"Oh-ho! Look who this is!" Grandmaster cried dramatically. "The prodigal son of Titan! The dream lover of countless young women across the universe! Thanos's younger brother... Starfox, Eros!"
A wave of screams erupted from the stands, mixed with cheers from quite a few female aliens.
Starfox walked into the preparation zone amid the applause, waving to the audience with obvious enjoyment and even blowing kisses at several cameras.
"And his opponent..." Grandmaster drew out the words.
The image on the big screen changed, revealing a photo of Peter Parker.
"A young masked man from Earth! The bug boy who swings between buildings—Spider-Man! Peter Parker!"
The audience's reaction was clearly far less enthusiastic than before, and there was even a round of booing.
"What the hell? Did Earth run out of people? They sent up a kid?"
"With those skinny arms and legs, can he even take one punch?"
After all, in the eyes of these bloodthirsty cosmic thugs, this slender Earth kid did not look like enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
Grandmaster ignored the boos and continued shouting into his raised microphone. "Now, the voting channel is closed! Let's see what kind of environment these two warriors will use to tear each other apart!"
A few seconds later, the arena information appeared.
"Oh-ho!" Grandmaster cried theatrically. "Terrain confirmed: Lightless City: Beast Hunting Ground!"
Clack, clack, clack—!
As his words fell, the arena began rapidly rearranging itself.
Ruined skyscrapers rose from the ground one after another.
The streets split open, and rusted car wrecks lay scattered everywhere.
In barely a dozen seconds, a modern metropolis steeped in post-apocalyptic wasteland atmosphere had been perfectly displayed before the audience across the universe.
"This is going to be very interesting."
Grandmaster lowered his voice, deliberately making it sound mysterious.
"Foxes and