Dai Hao did not know Nan Shuishui or Yu Longmo.
But it was not difficult for him to work out their relationship with the Di'ao team members from where the two stood.
"Friends," Dai Hao said, forcibly suppressing his anger, "this is Star Luo City. Please keep your juniors' words and actions in check."
"Otherwise, as commander of Star Luo's security force for this tournament, I have the authority to expel you for disturbing public order."
Seeing more and more academy teams gathering around them, Huo Yuhao stepped forward at just the right moment.
"Duke Dai."
Huo Yuhao was expressionless. "Heaven Dou and Star Luo have been allies for thousands of years. What grounds are there for calling this a disturbance of public order?"
Among the eighteen people comprising Di'ao's first and second teams, Nan Shuishui, and Yu Longmo, he was the only one with a noble title.
According to the plan Huo Yuhao and the Heaven Dou Empire had drawn up, since Dai Hao wanted to invoke institutional rules, they would let Huo Yuhao, the Azure Dragon, have a proper round of official maneuvering with the White Tiger.
Huo Yuhao raised a hand, signaling Nan Qiuqiu, who had been stirring up the crowd, to step back.
He looked straight into Dai Hao's eyes. "If Duke Dai wishes to speak according to the rules, then may I ask whether the other one hundred and thirty-two teams discussing this matter are also disturbing public order?"
Watching Heaven Dou's Earl and Star Luo's Duke exchange barbs before the tournament had even begun, the Sun Moon Empire's teams wore amused smiles.
The Heaven Dou Empire's participating teams said nothing. They simply moved silently behind Di'ao Academy.
The Dou Ling Empire's teams hesitated and stepped back a few paces. Only the Dou Ling Team's