just as the War God academy did and have been aiming to be the number one battle focused university in New China for years.
As for the Monster Haven university, it was a university where the top breeders around the country all go to. Despite focusing almost solely on monster breeding and being the most wealthy of the five academies, they were still strong enough to rank fifth out of all the universities in all of China.