When the duel began, a livestream naturally went up on Academy City's network. Of course, ordinary duel streams usually only attracted a small audience. But Toudou Touka was different. She was considered one of the top contenders in the Star Martial Festival, while her opponent was an unknown nobody. Out of curiosity, quite a few people clicked in to watch.
And when the result came out, everyone was stunned.
It wasn't as if Toudou Touka had never lost before, but her Raikiri was truly unmatched at close range. If the fight was limited to close combat, she could honestly be said to have never been defeated.
Yet someone like that had been completely suppressed by Fang Zheng. From beginning to end, he had crushed her without giving her the slightest chance to fight back. It was simply too unbelievable.
"I never thought he was that strong..."
Staring at the screen, Tachibana Tomoe gritted her teeth and muttered under her breath. As Fang Zheng's classmate, she had sparred with him before, but he had always merely been playing around. Even during the previous New Blade Battle, Fang Zheng had seemed to be casually going through the motions, basically slacking off.
But after witnessing his battle with Toudou Touka firsthand, Tachibana Tomoe realized that she had still underestimated Fang Zheng's strength. They both came from martial arts families, so naturally she knew of Toudou Touka. At the very least, Tachibana Tomoe herself did not have the ability to face Toudou Touka head-on.
At the same time, many people in many different places watched the match and silently committed this man to memory.
Clearly, the strength he had displayed—enough to utterly crush "Raikiri"—was sufficient to make him an opponent not to be underestimated in the Star Martial Festival.
"...I really didn't expect you