"I have nothing against any of you," Max said calmly, a grin slowly spreading across his face. "But I need to win this, so I will end it quickly."
Red lightning burst forth around his body as he activated the Storm King's Inheritance, Extreme Speed, the violent arcs of crimson energy wrapping around him like a living storm. In the next instant, his figure vanished from sight, leaving only a flash of red lightning tearing through the arena.
Before anyone could even process what had happened, the four figures of Korr, Yuren, Malkor, and Selene were blasted out of the arena and hurled into the stands, their bodies sent flying as if struck by an invisible calamity.
It was over in mere seconds, so fast that most of the spectators struggled to comprehend what they had just witnessed. The four legendary warriors, each of whom had once stood before the Grim Gladiator, had been defeated before they could even make a single move.
