Sure enough, when they met on a narrow arena less than twenty arm-lengths across diagonally, surrounded by a slowly descending iron cage whose inner walls were studded with blades, the two Gladiators had none of the flashy tricks they had used in the Team Battle.
They roared in unison and both summoned their Totem Armor.
Lead-gray and pale-gold Liquid Metal seeped from their pores respectively, solidifying into incomparably ferocious forms upon meeting the air. Strange-looking armor seemed to "grow" over both their bodies.
Unlike the full-body armor worn by Ice Storm, Venom Sting, Brute Hammer, and Kassava, this Boar Warrior's armor was concentrated mainly around his tattooed, gleaming shoulders and chest.
The hammer-like pauldrons on his shoulders in particular greatly enhanced the destructive force of his charges.
The Tiger Man's Totem Armor, meanwhile, was concentrated on both arms. At the ends of his arms especially, Liquid Metal wrapped around his tiger claws, continuously extending the golden gleaming claws until they nearly dragged along the ground.
Aside from fitting their bodies perfectly and outlining breathtaking lines of muscle,
both incomplete sets of Totem Armor were engraved with equally mysterious and intricate patterns and runes.
After Ice Storm's introduction, Meng Chao had gained a rudimentary understanding of the relationship between "totems" and "traits."
He knew that the three overlapping serrated patterns on the Boar Warrior's shoulders to the left represented the "Shock" trait.
It could trigger resonance in matter, using high-frequency vibrations to destroy a target from within. It had the same marvelous effect achieved through different means as the Tyrant Mammoth's innate skill, War Stomp.
The lightning-like patterns stretched across the Tiger Man's arms on the right did not represent the "Electric Shock" trait, but "Sharpness." They could enhance lethality and armor-piercing ability, turning the Liquid Metal-wrapped claws into true divine