The arena was packed, with the audience's cheers rising and falling like surging tides.
Lights shone down from the towering arched ceiling, scattering mottled patches across the dust-filled center of the field, ready to welcome the fighters about to enter.
At the commentator's desk, host Sayaka Katahara gave an impassioned introduction, whipping the crowd into a frenzy.
The audience was equally excited. This was the fourth match of the first round and the most anticipated match of the opening day: the Fang of Metsudo, Lu Li, against the newcomer King of Treachery from Royal Sakura Academy.
In every sense, this match was full of highlights.
What the audience was most curious about was why the Fang of Metsudo had been replaced. Just how strong was this new Fang of Metsudo?
Secondly, the newcomer fighter from Royal Sakura Academy for Women was also a major attraction in their eyes, because this was the first female fighter in Kengan Match history!
The audience did not mean to look down on her, but many combat sports had weight classes. Women were naturally less physically imposing than men and had less developed musculature, putting them at a considerable disadvantage in combat.
Besides, they had seen the officially released contestant photo. This King of Treachery clearly was not some massive, muscular Amazon. Instead, she looked like an ordinary beauty with a slender figure. How exactly was she supposed to win?
"Next to enter is the storm sweeping through the New Era combat world, the first female fighter to appear in Kengan Match, a thorny enchantress from the mysterious East, Royal Sakura Academy for Women's hidden trump card! With a Kengan Match record of two wins and zero losses, and total assets acquired worth 17.5 billion—the King of Treachery, Liu Wuxiang!"
Sayaka Katahara introduced the contestant