The arena's ambient Aether restructured.
Not at our power level — at the environmental level. The leyline feed that powered the Coliseum's Aether-crystal infrastructure responded to the Void-Abyssal resonance the way the containment had responded to the seven-bloodline concert. The arena's energy field stabilized. Purified. The particular improvement that the restored containment had produced at the academy — cleaner cultivation, sharper techniques, healthier environment — occurred locally, in real-time, across the entire arena floor.
Every fighter in the maze felt it.
Our team felt it as increased efficiency — their techniques sharpening, their energy costs decreasing, their reserves lasting longer. The seminar training had attuned them to exactly this kind of environmental improvement. They'd trained in it for weeks.
