Blizzard watched as the fight between Shen and his opponent unfold. His eyes followed every movement that was made. "Well this seems to be a good fight. Not the best but it actually is lasting longer than the others. That being said, the fight seemed to come to an end when Blizzard expected it to. Blizzard looked to see Shen staring at him. Blizzard then looked to the other who caught a mean punch to his face. He noticed that the man wasn't getting up. Blizzard walked over to the man.

The man spoke. "Three fingers. You are holding up three." Blizzard got wide eyed as he wasn't holding anything to signal that sort of question. "Great. The first guy who isn't knocked out and he is broken." Blizzard stood up from kneeling. "I'm ending this match. This man can not safely continue the fight." He signaled the announcer that Shen had officially won the fight. Blizzard lifted the injured off the ground with ease and carried him to a gurney. He glanced at Shen. "Nice punch." He then dismissed Shen.

The next fight was Eve. He walked up to the ring when he noticed they were talking about the rules and such. "I will explain the rules for first time fighters just in case they are forgotten. The rules are simple. No eye gouging, groin shots, and no killing your opponent no matter how pissed off you get. That being said, try not to use and techniques that will mortally wound someone as I will have more paperwork to fill out if it occurs. If one of you becomes to injured to fight but insists on continuing, I am authorized to end the fight regardless." Blizzard began to gain distance from the fighters. He looked at both of them with a chilling demeanor. "Do not think I can't stop this fight." With that statement. The bell had went off, officially starting the fight.

As the referee put some distance away from them, both Eve and Strong-Arm nodded towards him before locking their eyes with each others. In Eve's eye's was excitement, a spirit for battle burning in her black and red eyes as she got into her stance. The left side of her torso slightly aimed towards Strong-Arm with both arms in a relaxed kind of position, left arm ahead of her with her hand open as if ready to defend, right arm partially behind her, her right hand also open at the ready to strike, her legs were spread apart evenly as she spread the weight of her body on them. Strong-Arm slightly spread his legs as he brought his arms up in a boxing position, his kind eyes turning into ones of focused concentration as he observed his opponents stance, then the bell rang.

They both stood still for a few moments just staring at each other, Majin Eve was wearing a confident and competitive grin while Strong-Arm was trying to figure out what she was up to. To Strong-Arm's surprise Eve let out a battle cry as she suddenly pushed off from the ground and charged forward with incredible speed, it almost seemed like she was flying, Strong-Arm braced himself as his opponent closed in and jumped, flipping in the air before delivering an overhead right axe kick towards Strong-Arm's left shoulder. However before the kick could land Strong-Arm raised his left arm and blocked the kick with his forearm. When Strong-Arm did so his eye's widened in surprise as the impact sent pain throughout the mans arm as his bones rattled from the attack before he shoved Eve back, making her flip through the air before she landed, back in her stance with a smile on her lips.

'S-Such Strength! How could someone her size possibly be able to deliver a blow with that much force?!'

Strong-Arm thought to himself in bewilderment as he looked at his left forearm which had a large bruise forming on it, the pain from it pulsed through his arm, he then sent a cold calculating look towards Eve.

'I've greatly underestimated my opponent, I wouldn't be surprised if she was actually holding back, that look of confidence on her speaks volumes'

Strong-Arm clenched his fists as his muscles tensed.

'I don't think I have any choice, judging from that one kick alone I'll have to give one hundred percent'

Strong-Arm's muscle then began to bulge and he quietly growled, to this Eve raised an curious brow.

'I wonder what he's doing?'

She thought to herself before Strong-Arm did something she didn't expect, Eve's eye's widened as Strong-Arm flexed his muscles and posed, she could have sworn she seem sparkles shining around him.

"Eve! I'll admit that I doubted your strength up until now!, and I said to myself that I'd hold back to avoid seriously hurting you!"

Strong-Arm said as he did another pose while flexing his muscles, still looking Eve in the eye's making her sweatdrop as she tilted her head slightly.

"But make no mistake! I wont be holding back anymore, from that one attack you hit me with I was surprised by your incredible strength! and I know now that underestimated you but I wont be anymore!"

Once Again Strong-Arm posed before getting back into his fighting stance, Eve then noticed that a very faint white aura had slowly enveloped Strong-Arm's body before it only enveloped his right hand.

"I warn you, The strength I'm going to be coming at you with now has been in the Strong-Arm family line for generations! Very few people have witnessed this strength used against others!, but today you are privileged to experience the full might of the Strong-Arm Family! Prepare yourself!"

