The moment a snake entered, earthen walls rose and squashed it into pulp, waking up Edgar.He looked at his sister. “What’s that sound?”“Nothing,” Fabby said. “Just practicing a little.”“Right now?” Edgar shook his head. “Do it outside. Not here.” Saying that he closed his eyes.Fabby picked up the dead snake and sent it into her inventory. “I saw a silhouette, but I couldn’t see their face,” she thought. “This snake was probably released by them, but why? Is it someone sent by Elder Kessai again?” she frowned. “I should have told the patriarch about it. I didn’t remember the ongoing issue back then.”She sat down on her bed and stayed awake, waiting for any possible dangers. She could have swallowed some beast cores and tried to absorb them, but that would shift her focus, and she didn’t want that. After all, there was no telling when someone else might attack them.Meanwhile, about a three-quarter mile from the Evergreat sect campsite, the Honeywell sect members were camping, but

Everyone thought the second round would start in the morning, but it wasn’t announced yet, making them wonder if they have to wait another day doing nothing but sitting at the camp.Some groups began having their own little competitions to pass time. Some did arm-wrestling, some tried doing the most number of jump-ropes and what not. There were a few groups that kept talking about other groups and shared information.The key figures of top sects were obviously talked about.The matriarch of the Honeywell sect, Deborah Gittens, a sinewy woman dressed minimally, was speaking to her sect members. “We don’t want to compete with those from the great sects until the fourth round, especially those from the Red Roses sect. Their disciples this time look much stronger than we expected.“Their core disciples look even more amazing. From the information I’ve gathered, Ryu Reyes received direct tutelage from their patriarch Keeze Monn. Anarga Utsav has been taught by their Great Elder Terrel Bee!

Because the second round wasn’t conducted the next day, everyone was busy doing their own things.While the disciples practiced and honed their skills, the masters and elders of different sects were overseeing. However, even the masters were alerted when a particular person walked past them.A long gray-haired man with a sword at his waist. His signature armor and white cape made it easy for others to recognize him.“Axton the Heartless. A member of the Yerdes family!”“The red sword on his waist was forged by God Hand Kessler, wasn’t it?”“Probably. He recently killed the patriarch of the spear-chasing sect and attended these games in his palace.”“Look at the faces of the disciples of that sect… there’s no glow in them.”“The resources of their sect will soon be absorbed into the Yerdes family, and those poor souls don’t know that they’re considered as resources, too.”More than two dozen disciples of the spear-chasing sect were following Axton. The one leading the disciples was Pal

The camping grounds spanned almost 12,000 acres. Reaching the border of the camping grounds wasn’t the difficult part but reaching it before the blindfolds ran out was the main issue. So, everyone gave it their best to get there in time.The core disciples of most sects were among the first to arrive there, and they tried to take multiple of those to cover for their sect members, but Selly and other masters were present there and ordered them to only take one.Then came the inner disciples of different sects, with some talented outer disciples present among them. Edgar and Fabby also got there in time and took the blindfolds and hurried ahead.Gossini also got there soon after the siblings passed, but it was after she crossed the border, she encountered some trouble in the form of two disciples from random sects who saw that she was alone and wanted to take the blindfold for themselves, so that they could give them to their sect members that couldn’t get the blindfolds.“You shouldn’t

While many disciples greatly struggled against the blood bees, the same wasn’t the case for those from the Honeywell sect who had applied to their body some sort of strange honey that repelled these bees.Thanks to that, all they had to do was follow their leader, Melita’s lead. She led them up to the half-way point before accelerating and dashing forth alone in order to get a higher rank in the second round.Those who reached the other side of the Whispering Woods faster and with the least number of wounds on their bodies would be given a better rank, after all.Meanwhile, Edgar and Fabby were fighting the blood bees together in different ways. She released mud through her skin and made it difficult for the bees to sting her. Edgar, on the other hand, depended more on his lightning ability instead of his drive as using drive for long while running was draining his energy much faster.There was always chaos around them, with others fighting the bees in every direction. They couldn’t a