The entire crowd fell silent. The only sound was the dust roiling over the Life-and-Death Arena, as though it had engulfed the whole world.
People stared wide-eyed at the scene in the Life-and-Death Arena, unable to believe what they saw. No one had expected this outcome.
Had both sides perished together? Had this battle to the death ended without a winner?
Inside the Life-and-Death Arena, Ying Ming Hao and the others had suffered relatively little damage, thanks to their distance from the blast and the protective measures they had taken beforehand.
Ming Hao sprang up from the rubble as nimbly as a carp flipping upright, completely ignoring Lin Yong, Qi Qing, and the others still lying nearby.
Gripping the Burial Life Blade, his gaze blazing like a torch, he swiftly located Fatty Zhang and the others, then charged toward Fatty Zhang like an arrow loosed from its bow.
Lin Zihan and Qing Yu had been farther away, so their injuries were even lighter.
They, too, had no time to spare for those on the ground. Without hesitation, they followed Ming Hao, racing toward Fatty Zhang.
As the dust inside thinned a little, the first thing to emerge was an enormous flood dragon, its body curled up as it struggled feebly on the ground.
At the very instant Zhao Mei detonated herself, the flood dragon had made an astonishing decision.
With the speed of thunder striking before one could cover one's ears, he had snatched Luo Kai over and sheltered him tightly within his coils, using his own body to absorb most of the impact and preserve as much of Luo Kai's strength as possible.
That way, perhaps they could still strike back from the brink, wipe out Fatty Zhang and his companions in one fell swoop, and become