"Hehe, congratulations to you all."
Looking at the ten people left in the arena, the First Elder revealed a meaningful smile, then continued, "None of you seem to have suffered any serious injuries in your earlier battles. Since that's the case, why don't we begin the next round right away?"
With all five Competition Stages in use at once, the previous two rounds had taken very little time. Less than an hour had passed altogether, leaving more than enough time to finish the remaining battles today.
The spectators in the stands grew excited at the First Elder's words.
"Could we actually decide the champion today?"
"I never expected this Strong Ranking Tournament to change so much."
"I can't wait for the next battles!"
Under everyone's expectant gazes, the First Elder saw that Xiao Fan, Lin Xiuya, and the others remained silent and knew they had tacitly agreed to continue the tournament.
The First Elder chuckled. "For your next battles, we'll still let you draw your own opponents."
Looking at them, the First Elder once again took out the box covered in strange patterns and set it before everyone.
"The rules remain the same. There are red and blue numbers inside, each numbered from one to five. This time, however, both colors are in the same box. Whoever you draw will be entirely up to luck."
Before their eyes, the First Elder placed all ten numbered tokens inside, then stepped back twice and watched them with a smile.
With the red and blue tokens mixed together this time, they could no longer deliberately avoid opponents they did not wish to face.
For Xiao Fan, however, none of this made the slightest difference.
After all, he could see through the box.
The First Elder looked at everyone, then waved directly at