Really, it was a good match.
It was a desert terrain battle, which definitely played to Barry's strengths. He created quite the tornado start out.
The audience was raging as the sandstorm was created. Superman seemed to be stuck in the swirling mess, and Wally could only cheer as his uncle kept the Man of Steel in the vortex. You could even see a speck of blue spin with the sand.
However, that only could last so long. Soon enough, Clark pushed his way through, and using his heat vision, he made Barry's dust storm into a glass prision. Superman looked at the speedster in triumph, but the man wouldn't give up that easily. He quickly vibrated through the glass case, and started taunting the Man of Steel.
Wally watched his uncle (and though he was dressed in a ridiculous shade of pink), Kid Flash cheered loudly and showed his obvious pride in his mentor. The ginger looked over to Superboy, and was pleasantly surprised to see Conner smiling and clapping for Clark.
Robin, whose spirits had lifted since the beginning of the match, also cheered for Barry, and the two boys watched in awe as Barry started making pink constructs, and flinging them at the Man of Steel. Clark countered back, and the two men battled it out.
The screaming arena loved this match, and even some of the contestants picked sides of the almost evenly matched pair. The Red Lanterns were cheering for Clark, while the Yellow started to clap for Barry. Larfleeze and his orange constructs took Superman's side, and the Compassionate Indigo tribe was smiling in silent support of the speedster. The Green Lanterns, many of whom had met both Justice League members, were equally split, with Guy(who had moved to his Corp for this round) leading Barry's supporters, and John Stewart, another earthly lantern, cheering with the other half for Clark.
The end of the battle was just as exciting as the rest of it, leading it to a standoff of Clark's ring and Barry's. The light was pushed to it's limits, and it went back and forth until a bright explosion. When it cleared, both Barry and Clark were on their knees, completely exhausted. It was close, but Clark managed to stay up only a few seconds longer than Barry, making the Blue Lantern Representative the winner of this round.
The arena erupted with cheers, absolutely entertained by this round, instead of disturbed like the last one. Both sides were equally cheered for, many shouting in support for Barry, and many yelling for Clark's victory.
"Thirty minutes until round three, Fear against Greed. Again, thirty minutes until round three, Fear against Greed."
This brought everyone back to reality, and suddenly a few were worried. However, many of them decided to keep their minds off the inevitable, and began to praise the previous match highly. During they're short break, Me'gann came back from the medical room, smiling.
"Uncle J'onn should be fine. He just needs some rest and he should be back up tomorrow morning. Then we can get everything straightened out."
This made Artemis and Roy smile wearily, and it caused Wally to open his mouth and tell her every insignificant detail of the previous match. As that occurred, Robin and Aqualad looked to each other warily.
May the best hero survive.
"Please take your seats. Round three will begin momentarily."