As soon as they came back from the arena battleground, Cielo Regalia met Velicia Aberon halfway. The Group C and the Group D immediately came up after the staff cleaned the place.“I heard from the Matriarch that there will be a danger, extreme danger, for the Semifinals Round. I do not know if it is about the rules or the setting of the next round.”Cielo did not answer. Until he returned to his courtyard, he remained impassive.A pair of bright blue eyes belonging to the kid stared at him as soon as Cielo Regalia entered his private gym. “You’re back finally. One more hour and I will flip from your younger sister’s atrociousness.”Rito, who was in his human form which was a child, came out from the darkest corners of Cielo’s gym.“You have my thanks for guarding my mother and sister while I am away. I cannot leave them alone while the Regalia Clan is being divided by my faction and father’s.” Cielo immediately changed into his gym outfit before wrapping his knuckles for a sparring s
There were four people who successfully entered the Semifinals Round of the Trials of Eights. Two warriors came from the hidden clans, one warrior from the free city, and another warrior from a major tribe.The stadium was packed with people from all walks of life. Some were locals while the others were from the free cities and major tribes; they were there to cheer for their people. After all, it was a great honor already to survive this far.Flagships from the remaining warriors littered the bleachers. And some even painted their faces with the colors of the emblems represented by the respective families of the warriors.Blue for the Regalia Clan. Red for the Aberon Clan. Green for the Logunes Free City. And black for the Hiperia Tribe.Above the arena were five screens. The center among the five was the biggest one. This will show the close-up fight for the audience’s convenience. Two screens which were slightly smaller than the center were situated on the east side while there wer
Run?How could a human’s running speed be faster than the speed of sight?Soon, all lingering remnants of souls in the area were all killed by Aria’s destructive power.Siogbhan Logunes saw from afar that the man called Cielo Regalia was still standing on the spot foolishly. Not only did he not escape, but he actually went against Aria directly.Siobhan Logunes shouted anxiously. Though they were competitors, he was not like Toshii Wanran. He wanted a fair fight without anyone dying. “Mister Cielo Regalia, run!”Cielo heard Siobhan Logunes’ shout, but he did not react.Siobhan Logunes closed his eyes when he saw that Aria’s gaze was about to land on Cielo. He could not bear to see Cielo die even when they were supposed to be his enemy and his greatest threat to advance to the Finals Round!At that moment, a majestic beastly roar resounded in the entire Avici Hell!Roar!Upon hearing this powerful roar, Siobhan Logunes’ stopped in shock. Xerxex Hiperia, who was a few kilometers from th
On the other side of the Avici Hell…The Wisp Queen could not kill Velicia even if she wanted to. When Velicia revived for the 118th time, all thanks to her contracted beast, both she and the Wisp Queen lost all their patience.Velicia’s unique skill was the Eternal Revival. No matter how many times she died, she would revive immediately. Of course, this was not an omnipotent skill. Like Cielo Regalia’s God’s Eyes, her Eternal Revival would cause her a backlash.The more she would use the Eternal Revival, the more she would feel a pain as if she was being eaten by millions of ants inside her bones. This was also one of the major reasons why she would use the wheelchair. It was because of the pains from her toes up to her kneecaps. Day in and day out, the suffering was forever.Eternal Revival… eternal pain.Should she keep on using the Eternal Revival, the pain would spread more in her body.The first time she used it, it was when she was young. The first time she revived, she regaine
Calling it by its name, she was answered by a deafening roar of her beast. Suddenly, a gigantic shadow loomed over her. Velicia’s line of vision was covered by a humungous body made of shining red scales.The second strongest guardian beast in the hidden clans – the fiery red dragon, Ling Long!“Swallow it.” Nudging her chin to the direction where the remains of the Wisp Queen lingered, Velicia commanded.Roar!As an answer to her command, Ling Long flapped his gigantic pair of red wings. Diving into the carcass, the area was soon filled with crunching and roaring sounds as Ling Long devoured the Wisp Queen’s body and energy core.Velicia cast a new domain around, this time it was much smaller than the previous one. She sat down, closed her eyes, and absorbed the energy – converting it to hers in the process, refilling her almost empty energy core rapidly.She could feel the warm surge of energy running down past her navel and it stayed right above her pelvic area where her energy cor
It was Rito!It was common knowledge that Cielo, the top genius of the Regalia Clan of the Hidden Families, had awakened and contracted the clan’s guardian beast during the Claiming that was not meant for him – he practically gate-crashed and still got away with it. His contracted beast was a powerful black serpent that even her Ling Long was wary of for some reason ever since the two beasts met countless years ago!After realizing that the injured person in the broken pagoda might be Cielo, Velicia, who wanted him to fight his own battles, changed her mind.Velicia would not allow any room for regrets. Never.He was clearly the crème de la crème of the Hidden Families that could ward off the ambitious Free Cities and Major Tribes, but he didn’t have the arrogance that the supposed peerless geniuses should have.Despite not knowing who she was, Cielo Regalia showed benevolence to her. Though he did it as a friend, the complete opposite of what she felt for him, Velicia still appreciat
Xerxex Hiperia, who was sporting tattered and bloodied combat gear, remained silent. Unmoving from his spot, his eyes flashed with deep hatred and greed.Cielo cursed in his mind as he subtly summoned his God’s Eyes. On cue, his eyes flashed with a deep blue glow.Ping![ENEMY: XERXEX HIPERIA]Ping![KIND: HUMAN, BEAST TAMER]Ping![BRIEF BACKGROUND: ONE FIGHTER OF THE HIPERIA TRIBE. HE IS THE SON OF THE HIPERIA TRIBE’S GREAT CHIEF. HE IS THE TOP FIGHTER AMONG THE PRODIGIES OF THE MAJOR TRIBES.]Ping![UNIQUE SKILL: NONE. BEAST TYPE DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD FOR A UNIQUE SKILL]Ping![ATTACK FORCE: SACRED TIER (CLASS A)]Ping![STRENGTH: STRATEGY. MIND GAMES.]Ping![WEAKNESS: SURPRISE ATTACK]“You are finally using your God’s Eyes.” Xerxex Hiperia sauntered forward, slowly and arrogantly closing the distance between them. “Too bad that you were not able to use it during your fight with the witch. It would have served me a purpose.”Cielo’s grip around Velicia as he carried her had ti
As soon as Cielo Regalia held Velicia Aberon, the space and time around them distorted. What was once a red sky was replaced by the stale gray roof of the arena. What was once an eerie silence of the Avici Hell was replaced with the bombarding noise and cheers from the audience and the staff.Cielo Regalia immediately adjusted his senses upon knowing that there was no more unexpected danger lurking around him. He also noticed that Rito had come back to him. What was left standing on the big stage at the center of the arena was Cielo Regalia who was carrying the sleeping Velicia Aberon.The same ol’ announcer sauntered toward Cielo with a microphone in her hand. With a big grin on her made-up face, she announced. “The victors of the Semifinals Round finally came out!”Cheers and boos clashed.“We have witnessed how Cielo Regalia fought head-on with Avici Hell’s witch number one while Velicia Aberon fought head-on with Avici Hell’s witch number two!”Realization dawned upon Cielo Regali