"Brilliant!"
In the stands, Kure could not help applauding. As an Explorer, he had initially thought Liu Wuxiang, nicknamed Tuantuan, was doomed. He had not expected her to break free of a hopeless situation.
Face? What face? Explorers did not care about that sort of thing. Once this world was over, they would leave. Who would ever run into her again afterward?
Surviving and completing the mission were what really mattered.
Earning Doomsday Coins was nothing to be ashamed of.
"What the hell? Is she surrendering? Does this count as being a fighter?"
"Hahaha, this is Royal Sakura's representative? What a joke. A New Era female fighter, and she drops to her knees before the Fang of Metsudo."
"And she wanted to go down in history? Hahaha, looks like she really will—just as a stain on history."
"..."
After a few seconds of initial silence, laughter and mockery erupted from the audience.
The people from Royal Sakura Academy for Women wore the ugliest expressions of all. Shion Kanadein's fists were clenched so tightly they had turned purple-blue as she stared at the kneeling figure below. "What exactly are you trying to do?"
She had accepted Liu Wuxiang's request. She had thought Liu Wuxiang was simply overconfident, which was why she had challenged the Fang of Metsudo in her very first match.
She was not afraid of Liu Wuxiang losing, but she had never expected this kind of scene.
Could Liu Wuxiang have been sent by a hostile faction to sabotage us? Did she deliberately do this to make us lose face?
It could not be that she had been so overwhelmed by Lu Li's aura after stepping into the arena that she had immediately knelt, right?
The situation in the arena became extremely chaotic. Even the host, Sayaka Katahara, was