Phase Two began with a reshuffling of the stadium. Each performance tier—first, second, third, and so on—was assigned their own dedicated stage.
Naturally, Stage One was reserved for the first-place finishers of Phase One. The crowd overflowed on all sides, eager to watch the clash of the elites. Serena. Kain. Soren. Kairos. Dwayne. Addison. Lucas. Hailey.
But Kain wasn't fighting first.
That honour went to Serena and Dwayne. Kain had no doubts about the outcome. She had one thing no one else on the stage could match: a limitless supply of spiritual power. Watching her tear Dwayne apart, while satisfying, felt inevitable.
So instead, he turned his attention to the second stage on its right, where the second-placers from each group had begun their own fight for ranks 9 through 16.
Bridge's match had just begun.
Kain leaned forward in his seat.
