(Next Day – Sky-God Arena, Round of 16)
Rodova's second match in the Interstellar Circuits had a different air about it.
They weren't cocky. They weren't smiling. They weren't underestimating anyone.
After the embarrassment they endured against Button Academy, no one—least of all Yu Shen—took anything for granted anymore.
Which was why today's roster looked like a declaration of war.
Yu Shen. Minerva. Su Yang. Leo.
And Enzo, a last-minute addition slotted in as the backup fifth, but with no expectation of stepping into the arena unless something went catastrophically wrong.
This was Rodova's true hand.
Their real starting lineup.
And the crowd could feel it.
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"Well, well, well… if it isn't the fallen titans returning to the field," Derek chuckled, adjusting his headset as the camera zoomed in on the Rodova team walking toward the arena staging zone.
