Wearing his worn-out cape that was still colored in purple, Merlin threaded the Sinner’s Café at the downtown of the Regalia Territories. His steps were shaky but light. It was as if he was so used to camouflaging his presence—something that reminded Cielo of his past again when he became a useless fool.“Do you want to order some more for the visitor you’ve been watching, Young Master?” Lana, Sinner’s café owner, attended to Cielo ever since knowing that he was Cielo Regalia.Because of this, Cielo was given the privilege to use the private lounge of the Sinner’s Café that was located at the top of the place—overlooking the entire café both from inside and outside while the oblivious folks could not see him at all because of the double mirror that served as the wall and floor of the VIP lounge.‘So this is why Velicia recommended this place to me. She wanted me to know my people, the dwellers of the Regalia Territory.’And as he observed them, he realized that his people were cunning
Cielo stared at the matrix displayed on the digital board. Twelve names were on the board, drawing the attention of the warriors. The bold words ‘Advancing Round’ were specifically highlighted at the topmost part. Because of this, it would be impossible for anyone to fail to notice the rules below it.[ADVANCING ROUND MODIFIED RULES:SUMMONING A BEAST IS ALLOWED. SUMMONING A GUARDIAN BEAST IS NOT ALLOWED.USAGE OF A WEAPON IS ALLOWED.KILLING THE ENEMY IS NOT ALLOWED.USAGE OF SKILLS BESTOWED BY THE GUARDIAN BEASTS IS NOT ALLOWED.WHOEVER STEPS OUTSIDE THE WHITE RING IS CONSIDERED DEFEATED.THERE ARE ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES IVEN FOR EACH FIGHT. AFTER THE FIFTEEN MINUTES, IF THERE ARE STILL NO KNOCKOUTS, THE JUDGE WILL COMPUTE THE DAMAGE RECEIVED FOR EACH FIGHTER AND DECIDE A WINNER FROM IT.RULES FROM THE ADVANCING ROUND ARE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING ROUNDS.]Cielo’s brows twitched. He did not know whether to laugh or cry at the blatant attempt to downsize the powerhouse of th
Ciel followed where Toshii Wanran and Xerxex Hiperia were looking at. He was met by the gaze of Velicia. Sneering secretly from the cowardice of Toshii Wanran, his agitation had long been doused by the young overlord’s actions.“Let us test your theories on the battle stage during the Advancing Round.” Ciel could not be bothered by Toshii Wanran’s childish antics. When he turned around, he did not forget to glance at Xerxex Hiperia before giving the latter an acknowledging nod. He strode toward the ever-silent and enigmatic Velicia Aberon.“Those old folks are ridiculous,” spat Ciel as he pushed the wheelchair away from the crowd. His voice was low enough not to be heard by anyone except Velicia.Velicia grunted. Her chin lay atop her palm as she looked ahead without putting anything or anyone before her seriously. “You have nothing to be afraid of. You can beat them with your strength and agility… though it will be a tad bit hassle for you compared to using your God’s Eyes. But think
While the leaders of various forces were engaged in a battle of wits and nerves, Velicia and Ciel were relatively calm despite being the focus of such a change in the rules of the Advancing Round.Standing below the ring, Cielo observed the changes of the ring. The far cry from the previous battle ground was obvious.The arena had a bigger circumference with a floor made of diamond. Aside from being extravagant, diamond provided a greater durability during the incoming battles, further ensuring that the battling ring could withstand any force – especially that the skills of the guardian beasts were temporarily sealed due to the existence of the new rules.Ciel looked around while he stood behind Velicia’s wheelchair. Each of them situated behind the banner of their clan.“Compared from the previous round, this Advancing Round allowed outsiders to watch,” said Ciel. His eyes scanned the surroundings like a hawk before it landed to the side where the Free Cities’ banners were located. A
As soon as the matrix was displayed, the arena’s ground shook. Every warrior near the vicinity jumped away from the center of the shaking exterior. When the competing warriors and even the audience exclaimed in panic, the surrounding coordinators and guards of the event did not seem to be fazed at all.Seeing this, the warriors immediately calmed down followed by the majority of the audience.Another huge screen appeared at the center of the arena, showing everyone the new rules of the advancing rules. Despite the smoke that shrouded the arena’s battleground, the big and bright words on the huge screen allowed everyone to read it clearly.Compared to the previous announcement, there were two new rules again.The first newly added rule: The light will be switched off in the battleground, rendering zero visibility for the warriors.The onlookers would not have to worry, given that a dozen of night mode cameras appeared. The screens intended for the audience were not visible to the warri
