Surprises, a Gap in Raw Strength, and a Fighting Style That Flooded the Chat!

The live chat filled with Western viewers condemning Meng Chuan's "atrocities" and the Great Chu tournament committee's "inaction."

"Ahem. Let me address the questions in the chat. This is a contestant's individual conduct. If our friends from abroad have any complaints, they can call the reporting hotline. Now, let's review yesterday's tournament news."

The beautiful host's colleague jumped in to save her.

At the same time, another host told the backstage technicians to filter out the filthiest comments.

Dong Xin had been looking down at her notes. Now she picked up the thread. "Century Youth Daily reports that contestant Colby lived up to pre-tournament predictions, taking a commanding lead on the Generation Ranking at the end of day one;

"Our contestant Chen Zhiming is provisionally second, trailing by five victory points. Third and fourth are also held by our own Liaohuo and Wang Chongyi, forming a ring around America's Colby;

"In fifth place is Arthur of the European Federation, whose dazzling performance yesterday saw him conquer the world with his speed and defend France's ancient honor with his spear."

"The competition has only just begun. The victory-point gaps among the top few dozen contestants are actually tiny. They're all elite fighters from their respective countries, and none lost a match yesterday.

"Those temporarily behind in points may simply have faced opponents who resisted longer. That and other factors meant matches took different amounts of time, so contestants completed different numbers of bouts. We can't judge their relative strength from day one."

Host Genitimai followed up. "The current Generation Ranking has been updated. Viewers can check their favorite contestants' positions anytime, cheer them on, and send them gifts.

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