There wasn't anything surprising about the rules of the CHF competition. If one doesn't want to enter the group battle, one would have to squash one's opponent and obtain 4 victories. However, that would be a rather difficult feat to pull off. After all, any squadron that was able to enter the final competition would have 1 or 2 experts within their ranks. Therefore, the blind picks and risk-taking for the first duel would have to rely on one's information gathering and peddling.
Being one of the 5 great assassins on the Mo's List, Eddie was undoubtedly the star of this match. Basically, all of the neutral standing audience had tuned it or came here just to watch him. In fact, there was nothing special about a squadron like Tianjing for them to pay attention to.
The first duel: Grai VS Yingren Brooks.