Lu Chao's answer was...
"If they refuse, they refuse. But since these academies are just here for the show, we can't let them pass."
"After all, there are only sixty spots in the first trial."
Only sixty academies could pass the first trial.
If these tag-alongs got through, only to be let past by the twenty blocking academies, all of Lu Chao's and Sky Cliff Academy's subsequent actions would be meaningless...
What would happen if these tag-alongs accidentally took up all sixty spots?
"But, Fake Lu Chao, almost half the academies are too scared to charge," Senior Sister Sky Cliff said quickly.
The senior disciples from the other four leading academies also nodded gravely.
If nearly half were too afraid to charge, it meant the number of rebels was too small. And if they were too few, they could never defeat the twenty blocking academies.
Lu Chao smiled beneath his mask and explained...
"Think about it the other way around..."
