If Lucian's match was surgical and silent, the next match promised to be loud and painful.
As the arena's obsidian tiles restructured themselves into reinforced stone, a new name thundered across the display.
[Match 5: Tessa Asano "Titaness" vs. Jin Park]
Lysandra's voice rang out like the bell of war. "Brace yourselves! Because the indomitable brawler of Madam Sylvia's trio is stepping in! Let's hear it for Tessa Asano, the Titaness!!"
The crowd's mood changed instantly as cheers and stomps echoed from the lower stands as Tessa stomped her way into the arena like a freight train.
She cracked her neck once, then her knuckles, before tossing her golden bomber jacket into the wind. Beneath it, her sleeveless compression armor revealed her stacked, muscular build and her arms alone looked like they bench-pressed semi-trucks for breakfast.
"Oh, we're gonna enjoy this, I like her. She breaks people." Rina grinned wickedly.
Eleanor Seltzer snorted and looked away. "Brute."
