Tang San: For the Soul Beast Clan's Great Cause, I Will Not Shrink from My Duty!

Toji had left Gangzi utterly speechless.

"Gangzi, do you have anything else to say?" Toji looked at him expressionlessly.

Sensing the chill in Toji's eyes, Gangzi obediently turned around, took off his mask, and squeezed his eyes shut.

"Nothing more. Please get it over with!"

Smack!

Toji sent Gangzi flying with one big slap.

"Xiaogang! You've gone too far! I'll fight you to the death! Seventh Soul Skill, Crimson Dragon True Body!" Liu Erlong charged over.

Smack!

Another big slap sent Liu Erlong flying too.

"Erlong... This is going too far!" Flender did not charge over. Instead, he watched Liu Erlong fly through the air with tears in his eyes.

Hearing Flender's words, Toji walked over with a beaming smile.

"Your Excellency the Tyrant, I have no intention of fighting you!" Flender backed up two steps in fright, frantically waving his hands.

"I know, but aren't you the Golden Iron Triangle? All three corners ought to match!"

Smack!

Flender was slapped straight into the wall as well. Now the Golden Iron Triangle finally matched.

"All right." Toji sat down cross-legged and addressed everyone present. "You should all know each other pretty well. I'll be frank. The opponents you'll face include Bai Ranmo, Spirit Hall's Saint Son; Feng Xiaotian of Godwind Academy, hailed as the Heaven Dou Empire's greatest genius; Sasuke Uchiha, the orphaned Uchiha survivor at Heaven Dou Royal Academy; and Mitsuki, the Star Luo Empire's greatest genius..."

Toji pointed at everyone present. "At your level, taking them head-on would just be handing yourselves over on a platter. I even doubt you could make the finals without relying on Hei Ranbai."

"..." No one could argue, because it was true.

"However—" Toji changed his tune. His smile was full of ill intent, but his words sounded utterly sincere. "I do