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The School of Zunaga
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Tavon
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There’s a mild applause, but most everyone in the audience is dumbfounded. Fang Shubao hasn’t stressed his body at all, and he bows before the bloody mess in front of him. Kuri the Entertainer scampers over to block the scene with his body. Security teams and members of the stadium’s medical staff run toward the stage; Kuri frantically calls out, “What a show! I was truly shocked at such a display of raw faith—why, the General of Heaven barely moved a muscle!”
Except for the very few who do clap, everyone else remains silent and fixated only on the smashed corpse behind the entertainer.
“I think it’s safe to say that Fang Shubao of the Jaodan School is the victor, but I’m afraid that we’ll be having a short intermission so that we
