"Referee, I want to complain! They are not competing; they are committing murder! Our team members have shattered bones and are on the verge of death! They violated the rules of the competition, and I demand that they be ruled to have lost."
Seeing the tragic state of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team members, the referee also felt a pang of fear and looked seriously at the Heart of Fire Team.
The Spirit Master Tournament is a joint effort by the two Empires to select elite Spirit Masters and genius Spirit Masters; killing participating Spirit Masters is not allowed.
Facing the referee's judgmental gaze, Captain Ning Rongrong showed no fear whatsoever:
"Excuse me, are they dead?"
"What's more, if we truly wanted to kill them, why would we only let five people attack? And my teammates didn't even dare to use their fourth Spirit Ability, precisely because they were afraid of accidentally killing them, weren't they?"
"Besides the courtesy Ning Rongrong mentioned, as a teacher of Heart of Fire Academy, I have another question: I want to know if the Spirit Master Tournament is truly for selecting Spirit Master geniuses and competing based on strength, or if it's for playing dirty and coddling the weak?
If it's about playing dirty and coddling the weak, then there's no need for the Spirit Master Tournament. In every match, one would only need to feign death to have the opponent ruled to have lost, and then lie their way into the finals."
"What do you think, Grandmaster?"
"Or are you saying that the dignified Grandmaster, with his invincible theories, can't handle losing and plans to renege?"
Xin calmly stood up at this moment. Although his tone was normal, his voice had spread throughout the arena. Even Dream Machine and Salas in the VIP section heard him clearly, and their expressions turned very ugly.
Ning Fengzhi, however, showed a gentle smile:
"Your Majesty, I actually think what he said makes a lot of sense. Although the original intention of the Spirit Master Tournament does not advocate killing, it also cannot restrict strong teams from demonstrating their abilities. If a weak team knows it cannot win, it should surrender proactively."
"..."
In the contestant area, feeling Xin's gaze, Zhao Wuji and Flender coughed and dared not say a word.
Yu Xiaogang and the Second Team leader were also choked by these words.
Xin's words were very profound. If the referee dared to rule Heart of Fire Academy to have lost, it would mean that Xin's proposed scenario was valid, and the entire Spirit Master Tournament would lose its fairness. Everyone would just imitate it from then on.
Lie their way into the finals? What a joke!
Who could bear such a stigma?
The Grandmaster, who cherished his reputation greatly, waved his hand and said:
"I, Yu Xiaogang, am not the kind of petty person who can't handle losing. If we lost, we accept it."
"Little San, Mubai, let's go."
"I hope your Heart of Fire Academy can maintain this state and not perish in the preliminaries."
...
Seeing that the protesting teacher had already left, the referee took a deep breath and announced:
"Preliminary Round One, Match One, Heart of Fire Academy wins!"