Over the next two days, the Iron King Team didn't show up again. Instead, they went into seclusion to train.
The outside world assumed they were wary of the Ancestor Realm experts who had broken through in Si Nan Academy. For a time, public opinion shifted, and quite a few people began supporting Si Nan Academy.
Two days later, the two teams arrived at the competition venue.
The Scarlet Realm Master appeared as well.
Scarlet Realm had its own Boundary Team, but it had been eliminated.
Besides the Scarlet Realm Master, a representative from the Heavenly Sect had also arrived to oversee the competition.
After all, this was a real-world competition. It wouldn't do to have no one supervising it.
Competitions within a realm could be left to its realm master, but those beyond the realm were different.
The venue was in the sky, where cultivators throughout Scarlet City could watch.
Lu Yin and the others were in another layer of suspended sky outside the competition grounds, as if two halos had been placed around Scarlet City.
The competition began.
Niu Dali went first in the opening round. A fat man stepped out to face him, his dark skin covered in various patterns. His gaze carried a chilling pressure as he stared at Niu Dali.
An Ancestor Realm expert.
By this point, nearly all the teams were made up entirely of Ancestor Realm experts.
Facing Niu Dali, the fat man attacked at once. He was an Ancestor Realm expert facing a Semi-Ancestor—and he came from the Iron King Team, backed by Iron King and renowned for his peerless defense. There was no suspense in this match.
No one thought there was any suspense.
Neither did Lu Yin.
He just thought Niu Dali's victory was a foregone conclusion.
Boom!
A thunderous