Eyes of the students gathered in front of the arena suddenly all turned to look over their shoulders as Lyrian, who was currently sitting on the ground, got up to his feet.
"Don't worry... I wasn't touching the floor," he said as he calmly walked over to the stage. As he did, several confused expressions followed each step. Confused expressions, perplexed expressions, and even some hysterical expressions.
Rerth even let out a slight scoff in amusement as he saw what Lyrian was doing. Lyrian walked up to the stage with both feet balanced on the bamboo sticks... except, they were balanced on them horizontally, not vertically.
He jumped onto the platform, taking up a good amount of space. His opponent, Kalon, didn't seem to find it as funny as the teacher. He was infuriated.
"What!? Surely this is against the rules!" He looked at Rerth, who had a smile on his face.
