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Meanwhile, back during the ongoing fights in the Coliseum of Dacratas.
The number of participants had already been further chopped down to eighty-five people, of whom twenty were part of Azmond's party.
And of these eighty-five remaining people, including the girls in Azmond's party, everyone, at the very minimum, was in the Seventh Cataclysm, while the majority of the remaining participants were of the Half-Step Mahayana Realm.
Furthermore, of those in the Half-Step Mahayana Realm, Blazeheart and Shadowstrike were expected to win it all with their Peak Stage Half-Step Tribulation Transcendence Realm strength!
"The match will begin in 5 4 3 2"
The high-pitched voice of the announcer echoed out before
"1!"
And as soon as his voice reached 1, the eighty-five remaining people once again went at it with ferocious passion!
SHING! SHING!
Blades and spells were flying all over the place as the stadium lit up in a bright array of colors!
And this time, they rained down more fervently than ever!
After all, the last eighty-five standing participants were forced to take a break for a few minutes as a few 'Super VIP spectators' had shown up in the VIP stands.
Namely, they were the Kings, Emperor's, and Leaders of secret organizations.
Although only those below the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm had shown up, they were still of sufficient status to be called Hegemony's of Asterion!
And of course, there were the Peak Mahayana Realm Experts of the cosmic asteroids that surrounded Asterion.
Though these experts were only mere figureheads that were essentially enslaved by the various overseers, they still held a certain amount of authority.
Furthermore, these weren't the only people who showed up, as the princes, princesses, and close family of these rulers had started filling up the VIP stands!
Many of these descendants were of the Seventh Cataclysm Tribulation Transcendance Realm and above. However, there were a few younger ones that mingled in the crowd.
At this thought, Ana turned her dark blue eyes down to the source of all this commotion.
And what she saw were the remnants of a golden cocoon and a man
The man looked like nothing special His aura was a little stronger, and his features were average
But even so
Why do I feel like this man's dull gaze is attempting to suck me in?? Is he playing tricks on everyone here!?
After this thought entered her mind, she turned to her elders, intending to tell them of this oddity.
"!?"
But when she saw their ecstatic expressions, she knew that the man below was not using any sort of charm, for if he was, her elders would've noticed.
What is going on here?? Even my mother seems a little taken aback by the aura being released from this man! Doesn't she have any sense of decency!? Father is right over there!
Ana looked toward her usually stalwart figure with his medium-length blonde hair and saw that he was just as excited as the rest
What in the Azure God's name did I miss while playing around in the Academy!? I was only late by a few minutes!
She couldn't believe she had missed so much, being only a few minutes past when she was supposed to arrive!
Her bewildered gaze scanned through everyone in the crowd, and although the new arrivals seemed fine, the rest of the crowd appeared to be in a trance!
And just as she was about to blurt out that there was a problem, she suddenly looked back at the catalyst of this entire situation.
It was at that moment that she completely forgot what exactly she was going to say
And just like the rest of the spectators, she got sucked into the 'spell' of the mysterious man.
Her eyes glossed over a little as small, faint traces of hearts began to form in her watery eyes.
She too had fallen for the passive charm that Azmond's 'Semon' race was leaking out at all times
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