🗣️ Sho bellows: “Honor Above All!”

🗣️ Carnage Bloodaxe bellows: “Blood for the Sand!”

🐾 Carnage Bloodaxe enters the arena flanked by Gozaimasu, the Anatolian Leopard!

Sho's defensive stance reads Carnage Bloodaxe's aggressive approach perfectly — a 10% tactical edge!

R1: Carnage Bloodaxe closes fast and scissor-strikes Sho with both blades and Sho's eyes widen with the shock of it.

R1: Sho crashes into Carnage Bloodaxe like a tide of iron and bronze and Carnage Bloodaxe stumbles blind, blood pouring from the gash!

R2: Carnage Bloodaxe finds the perfect opening — a CRITICAL strike that tears into Sho!

R2: Sho sees red and CRITICALLY carves into Carnage Bloodaxe!

R3: Carnage Bloodaxe creates a blade barrier then strikes through at Sho striking with the force of a battering ram — Sho is shattered!

R3: The turning point — Sho lands a devastating CRITICAL on Carnage Bloodaxe!

R4: Carnage Bloodaxe finds Sho's weak spot and CRITICALLY exploits it!

R4: Sho delivers a crushing shield strike then follows with steel at Carnage Bloodaxe hammering Carnage Bloodaxe into the dirt with devastating force!

R5: Carnage Bloodaxe reads Sho like a scroll and punishes with a CRITICAL strike!

Round 5: Sho digs deep — a second wind restores 89 vigor!

R5: A stroke of genius — Sho lands a CRITICAL on Carnage Bloodaxe!

R5: Carnage Bloodaxe stumbles, legs giving out — it's nearly over.

R6: Carnage Bloodaxe rains down a storm of cuts upon Sho but Sho twists clear, taking only a nick.

R6: Sho plants their feet and punches the gladius into Carnage Bloodaxe opening Carnage Bloodaxe up as crimson spatters the sand.

R7: Carnage Bloodaxe executes a brutal X-slash across Sho's torso though the strike lands, Sho hardly notices.

R7: Sho is in mortal danger, swaying on the edge of collapse.

R7: Sho locks onto Carnage Bloodaxe and pressures forward with shield and sword landing clean as the sand drinks the blood.

R8: Carnage Bloodaxe times it perfectly — a CRITICAL hit that staggers Sho!