In Earth's livestream chatrooms, the barrage instantly flooded the screens as countless people cheered for Nebula.
"Miss V! Tear him apart!"
"Go, Miss V! Burn him to ashes!"
"Next up, terrain selection!" Grandmaster shouted.
Dozens of terrain options appeared on the screen, the vote counts jumping wildly.
A few seconds later, the votes locked in.
"Terrain confirmed! Heavy-Core Arena: no cover whatsoever, gravity multiplied by five!"
"A holy ground for pure hand-to-hand combat!" Grandmaster laughed.
The ground at the center of the arena began to deform violently. The metal floor collapsed downward, forming a massive sunken circular gladiator pit.
There were no unnecessary obstacles, only cold alloy walls.
Nebula leaped forward and landed steadily in the center of the pit.
On the other side, Red Hood slowly walked into the arena, his hands hanging at his sides, black Hell miasma coiling around his fingertips.
The two stood fifty meters apart, facing each other in silence.
A red countdown began flashing above the gladiator pit.
Three.
Two.
One.
The buzzer sounded.
The battle began!
Red Hood had just raised his hand, and the twin guns in his palms had yet to fire their Hell rounds.
Then Nebula vanished.
The latest model, the "Sandevistan: Apogee," activated at full power.
To ordinary viewers, Nebula had disappeared into thin air.
Within bullet time, Nebula had already appeared in front of him, Vibranium Mantis Blades snapping out from both arms.
In less than 0.1 seconds, she had completed more than a dozen cross-cutting slashes.
Time resumed.
Nebula appeared behind Red Hood, maintaining a half-crouched stance as she slowly retracted her Mantis Blades.
Red Hood behind her remained standing in place.
The next moment, his body broke apart like building blocks—torso, limbs, head—scattering into dozens of pieces that hit the floor with wet slaps.
Instant kill.