The arena was a graveyard.
Suho fought through the chaos, his body screaming, his vision blurring, his ribs grinding together with every breath. The poison river continued to rise, black liquid lapping at the edges of the stage, steam curling upward in thick clouds, the heat growing more intense with every passing second.
Sixteen participants remained.
Three would survive.
Suho needed to be one of them.
Fifteen minutes.
He had fifteen minutes until his magic returned.
He had to survive fifteen minutes.
Participants were falling.
Storm Caller — Eliminated by Aether Blade.
Venom Spine — Eliminated by Frost Lord.
Iron Heart — Eliminated by Muscle Bender, who had finally broken free from Soul Render's Spirit
Bind.
The numbers on the crystal screen dropped.
Remaining Participants — 16 — 15 — 14 — 13
Suho dodged a mana ball.
Ducked under a swinging blade.
Rolled past a collapsing pillar.
He didn't stop.
He couldn't stop.
A fireball streaked across the arena.
