Chapter 54: The Dragon Lord's Summit, One Battle to Rule Them All!

The air in North City’s underground arena was thick and heavy, a potent cocktail of stale beer, sweat, and the metallic tang of old blood. This was no pristine boxing gym or opulent martial arts dojo. It was a concrete pit, a modern-day coliseum carved into the city's belly, where the brutal hierarchy of Tenos's underworld was forged in bare-knuckle combat. Dim, industrial lights hung from the low ceiling, casting long, distorted shadows across the central fighting cage and the faces of the...