"Indeed."
Yue Shen nodded in wholehearted agreement.
Sure enough, after receiving instructions from the Knight Temple's senior officials on the dais, the referee walked over to them.
"Since Knight Number One has withdrawn, Knight Number Two advances automatically from today's first match, securing a place in the top three of the Knight Temple's Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament," the referee said before turning to Yue Shen.
"Since Number Five is here today as well, why don't we hold your match against Number Two ahead of schedule?" the referee suggested. "That way, we'll only need to hold one match tomorrow."
"I have no objections," Yue Shen replied without hesitation.
"Neither do I," Duan Yi answered with a nod.
After all, he had made ample preparations for today and brought himself into peak condition. Today was naturally the best time for him to compete.
"Good." The referee returned to the arena. "We will now hold today's second match. Contestants Number Sixty-Seven and Number Fifty-Five, please enter the arena."
The two Fourth-Order Grand Knights sitting behind Yue Shen and Duan Yi rose to enter the arena. Their eyes shone with determination, as though they had already resolved to give everything they had to reach the top three in the preliminaries.
The Alliance Executive Government.
Bang-
Han Qian, the Knight Temple's Holy Knight Commander, stood before a broad desk with a grim expression. The thunderous noise had come from his palm slamming down on it.
Whether it was because he had not eaten a single bite since learning last night that Yang Wenzhao had been severely injured in a sneak attack by a member of the Assassin Temple, or because this particular desk did not feel right under his hand, he had actually failed to smash it to pieces.
**"Ying Suifeng, if you