The Finals Finally Begin

There was, in truth, not much to say about this kind of extra match.

This style of defending the ring should have counted as the fairest way to select the top sixteen in strength from among the twenty-three geniuses with nine wins and one loss.

Though it included the rule that each person only had one chance to challenge, judging one's own strength and an opponent's strength was also one of the required lessons to begin with.

If someone chose the wrong opponent and suffered an unexpected defeat, they could not blame anyone else.

And because each person had only one chance to challenge, this round of extra matches did not take much time at all. After a few bouts that same day, it was essentially over.

In the end, the sixteen remaining ring defenders, together with Shen Changchuan, Lin Wushuang, and the other four who had achieved ten straight victories, all stepped into the finals stage.

There were still three days of rest

before the finals began.

During these three days, among the twenty who had entered the final round, most made no moves.

They basically sat cross-legged in different corners of the plaza, closing their eyes to rest their spirits and storing up their strength, doing everything they could for the finals three days later.

This almost tacit, silent waiting

made even the surrounding air turn somewhat scorched and restless.

So much so that the hearts and minds of the surrounding spectators also gave rise to a wave of fervor.

After all, in the eyes of most of the people around, the ones who could make it to the very end of these finals should undoubtedly be Shen Changchuan and Lin Wushuang.

Almost without question, first place in this grand competition would most likely be born between these