Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience. Amid the applause, Jiang Peng and Long Aotian led their respective teams onto the stage to begin their battle.

Mu Lian addressed the two teams, saying, "After this period of intensive training, you have all made significant progress in practical combat. You are among the most outstanding geniuses of your age. I hope you can represent the academy, leave your mark in this competition, and also create a glorious future for our Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Imperial Academy."

"On behalf of the college, I wish you a successful trip and a good ranking. Let's applaud and congratulate them."

Irresistible applause erupted once again from the audience. Every student from the Imperial Academy was filled with best wishes, hoping that Jiang Peng and Long Aotian would achieve great results, as this represented the honor of the academy and the honor of the empire.

Mu Xiao waved and said, "This year's tournament is hosted by the Star Luo Empire, so we'll be heading to the Star Luo Imperial City to participate. Now, let's all send off our little heroes as they embark on their journey!"

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Peng and Long Aotian led their respective teams out of the academy, with all the students lining the streets to watch and bid farewell to the heroes embarking on their expedition.

This time, Long Aotian and his group went to the Star Luo Empire to participate in the competition. In addition to Long Aotian and the other fourteen students, there were five other people: Du Busi, Long Yuanba, and Ao Yumou. These three were responsible for the safety of Long Aotian and the other fourteen students. The other two were Jun Moxiao and Mu Yuchengfeng, who were responsible for formulating competition strategies for Long Aotian and the others as team leaders.

A group of nineteen people set off towards the Star Luo Empire.

After several days of travel, the group finally arrived at the venue of the competition, the Star Luo Imperial City of the Star Luo Empire.

Long Aotian and his group came to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. After showing the relevant documents, they easily entered the Star Luo Imperial City.

Walking on the street, there were many people coming and going, making the whole city seem very crowded.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is about to begin. On the street, young people of similar age to Jiang Peng and his group are obviously from all over the continent to participate. In addition to these young participants, there are even more spectators from all over the continent, and some spectators from the other three great empires. With so many people, even the huge Star Luo Imperial City seems crowded.

The competition was held in Xingluo Square in front of Xingluo Palace. Xingluo Square is very large and can accommodate enough participating teams and spectators.

Not far from the east side of Xingluo Square, there is a seven-story hotel called Xinghuang Hotel, which belongs to the Xingluo Empire and is specially used to accommodate the participating teams from all the major advanced academies across the continent.

Unless they are participating teams and their accompanying personnel, no one else, no matter how powerful or influential, is allowed to stay at the Xinghuang Hotel. This is to ensure a quiet accommodation environment for all participants and to prevent disturbance from others.

As the royal academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire, Di'ao Academy, although not as successful as Shrek Academy in defending its title every year, generally maintains a position within the top five, and even occasionally reaches third or second place.

Therefore, whether from the perspective of imperial diplomacy or from the perspective of the strength of the Imperial Academy itself, the Star Luo Empire attaches great importance to the Imperial Academy and has arranged for the Imperial Academy's participating teams to stay in the sixth-floor bedroom, second only to Shrek Academy's seventh floor.

Although Long Aotian and the others were in the reserve team, they received the same treatment as the regular team, each with a luxurious bedroom. Du Busi, Long Yuanba, Ao Yumou, Jun Moxiao, Mu Yuchengfeng and others also moved in together.

After everyone tidied up in their rooms, they gathered in a meeting room.

The participants sat down in groups of two, the main team and the reserve team, and held a pre-match preparation meeting.

Long Yuanba and Ao Yumou also attended the meeting and sat at the head of the table, but Du Busi was not there and no one knew where he had gone.

Long Yuanba spoke up, "Teacher Jun, Teacher Mu, you two can chair the meeting. Yu Mou and I can just sit in and listen. Don't worry about us."

Upon hearing this, Jun Moxiao and Mu Yu Chengfeng spoke first, saying, "If nothing unexpected happens, our biggest enemies in this competition will still be Shrek Academy and the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire."

"Shrek Academy goes without saying; they have been defending their title for ten thousand years without ever being defeated."

"The strength of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy is also very strong, basically second only to Shrek Academy, and the runner-up is mostly taken by the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy."

"Therefore, during this competition, we need to observe and study every battle between these two academies in detail, try to understand their strength as much as possible, and know ourselves and our enemy, so that we can win every battle."

Jun Moxiao suddenly spoke up, saying, "I'd like to add something. The Star Luo Empire Royal Academy is also worth noting. Its strength is no less than our Imperial Academy. Moreover, this competition is being held in the Star Luo Empire, giving them a home advantage. Whether for the sake of the competition or for the sake of the host's reputation, the Star Luo Empire will definitely send a stronger team than ever before."

"Therefore, the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy must also pay close attention to this."

Mu Yu Chengfeng said, "Teacher Jun's reminder is very correct. I overlooked this point. In the previous two sessions, our Di'ao Academy defeated the Star Luo Empire Imperial Academy, which led me to ignore this point."

"Then we should focus on Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, and Star Luo Empire Royal Academy in the upcoming matches."

Neither Jun Moxiao nor Mu Yu Chengfeng mentioned the Douling Empire Royal Academy, because the Douling Empire Royal Academy was indeed a step weaker than the four major academies: Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Imperial Academy, and Star Luo Empire Royal Academy. Sometimes it couldn't even make it into the top eight, so people naturally wouldn't pay much attention to it.

Next, Mu Yu Cheng Feng began to explain the rules of this competition in detail to everyone.

Mu Yu Chengfeng said, "I just went out to find out that there are a total of 123 advanced soul master academies and advanced soul master instructor academies participating in this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, and they are all staying at this hotel."

"Tomorrow is the preliminary round. The first round of the preliminary round is an elimination tournament, which means that if you lose just one match, you will be eliminated immediately."

"The knockout stage will be a seven-on-seven team battle, and the draw will take place tomorrow."

"It is estimated that the first round of team battle elimination matches will take three days to complete."