By the time the process of powering up had ended, Veia's cultivation already reached the middle-stages of the Overgod Realm, but she had yet to complete her Overgod Body. Nonetheless, she had a monstrous quantity of Nether Energy, so much that a constant golden aura was revolving around her body. Quite the opposite of his pupil, Cardinal Patrick looked extremely tired and barely able to lift a finger.
He sat there, breathing heavily and trembling every now and then, his long robe and its cloak did a good job at hiding his pale face but could not mask his turbulent energy and unstable cultivation.
Excluding the fight Veia participated in later on, which ended with her opponent's immediate surrender, the remaining fights were exciting and did not betray the crowd's expectation.