The audience and even the other contestants were shocked when they saw a real domain skill being used. They knew for a fact that a domain skill is what separates the powerful individuals in Pandemonium. For the Prince of the Undead to have this meant that he can become a being equal to a demigod.
[Congratulations to the South Korean National Team for advancing to the next round.]
The battle ended with the domain skill overpowering the two transformed warriors. The gloomy atmosphere could be seen on the Japanese Team side as they lost the battle, but the audience cheered for them.
For the audience, the battle between South Korea and Japan did not create losers. They gave an electrifying match that will be considered as one of the best matches. The audience even forgot the previous matches when they finished watching the match between Japan and South Korea.
The next few matches were fierce as well but the trill from watching the Japan versus South Korea match was not overshadowed. The battle between Germany Versus France ended with Germany's resounding victory in the team fight as Faust and Eis were a pair that cannot be easily toppled.
The next fight between United Kingdom and Canada ended in the victory of the former as Pendragon participated in the solo match. Merlin then decimated the enemy team in the team match as all her spells covered almost the entire arena.
The match between Ukraine and Finland ended in the victory of the latter as Cersei's curses are difficult to dispel with the aspect of Vepar fighting beside her. Sweden and Italy match could be said to be the most predictable one as Frey did not hold back one bit. She proceeded to decimate the enemy team in three minutes.
The Russia versus Australia match could be said as a bad matchup for the latter as the Australian team does not have a high burst damager to instantly kill Sveto. The Malaysia versus Thailand team ended the match as 1:2 as the latter lost the team match due to the former team being better in team plays.
The last qualifying match is the most anticipated one right now as they want to know who will represent the solo matches. Dupe might be great, but she is outclassed in one-on-one situations. Apolaki is already a given, but the audience want to know who the other one would be.
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"Other than Creepysoo and Old Man Vayu's match, the other matches were almost one sided. I hope the last qualifying match is great." Marlon grumbled as the excitement he felt from their friend's match was really something else.
"Who do you think will be the solo player for our country? It would surely be Apolaki." Jade stated.
"I think it would be that summoner named Arsenal." Adrian muttered as he felt that Apolaki wants to hide as much as possible.
"Oh? Why do you say so?" Jade asked.
"Just a hunch." Adrian answered.
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Just as Adrian predicted, the player from the Philippine National Team is the summoner named Arsenal. From the Taiwan national team side, Nishui is the first one to be in battle as they expected that Apolaki would be the one to handle the first solo match. They might have predicted wrong, but they thought that they lucked out.
The Taiwan National Team thought that they have this match in the bag as they just needed to get the island battleground for the team match. The player named Dupe might be troublesome in the team match but if Renyu floods the whole area then they would win regardless.
"Both players enter your gaming pods." The announcer stated as the battlefield chosen is the stadium since Arsenal won the coin flip.
He chose the stadium map as he wanted to avoid the places where he could die due to the environment or those with water. Arsenal thanked his luck that it managed to at least make the match not totally against him.
As soon as the two materialized in the stadium, the God of War, Ares, made his speech once again. The stadium is once again filled with spectators.
Nishui thought that Arsenal would be an easy match because he did not do much in the previous events. He mainly just supported the team using his soulbounds that were not mostly for support as well. He only used three soulbounds that were the chameleon, a monkey that plays the cymbals and the hornbill that can launch projectiles of the things that it eats.
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Before the match….
"Are you sure about sending Arsenal instead of you?" Dupe asked Apolaki.
"I am sure as we will not win if I bring out all my cards. The undead boy has a domain skill that no one in our team possess. Our only chance of winning the team match against them would be to win against Ain which I can do.
Do not worry as Arsenal has trained enough to match against a normal ranker in the right conditions. He also hid most of his skills, so he still has the element of surprise in his belt. You are weak against one on one's, so we have to trust in him." Apolaki stated as he sent Arsenal with a confident look.
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The moment that the two moved, Nishui immediately decreased the distance against the two of them. If he could prevent the summoner to summon his soulbounds then he can easily win. His staff extended to hit Arsenal by the mouth, but the latter just jumped back in response.
"High Summon: Espada" Arsenal stated.
A magic circle that had the mark of a wolf and a sword suddenly appeared. From it, an armored wolf with a sword on its mouth came out and parried the oncoming staff attack from Nishui.
"High Summon: Pangil" Arsenal followed up as he had a breather.
A magic circle with a snake with its head having some features of a wolf suddenly appeared from the summoning.. Fang measured about twenty meters in length and could easily squish the opponent but its main attack is actually spitting poison to its enemies.