After all, Fade had killed four people within the five rounds of the competition. Only the opponent from Malsburg survived. He had exceeded everyone's expectations. They were looking forward to the semi-finals and finals. They wanted to see him fight with either the Micovia or Earland team.
He watched the rest of the competition in the auditorium. The Micovia and the Earland teams were still very powerful.
There were several tough battles in the fifth round of the competition. In the end, with no surprise, two out of the three slots for the semi-finals were obtained by Bart and Aiden.
Moreover, both of their opponents were from their own team, thus, they only fought for a while for formalities, then the opponents surrendered, causing them to advance smoothly.
Obviously, they wanted the two of them to conserve their strength to deal with Fade later.
The final slot in the semi- finals was a battle between the 2nd seeded participants from the Micovia and Earland teams respectively. After a tough battle, the participant from the Micovia team was slightly better, and he advanced to the semi-finals.
Hence, there were two people from Micovia, one from Earland, and one was Chinese.
This outcome was as per what everyone expected. After all, these three teams were very popular from the beginning.
However, the process exceeded everyone's expectation, especially Fade's unexpected performance and his boldness; it had surprised many of them.
After the names for the semifinalists were determined, the drawing lots session was carried out before the matches.
Soon, the result of the draw was out. Fade would fight Aider, from Earland whereas Bart was fighting his own teammate.
This result had caused another round of criticism. Many people thought that Micovia was playing tricks to ensure Bart would advance into the finals.
However, they could only mumble to themselves. No one would actually come out and accuse Micovia of playing tricks like this.
The following match was also per everyone's expectation.
As Bart was fighting the second- seeded participant from his own team, they didn't even fight and the opponent surrendered right away, letting Bart directly advance into the finals.
As a result, the focus of everyone's attention was on the second round of the semi-finals.
It was Fade versus Aiden.
There were many discussions and assumptions going around the crowd.
"I guess that Fade will win; he's a powerful dark horse."
"I don't think so. Aiden is the captain of the Earland team, and you must not underestimate his strength. Moreover, I heard that he has inherited the Sacred Heavenly Knight from Earland."
"But Aiden has been advancing all the way, yet he doesn't seem to be as good as Fade."
"Ha! That's because he wasn't giving his best. If he wanted to, he could've killed his opponents as well."
"I still think that Fade will win."
"Aiden will definitely win. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet."
Just as everyone was discussing passionately, the semi-finals began.
Fade looked at his opponent with a serious expression. Aiden's strength was obviously better than his previous opponent's. Moreover, because of the change of the rules from earlier, it was also very difficult for Fade to kill him with one move before he surrendered.
Just as he was thinking, the referee announced the start of the game.
Fade circulated his positive energy and he was about to attack.
However, at this moment, Aiden took a step back and jumped out of the arena. He said with a smile, "I surrender."
This left everyone shocked.
Even Fade was surprised. He looked at Aiden, who was in front of him, in astonishment.
Aiden said with a smile, "Losing now, or losing later in the finals, the result is the same for me."
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