At last, the three-dimensional number floating in the void above the center of the venue ticked down from "1" to zero.
In an instant.
A low-frequency hum that made even the air tremble filled the space.
The enormous glowing number instantly shattered into a sky full of sparkling fragments.
Then they swiftly reassembled into a line of huge white letters.
Hovering above the heads of hundreds of thousands of spectators.
[Opening Ceremony of the World Government's Third Myriad Worlds Top 100 Combat Power Tournament: Final Top 100 Ranking Tournament]
The next moment.
Amid a dense, piercing barrage of whistles.
Streams of colored light shot from all corners of the venue into the open sky.
Upon reaching their designated altitude, they first burst outward like fireworks.
Then, as though fixed upon the sunset by an invisible brush.
It was the work of magic.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet—flames of every color intertwined.
In the end, they converged above Duel City into a pattern that blanketed the entire venue.
The symbol of the World Government: the Five-Circle Cross.
The dazzling radiance lit up the entire venue as brightly as day.
Even the clouds seemed to have been dyed a sacred gold and crimson.
Ten seconds later, the pattern faded, and countless lights throughout the venue switched on at once.
A deep, tranquil sea of dark blue light, brimming with both technological and magical wonder, swept through every corner of the stands.
"Distinguished guests, and viewers from different worlds watching before your screens, good evening!"
An elegant, intellectual, and remarkably penetrating female voice.
Accompanied by gentle music, it rang clearly beside everyone's ears.
Then a blonde beauty in a fitted white formal dress appeared before everyone's eyes.
She was none other than the host of the World News Broadcast, who