Amidst all the shock, the contest continued on. But most of them had etched Zero's name in their mind. Other participants knew that they had to come up with a method to defeat him, especially Rank-A + who couldn't afford to be defeated by a lower-ranked fighter.
And among the lower-ranked fighters, Zero who is at Rank-A is the one who got the highest chance of beating them. So, naturally, they were wary of him, especially after defeating Aricen who is Rank-A+ like themselves.
Aricen had become an embarrassment. Not only did he lose to a lower-ranked human than himself but by how he was behaving after his loss.
It was like he lost his mind. He had to be carried away to the hospital even though his body was perfectly fine.
Anyway, the contest got a lot fiercer than before. Many fights were now between Rank-As. Rank-B had mostly been eliminated in the first round and almost every Rank-B was getting demolished in the second recond as their opponents were mostly Rank-A.
