"Wait… So that's it?"

Many had yet to come back to their senses, and those who had were now wondering: where was the enthralling, nail-biting fight they had been promised? Was that really all there was to Hong Shan's last fight? 

One could have scarcely finished a cup of tea in the time it took the two combatants to start the fight and decide the outcome. The long-anticipated fight had ended just like that, in a few minutes. 

Even the Divine Ability Realm expert presiding over the match seemed not to have come back to himself. After a long while, he finally spoke up, the shock still apparent in his voice. 

"L-Lu Changsheng wins… He is now the new King of the Battle Arena!"

With that announcement, the whole arena was thrown into an uproar, countless people seized with renewed excitement.

"Yeaaa! I won, and more than my fill this time!"

"I had my eye on Lu Changsheng back when he'd only won three straight, and I bet on him every match along the way. I've made a killing."

"I thought highly of Lu Changsheng, but I never expected him to beat Hong Shan and become King of the Battle Arena. I bet on the wrong fighter this time…"

"Lu Changsheng really is a martial artist unlike any other. Who'd have thought...