The next day.
Heroes gathered.
In the first-floor hall, many martial arts sects took their seats in turn, each sitting before their sect's nameplate.
The host took the stage, welcomed everyone with blah blah blah, explained the competition rules with blah blah blah, and hoped everyone would compete with spirit and skill, blah blah blah...
Finally, they would address the incident from last night, when the Ba Dao Sect contestants had been wiped out and the Yan Zhao Sect representatives accused of being the perpetrators.
Little Xu stood onstage and excitedly recounted what had happened the night before.
"This incident was serious! It was vile! It was an extremely brutal act! An intolerable atrocity! Our organizing committee will firmly say 'no' to violence!"
Zhao Ritian leaned toward Lu Chengwen. "What's going on? Didn't you say he took our money? Why is he still dealing with us?"
Lu Chengwen looked at him. "He took my money. Don't lump us together."
Zhao Ritian said, "Listen to that. Does that sound like something a human would say? I'm going up there to reason with him."
Lu Chengwen quickly grabbed him. "If you go reason with him, we'll basically be eliminated ahead of schedule. Keep watching."
Little Xu denounced them for quite a while, then said:
"Before we deal with this vicious case, we have one more item on the agenda: to offer our sincere gratitude and present an honorary trophy to the sponsor who so generously supported this Martial Arts Tournament! Now, please welcome the largest sponsor of this Martial Arts Tournament, the executive president of Xue City's Great Sage Group, Lu Chengwen—CEO Lu!"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Why had the transition happened so fast!?
In an instant, stirring entrance music began to play. The lights danced wildly, and a spotlight fell upon Lu