“Florian, let the competition begin immediately,” the Empress said calmly as she sat to the side.

The Empress glared at Darryl and shook her head. ‘Luca made it to the top ten as a Martial Saint? What a joke!’

“Yes, Your Highness Empress!”

Florian did not speak further when he heard the Empress had spoken. He shouted to both of them on the stage, “Luca, Asher, you may begin.”

As he spoke, Asher held his fist together as he said to the New World Emperor, “Your Majesty, I forfeit this round o