Lucien tightened his grip on Marie's arm...
...and the floor simply ceased to exist.
There was no falling sensation. No descent.
The world just flipped, twisting like a page being turned by a giant hand.
Up became down, down became sideways, and sideways became a direction mortals had no name for.
Wind roared past their ears and light warped...
THUMP.
They landed on their feet.
Not in a cave nor a cavern.
But in... A Hidden World beneath the mountains.
Actually... it was a realm the Solar Concordium had spent years constructing, revealed now for the first time since its creation. It's a secret domain carved under the arena yet vast enough to feel like its own continent.
Above the real arena, the audience gasped as translucent viewing windows bloomed like giant lotus petals. Each window showed the perspective of the pairs.
"I've NEVER seen this place before!"
"Wait! Did the Eternal Master make a whole new battle ground?!"
"Beneath the mountains?! Since when!?"
