While Hailey was still pondering the meaning behind Shae's words, a thunderous wave of cheers suddenly rang out as the host led the combatants into the stadium.

Instead of coming out one by one, both of the combatants had emerged together.

The host didn't give them much of an introduction as the majority of spectators present in the stadium were already familiar with the two combatants. There were only around a dozen people in the S tier, and as a pair of A tier combatants with S tier power and spotless records, they were even more renowned than the average S tier combatant.

Adam was standing on one side of the massive arena, wearing the lavish attire that had been prepared for him by the stadium, looking across at the masked figure on the other side.

His opponent was also looking back at him.

"Hello, we meet again," Oni no Hanzou greeted from afar,...