The first half of the semifinals began!
Lu Yuan and Ito Bridge instantly appeared at opposite ends of the arena.
The terrain formed immediately.
It was a muddy road that had recently been drenched by rain.
There was very little cover in sight.
"Lu Yuan!"
"Lu Yuan!"
"..."
"Ito Bridge!"
"Ito Bridge!"
"..."
The moment the two appeared in the arena, spectators from both countries began shouting!
However, with the numbers of the two sides' spectators so vastly unequal, the people of Great Xia naturally made far more noise, easily drowning out the cheers from Sakura Country.
Afterward, many Sakura Country spectators merely snorted, pouted, and said, "So what if they're louder? They'll still lose..."
"Just as I said before the match, this will be over very soon..."
The two were a great distance apart, a full thirty thousand meters. The other party couldn't possibly hear ordinary speech.
So Ito Bridge merely thought to himself.
After the mechanical voice announced the start of the match, Lu Yuan and Ito Bridge moved at the same time, quickly closing the distance between them.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought they were rushing toward each other in a mutual embrace.
Both moved at a brisk pace, seemingly eager to engage.
Soon, they met!
"Eight-headed Serpent!"
Ito Bridge curled his lips into a smile.
After he murmured softly,
Ito Bridge's figure surged upward, and blue-black scales instantly covered his body.
His vertical pupils sent a bone-chilling glint through the air, while dark-purple smoke churned and blotted out the sky!
A spiked serpent burst from his back, its body splitting into eight heads that twisted and coiled ferociously,
its roar shaking heaven and earth, its killing intent pressing down like Mount Tai!
"Heh... Those effects are pretty flashy..."
"Ice Seal Throne!"