As the Grandmaster's words fell, the ground of the entire arena began to collapse.
Specks of starlight lit up in the void.
Then, countless spheres appeared out of thin air.
These spheres came in all kinds of colors and textures.
Each possessed a complete atmosphere, terrain, and even spun at tremendous speeds.
Stars burned, gas giants churned, and asteroid belts circled these miniature planets like slender silver ribbons.
This was a real miniature galaxy.
It retained all the physical properties of actual celestial bodies, but on a reduced scale.
An ordinary planet here was merely the size of a basketball.
Yet the environment was just as deadly as the real universe.
Absolute zero intertwined with stellar radiation, reaping all life like invisible blades.
Even more terrifying was the sudden drop in pressure caused by the vacuum. Any creature below planetary-level constitution, if exposed here without protection, would have its bodily fluids boil within seconds, its lungs rupture, and its vital signs completely drop to zero in an instant.
But none of those standing in this arena were ordinary.
Ebony Maw floated through space, his hands still elegantly clasped behind his back.
There was not a trace of panic on his Squidward-like face.
Before descending onto the battlefield, he had already formed a perfect invisible protective membrane around his body with his overwhelmingly powerful telekinesis.
This telekinetic barrier isolated the extreme temperatures, blocked deadly cosmic radiation, and maintained the air pressure around him.
It could be said that as long as nothing sudden caught him off guard,
he feared no environment when prepared.
On the other side, Ancient One was equally calm and composed.
She stood quietly in the void, her expression as tranquil as water.
With a light sweep of her hands before her chest, dazzling golden sparks trailed from