Strong-Arm exclaimed before he burst forward in a blur of speed, Eve's eye's widened as she tried to jump back, only for her eye's to widen further as she felt a powerful impact slam into her stomach, she gasped for air as the wind was knocked out of her, she then went to grab for the cause of pain shooting through her but to no avail. Eve was sent skidding backwards towards the edge of the ring while Strong-Arm stood near the center with his fist steaming from the punch he delivered, Eve stopped herself from going out of the ring as she slowly smiled in excitement which cased Strong-Arm's eye's to widen slightly, more when he noticed the area he hit looked like it took little to no damage.

'even after a powerful blow like that she's smiling and barely damaged?! just how strong is she'

Strong-Arm pondered before he charged forward, not wanting to let his opponent get an upper hand. Eve changed as well, she noticed that Strong-Arm's right fist became enveloped by his faint white aura as he went for an overhead swing, using his size to get over Eve's defence. Eve smirked as she seen an opening, just as they were about to collide Eve dropped down to slide on the floor, ducking underneath Strong-Arm's swing while sliding between his legs to get behind him as he as his fist slammed into the tiled floor causing it to crack slightly from the impact.

Strong-Arm quickly recovered and turned around to only widen his eye's again, there Eve was, standing with her right hand clenched shut in a fist with a focused look of determination in her eye's as she glared at him, shortly after Eve's fist became enveloped by a flaming pink aura, when she looked to see if what she was doing worked she smiled before looking towards Strong-Arm again.

'N-No!, How is that possible?! She's using my technique!'

He exclaimed to himself in thought as Eve began running towards him, Strong-Arm glared at Eve as he himself focused, his body began to become enveloped in his faint white aura before that aura gathered around his right hand as he closed it into a fist.

'it doesn't matter, I'll meet her head on!'

As Eve closed in she jumped high into the air to drop down on Strong-Arm as she reeled back her right fist, Strong-Arm held his ground as she got closer, then as they were about to collide they both thrust their fists foreword, Strong-Arm threw an uppercut that was strengthened by his grounded position while Eve flew forward with her first aim downward using gravity to strike like a kinetic missile. Both their fists slammed into each others fist releasing a small shockwave that shook the ring, the ground beneath Strong-Arm's footing cracked from the impact before he buckled from the force and was thrown across the ring, Eve however was sent spinning through the air going a few meters up before she landed near the edge of the ring with a thud. Slowly Strong-Arm got back to his feet, his knuckles were bleeding but he ignored that, he then looked over to Eve who was slowly getting up.

'remarkable, even after a blow like that she still manages to get up...'

As Eve got to her feet she noticed her arm was sore, she looked to it only to see that her arm looked like it was broken, and her hand looked worse.

"ow, that hurt..."

She said to herself as tear drops threatened to drop from her eye's, she then grit her teeth before her both her hand and arm muscles tensed, after doing so her injuries seemed to magically vanish, she opened and closed her hand a few times before flexing her arm, seeing that everything was in working order she smiled before looking towards Strong-Arm.

"you're pretty strong"

She said as a compliment, Strong-Arm smiled as he nodded towards her.

"as are you, never before have I faced such an opponent who was able to shrug off the Strong Arm family technique"

Strong-Arm said as he got back into his boxing stance.

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"Now let us finish this!"

Strong-Arm exclaimed before charging forward, to this Eve grinned as she charged forward, both fighters met halfway, however Eve's plan of attack was different this time. Strong-Arm let loose a barrage of powerful swings, but none were connecting as Eve seemed to effortlessly dodge each one, after each punch Strong-Arm threw, Eve threw two of her own that were too fast for Strong-Arm to block or dodge, being so close to each other and becoming fed up with not being able to hit her Strong-Arm went for a spinning kick to sweep Eve off her feet, Eve however Jumped with a front flip as she let out a yell before landing a powerful right axe kick on Strong-Arm's left shoulder, a loud impact rang out from the hit.

"Gahh!"

Strong-Arm cried out as he backed away from Eve, his left arm became numb but he could still move it, he glared at Eve as he engaged in combat with her again, but no matter how fast he attacked he couldn't land a hit.

'not only is she incredibly strong but she's fast!'

He thought as he tried to hit her with a right hook, Eve sidestepped the attack to the right before she grabbed hold of Strong-Arm's arm, she then let out a yell as she pulled making Strong-Arm loss his footing, she then began to spin him, lifting him from the floor, he wasn't able to stop his spinning with his feet and as hard as he tried he couldn't grab at Eve with his left arm being numb, the spinning seemed to speed up. Strong-Arm let out a yell of frustration as Eve let out a fierce cry before she let go and sent Strong-Arm flying out of the ring, he quickly hit the ground and rolled to a stop. Eve stood still, catching her breath slightly as she smiled, Strong-Arm slowly tried to get up, but he put his hand to his mouth to stop himself from being sick as he fell back to the ground.

'oh... I shouldn't have eaten pizza before entering the competition...'

