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Fang Hong glanced at him and merely nodded to the judges, "I'm ready, gentlemen of the jury."
The dwarf chief judge also nodded back at him in good humor.
Since too much time had been wasted, the tournament organizers no longer bothered with formalities—instead, they had the Dwarf Goblins hastily clear out a space. After a brief announcement of the rules, the two competitors were allowed to enter the arena.
Whether by chance or not, the first match was precisely between Immortal Worm and Fang Hong.
The third round of the competition was the final round of the preliminaries, in which the winners from the previous two rounds would duel to determine the final two victors. These two would then have the privilege to compete alongside the losers from the official matches, with the winner among them advancing to the ultimate finals of the Combat Artisan Challenge.
