With Alec vouching for his teammate, the referee chose not to intervene, Connor, emboldened by this decision, dashed toward Arthur with renewed confidence. This time, he dropped to all fours, his movements becoming faster and more primal. Arthur initially considered unsheathing the spirit sword strapped to his back but decided against it the moment he saw Connor’s ferocious speed. Instead, he adjusted his stance, lowering his right hand and planting his feet firmly on the ground. The silver gauntlets on Arthur’s hands seemed to enlarge slightly, as faint trails of smoke where escaping from the intricate lines carved along their surface. Bang!A thunderous clash shook the stage as their attacks started. Arthur attempted a direct punch, but Connor’s erratic fighting style allowed him to twist his body just enough to evade. This left Arthur momentarily exposed, and Connor capitalized on the opening, slapping Arthur with a resounding force. The impact reverberated through the
“Pick your next fighter,” the red-haired referee said, turning toward Alec. Since the Bloodline Academy had chosen the first fighter in the previous round, it was now War God Academy’s turn to send someone up first to the stage.Meanwhile, among the committee members observing the match, unease began to grow, they had deliberately pushed for this five-versus-five format, hoping to diminish War God Academy’s chances of securing even a single win. However, after witnessing the first match and how drastically it deviated from their expectations, a sour feeling crept over them.Arthur had not only dominated but had done so convincingly, many committee members realized that Connor hadn’t even forced Arthur to unsheathe the sword strapped to his back, which they felt was likely his weapon of choice. This revelation made them question their assumptions about the War God Academy’s mages. “Brandon, why don’t you take care of this one? I’ve got a good feeling about it,” Alec said, confid
Alec looked up at the skies, sensing the Qi violently gathering there. His eyes widened as he saw a spatial eye slowly forming, still in its infant stage, yet unmistakably a space gate was opening above them all in the skies. Alec wasn’t the only one observing this phenomenon, many in the Royal Grand Arena had also noticed it, but most quickly shifted their gaze back to the stage where the intense fight was still underway as they didn’t even want to miss a second. They seemed unconcerned about the space gates, knowing that attacks rarely happened within the palace grounds. However, Alec frowned when he saw this, as he never would have imagined that the famous Peak Tier space gate that was always talked about was situated directly above the Royal Grand Arena. In that moment, he began to question the wisdom of the Northern Kingdom’s king in insisting the finals be held here. But Alec kept his thoughts to himself, as he lacked the authority to voice such concerns and had no desir
Bang!Explosions echoed repeatedly as the audience struggled to keep up with the movements of Soren and Brandon who. Were moving around with one attacking and the other busy defending. What was expected to be a straightforward match had transformed into an intense spectacle that neither academy’s fans could have anticipated. With both mages displaying powers far beyond what anyone had imagined.Soren darted across the battlefield, leaving trails of destructive flames in his wake, occasionally, he hurled scorching fireballs at Brandon without the need to cast spells. This wasn’t due to an evolution of his element affinity to the manipulation stage, but rather the effects of the second stage of his bloodline transformation. In this form, he appeared almost like someone who had achieved fire manipulation, a feat made possible by the Fire Dragon bloodline coursing through his veins.His second stage transformation amplified his flame based powers to such an extent that Brandon’s sa
# In the City of EstoniaThe space gate had finally accumulated enough energy, and the moon in the sky turned a deep red, as the small group of mages from the clans and the city guards army gathered to defend against this wave of the Blood Moon War grew increasingly nervous.Many of them gripped their weapons tightly, anxiously awaiting the first goblin to emerge from the space gate, with the gate now fully stabilized, there was movement within the expanded portal, which had widened due to its evolution from a mid to a high rank space gate.But to their surprise, about a thousand figures emerged from the gate every second looking lost and aimlessly walking around, however, the defenders neither charged nor casted spells at the invaders, instead, they appeared perplexed by the situation.“This... This isn’t goblins,” remarked one of the mages from a newly clans that moved into Estonia city, confused by the unexpected appearance of an unknown race.“Idiot! Why are you standing there los
Among the twenty-five Type 3 zombies, five stood out, and they were positioned prominently at the forefront of the unique zombies emerging from the space gate.The Tier 7 mages of Estonia City scrutinized these five with heightened focus, attempting to analyse their power levels as they sent forth their spirit senses. However, as their spirit senses extended toward the group, the lead Type 3 zombie turned in their direction and unleashed an overwhelming surge of mental power, obliterating their spirit senses before they could get close.“Hmm, these ones in the front are dangerous, It seems they are all in the Peak Tier 7 realm, how are we ever going to contain this many zombies when even their leaders surpass us in rank?” Sir Marcus remarked, his frown deepening at the grim situation confronting Estonia City.The lead zombie at the forefront was an unusual sight, as it had a disproportionately large head atop a tiny body. Despite emitting a Peak Tier 7 aura, its combat abilities li