Eve stood still as she finished catching her breath, keeping her eyes on her downed opponent, after a few seconds it was evident that Strong-Arm wouldn't be getting back up. With that Eve smiled as she walked out of the ring and back to the locker room.

The stare-down lasted a bit longer than Vadim wanted, but he didn't really mind the slight inconvenience. He hated making the first move in the match, so he waited for his opponent to make his move. With impressive speed, Vadim's foe dashed across the battle arena and started his delivery of a quick series of blows on Vadim. Vadim matched his speed, however, without matching his intensity. Each punch was parried, each kick was blocked, and to the naked eye a normal person would have believed the man's attacks to be too quick for a normal person to block.

Any person who thought that would have been right.

Vadim hadn't even broken a sweat by the time his opponent had leaped away from him, panting. I swear the competition gets less and less impressive every year, Vadim found himself thinking, and for a brief moment, he considered the notion that he may need to end the fight early. Guy probably can't even project energy.

Just as this thought came to his mind, however, he felt the man's power level quickly shoot up. Blue energy was forming in his palm, which was tucked in close to his chest. I wasn't asking for it! The guy might hurt people in the audience! He barely looks like he can control such a blast! The thought that the guy was playing off of a hope that Vadim would selflessly try to protect the people ran trough his mind for a brief moment, but Vadim decided that he would protect them regardless of what his opponent was hoping.

"AHHHHHHHH!" the man screamed as he shot the energy blast at Vadim, most likely expending the greater portion of his remaining energy. Vadim had a brief moment during the time the blast was in the air to analyze its strength, and decided to stand his ground the blast impacted Vadim and exploded, kicking up a large smoke cloud in the process.

After a few moments, the smoke dissipated and revealed Vadim still standing in place, palms thrusted outward, and covered in dust. He then assumed a normal standing position for a short moment and took a deep breath before walking over to his foe, casually but blatantly angry.

"How did you-" he began.

"How dare you endanger the lives of innocent people for the sake of a little game? You don't deserve to progress in this tournament." Vadim stated angrily before thrusting his palm out into the man's chest, sending him flying off of the combat arena and winning the match.

Vadim silently walked out of the ring and back to the locker rooms.

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Lucas Farley turned his head at the sound of the explosion. "Man, Vadim's got guts." He said before turning to his opponent- who took advantage of the moment and punched him in the face before backing off. He rubbed his cheek and looked at the guy. "Alright, pal. Time to get wrecked." Farley threw his arms in the air and stood with his legs shoulder-width apart. "Shadecast!"

Just then, the entire ring became dark. From the outside it looked as though a black dome had enveloped the ring, but on the inside it was completely dark. It was impossible to see as no light was capable of entering the dome. His opponent was now bumbling around the ring out of shock and blindness, and before Lucas could do it himself, the man must have lost his footing and fallen out of the ring, as he had heard a loud thump just outside of its confines. Upon allowing the done to dissipate, he came to find that it was true.

Lucas bowed then waved to the applauding audience before hopping off the stage. He decided to go to th locker rooms and check them out for a few- something he had failed to do sooner due to his late arrival. It was pretty bland, but it was clean and it had all the necessities, including room. What was less bland, however, was the pink person- could you call it a person?- who was in the locker room with him. It was humanoid, but obviously not human. And Farley had seen aliens before, but none like this one.

"Hey there. You make it past the first round?" he asked, deciding to keep the attempt at conversation simple.

Majin Eve was watching out the locker room window again, humming a little tune to herself when she heard someone speak, she looked over to see Lucas and smiled at his question, she guessed he was talking to her, he was looking at her after all.

"yes I did, it was fun!"

She said in a cheerful tone as she looked back out the window.

"that Strong-Arm guy was really tough and strong"

As she said that she looked at her right hand before closing it to a fist as she smiled, she then looked back to Lucas.

"but he was no match for me"

Eve let out a small giggle as she remember how she threw Strong-Arm out of the ring, though most missed it, she thought the look on his face was priceless.

"so, did you pass the first round to? or are you still waiting to fight?"

She asked as she tilted her head slightly in a generally curious gesture, a light smile on her lips.

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Shen watched one screen in particular after his fight, that being the fight of Vadim. It was fairly one sided, with Vadim displaying perfect control thus far until his opponent had released a massive energy blast. It seemed like Vadim was done for until he had mysteriously negated the shot entirely! Shen had to know more. He ran up to the door and waited for Vadim to return. "Excuse me, Mr Vadim?" He asked. "I'm Shen Laozen." He said with a formal bow. "You're a great figher, I just have to know, what was that technique you used to block that blast?" He asked as politely as possible, trying to hide his excitement and enthusiasm at the possibility of a new technique.

