Online, the news had already spread.
Thereafter, whenever Ji Xinghuo appeared at the venue, he was quickly recognized by those nearby, and naturally, no one dared to trouble him.
The Emperor Star Team was invincible, winning every match in the group stage and entering the knockout stage as the top seed. They continued their unbeaten streak in the knockouts, cutting down their opponents one by one, and finally erging from the winners’ bracket into the ultimate championship battle.
July 22.
At 6 p.m., Ji Xinghuo returned to the Imperial Arena.
Tonight, the champion of this international invitational tournant would be decided between the Emperor Star Team and the Space Cowboys Team.
The Space Cowboys Club was from the United States, headquartered on the East Coast in the "Eternal City", controlled by one of the world’s largest conglorates, "Xinxiang Consortium", and was the most successful club in the United States, without equal.
Before this season, the Space Cowboys had invested hundreds of billions of US dollars, making nurous trades, and acquiring several star competition Mutants, thus forming the Galaxy Battleship.
All five starters for the Space Cowboys were top hundred Mutants in the ranking ladder.
After the season started, the Space Cowboys went undefeated in Arica’s Super League, securing the season’s championship halfway through and set their sights on this international invitational tournant.
Then, two days ago, they faced a severe blow.
The Space Cowboys clashed with the Emperor Star Team in the knockouts. Their first match was incredibly fierce, and they nearly won. However, in the final monts, Zhao Manying turned the tide by taking on three opponents alone, eliminating all rivals, and won thrillingly.
To this point, they were the only team that posed a threat to the Emperor Star Team.
That match was rated as the best match of the tournant.
Unfortunately, in the following two matches, the Space Cowboys were greatly affected by their first loss and played progressively worse, getting swept into the losers’ bracket.
However, they adjusted tily in subsequent matches, fought their way back from the losers’ bracket, and entered the final championship battle.
Tonight’s match could beco one of the most intense fights in recent mory.
It is filled with countless highlights.
With one side from the Asia-Pacific Community and the other from the Arican Federation, this battle of the superpowers echoes the current global political landscape.
The Space Cowboys are the only team in recent years that might possibly defeat the Emperor Star.
With a luxurious lineup, all top ladder Mutants, if they still lose, the impact on them would be too great.
If Zhao Manying wins, she will beco the second nine-ti champion in history.
When Ji Xinghuo arrived, there was still more than half an hour before the match began, yet the venue was almost full.
Unlike the first match of the group stage, the audience this ti was more diverse, with only a small portion being Imperials, while the majority were die-hard fans from the Asia-Pacific Community, the Arican Federation, and other nations, creating a highly spirited atmosphere.
The front row seats at the venue were filled with stars.
Movie stars, internet celebrities, socialites, legends, and tycoons, none of those seated here were nobodies.
The tickets for the most front-row seats cost millions of Ya Yuan each, but for celebrities, spending this money for exposure was totally worth it.
Ji Xinghuo recognized many faces.
Thousand Illusion Swordsman Li Xuan, the An Family’s Ice-Fire siblings, as well as many top ladder legends, and Mutants, along with film emperors, divas, and so on. Everyone’s na was well-known, creating a dazzling array of stars.
Many elites from other countries also attended, but Ji Xinghuo was not familiar with them.
His seat was not very far forward, located in the tenth row.
Because he decided to co to Ivangrad too late, he was unable to get a ticket for the very front row, but it made little difference.
Just as Ji Xinghuo was about to sit down, soone in the front row suddenly stood up.
"Xinghuo."
An Yitian greeted him enthusiastically.
As soon as he called out the na, the nearby seated people turned their heads in unison to look over. Though most here were either rich or powerful, or both, and would not get as excited as ordinary people, they were just as curious about Ji Xinghuo.
Now on Earth, there was no one who didn’t know of Ji Xinghuo.
However, except for those who had seen him in person, Ji Xinghuo still maintained a layer of mystery online.