Cielo wouldn’t kill anyone. When his opponent was about to suffocate, he retracted the silver wire. In the dark, no one could see what he was doing but it did not mean the audience could not. On the other side, the warriors of the Group A only heard the young man let out a deep mumble from his throat. He seemed to be in excruciating pain, so painful that he fainted.The remaining warriors of the Group A thought the young man died.There was one less stone in Cielo’s hand. Cielo stood at the original position where Toshii Wanran and the other warriors were before they moved back.He started to smile. It was a cold smile. His light voice was filled with killing intent. “Why? We haven’t even started but you already want to run away in fright? Are you sure that you came here to fight?”“Toshii Wanran, I don’t know what to say about you. You’re a coward but unexpectedly, the people you brought are cowards too. I really look down on you. How about this? I won’t make things difficult for you
“Young Master Regalia, please spare me. Please spare me. Please be kind and let me go this time. Young Master, please spare me, please spare me.”It was at this moment that the light in the arena for Group A lit up.The light was too bright so Toshii Wanran and the other warriors had to squint their eyes. The light lit up the young men that had fallen to the ground before this.Their arms were all in a weird position. All of them lay on the ground with painful expressions on their faces. They weren’t able to lift their hands to take off their clothes that were stuffed in their mouths. They could only move their bodies and legs against the ground while making sounds from their throats. It was fairly easy for Toshii Wanran and the other people to think that they were human-eating monsters crawling around them.No one cared about them. Toshii Wanran was so frightened that he kneeled to beg for mercy. Why would he have the time to bother about these people?Cielo stepped in front of the s
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
After returning to his dormitory, Cielo immediately let Rito out as he calmed the chaotic energy within him. In the middle of the night, a strange dark figure silently swept across Trinity College.Cielo had only started his cultivation when there was suddenly a commotion heard from outside. He opened his eyes as there was a sudden knock on his room door.He stood up to open the door to see Jason standing outside the door with an extremely unpleasant look.“What’s wrong?” Cielo asked—an evident frown on his face.Jason looked at him with a grim look. “Something happened.”Something had happened at the department which is especially built for alchemists. In the continent, many could become a warrior and a beast tamers through sheer luck or perseverance, but to be an alchemist needed more than just that—it needed innate talent. Even though there were only a few alchemists in the school, the Trinity College was the next best equipped compared to the other schools in the Government League
Cielo placed the Night-Luminescent Pearl, given by Velicia, on the candlestick on the wall and used the dim light to examine the secret chamber. The secret chamber was very narrow, less than two meters in length and width, and less than three meters in height.There was only a round futon in the secret room. Cielo walked over to the mat and sat down. As soon as he sat down, he saw a faint blue light floating in the secret chamber.“What’s this?”‘Touch it.’ Rito answered in his mind in a sleepy tone; he liked the dense energy here.Cielo extended his finger and a strand of blue light coiled around his fingertip. When he sensed the energy’s fluctuation from the light, Cielo realized that it was the energy of someone with strength at least a Divine Tier and at most a God Tier.Cielo hurriedly stood up, clasped his hands, and bowed in gratitude toward the light. Only then did he sit cross-legged on the praying mat again to consume the energy as his own before he started the refining of t
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.On the last day of the year, it snowed heavily at Trinity College. The weather was very cold, but in order to earn points, the students still had to brave the snowstorm to go to the back mountain to do misCielo stood on the balcony and looked up at the snow. Only then did he realize that it was the end of the year.Cielo suddenly thought of the time when he was young and spent the New Year with his little sister and mother while his father and his new son were happily dining at the clan’s main house. His mind wandered to his past life, making him shake his head immediately.Velicia had left the Trinity College a few days ago. She went out to do some work for the Aberon Clan and returned today. When she came back, she saw Cielo standing on the balcony of the dormitory while admiring the snow.Seeing that Cielo was only wearing a warm gray sweater and not a coat, Velicia frowned and said, “Cielo, come in quickly. It’s cold outside.”C
Three days after the Ranking Tournament, an incident wracked Trinity College. Apparently, Lexa suffered a lightning tribulation after forcibly absorbing a beast’s core in hopes to level up her tier. The result led to the current situation—her grandfather, the Patriarch of the Liam Clan, came knocking on Trinity College with a deep frown he could master.“How can you call yourself teachers and principal when you cannot even stop the tribulation from hurting my daughter? Expelling her is not enough! Now, you want to cripple her as well? Is this really the Trinity College?”Upon hearing this, Professor He Xiaosi laughed out of anger. “As warriors, who don’t rely on their own abilities to withstand Tribulation lightning?”Thinking of Gregor Liam’s dirty past, Professor He Xiaosi’s face revealed a hint of mockery. He said meaningfully, “Patriarch Gregor Liam, have you forgotten that the reason you were able to sit on the seat of the patriarch of the Liam Clan was due to the tribulation lig
