The emergence of the final eight meant they were one step closer to the ultimate showdown.
Upper bracket: Lei Chan, Chen Rui, Lalalia, Lola.
Lower bracket: Catherine, Chiliao, Pagliu, Dodo.
The final victor would emerge from these eight. At this stage, the martial arts tournament was no longer a contest between ordinary powerhouses—it was a battle of super-tier experts!
The final eight were randomly regrouped. The results were: in the upper bracket, Lei Chan versus Lalalia, and Chen Rui versus Lola; in the lower bracket, Dodo versus Chiliao, and Pagliu versus Catherine.
The draw surprised Chen Rui somewhat. He had originally thought he would meet Lei Chan early on, but who would have thought Lei Chan would be "lucky" enough to draw the little mustached flat-chested loli, while he himself would face the Fairy Dragon he loved.
There were only four matches in the final eight, each broadcast live as a single match.
By lottery, the first match was Chiliao versus Dodo from the lower bracket.
Although Shapeshifter master had staged an underdog's comeback in the battle to advance from sixteen to eight, breaking through to the Kingdom level in one stroke, he was still far too green when facing the Octopus Emperor, who had stood at the peak of the Kingdom level for many years.
The Octopus Emperor saw through Dodo's strength at a glance and did not take him seriously. With a casual wave of his hand, a ring of mist enveloped the Shapeshifter. Dodo's body rapidly froze, solidifying into an onion-shaped ice sculpture in the blink of an eye. Then, with a puff of breath, the ice sculpture crumbled into powder.
What mildly surprised the Octopus Emperor was that the "powder," which should at the very least have lost all ability to move, swiftly gathered itself back