“...... After a long and painful audition, the martial artists who survived the physical and mental exhaustion of the trial, and finally made it to the finals, each of them is a true powerhouse. As their due glory, and for all the viewers who support them in front of the screen, Steel City has prepared a matching platform for martial artists - Iron Arena!"

With the male emcee's incendiary words, the artificial sun hanging high in the sky of the Steel City was extinguished, and the lights of the buildings and the city were literally lit up in an instant—all the lights concentrated on the floating island in the center of the city.

On the surface of a super-large floating island, a circular steel-framed building large enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people stands majestically in the clouds. It is as if it is a sacred mountain where the gods live in myths and legends, swallowing everyone's attention.

"Every five years from now on, it will open its doors on time and call for the arrival of the warriors. And the countless brave men who responded to the call and were ready to squander their blood will bring endless vitality to the Iron and Blood Arena!"

One by one, one by one

Iron Will Arena, Lounge.

Due to the relatively smooth draw, the location of the Evan team is one of the best in the entire arena, with a very wide field of vision, and the vast arena platform in the center of the field can be seen in full view. Kalenz stood at the front of the lounge stands, wordlessly staring at the tenfold in the center of the arena.

If you look at him, you can see that in the center of the arena, a stone tablet has a long sword stuck in it.

The golden-edged sword refracted a layer of floating light under the dazzling light, giving people a sense of naturalness, the golden sword and gauntlet spread like wings, and the long and wide blade had a special sword base at the bottom, which was also golden. The spine is flat and wide, and the blade is much longer than a normal longsword - like a combination of a two-handed greatsword and a longsword.

Unlike Karenz, who gazed calmly at the arena, Charmilles was a little nervous, doing a gymnastics in the spacious part of the lounge, warming up and releasing anxiety. Evan sat down on the couch next to him, leaning his back on the couch and sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

It seems to be perceiving the passage of time.

The small room was suddenly filled with an eerie silence, like the depression before the arrival of a thundercloud storm, and like the breath before the start of the play. only

All that seemed to be left was Charmille's slightly rapid breathing.

When the artificial sun was lit up again, and the bright light shone over the arena, a melodious horn sound suddenly came from outside. Ivan opened his eyes and saw that the door on the other side of the lounge had opened on its own. He stood up and walked outside, snapping his fingers, and Charmilles and Karenz followed.

Walking through the dimly lit passageway, when the trio were bathed in sunlight again, they saw huge copper pillars rising up around the center of the field, forming a circle with a diameter of one meter. On the ground inside the circle, there is a thick layer of blood-colored red sand. At the top of the bronze pillars engraved with inscriptions resembling sacred scripts, each placed a brazier symbolizing battle and victory, and the air twisted above the flames, setting off a solemn atmosphere in the surrounding field.

On all sides, there are towering walls and layers of rising auditoriums, which are full. From a distance, it looked like a piece of cloth that was constantly shaking, and bursts of noisy and dense sounds spread out from it.

When the figures of Evan and the others appeared on the edge of the arena platform, the voices around them suddenly rose up, and it was a cheer like a mountain and a tsunami, like a tide pouring into everyone's ears. The blood-colored ground speaks of the impending fierce battle, the roar of cheers burns the nerves of the fighters, and the sword in the center of the platform reflects the blinding sunlight, waiting for the moment when the blood is sipped.

And after the trio adjusted to the deafening shouts around them, they looked straight ahead, at their opponents walking towards the center of the arena. The warrior in intricate armor, spear in one gun and shield in hand, strode to the center of the field, raised his spear and gestured to the trio, his silver mask glistening in the sunlight.

"As promised, I'll go first. ”

Ivan shouted at his teammates and walked straight to the center of the field, cheering around him like a tidal wave.

One by one, one by one

When he came to his opponent, he found that his opponent's weapon was extraordinary, the golden fusiform spear was full of blood grooves, and the surface was vibrating with fiery energy fluctuations. And the golden round shield over there was also extremely thick and huge, and it was carried in the hands of the warriors, almost covering half of his body!

On the edge of the shield, a sevenfold prismatic enclosure can be seen, flashing with a dark red light. The shield is set against a sterling silver strap, which sits across the competitive platform, and has a taste of a combination of magic and high-tech.

Just as the two looked at each other, a huge male voice suddenly sounded in the arena, interrupting the noise in the audience:

"Welcome to the Hall of Martial Artists!"

This cold and majestic voice is subdued and unbeaten, and the rhythm is neat, deliberately creating an epic atmosphere: "You will compete here for the highest honors, either for money or to become the first officially recognized King of Fighters! The first match will be played by the Flame of Fate against the Dragon Slayer, and I hereby announce that the competition has officially begun!"

The sound rumbled above the arena as if it were rolling thunder, and the audience fell silent. Everyone was observing the martial artists in the arena for the first time, but the two protagonists of this competition had stopped looking at each other.

"As a gift for the first battle, I'll give you a chance to choose a weapon to take advantage of!" the dragon slayer struck the shield in his left hand with his spear, making a loud noise, and then shouted to Ivan.

"There's no need, my best weapons are these fists!" As Ivan spoke, the long whale swallowed the air like water, and the muscles of his whole body instantly expanded with the bullying of his chest, and the thick black steel-like green tendons were intertwined and covered, protruding from the muscles, forming an armor-like silhouette.

"Then let's go to war!"

The dragon slayer sneered, took a half-step abruptly, and at the same time raised his right hand and threw the golden spear at his opponent, so fast that it was almost impossible to react!

Sneer——!

With a subtle sound of breaking the air, a golden meteor slammed straight into Ivan's heart!

With this blow thrown, the phantom of a hideous beast roaring appeared around the body of the spear. The dragon slayer's soul fire wrapped around the spear, turning it into a terrifying rainbow, and the ammunition fired from the heavy cannon generally left a golden light in the human eye.

“......”

Ivan stared at the golden spear shuttling in, his deep black pupils instantly contracted, raised his right fist condensed by light and flames, and rushed forward with a fierce swing.