The surroundings were utterly silent.

Everyone held their breath, trying to comprehend the situation that had just unfolded. A few seconds passed, though to the onlookers, it felt much longer. The air was thick with thoughts, each person processing what they had just witnessed.

The moment the silence broke was when someone finally spoke up, their voice filled with shock.

“This can’t be real.”

With that brief exclamation of disbelief, the floodgates opened, and a torrent of voices followed, spilling over one another.

“What just happened? Did you see that?”
“Baekryeongeom got pushed back…!”

A battle between martial artists, …