If they thought the tournament's rulings were unfair, they could simply choose not to enter.
Spirit Hall and the two great empires had not forced any academy to participate. Entry was entirely voluntary.
Salas knew about Yu Xiaogang's past relationship with Bibi Dong, but after all these years, even after rising to power, Bibi Dong had never sought Yu Xiaogang out.
Yu Xiaogang's presence in Heaven Dou City had long since ceased to be a secret. If Bibi Dong still cared about him, she would at least have ordered Salas to give him some "special attention."
Now that Bibi Dong had made no move whatsoever, Salas naturally refused to indulge Yu Xiaogang.
Besides, Yu Xiaogang wanted to point the spear at the Referee Team. If his sophistry were allowed to stand as fact, wouldn't that become an enormous scandal for Spirit Hall?
Salas's political career would probably come to an abrupt end as well.
Salas continued, "No one forced you to enter the soul master tournament. You entered of your own free will!"
"As for your claims about a predetermined list of qualifiers, I believe the spectators' eyes are sharp and clear. Wouldn't they be able to tell if matches were fixed?"
"Furthermore, I just reviewed the Wind Fire Team's past results. Even if they lose to your Shrek Team tomorrow, they will still secure a place in the next round."
"As for your Shrek Team, today's defeat was your only loss. Even if you lose again tomorrow, it still won't affect your chances of advancing."
"What, did your Shrek Team also secure its place by fixing matches? In that case, I'll have to take you in for questioning until you reveal the entire match-fixing industry chain."
Yu Xiaogang's speech had merely brought humiliation upon himself.
Yet his unreasonable fuss