Li Pin did not remain at the Martial Arts Association any longer, instead returning straight home.
After watching the matches all day yesterday, he had discovered that truly fierce clashes only occurred at the Hua Jin and Dan Jin levels.
The confrontations between Embrace Dan fighters had instead been kept apart.
Among them, Gu Haoran, Jiang Zhenhai, and Zhou Yuanfei—the former top-ranked youth competitor in Jiangzhou whom he had wanted to watch—had not encountered a single worthy opponent.
There were few Hua Jin fighters, let alone Dan Jin or Embrace Dan ones.
Although this was meant to protect the Embrace Dan and Dan Jin fighters qualified to contend for the top ten, preventing them from facing Seed Players and being eliminated early, battles without evenly matched opponents did not seem particularly meaningful.
"The junior and youth divisions are held simultaneously for ten days. Ten days later, the adult division begins, also lasting ten days. Then come five days of round-robin matches for the junior and youth divisions, followed by five days for the adult division."
That was the tournament schedule.
It was clear from the arrangement that the adult division carried the greatest weight.
Unfortunately, Li Pin had only held a Level 2 Martial Artist qualification certificate at the time and had not been eligible to enter the adult division.
Otherwise...
Wouldn't it have been even more exhilarating to clash with those top experts in the adult division?
"The adult division is often a contest between grandmasters. This year's Jiangzhou adult division has three highly renowned competitors: Zhao Shenyan, Nie Wuji, and Xiao Dingjun. Every one of them has reached Internal Training Blood Exchange. They have been gathering momentum, their sights set directly on the National Tournament..."
Li Pin felt somewhat regretful.
Cao Tianyou and Jiang Qingyue were grandmasters as