@NacNak

Lucas Farley looked past Eve and out into the center of the arena, which featured several stages. The first ring still had its fight going on, as did the third and the last, but none of those fighters were even in Farley's ball park in strength, let alone speed. He grinned and returned his attention to Eve. "Yes. Yes I did. I've been competing here since I was a kid and never once got knocked out in the first round."

He said this with quite a bit of confidence, and just as he was about to cross his arms, he stopped himself. "Name's Lucas. Lucas Farley," he introduced with a smile, holding out one hand towards Eve. I wonder if she knows what a handshake is. Not like it's a common feature of all cultures. Especially alien.

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@GingerBoi123

The fact that another fighter- and a strong one at that- had approached Vadim to compliment his fighting technique was incredibly flattering. "Why thank you, Mr. Shen. I'd introduce myself, but it seems that formality is unnecessary." He returned the bow and gave Shen a friendly smile. Vadim was reading the power levels of those here, and Shen's was pretty close to his. The fact that he had no idea how to block energy attacks kind of caught him by surprise.

"Well, it wouldn't be good sport to tell you while we're in the middle of the tournament. But regardless of how things turn out, I'd be happy to even teach you afterwards." He hoped that Shen would accept the offer. Maybe he'd even like to meet Vadim's Sensei, the one who taught him the technique. That would be fantastic. Master Revellyn was- and still is- the best teacher around.

Majin Eve listened intently to Lucas with a soft smile as she rested her crossed arms on the open locker room windowsill.

'wow, ever since he was a kid he was fighting at these tournaments and hasn't been knocked out once during the first round? he must be tough!'

Eve thought to herself with a smile before a thought came to mind which made her frown slightly.

'but... that might not be as impressive as it sounds...'

Eve thought as she remembered her fight against Strong-Arm.

'a lot of the fighters here look strong, and Strong-Arm looked stronger than most, but in the end he was no match against me... maybe I shouldn't have played with him, but then again maybe it was better to let him think he had a chance, it would probably be better than letting him think he had no chance at all... that aside, though most of the fighters here look strong... I don't think they're as strong as I am...'

Eve thought to herself, a faint look of disappointment on her features for a brief second.

'but... what was it that old guy I met in the mountains said... something about covers... and books... hmm... I don't remember, maybe it'll come to me later'

She thought with a smile before she refocused on Lucas as he introduced himself to her, she smiled as she went to reply.

"I'm Majin Eve, it's nice to meet you"

Eve said in a cheerful tone before she notice Lucas holding his hand out to her, she stared at Lucas's hand for a moment with a hint of confusion.

'w-... what is he doing?... Wait! I think I've seen this a few times before! I remember seeing some humans holding hands out like this when they met each other! but why?... then there was this other time I seen two humans inside a small glowing box behind a window, one was holding his hand out like Lucas is, but then the other for some reason took his hand the threw the guy over himself before slamming him into the ground before they began fighting... so... I think it's safe to say it's probably the former...'

As she thought this over she didn't want to keep Lucas waiting, so she hesitantly held her hand out before carefully talking hold of Lucas's making sure not to use her strength to avoid possibly hurting him, she had a slightly nervous expression on her as she looked to Lucas.

"um... am I... doing this right?..."

She asked him with a nervous chuckle.

@CourierSix

@NacNak

Just as Lucas thought. She didn't know exactly what she was doing, but she did know what the gesture was. He nodded. "Yep. Seems like you've got it down, my friend." He gave her a quick, firm handshake that would demonstrate to her the strength he knew she had. He could feel it, especially being this close to her. But what surprised him the most was that her power level was quite a bit higher than his.

The fights outside had finished by this point, and the noise level in the arena was dropping. It would only be a matter of time before they started the second round.

@CourierSix

Shen appreciated Vadim's offer. "Yeah, thank you very much Mr. Vadim." He said with a smile and another bow. "Congratulations on your fight, I look forward our's if we cross paths." And with that he left with a spring in his step back to the tent. With the next stage of the tournament set, he wondered what kind of opponent he'd be facing next.

Eve's eyes widened slightly at the strength that Lucas had put into the handshake, he was certainly stronger than a normal human, he might be stronger than the stronger looking competitors here, what she felt from the handshake was close to the strength she felt from Strong-Arm when they traded blows, but Lucas was just shaking her hand, he didn't look like he was straining to put out that much power just for a handshake.

'I think he's stronger than Strong-Arm, but how? Lucas looks nowhere near as strong as Strong-Arm does...'

She thought to herself as she tried to put together how Lucas could be stronger than Strong-Arm when he didn't look as strong as him. Eve shook off the train of thought as she released Lucas's hand from the handshake and smiled. She was going to say something but noticed how quiet it had gotten outside, she looked out the windows to noticed the fighting had stopped, Eve raised a confused brow to this.

"what's going on?"

She asked as she walked over to the windows and looked outside.

@CourierSix