One could bet on the qualifiers. The bet was very simple: the number of people who could pa.s.s the qualifiers. One could bet on an absolute number, or whether it would be an odd or even number of people who qualified. The returns were a few multiples, and varied depending on the selections.

　　The qualifiers were being held right now. Creating soul tools wasn't as quick as a fight, so the soul engineers were given three days for the first round. The future rounds in the tournament would also be elimination rounds, but the topic for each round would change.

　　The three black markets even specially invited a member of the imperial family, a powerful Cla.s.s 9 soul engineer, to be the chief referee. Twelve Cla.s.s 7 and above soul engineers were also chosen to be the referee committee in this tournament, so as to ensure the fairness of the tournament and betting system.

　　The things they had to do were simple. They wanted to draw in the ordinary citizens, n.o.bles, and wealthy individuals who wanted to gamble by exploiting the hype of the Continental Elite Youth Soul Master Tournament. Their aim was to make as much profit as possible.

　　So far, they had been very successful in this aspect. More than a hundred thousand people had bet in their tournament already, and the amount of money involved was undoubtedly very great.