In the heart of the grasslands, a circular encampment was formed by countless military camps.
The knight leading the way pointed to the camps and said, "The advancement matches will be held in the center of the encampment, ensuring the absolute safety and privacy of everyone."
Unsurprisingly, their resting area was within these military camps.
Five camps were allocated to the Blazing Fire Academy for everyone's rest.
For the next half month, they would reside in these camps until the advancement matches concluded.
Quan Yi, looking at the ordinary yet clean military camp, revealed a satisfied smile.
"However, the only pity is that I can't stay with you."
Standing beside him, Huo Wu, seeing Quan Yi reluctant to let go, playfully chided, "This is a military camp, not a hotel. Besides, Auntie and Xiao Ni are here. I promised to stay with them."
"That's right, the advancement matches are about to begin. Don't waste your energy elsewhere."
At this moment, Su Ling'er stepped in, snatching Huo Wu from Quan Yi's grasp, and with one hand pulling Quan Ni and the other pulling Huo Wu, she headed towards another military camp.
Su Ling'er's bold remarks immediately caused the surrounding team members to look at Quan Yi with strange gazes.
At the same time, Huo Wu's pretty face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
Quan Ni innocently turned her head back and forth, wanting to say something, but remembering Su Ling'er's instructions not to be too conspicuous in the military camp before entering, she held back.
Quan Yi helplessly watched the three departing figures, suddenly teased by Huo Wushuang beside him, "You too have this day.
These days, you can experience the situation of us bachelors."
During the month-long preliminary round, although they were unable to participate due to Quan Yi and Huo Wu, they were not doing nothing.
Although they couldn't conduct actual combat training, they had more training time than other academies because they didn't need to consider the matches.
They didn't waste this time, making full use of it, with the aim of showing off their skills in this advancement match.
Huo Wushuang clenched his right arm forcefully, confidently saying, "Of course, we've been waiting for a long time.
The advancement match is not a team battle, but a one-on-one gauntlet.
As long as you two don't go out first, we will definitely have a great chance to play.
When the time comes, let everyone see the full strength of our Blazing Fire Academy."
The advancement match is a specially designed segment to better observe each participating contestant and does not involve elimination.
Even if you rank last, it doesn't prevent the team from participating in the finals.
Therefore, everyone is clear that this is a competition with a sparring nature.
Moreover, the ranking of the advancement match, in addition to the overall score, also examines the difference in small scores.
If there is a tie in the overall score, the number of wins and losses in the gauntlet will be examined.
Therefore, the victory or defeat of each academy and each person is particularly important, which makes the opponents less likely to surrender immediately when facing the Blazing Fire team, as they did before.
Some smart academies may also guess their intentions and will be more patient in observing their dispatched contestants.
"Alright, I look forward to everyone's performance."
Saying that, Quan Yi left everyone to adjust their states, and he transformed into firelight, appearing above the military camp.
Looking at the majestic military formation beneath his feet, he couldn't help but reveal an expression of amazement in his eyes.
Fifty thousand elite iron cavalrymen, at this moment they are still in a state of silence, but Quan Yi knows that once they charge together, they will form an overwhelming force.
Even Quan Yi doesn't want to collide with them head-on.
"Even though it is in the process of decline, the empire is still an empire. The consumption required for such a large-scale iron cavalry is far beyond what a family can compare to."
Although the empire's production level cannot be compared with the Quan family, the vast land area and large population will become strong support.
This is also an important reason why Quan Yi and the Quan family would leave their hometown and go to the deep sea to secretly develop their power.
It is also an important reason why Qian Renxue would spare no effort to steal the imperial power from within the empire.
Quan Yi does not doubt the future of his own Quan family, but at least in the development stage, if a conflict occurs with the empire, it will greatly deplete their energy.
Besides the participating academies, there are basically only the Royal Knights here, that is, they will be the main audience of the competition.
Emperor Xue Ye's arrangement is likely to allow this group of knights to observe the battles of young soul masters and stimulate the army's fighting spirit.
At the same time, there may also be an intention to show the empire's military power.
Quan Yi used his mental power to quickly scan the military camp. The teams he was familiar with, as well as some teams he was still relatively unfamiliar with, were scattered throughout the camp.
In the advancement match, in addition to the five teams that won in the Heaven Dou Division, there will also be ten teams dispatched from the kingdoms and duchies to compete together.
Unfamiliar teams represent unfamiliar martial souls, soul rings, and combat skills, which is a great attraction for Quan Yi.
It just so happens that Quan Yi is studying the matter of artificial soul rings, and the information brought to Quan Yi by these unfamiliar soul masters will become nourishment for his research.
However, just as Quan Yi was observing the various teams with anticipation, he observed a scene of interest in one part of the military camp that was quietly happening.
The resting area of Shrek Academy.
In the military camp, besides the Shrek team members, he observed that Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi also appeared here.
Xue Qinghe and Shrek are objects of Quan Yi's high attention. The meeting of these two seems to be conducting friendly exchanges.
Xue Qinghe at this time seems to intentionally recruit Shrek Academy and conduct friendly exchanges with them.
Xue Qinghe, who had not appeared in the preliminary round, finally appeared in the arena.
Not appearing in the preliminary round is understandable, but not appearing in the advancement match will inevitably be suspected.
The clever Qian Renxue would not make such a suspicious move.
Her behavior is like a real prince, trying to win over capable people with approachable means.
But she will never know that there is a pair of eyes in the sky that have already seen through her appearance, and her own situation has become extremely dangerous without her knowledge.
Quan Yi silently watched Qian Renxue, muttering in his heart:
"Cherish your last period as Xue Qinghe.
Qian Renxue."