The audience watched intently as the ten small, black slashes from Brandon’s sword soared toward the flaming Qi claw strikes unleashed by Soren. When the two attacks collided, there was no explosion or dramatic display of power. Instead, the black slashes transformed into ten miniature portals, swallowing the fiery claws as if they were being consumed by a black hole. Soren’s eyes widened in confusion as his attack vanished without a trace, before he could comprehend what had occurred, he realized that Brandon had closed the distance between them. While Soren had been anticipating an explosive clash of their attacks, Brandon had continued to use the opportunity to press forward without hesitation. Seeing Brandon approaching rapidly, Soren decided to strike first, but just as he moved to close the gap, Brandon twisted his saber and thrust its hilt toward Soren’s face in an attempt to catch him off guard. However, Soren didn’t fall for the feint, using his left hand, he seized
As the dust finally settled, the crowd could clearly see the aftermath of the intense battle at the center of the stage. On one side stood Soren, his chest and hands soaked in blood, part of the red scales protecting him had been blasted apart, leaving him visibly weakened as blood continued to drip from his injuries. On the other side was Brandon, who had his greatsword stabbed into the ground to steady him, his upper body was completely bare, revealing his chiselled physique, a testament to years of rigorous weapon training and cultivation. His torn uniform lay in shreds, and blood streaked his torso. Behind Brandon was the Treant Golem that had been summoned, its wooden fingers were imbued with healing energy as they pressed into Brandon’s back. Though the healing process was slow, but the crowd could already see some of his wounds beginning to improve slightly. Soren, clinging desperately to hope, watched with mounting frustration as Brandon showed signs of recovery.
Alec stood watching as Dragov’s body increased in height once more, but this time, it wasn’t just his stature that was changing; his aura had surged all the way to the Mid Tier 6 realm. But Dragov wasn’t finished yet, a massive pair of dragon wings extended from his back, and his two front dragon horns grew slightly longer with them curving backward a little.“Now we shall continue from where we left off,” Dragov said, locking his gaze onto Alec.“Why does everyone from the Bloodline Academy talk so much? Let’s just fight it out!” Alec replied, dashing forward. Beside him, Titan moved in front, manifesting a long rectangular shield on his arm to take the lead against the now-taller Dragov.“Come!” Dragov shouted as he drew his fist back, channelling Qi energy into it, a dragon fist image materialized around his hand, enveloping it as he punched toward Titan. Titan raised his shield to defend against the attack.The moment Dragov’s punch landed on the shield, the entire crowd fell
Dragov pushed himself off the debris he had created upon being slammed into the ground. He raised his gaze to Alec and Titan, who stood side by side, with Titan resting his hand on his massive mace that was resting on the stage ground, while Alec swung his Changdao as he walked.Feeling a liquid substance covering his face, Dragov used his right palm to wipe it away, only to realize it was his blood, this brought him a slight shock. The Azure dragon scales he so proudly wore had been pierced, and blood was seeping from the wound. He could hardly believe there was another mage capable of matching him in his second-stage transformation while still being a Tier 5 Mage.Though Alec had the assistance of his golem, Titan, who is a Tier 6 golem, but Dragov considered Titan merely an extension of Alec’s powers. But Dragov was not the type to be easily intimidated by a challenge, especially one that had pushed him so far that he was bleeding.Alec stared at Dragov in surprise as he sa
With his increased power, Dragov wasted no time and dashed toward Alec, this sudden move snapped Alec out of his relaxed demeanour, forcing him to act swiftly. Alec pulled his right hand from his pocket and quickly cast three layers of earth shields, each reinforced with a repulsive gravity effect, stacking them in front of himself as a defensive barrier. However, Dragov was unfazed by this move, and after closing the distance in an instant, he swung his massive, weighted sword at the shields. The moment the blade struck, cracks spiderwebbed across the first earth shield. In a split second, Dragov shattered the first shield and then the second and by the time his sword collided with the third shield, Alec had already reversed the gravity repulsion spell, redirecting its force outward to himself when he saw the effort to bounce Dragov back as ineffective. When Dragov’s sword hit the final shield, the combined gravitational force sent Alec hurtling backward. He quickly dug h
“You’d better not even think about sending someone else up here to face me, because I’ll tear anyone you send into shreds. Unless you’re planning on having one of your precious teammates suffer an injury that could impact their cultivation journey, I suggest you step onto this stage right now,” Dragov said, locking eyes with Alec.He was trying to play the emotional game, trying to force Alec on stage since he knew how much Alec cared for his team mates, something Dragov saw as a sign of weakness. “Seriously, is that what you have to resort to just to get me on stage? We could simply forfeit this match and give you the win without sending anyone up. It would still count as your victory, which means you’d have wasted your chance,” Alec replied with a small smile, shaking his head in disbelief at how Dragov could appear so composed and innocent while harbouring such a twisted mind-set.As soon as Dragov heard Alec’s words, his expression changed instantly. He turned to the referee, h
As the dust finally settled, the crowd could clearly see the aftermath of the intense battle at the center of the stage. On one side stood Soren, his chest and hands soaked in blood, part of the red scales protecting him had been blasted apart, leaving him visibly weakened as blood continued to drip from his injuries. On the other side was Brandon, who had his greatsword stabbed into the ground to steady him, his upper body was completely bare, revealing his chiselled physique, a testament to years of rigorous weapon training and cultivation. His torn uniform lay in shreds, and blood streaked his torso. Behind Brandon was the Treant Golem that had been summoned, its wooden fingers were imbued with healing energy as they pressed into Brandon’s back. Though the healing process was slow, but the crowd could already see some of his wounds beginning to improve slightly. Soren, clinging desperately to hope, watched with mounting frustration as Brandon showed signs of recovery.