Qiao Ye looked at Cielo in a daze. He lowered his head and cast his line of sight down to his own two hands that were still trembling slightly.He lost!He was defeated so thoroughly without a chance of turning the tides!“What is this? Cielo won?”The audience erupted. Words of disbelief and cheers for the victor collided. Those who were still dazed were the people who had mocked Cielo Regalia a few minutes ago. And those who were applauding were the silent spectators who were waiting and hoping for Cielo Regalia to rise amid adversity.Another student answered with a sneer. “Of course! Are you blind? Wasn’t it obvious enough?”“No, it’s just that I find it too hard to believe! Our Trinity College’s peerless genius has actually been defeated just like that.”“Cielo is the true peerless genius! That was too amazing! I have decided that he will be my idol from now on.”In the audience area facing the stage, there were currently a lot of discussions going around and voices were being ra
At present, Velicia’s pupils contracted and her fists clenched slightly. She was feeling very nervous as she watched Cielo battle onstage. As long as Cielo refused to use the full potential of God’s Eyes, everything was dangerous.‘What is your plan, Cielo?’ Velicia could only ask herself.James began to wail. “Oh no, Cielo! It’s too dangerous! It’s too dangerous!”Niel Klyn steadily kept his eyes on the duel without uttering a word.With a few quick pierce and slash of his sword, Cielo finally managed to make the Battle Wolf retreat.Although his exchange of blows with the Battle Wolf was brief, Cielo alone was the most aware of the danger they contained. If he had wielded his sword just a little slower or if his energy was just a tad weaker, he would have already lost at this moment.Cielo narrowed his eyes at the mark the whip left on the ground. If his steps had been just a second slower, would that whip have slashed her face instead of the ground? It seems as though Qiao Ye had d
The people in the audience had changed the direction of their thoughts a thousand times since the duel started, but the two individuals onstage dueling didn’t have such complicated thoughts. They were busy exchanging blows.The golden whip and the Vanquisher met mid-air and collided over and over. Now, the golden whip entangled itself around the Vanquisher. The ray of white light emitted from this prolonged contact was very dazzling.James, who was sitting next to Velicia, looked at the latter with sparkling eyes. “I know Cielo is strong, but I never knew that he has made this progress already!”Velicia puffed her chest and raised her chin. “This much is not yet Cielo’s true form. After all, he is yet to use any technique or skill. He is just merely gauging Qiao Ye’s pattern of attacks.”Amazed by the answer he got from Velicia, the three boys gaped in disbelief! Just how strong Cielo was?On the stage, Qiao Ye snorted and used his strength to pull back the golden whip in an attempt t
Despite this, many people were anticipating the duel between Qiao Ye and Cielo. Qiao Ye was a prominent figure in Lovo Region after all. He was known as a peerless genius and had always been put on a pedestal. He was the individual the students of Trinity College always looked up to—the number one in the rankings.Cielo himself was no lightweight. The moment he entered Trinity College, he was taken in by He Xiaosi as his disciple. Naturally, he also possessed her own extraordinariness. Thinking about it, his cultivation would definitely not be weak with him being one of the two rare Class S potential warriors.During a duel between two strong people, spectators always hoped to catch a glance of their exceptional elegance.Cielo did not tell James or Jason why he did this unexpected challenge. He did not plan to tell them that it was a moment of craziness that made him steal Velicia’s supposed challenge toward Qiao Ye. Maybe, just maybe, the anger in him exploded ever since he witnesse
Cielo stood in the air while the black-feathered wings on his back completely unfurled. For a moment, the entire sky above the arena was covered by those wings.Staring at the pair of wings on Cielo’s back, Hector praised Cielo. “What a lucky fellow, he actually obtained a pair of wings!”Shera’s gaze flickered. Although she didn’t say anything, her eyes were filled with envy.Cielo circulated all the spirit energy in his body. The feathers on his wings also started to tremble without any wind. The feathers fell one by one and floated beside Cielo.When the last feather fell, Cielo suddenly raised his arms and yelled the skill’s name. “Heart Piercing Arrows!”Under the effect of energy force, the thousands of feathers turned into sharp blades. The blades were like arrows that had been released from the bow while flying toward Niel Klyn’s scissor beast form.The scissors and the wind blade began to fight in the air, and it was hard to tell who was winning or losing.Niel Klyn had not s