The two days of recuperation given to the students went by, and it was time for the second stage of the tournament.
Unlike before, when the students acted carefree during the start of Stage One, this time it was different. The stress on the students' faces is apparent. This was mainly due to what happened in the first stage and what would happen in the second stage.
Almost every student believed that they were the best of the best. They thought that they could easily make it to the second stage, but they were proven wrong.
Lots of academies have lost at least one or two, with a few even eliminated to the full. The eliminated, well, there was nothing else they could do about that, but the real pressure was on the academies that still have one or two students.
The pressure on these students was at an all-time high. Depending on how they perform, it would be determined whether their academy would continue in the tournament or not.