The crowd cheered and roared with excitement as the tournament's official start was about to begin. The other Dao Transformation youths flew up from the arena into the stands once more, leaving only John, his opponent, and the Yang-Dao Sect Elder standing on the arena.
Formation screens flickered into existence all across the arena, depicting the stats and charts of both John and his opponent. His opponent, Aragas of the Swiftsword Sect, stared at John with uncertain eyes, a slight grimace on his face.
By now, everyone knew that John's strength was not to be underestimated. Although most still believed that his illusory test scores were somehow false, either through cheating or some other unknown method, they knew his strength was the real deal. In the elimination trial the previous day, John had easily handled two opponents, both from the Three Dao Sects, with relative ease.
