The Second Day, Part III

The first team to arrive on the platform was not them.

Xaio Shui and his four followers each stepped off the platform and walked down, though it was perhaps disingenuous to say they “walked.” What did they was walk on air. Golden platforms like small halos appeared underneath their feet as they slowly walked down as though they were descending a flight of stairs. They moved in perfect sync, making it clear they had rehearsed this.

Their act also had an effect on the crowd. Everyone in the stands had grown completely silent. Wu Jian could understand why. There was something majestic and imposing about the way they walked, and the aura they exuded was powerful and overbearing. It was the kind of aura that forced others to stop what they were doing and pay attention.

The group soon landed on the platform, then turned to look at him and Mei Xilan in the competitors booth. Xaio Shui was smirking.

“I feel like he’s challenging us,” Wu Jian muttered.