Elijah was so enraged that he wanted to curse. He wanted to upend the tray and aim it at Dustin’s face.

However, he did not dare.

Joseph’s gaze was threatening. If he dared to do something like that, Elijah was sure he would perish even before he moved.

He could only swallow his fury and move away while still carrying the tray.

‘I’ll make you beg for mercy one day, Dustin!’ Elijah thought to himself with a vicious expression.

“Alright. Let’s start the martial arts competition, then.” Joseph gestured.

The members of the Lotus Sect finally dared to begin the opening ceremony that had been delayed for so long already.

The ceremony was just a formality. Of course, the preliminary stage of the competition had to be held on the first day of the event.

The rules of the preliminary round were simple and crude. Twenty people were assigned to a single platform. The last twelve people standing would be considered as having passed the preliminary round.

The preliminary round of