The audience watched intently as the ten small, black slashes from Brandon’s sword soared toward the flaming Qi claw strikes unleashed by Soren. When the two attacks collided, there was no explosion or dramatic display of power. Instead, the black slashes transformed into ten miniature portals, swallowing the fiery claws as if they were being consumed by a black hole. Soren’s eyes widened in confusion as his attack vanished without a trace, before he could comprehend what had occurred, he realized that Brandon had closed the distance between them. While Soren had been anticipating an explosive clash of their attacks, Brandon had continued to use the opportunity to press forward without hesitation. Seeing Brandon approaching rapidly, Soren decided to strike first, but just as he moved to close the gap, Brandon twisted his saber and thrust its hilt toward Soren’s face in an attempt to catch him off guard. However, Soren didn’t fall for the feint, using his left hand, he seized
Among the twenty-five Type 3 zombies, five stood out, and they were positioned prominently at the forefront of the unique zombies emerging from the space gate.The Tier 7 mages of Estonia City scrutinized these five with heightened focus, attempting to analyse their power levels as they sent forth their spirit senses. However, as their spirit senses extended toward the group, the lead Type 3 zombie turned in their direction and unleashed an overwhelming surge of mental power, obliterating their spirit senses before they could get close.“Hmm, these ones in the front are dangerous, It seems they are all in the Peak Tier 7 realm, how are we ever going to contain this many zombies when even their leaders surpass us in rank?” Sir Marcus remarked, his frown deepening at the grim situation confronting Estonia City.The lead zombie at the forefront was an unusual sight, as it had a disproportionately large head atop a tiny body. Despite emitting a Peak Tier 7 aura, its combat abilities li
# In the City of EstoniaThe space gate had finally accumulated enough energy, and the moon in the sky turned a deep red, as the small group of mages from the clans and the city guards army gathered to defend against this wave of the Blood Moon War grew increasingly nervous.Many of them gripped their weapons tightly, anxiously awaiting the first goblin to emerge from the space gate, with the gate now fully stabilized, there was movement within the expanded portal, which had widened due to its evolution from a mid to a high rank space gate.But to their surprise, about a thousand figures emerged from the gate every second looking lost and aimlessly walking around, however, the defenders neither charged nor casted spells at the invaders, instead, they appeared perplexed by the situation.“This... This isn’t goblins,” remarked one of the mages from a newly clans that moved into Estonia city, confused by the unexpected appearance of an unknown race.“Idiot! Why are you standing there los
Bang!Explosions echoed repeatedly as the audience struggled to keep up with the movements of Soren and Brandon who. Were moving around with one attacking and the other busy defending. What was expected to be a straightforward match had transformed into an intense spectacle that neither academy’s fans could have anticipated. With both mages displaying powers far beyond what anyone had imagined.Soren darted across the battlefield, leaving trails of destructive flames in his wake, occasionally, he hurled scorching fireballs at Brandon without the need to cast spells. This wasn’t due to an evolution of his element affinity to the manipulation stage, but rather the effects of the second stage of his bloodline transformation. In this form, he appeared almost like someone who had achieved fire manipulation, a feat made possible by the Fire Dragon bloodline coursing through his veins.His second stage transformation amplified his flame based powers to such an extent that Brandon’s sa