Right after he landed his hit, Claude's body disappeared from everyone's view once again, and reappeared right next to the falling Eva. Eva wanted to defend against the attack. She wanted to win and move on to the next round, to face Leroy and defeat him. But she couldn't even move a muscle. She could only watch helplessly as Claude smiled at Eva, right before punching her in the face!
Eva crash landed right in the middle of the arena, and an enormous amount of dust and debris flew out, causing the spectators who were standing near the arena to have to step back a few steps in order to not get engulfed by the dust storm. Claude walked out of the dust storm and raised his katana high up in the air as the crowd erupted into cheers!
Elder Kenneth walked up to the unconscious Eva, and after making sure that she was not in critical condition, he walked over to Claude, raised his hand, and declared, "The opponent has been knocked out! Claude Rayforth wins!"