"Winner, Heavy Yan!"
The announcement rang out across the arena.
Boom!!
Dust kicked up from where the loser had been thrown to the ground, rolling and then going still.
The crowd's roar rose up immediately after, shaking the stands.
The battle was quick and brutal. Heavy Yan had completely dominated it from beginning to end.
It wasn't, of course, that his opponent was weak.
Hm.
Rather, he was just too strong.
Heavy Yan stood at the center of the platform, arms loose at his sides, not even breathing hard.
Somewhere behind him, his opponent was still being carried off.
Standing behind a glass wall overlooking the arena, Minister Fin watched the dust settle over the fallen fighter.
"From the Star Weaver stage to the Sanctified stage, there is only a change in energy output, general strength, technique, and skill," he said. "However, when one reaches the stage of Sanctified, there is a fundamental change."
Next to him, the Marquis John said nothing.
