Gradually, the participants started finding various excuses to quit the tournament, then the legion commanders each found reasons to leave too. There was no particular reason, but they couldn't afford to lose face!
"General, our contestant isn't feeling well. I'll take him for a check-up, and we'll drop out of the remaining matches."
"General, my wife's suddenly gone into labor. I need to return to my civilization to see her. I'll leave for a few days and come back after sorting things out."
"General, my father just passed away. I'm going back to handle the funeral."
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With the fighting power Zhang Menglong's subordinates were displaying, who the hell could beat them? Surviving was already pretty good; they were bound to lose anyway, so there was no point in staying here.
Who knows if they even have wives, and their fathers might have been dead for god knows how many years? Anyway, finding a reason to slip away was the right thing to do!
