Everyone in the Martial Arts Arena craned their necks in unison, staring in shock and awe at the Ice-Scratch Demon Tiger flying through the blue sky.
A breeze reached the crowd. They expected it to be warm and gentle, but a bone-chilling cold struck their faces instead, making them shiver.
The brilliant sunlight vanished behind a veil of darkness. Fierce winds swept through the air, carrying ice crystals and lending the scene an eerie look.
Then the Ice-Scratch Demon Tiger beat its blue-green wings and plunged toward the arena, bringing a violent flurry of wind and snow with it. The onlookers could hardly believe their eyes.
It was like watching an enormous iceberg hang in the sky before plummeting toward the ground. The sight was staggering!
Under everyone's gaze, the Ice-Scratch Demon Tiger finally landed. For a moment, the air seemed to freeze, and a strange hush settled over the arena.
The next instant, an explosion thundered through the entire Martial Arts Arena. It had come from Arena One.
A deafening tiger's roar followed. An apparition of the Ice-Scratch Demon Tiger seemed to appear overhead, throwing back its massive head and roaring with its jaws wide open.
At once, jagged glacial peaks surged from the ground beneath the apparition's roar, covering the entire arena. Fierce winds laden with ice crystals and snow swept between them, forming a Blizzard!
The peaks were enormous, as though a small mountain range of glaciers had appeared from nowhere. Their sheer presence made the vast arena seem small.
A thick layer of ice covered not only the arena but also the unfinished Water Curtain Sky at its edge. The curved water screens froze solid, turning into glaciers that stretched outward.
The Ice-Scratch Demon Tiger roared wildly over the frozen ground. It was as if a