“Which one do you think is stronger?”
“Hard to say, both of them are at the fifth-rank Sovereign level. Their strength should be quite evenly matched, and even if one side wins, it won’t be easy.”
“That’s true! Although Commander Gardner is a once-in-a-millennium genius, Jason, as the rising star of Northfortia’s younger generation, is not just a name. It is said that he has previously defeated several opponents at the sixth-rank level!”
“Is he really that strong? Well, let’s watch. I bet they’ll fight fiercely, and it will be hard to determine a winner!”
“…”
A discussion broke out among the spectators below the platform.
“Go!”
At the same time, Jason forcefully pushed his hands forward. Immediately, a black mist rushed towards Billy like a hurricane, growing larger and larger as it approached. As the black mist neared Billy, it suddenly exploded, and four cold glimmers shot towards Billy’s head at lightning speed. From their appearance, it was clear that they were poisonous scorpions or something similar.
“Boss, be careful!” Bob couldn’t help but shout from below the platform.
“Always using these despicable and twisted methods, you scum from Northfortia.” Billy said coldly, looking at Jason. As soon as he finished speaking, an extremely powerful wave of energy emanated from him. Immediately after, the four poisonous creatures exploded about ten meters away from Billy, scattering specks of blood on the ground.
“Hmm?!”
Jason clearly didn’t expect Billy to easily neutralize his attack. His pupils contracted slightly. However, he didn’t have much time to be stunned because Billy’s assault was already upon him. Without much thought, he quickly raised his hand and sent out several waves of energy to block the attack.
After a muffled sound, Jason was sent flying backward, as if he had been hit by a ferocious beast, sliding back for fifty or sixty meters before finally stopping. There were traces of blood at the corners of his mouth.
“Truly worthy of Commander Gardner, indeed not just a reputation!” Jason wiped away the blood and spoke again. “Interesting, come at me again!” As he finished speaking, his figure flashed and he once again activated his full strength, attacking Billy.
Objectively speaking, his combat power was indeed quite good, as could be seen from his aura. He lived up to his title as one of the outstanding members of Northfortia’s younger generation.
However, his opponent was a once-in-a-millennium genius, so the outcome was already predetermined.
“Did Northfortia send you to test my strength? Do you really think you can leave the platform alive?” Billy looked at him and replied. From the moment Jason started provoking him, Billy had a rough idea of his intentions. According to the information Ivy had gathered, Jason was officially ranked first among the Northfortia participants in this competition. But in reality, there were two others who were one rank higher than Jason, at the sixth-rank Sovereign level.
Jason’s repeated attempts to challenge him were obviously paving the way for the other two. Perhaps, in Jason’s eyes, with his fifth-rank Sovereign cultivation, challenging Commander Gardner, even if he couldn’t win, he should have no problem retreating unscathed. At worst, he could just surrender later. However, he had clearly thought too optimistically.
“If you can withstand this attack, I’ll spare your life!” Billy’s voice rang out once again. While speaking, he took a few steps forward, no longer wasting time with the other person, and forcefully activated the Dragon Mastery Fist Technique.
At the next moment, a dragon-shaped phantom containing a raging energy rushed towards the opponent, causing a hurricane to roar and the air above the platform to surge.
“Hmm?!” After sensing the power of Billy’s move, Jason’s face immediately turned pale. He finally realized how naive he had been before. Although they were at the same level and both capable of challenging opponents of higher rank, their strengths were not on the same level!
Originally, he thought that if he couldn’t win, he could surrender, but that was based on the premise that he could withstand the opponent’s attack and have a chance to speak.
But if he couldn’t even withstand a single blow, would he still have a chance to surrender?
“Don’t kill me…” Jason shouted loudly, his voice filled with despair.
“Commander Gardner, please show mercy!” Linda, who was watching from below the platform, saw Jason’s crisis and her face changed, shouting anxiously.
Before they could finish speaking, the dragon-shaped phantom had already crashed fiercely into Jason’s chest, causing him to fly over a hundred meters before crashing onto the platform. Immediately, he spat out a mouthful of blood, with at least half of his bones broken and his meridians shattered. From the beginning, Billy had no intention of sparing his life, so naturally, he wouldn’t hold back.
“You…” Jason struggled to open his mouth and managed to say a word before a large amount of blood gushed out, followed by his head slumping to the side, lifeless.
Witnessing this scene on the platform, there were exclamations of astonishment all around, followed by a moment of silence.
He was killed with just a single move?
“Jason…” Linda cried out in pain, her face filled with grief.
“Is there anyone else who wants to step onto the platform?” Billy scanned the area below the platform.
A coughing sound echoed all around. With a single move, even the experts at the fifth-rank were killed. Who would dare to step up now?
Two minutes later, seeing no one else challenging him, Billy stepped down from the platform and walked towards the rest area with Bob.
“Billy!” Just as they arrived at the rest area, Felicia hurriedly walked over.
“How did it go? Did you find out the situation?” Billy smiled faintly and asked.
Before the morning competition, he had given Felicia and the others a task to keep an eye on Veridiania and Oriana’s people.
“Yes!” Felicia nodded in response. “In terms of true strength, the top expert in Veridiania is a person named Jacob Nguyen. He recently broke through to the fifth-rank level. He is senior to Princess Liz from Veridiania, both had the same martial arts teacher, and they are said to be in a romantic relationship.”
Billy narrowed his eyes slightly. “What about Oriana?”
“Oriana has a man named Corey Wilkins as her strongest contestant. He is at the late fourth-rank level.”
“Have either of them stepped onto the platform today?” Billy asked with a smile.
“Corey Wilkins hasn’t yet, but Jacob Nguyen is already on the twelfth platform!” Felicia responded. “Just now, a contestant from Aquilandia injured Princess Liz quite severely, so he stepped onto the platform to avenge her!”
After a pause, Billy asked, “What about Casey?”
“I already informed him, and he has already gone over.” Felicia replied.
“Let’s go over together then!” Billy smiled and led the group towards the twelfth platform.