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With one step, Rocky entered the venue and was immediately greeted by a sound as loud as a tsunami, and following it, he quickly spotted the fully occupied spectator stands.

The Arena’s pre-match hype for this competition was evidently successful, for when Rocky glanced toward the spectator stands, he found that not a single seat was empty, every spot was filled.

Moreover, seeing the audience’s reaction to him, Rocky knew that they had already learned of his identity.

Indeed, due to a ‘slight mishap’ at the Arena, the audience had learned of Rocky’s true identity. While it wasn’t rare for nobles’ offspring to participate in the competition, there were very few contestants like him, participating under the identity of a City Lord. Sometimes, several years would pass without encountering one, so the audience was naturally very intrigued by him.

Similarly, under the intentional dispersal by the Arena, the audience was also well aware of the grievances between Rocky and Xia Nai, which greatly enhanced the attraction of the match, making the audience extremely excited—the prospect of a feud hinted at possible deadly duels.

Therefore, as soon as Rocky appeared, the audience erupted into enthusiastic cheers, even more excited than Rocky himself.

Amid the thunderous applause, the announcer naturally put in great effort to introduce, but unfortunately, the surrounding noise was too loud, and Rocky could not hear exactly what was being said, nor did he care what the announcer had said.

And when the announcer’s voice briefly paused, Rocky noticed that the image on the big screen had changed.

It looked like it was Xia Nai’s turn to make an entrance after he had made the first move.

As expected, shortly after, another entrance on the opposite side of the stage slowly opened, and Xia Nai flew out from it!

That’s right, Xia Nai flew out, and upon entering the arena, she directly headed to hover above the stage, completing a full 360-degree turn, before ending this sequence of her entrance.

This entrance was clearly an imitation of Denise’s first debut, but it had to be admitted that it was indeed very stylish, and the audience loved this kind of show, immediately bursting into boisterous cheers.

Rocky had thought that the cheering for his own entrance was already loud, but he had not expected that after Xia Nai entered, the audience’s cheers escalated to an even higher level, so loud that they were indescribable.

This was not surprising, for compared to Rocky, Xia Nai certainly had a higher level of fame. Although Rocky’s initial performance had garnered him considerable attention, he had not participated in any competitions over the last month. If it were not for the Arena’s effort in promoting him through various means, the audience might have nearly forgotten who he was.

On the other hand, Xia Nai was entirely different. From the preliminary rounds, she had been participating in competitions continually and kept securing victories, naturally attracting higher attention. In fact, if it were not for Denise’s presence, Xia Nai should have been the most followed contestant this season. Even with Denise’s sudden emergence, the attention she received was by no means low.

This level of attention naturally elicited even more cheers.

As Xia Nai made her entrance, the announcer, just like before, made an energetic introduction, but this time not only did Rocky ignore these introductions, even the audience couldn’t wait, resulting in a burst of booing.

Under these circumstances, the announcer hurriedly wrapped up the opening remarks, then loudly declared the start of the match!

“The match—begins!”

With that declaration, Xia Nai, who was already hovering above the stage, landed directly on it, and Rocky also leapt up onto the stage.

The long-anticipated match finally began!

“Hmph…”

Standing in the very center of the stage, Xia Nai glanced at Rocky and then at the big screen, before scoffing.

Like other matches, as soon as the players mounted the stage, the big screen displayed the magic energy values of their armors, so when Xia Nai looked towards the screen, she easily spotted two numbers.

13000.

5000.

These two numbers represented the magic energy values of the armors worn by Xia Nai and Rocky, respectively. Rocky’s White Demon Armor still had a magic energy value of 5000, but the armor worn by Xia Nai reached an astonishing 13000 magic energy points!

As previously mentioned, once the magic energy value of armor exceeded the ten-thousand-point threshold, it belonged to the top armors, and Xia Nai’s armor clearly fell into this top-tier category.

The fifth generation Windwalker Special Armor!

The armor worn by Xia Nai was not just any special armor; even among all the fifth generation special armors, it was a remarkable presence. Whether in terms of performance, magic energy value, weaponry, or defensive power, the Windwalker was at the forefront among the fifth generation special armors and was indeed a top level armor.

It was precisely because of such an outstanding armor that Xia Nai had been able to eliminate nine competitors with a single move in the preliminary contest and had continued to win fight after fight in the subsequent matches. All this could be said to be thanks to the Windwalker Armor.

Now, as he and Rocky stepped onto the arena platform and their respective armor’s magic energy values were revealed, not only did Xia Nai sneer, but the ringside announcer also shouted out loud.

“This gap… it’s just too huge!”

With a loud shout, the announcer spoke very quickly, “Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see, contestant 1021’s armor still has a magic energy value of 5000, which is quite exceptional for the fourth generation of armor. But please take a look at contestant Xinai’s armor!”

“Xinai’s armor has an incredible 13000 magic energy points! My goodness, even among the fifth generation special armors, this is still one of the top!”

After saying this, the announcer sighed deeply, “Ladies and gentlemen, I know you must be as excited as I am for this match, but we have to admit, the gap between contestant 1021 and Xia Nai is just too big…”

“Such a huge gap makes me wonder…”

“Could this be a match that ends in an instant knockout? Can Xinai eliminate his opponent in just one strike?!”

Although the announcer’s tone was quite solemn, as soon as he finished speaking, the stadium immediately erupted in excited cheers! It felt as if everyone was hoping for such an outcome!

Indeed, the vast majority of the audience indeed hoped for this scenario, and the reason was simple. It wasn’t because an instantly decisive match was particularly entertaining, but because the vast majority of the audience had placed heavy bets, and their bets were unanimously on Xia Nai!

Although Xia Nai’s odds were only 2.3, compared to Rocky’s high odds of 7.5, even so, there were few who bet on Rocky winning, because the discrepancy in odds alone showed how huge the disparity was. So, even with high odds for Rocky, no one wanted their money to go to waste, and they all bet on Xia Nai instead.

This way, everyone who placed their bets on Xia Nai naturally hoped to see him easily win the match.

“City Lord Rocky.”

At that moment, among the cheering and shouting of the audience, Xia Nai, who was on the arena platform, opened his mouth and addressed Rocky, “Aren’t you going to say something?”

“Say what?”

“Your last words, of course.”

Looking at Rocky, Xia Nai said coldly!

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Unfortunately for him, Rocky just chuckled and then stretched out his hand, gesturing towards him with a beckoning finger.

“Courting death! See who will come to your aid this time!”

Faced with such provocation, Xia Nai roared in anger and immediately charged at Rocky!