The number of Martial Lord participants were few to begin with and before long, it was time for one of Pan Yue’s bodyguards to battle.

In order to start off on a high note, Pan Yue purposely chose one of his strongest guards. Before the guard started, Pan Yue patted his shoulder and said loudly, “Go and show these people from the Xia Kingdom how strong Martial Lords from the North Qiu Kingdom are.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around them all turned to look at them. They could not believe that there would be anyone foolish enough to say this in the Xia Kingdom’s Town of the Brave. Upon seeing Rong Yuan standing beside him, they then understood that this person was probably of high status and scoffed.

Although Pan Yue had only been in the Xia Kingdom for less than ten days, there had already been many rumors about him. From the ridicule and complaints of students from the Royal School, there were only a few people that had not heard about him. Now that they saw him in person, their disgust doubled.

A few more attentive ones saw the participant that was getting ready on stage exchange glances with Rong Yuan....