Everyone wanted to know what the top ladder ranker, boyfriend of the Sword Immortal, really looked like.
The gaze of the crowd carried both curiosity and scrutiny.
Ji Xinghuo ignored them, nodded at An Yitian, "Senior An." Then he greeted Li Xuan, "Brother Li."
The wager based on their duel had already beco well-known.
When the two of them faced each other, it imdiately sparked people’s curiosity.
Li Xuan slowly stood up, enjoying the feeling of being the center of attention, his face beaming with a smile, he spoke loudly, "You call An Yitian ’Senior’ but refer to as ’Brother Li’," he said, "Why did you casually lower my seniority?"
An Yitian was more than twenty years older than him, even though he was a Heavenly King, Ji Xinghuo had not called him wrong.
Li Xuan said this just as a joke.
However, Ji Xinghuo was not buying it and acted as if he had heard nothing, taking a seat in his assigned spot.
Li Xuan’s smile froze.
Seeing that Ji Xinghuo did not even glance at him, he could only muster a sheepish smile and turned back to his seat.
The people around stifled their expressions, pretending not to see. Rumors had long circulated about the discord between Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan; they must be true, for the two would not have set such a grand wager over a Star-Falling Species.
After Ji Xinghuo sat down, from ti to ti, people approached him to whisper and seek acquaintance.
He did not turn anyone away, briefly exchanged a few words, and added contact details.
The competition was about to start.
Suddenly, the voice of the announcer, solemn, echoed in the arena, and on the central projection screen, an image of a man in civilian clothes appeared.
"Tonight, our great Emperor graces the Imperial Arena..."
All eyes in the venue were drawn to that image.
Ji Xinghuo did not look at the screen, but turned his head directly to one of the upper booths. The man who was now standing in the booth waving at the cara was none other than the Emperor of the New Roman Empire, "Steel Emperor" Ivan Zhugashvili.
The first impression of the Steel Emperor was one of determination.
His facial features were not prominent, he had a thick set of black hair, and although he was only about 1.7 ters tall, below the average, he emanated an innate authority that was commanding without anger.
His not-so-imposing figure contained steel-like strength!
As the host enthusiastically extolled him, the Steel Emperor looked around; wherever his gaze landed, it triggered cheers from the Imperial citizens.
There were other people in the booth.
Ji Xinghuo noticed Princess Sofia, but his attention was not on her, but rather on the man next to her.
He narrowed his pupils.
This strong-built man with blond hair and blue eyes was none other than the newly appointed Sun King, John Anthony.
Both the first and second-ranked Kings had arrived!
On the big screen, after the host had introduced the Steel Emperor, the cara focus shifted to the Sun King. The day before yesterday, the Sun King had arrived in Ivangrad leading the delegation from the United States, becoming the headline news.
At that mont, John Anthony stepped forward, stood beside the Steel Emperor, and waved to the audience.
His face showed a standard smile, appearing approachable.
However, compared to the Steel Emperor, the Sun King received sowhat less welco, as this was the New Roman Empire, and people were not very familiar with him.
Ji Xinghuo’s electromagnetic induction spread out, and instantly, he felt the trendous power of the two Kings. Their Ether Energy fluctuations were not intentionally concealed, and among the hundreds of thousands of people at the scene, they were like two beacons in the dark, so bright!
Only a few Kings could compare with them.
But there was a significant gap.
Next to them was Luo Ying, who was in another booth. Over the past few days in Ivangrad, they had secretly stayed in touch but had not appeared publicly together.
Just as Ji Xinghuo was about to withdraw his gaze, suddenly, the Sun King’s gaze turned towards him.
Their eyes t.
The Sun King’s expression paused for half a second, and the Steel Emperor, noticing his change, also looked towards Ji Xinghuo in the audience, his eyes filled with scrutiny but he remained silent.
But in the next second, the Sun King suddenly stepped out of the booth, his figure flashing fast as lightning, descending from the sky.
In an instant, the Sun King appeared in front of Ji Xinghuo.
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