"Waaaaaahhh—!"
The sky was cloudless for miles, the azure heavens dazzling beneath the sunlight. At the central venue in City C, a wave of cheers erupted and tore through the sky.
This was the appeal and symbol of authority of Super Fight. Even though it was merely a small tournament with eighteen contestants fighting in pairs, its results decided in less than half a day, the entire spectator area was already packed.
This kind of single-day elimination format allowed the audience to truly experience the intensity of the matches.
After all, all eighteen contestants were renowned martial artists with extraordinary strength. Things were still manageable at the start; at the very least, narrowing eighteen people down to eight could not be done in a moment.
There was still some time to rest, but the further things progressed, the harsher it became. Often, before a contestant had recovered the stamina spent in their previous match, they had to begin the next one.
As for why eighteen contestants fighting in pairs resulted in only eight advancing, it was because two matches used a three-person elimination format. Those two matches were the opening match and the final match.
In other words, the first match of the first round and the final match of the round.
Among those three people, one contestant was bound to be either a champion from a previous tournament or a publicly acknowledged powerhouse. The final match was the same. Those two individuals were known as the "favored candidates"!
These former champions or acknowledged powerhouses would not compete immediately. Instead, they would wait for the other two members of their group to determine a winner, then the favored candidate would fight that winner. Only then would the first round be over, and the final eight decided!
It was worth mentioning