As everyone waited, the day of the finals finally arrived.
Of the more than one thousand entrants in the individual competition, only seventy-eight had won six matches and made it into the finals.
The finals used a single round-robin format. Contestants faced off in pairs, with the winners automatically advancing to the next round until the final victor was decided.
Most contestants were evenly matched, and victory or defeat often came down to a single thought.
There had nearly been casualties along the way, but timely rescue prevented a disaster.
For Ordinary People, the lengthy preliminary rounds had become a grand introduction to Otherworldly Users.
Some envied them, while even more hated and resented them. But regardless of which it was, they had to admit that in the era to come, Otherworldly Users were the true protagonists.
Match after match in the arena, ability after bizarre ability, contest after contest utterly unlike modern warfare—all of it left people dazzled.
Contrary to what many imagined, most consecutive winners did not win through exciting, explosive battles. It was not like boxing or martial arts; the losers often lost for reasons they could not understand.
Only the winners knew why the losers had lost. Everyone else could only watch the defeated fall and leave the field.
For consecutive winners like Wenren Sheng and Xu Yunshuang, anyone who was not a very advanced Otherworldly User could not see the key to their victories.
That was why battles like those of Miken's Super Warrior were more popular with many Ordinary People. They could understand them: bigger fists, greater strength, faster speed, knocking down an opponent with one punch.
Of course, in the eyes of others, such battles were beneath contempt.
"That Super Warrior will definitely be the first finalist eliminated. No matter how strong or