The middle-aged man heard what Troy Olympus said and with a wave of his hand the cage was flung open, releasing the Blizzard Lion inside. The beast roared as soon as the door was opened. The people all watched the arena ground with a complex look in their eyes. They did not know what happened inside the banquet hall to make the elder so the family so triggered against a child and even setting up a grown beast against a child.
It may sound like the realm of the beast was only at the peak of spirit formation but they were all aware that the beast was more capable than that. Spirit beasts had stronger bodies in comparison to humans and they could fight a human in a realm higher than them with ease as well. Here they were witnessing how a young boy faced off against a beast with a higher cultivation realm than him.