The order of their finishing times was: Bolan, Yun He, Qian Shui, Luo Feng, Jiang Mo, Lancelot, Long Yun, Ai Chen, Wuka, and Rong Jun.
The fastest would face the slowest, and so on, making the matchups:
Bolan versus Rong Jun.
Yun He versus Wuka.
Qian Shui versus Ai Chen. As it happened, the only two women were paired together.
Luo Feng versus Long Yun.
Jiang Mo versus Lancelot.
The matchups were set.
Everyone cast sympathetic looks at Rong Jun.
Although Rong Jun had just unleashed a stunning saber strike, Bolan was simply too strong.
His performance in the trial space said it all. He was an entire Trial Tower ahead of everyone else, and almost everyone sighed for Rong Jun.
Poor bastard.
Another unlucky fellow was Wuka. No one had any faith in this prince of Manka Star's warrior race now that he was facing Yun He.
Yun He's burst of power had truly shocked everyone present. They now considered him the strongest after Bolan.
None of the other eight in the top ten wanted to face those two.
"Rest for a while. The final arena matches will begin shortly." Venerable Nine Swords' voice echoed in everyone's ears.
"Thirteen, congratulations! Your Ganwu Universe Country really hit the jackpot this time!"
"Exactly! Three of the top ten are from your Ganwu Universe Country. That's just outrageous!" said an immortal sourly. His own Universe Country had come away empty-handed, without a single contestant in the Top 1000.
"Especially that Yun He. I hadn't paid much attention to him before. Only when he unleashed his power just now did I realize he was a genius second only to Bolan. You really kept him under wraps."
"That's right, Thirteen! You sly bastard!"
Around Thirteen, the Scale-Armored Giant, the other immortals all began