Adam was naturally no exception to this, and it took him a long time to recover his vision after the flash of light subsided.

By the time he turned his sore and teary eyes back to the three-dimensional projection, he discovered that the battle was already over.

Who won? 

The two anomalies were both laying still on the ground with their bodies severely mutilated, and it was impossible to tell which one of them had secured the ultimate victory.

However, the host quickly stepped onto the stage to announce the outcome of the match.

"According to our electroencephalographic data, I hereby declare the Skinned Anomaly to be the winner of this match!"

A chorus of disgruntled voices instantly rang out in response to this verdict, but everyone knew that the event organizers were too powerful to mess with, so none of the spectators dared to do anything aside from loudly voicing their displeasure.

"As I'm sure all of you are...