"Let us welcome—Competitor Xue Jing, and... Zhou Yinglin!"
Appearing together without precedence, such treatment was usually reserved for the U19 championship's final battle.
But now, applied to a quarterfinal battle, no one felt anything was amiss.
Thunderous applause, cheers, and screams erupted wildly, almost like a minor earthquake, shaking the entire Super Arena.
In the aisles for the competitors, figures stepped out from both sides.
One was a youthful eagle-eyed Martial Artist, holding a uniquely designed silver spear... No, rather than calling it a spear, it was more like an immensely enlarged—needle.
Thinner than regular spears, without a spear lug or a red tassel, it was just the essence of sharpness and slenderness.
It was rumored that the 'Gun Saint' Wu Xuanzhu, who once held the title of Eternal Warlord, favored a Divine Weapon called the 'Embroidered Needle.'
And what Zhou Yinglin held was a replica of that 'Embroidered Needle.'
