Martial Arts Tournament.
The preliminaries were essentially an elimination process.
Their purpose was to weed out those who had come just to watch the excitement, those with poor skills or weak abilities, and contestants attacked by aliens. The ones left standing were the elite!
It could be said that after each team had rotated through three battles on the first day, many outstanding teams and contestants had already become familiar to everyone.
The younger generations of the Zhou, Yu, Feng, and Zhai families were all quite talented and impressive, and they had naturally completed all three rounds without issue.
Besides those four families, several teams—or rather, several individuals—had also left a deep impression.
But no one had expected that the most memorable of all would be the Three Brothers of the Yan Zhao Sect, who had received a bye on the first day, paved their way with money, were strongly suspected of brawling in private, had shown no real skill, and yet had opened an underground betting pool.
It really was an absurdity.
In truth, Lu Chengwen was the most famous, followed by Zhao Ritian. Long Aotian felt practically invisible by comparison.
Lu Chengwen was famous because of the betting pool, his wager with the Xiong Jian Sect, and his identity as a rich second-generation heir.
As for Zhao Ritian, he was purely a laughingstock.
When the contestants returned to their rooms, the conversation was almost entirely about those two.
Mention Lu Chengwen, and the reactions were nothing but contempt, disdain, and scorn. Mention Zhao Ritian, and everyone brightened up.
They all discussed how ridiculous he was, how stupid, how clueless, and how good he was at causing trouble.
Zhao Ritian's tone, movements, behavior, expressions... everything about him brought everyone endless amusement. At the mention of him, they would slap