Huohuo was helped up by Hysilens and was so frightened that she curled up into a ball. She could barely speak properly.
"S-Sorry! I... I didn't do it on purpose! I-I-I..."
"It's fine. Don't be nervous." Hysilens' voice carried a certain magical quality — gentle yet seductive. "Let's just begin directly."
She released her hand, took two steps back, and looked at Huohuo with great interest.
"If possible, in the future, I, Miss Kafka, Miss Black Swan, and you can all play together sometime."
The moment these words came out, Huohuo's eyes widened even more. Her little head shook like a rattle drum.
"M-M-M-M-Me?! I... I'm afraid I can't keep up with you all..."
[Hahahahahaha, it's here, it's here — Huohuo's classic line!]
[Translation: The three of you combined aren't enough to fight me alone.]
[I declare, this is the most black-bellied line of the entire match. No contest!]
[Kafka, Black Swan, Hysilens: Bad women squad. Huohuo: Bad.]
Owlbert cleared his throat. Feeling that the atmosphere on site was somewhat subtle, he quickly announced, "Then, the final match of the lower bracket — begin now!"
The whistle sounded.
Hysilens elegantly assumed a fighting stance.
On the other side, Huohuo still had that cowardly look. She grabbed the hem of her clothes helplessly with both hands, lowered her head, and muttered to herself. She looked like she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it on the spot.
From her earpiece came Tail's furious roar.
"Look at you being such a coward! Straighten up right now! Don't disgrace the old Huo family name!"
"But... but she looks really strong... I can't beat her..." Huohuo responded in a small, tearful voice.
"Stop talking nonsense! Just like before — calm your mind! Don't overthink it. Just treat it like usual!"
"But I..."
"No buts! Do you want to live in the shadows for the rest of your life?!"
"I... I. I!"
"I've said it before — don't look with your eyes. Feel it with your heart!"
Huohuo suddenly raised her head and took a deep breath.
She didn't look at her opponent. Instead, she took out a black cloth strip she had prepared earlier from her pocket and, with trembling hands, covered her own eyes.
As long as I can't see, fear can't catch up to me!
I-It'll be fine!
The next second.
A miracle occurred.
When her vision was deprived, her previously hunched shoulders actually relaxed. Her originally panicked breathing became steady and long. The entire aura of her presence underwent a heaven-and-earth transformation.
Hysilens' pupils slightly contracted. Alarm bells rang wildly in her heart.
Before she could react, Huohuo moved.
Her footsteps became erratic, stepping to a strange rhythm, like a ghost — it was the Huo family's ancestral "Mistrack Steps."
One second she was still on the left side of the ring, and the next, a gust of wind had already pounced in front of Hysilens.
Hysilens was shocked. Relying on her astonishing reaction speed, she instinctively sidestepped and raised her guard.
But Huohuo's attack had already arrived.
There were no flashy moves — only the simplest and most direct punches, elbow strikes, and side kicks.
Huo Family Fist!
Every punch and kick was clean, crisp, yet carried tremendous force and an unstoppable ferocity.
Each strike accurately targeted the gaps in Hysilens' defense, forcing her to retreat step by step.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
The dull sounds of impact continuously rang out on the ring like dense drumbeats.
Hysilens had completely fallen into a passive position. Her proud elegance and rhythm were torn to shreds in the face of Huohuo's unreasonable, ferocious assault.
She could only dodge, but no matter how she moved, she couldn't shake off that small figure clinging to her like a bone-deep parasite.
[Holy shit?!]
[Did my eyes deceive me? Is this Huohuo? The same Huohuo who faceplanted earlier?!]
[This is literally Huo Yuanjia possessing her, right?! Too fierce!]
[Wait? Huohuo's surname isn't actually Huo, is it?]
[Otherwise?]
[Contrast! Extreme contrast! I love it! Huohuo wife, hit me!]
[Hysilens: Who am I? Where am I? Wasn't I in a wrestling match? How did I end up getting beaten up?]
Backstage, Mydei had an incredulous expression. "Is this still that timid little security officer girl who hides from everyone?"
Su Chen lightly coughed twice and explained with feigned profundity, "You just don't know. As a security officer, how do you think she deals with those vicious criminals? You wouldn't know, would you? She's just timid — her skills are actually first-class!"
On stage, the situation suddenly changed.
Hysilens' movement technique was still powerful. She barely managed to weave between the airtight attacks. However... Huohuo's decision to blindfold herself was her greatest weakness.
At that moment, Hysilens softly opened her mouth. An ethereal hum escaped from between her lips.
The song wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power. Combined with the unique dome structure of the Penacony Grand Theater, the song was infinitely amplified and refracted, as if coming simultaneously from all directions — from the heavens above and the earth below.
The bullet comments were also listening in a trance!
[Ah, I think I see a beautiful mermaid from the deep sea!]
[Yes, she's waving at me!]
Huohuo, who was in the middle of a high-speed attacking rhythm, suddenly froze in place.
Her hearing had been completely disrupted. The originally clear position of her enemy instantly became blurred.
To the left was the sound of Hysilens' footsteps. To the right as well. Even from above came the sound of fabric cutting through the wind.
She stopped in place. Cold sweat seeped from her forehead.
"Now! Don't hesitate!" Tail's roar came from the earpiece.
Huohuo gritted her teeth. Relying on this momentary guidance, she gathered all her strength into a single point and charged fiercely toward the clearest trace of presence she could sense!
This was her final strike, betting everything on it!
On the stage, Huohuo traced a perfect parabolic arc.
Because the song had distorted her sense of distance, her charging direction had a tiny deviation.
It was this deviation that caused her to brush past the hem of Hysilens' clothes and charge straight toward the edge of the ring.
"Thud——!"
A sound even louder, even duller, and even more despairing than her previous faceplant.
Huohuo fell face-down onto the floor below the ring, limbs spread out, completely motionless.
Everyone: ...
Live stream audience: ...
Hysilens stood at the edge of the ring, looking at the motionless figure lying below. On her beautiful face, she helplessly shook her head.
She won?
Just like that?
Sigh... She didn't even know what to say.
She got tricked by the song, charged straight to the edge of the ring, and then fell off by herself?
"Er..." Owlbert shook his head. Even Warren Buffett would have to pay out twice for this result!
He felt sorry for the audience members who had bet on it!
He held his forehead and announced:
"The match... is over! The winner is... Miss Hysilens!"