He was number one.
'Is he actually at the top of the heap?' Austin thought to himself, intensely staring at the man.
His consciousness couldn't believe how someone who looked so simple, someone who looked like an
ordinary outer disciple, could be on top.
After the top tenth place was settled, it was the turn of the ninth. As the rules stated, the disciples who
wanted to challenge the ninth place would play against each other first. The winner would qualify to
challenge the previous top ninth outer disciple.
After a round of fights, the successful outer disciple started fighting against the current ninth place. The
fight was really even.
But in the end, Paige Ouyang, the ninth placer, successfully defeated his challenger and was able to
remain in the ninth place.
The Eighth one, however, was defeated by the new challenger, who became the new eighth one after
their fight.
The same thing happened to the seventh disciple.
The sixth was successful in retaining his place, like the ninth.
But what interested Austin was the fact that the one who qualified to challenge the top sixth was Billy
Tang.
Billy was unsuccessful though, and the sixth retained his place.
Then it was the fifth's turn to be challenged. The fifth was someone who already fought against Austin
—Marvin Su.
At that time, Marvin was sitting in the top ten area with a poker face. No one could tell what he was
thinking about and what he was feeling towards the whole match.
It had been a long time since Austin saw him. The last time they got together was when Austin beat
him in a fight. Quickly, Austin took a glance at him.
At that moment, many outer disciples who were in the audience area started whispering among
themselves.
The fact that Marvin had been defeated by Austin a few days ago was known by all of the outer part. In
their opinion, Austin had already taken Marvin's place.
Most of them also thought that Austin would surely challenge Marvin for the fifth position.
But until the qualifying part ended, Austin did not stand up.
After many fierce battles, an outer disciple named Raines Hu was qualified to challenge Marvin.
Raines' weapon was a pair of short blades, which were rare among the cultivators. Even the
movements that he was using were also uncommon.
Although his technique didn't involve fast movement, his body seemed to be extremely flexible. Any
part of his body seemed to form into any shape. They were also very elastic. 'I've never seen anything
like this before. It's very... unhuman-like?' Austin thought.
For instance, when he hit his opponent with a stick, everyone could see that there was still some
distance between his weapon and his opponent's body. But then all of a sudden, his body stretched
and became twice its original length. His hand that was holding his weapon did the same, and in a
second, he was able to hit his opponent.
Then, when his opponent tried to stab him in the throat, before the tip of the blade even reached his
neck, he was able to bend his upper body downward, like it was completely isolated from his lower
body. 'What the...' Austin thought, surprised and impressed. Obviously, the attack against him failed.
Having the eighth level of the Energy Gathering Realm and this weird bodily movement skill, Raines
defeated several challengers and in the end qualified to challenge the previous fifth disciple, Marvin.
When Raines' and Marvin's fight started, Marvin came down from where he was sitting silently and
calmly.
He glanced around the audience trying to find someone, the person he hated so much that he wanted
to kill him by his own hands. Unfortunately, he was unable to locate him.
Truth be told, Marvin was waiting for Austin. But to his disappointment, Austin did not show up at all.
Last time, Marvin was defeated under the watch of lots of outer disciples. He thought that the only way
he could redeem himself was to defeat Austin in such a big gathering.
"Mr. Su, please accept my challenge," Raines said when Marvin stepped into the arena, bowing to him.
Marvin did not reply, but gave his foe a cold glance.
"Who are you, even? Could you even fight? It seems like every Tom, Dick, Harry, could just barge in
here and challenge me," Marvin sneered at Raines.
Actually, Marvin couldn't care any less about Raines. His hatred was solely stemming from Austin
defeating him, and he was just using Raines to let it all out.
Hearing what he said, Raines got furious.
"Mr. Su, you better treat me with a little more respect," Raines said, his voice shaking. He was trying
his hardest to calm himself.
"Do you think someone like you—who honestly look like a fly—is worth my respect? Get out of the
arena now!" Marvin shouted.
After his shouted, Marvin touched the floor of the arena with his feet and the floor suddenly cracked
and sunk, like something very heavy fell on it. He smiled at Raines, as if to mock him. "You don't stand
a chance, boy," he said, grinning at Raines.
Suddenly, Marvin jumped and he flew several meters up in the air. His right palm was raise and a bright
yellow light came out of it. The audience could only see numerous projections of his palm.
Around the palm projections, there seemed to be a lightning snake, which contains bloodcurdling vital
energy force. It filled the whole arena.
A second later, the countless palm projections started shooting down, aiming for Raines.
The whole arena lit up, and everyone was blinded by the light. The energy that was released was
exceptional, and everyone, for a second, feared for their lives.
Raines' face turned pale when he saw what was coming towards him. He quickly sensed the enormity
of the force involved in the attack. Nothing had hit him yet, but he already found it difficult to breathe.
This attack proved that no doubt, Marvin was actually at the ninth level of the Energy Gathering Realm!
And he already learned level one palm intent!
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