On the stage.
At the center of the ring, a man and a woman stood facing one another.
They were Su Xue and Ma Chen.
Seeing the two onstage gave Li Yun the feeling of a beauty facing a beast.
Ranked second, Su Xue naturally chose to challenge Ma Chen, who was ranked first.
Li Yun rested while keeping an eye on the strength of his eventual opponent.
The bout began.
Su Xue immediately used her footwork, darting around the ring.
Her figure flashed like a startled swan, weaving and darting across the ring.
Her gaze stayed fixed on Ma Chen as she tried to find an opening.
But Ma Chen stood like a boulder rooted to the ground, lowering his waist and settling into a horse stance at the center of the ring. No matter how Su Xue circled him, he met every move with stillness.
The ring was cramped to begin with. Though Su Xue was fast, she never had enough room to fully unleash her footwork.
Several times, she tried to circle around behind Ma Chen, but each time he easily countered with the slightest turn of his body. Her range of movement gradually shrank.
After failing to break through with repeated attacks, Su Xue's breathing grew ragged, and her movements slowed by half a beat.
Ma Chen seized that fleeting opening and let out a low roar. Like a wild ox charging, he barreled toward her.
Su Xue hurriedly dodged to the side, but he had driven her to the edge of the ring. She had nowhere left to retreat.
In the end, he knocked her off the ring.
On the elevated platform, Bai Yu glared furiously and declared that next year, he would make the ring several times bigger.
After a short rest, everyone turned