As they approached the platform, a man from Aquilandia fell off the platform. He lay on the ground, flipping a few times before spitting out a mouthful of blood and passing out.
“Steve!” Eligina’s voice rang out, and she quickly ran over.
“Didn’t I tell your people to surrender if they can’t defeat their opponents?” Billy walked over.
“Steve is a mid-stage expert at the fourth rank. He was confident in fighting against his opponent, but he didn’t expect the opponent’s strength to be far superior.” Eligina responded after a momentary pause.
“His meridians are severely damaged. Take him back for treatment, there’s still time!” Billy used his spiritual power to roughly assess the man’s injuries.
“Yes! Thank you, Lord Dragon!” Eligina nodded and instructed two other people to help the man up before turning to leave.
“Is there anyone else who wants to challenge?” At this moment, Jacob Nguyen looked around and spoke in a deep voice.
“I’ll go!” Casey walked onto the platform.
“A person from Glavale?” Jacob Nguyen narrowed his eyes.
“Lord Nguyen, he is the Eastern Frontier Commander of Glavale!” A man’s voice sounded from below the platform.
“It’s you!” Jacob Nguyen frowned.
“What’s the matter? Are you afraid to face me?” Casey spoke casually.
“What a joke. Why would I be afraid?” Jacob Nguyen sneered in response. He had already investigated Casey’s cultivation, and a mid-stage expert at the fourth rank was naturally not worth his attention.
“You were present when Commander Gardner and his men went to the palace of Veridiania and killed my master, right?” Jacob Nguyen spoke again.
“Oh? That so-called Veridiania’s number one expert, Hadden Geis, is your master?” Casey replied.
“You killed my master, and today I will collect some interest from you!”
“We’ll see if you have the strength for that!” Casey shrugged his shoulders.
“You’ll find out soon enough!” Jacob Nguyen responded in a low voice, “Let’s not waste any more time. It’s a life or death battle!”
With those words, a powerful aura burst forth, instantly enveloping Casey. Immediately after, the samurai sword drew more than a dozen chilling sword auras in the air, creating a piercing sound of wind.
“Face my one decisive strike!”
In the next moment, the dozen sword auras merged into one, roaring as Jacob Nguyen swung his wrist and slashed towards Casey. The momentum was overwhelming, as if he wanted to cut through the sky. This strike was called the One Decisive Strike. It was the Sovereign technique created by Hadden Geis himself, the move that allowed him to claim the title of Veridiania’s number one expert.
“Not bad, but still a bit weak!” Casey’s eyes narrowed slightly. Meanwhile, without any hesitation, he also launched his attack, channeling his full strength into the Domineering Blade Art.
Boom!
Their blades collided with a deafening sound. Then, the blade aura of the Domineering Blade Art pierced through Jacob Nguyen’s attack and descended from above his head. In the next moment, the arena returned to calmness, with Casey and Jacob Nguyen standing motionless in their original positions. The surrounding audience also fell silent, their eyes fixed on the arena, unsure of who was stronger.
After a while, a bloodline extended from Jacob Nguyen’s head to his waist, and more than a dozen blood arrows shot out.
“How… How is this possible…”
With great difficulty, Jacob Nguyen uttered a few words before his body split in two and collapsed on the arena, blood everywhere.
Witnessing this scene, many spectators in the arena couldn’t help but vomit. It was too brutal, too bloody!
“Jacob!” A heart-wrenching cry came from Veridiania’s Princess, Liz, her face filled with grief and despair.
“Casey, are you alright?” Soon after Casey stepped down from the arena, Felicia quickly approached him.
“Uh-huh!” Casey smiled and shook his head, then walked over to Billy and greeted him.
“Not bad!” Billy smiled in return.
Then, the group returned to the rest area.
As the evening approached and the competition neared its end, Harleen and Ivy returned to the rest area.
“Billy!”
“Billy!”
Both of them greeted Billy.
Billy smiled slightly, paused for a moment, and raised an eyebrow as he looked at Harleen. “Dear, did you break through?” He sensed that Harleen had reached the fourth rank in her cultivation.
“Billy, you have to scold Harleen. It was so dangerous just now!” Ivy responded with a slightly scared expression.
“It’s all thanks to her breakthrough later. Otherwise, she would have been injured by the top-ranked expert from Oriana.” Billy replied.
“Ms Knight, did you challenge that guy before breaking through? He’s already halfway into the fifth rank.” Casey said, slightly surprised after hearing Ivy’s words.
“I just wanted to challenge HIM and see if I could break through to the fourth rank!” Harleen smiled lightly.
“Nonsense!” Billy frowned slightly, his tone becoming stern. “What if you hadn’t succeeded?”
“I won’t dare to do it again next time.” Harleen stuck out her tongue.
“If there’s a next time, I won’t bring you out anymore!” Billy continued in a serious tone.
“I know, Billy!” Harleen replied playfully.
“Be serious!” Billy gave her a stern look. In fact, based on his understanding of Harleen, there was at least an eighty to ninety percent chance that she would do it. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken such a risk. Moreover, he had already discovered that after Harleen received the inheritance on Ether Mountain, there was a power sealed within her body that didn’t belong to her. Others could harm her, but taking her life wouldn’t be so simple.
“Understood!” Harleen saluted in a proper manner.
“Hahaha…” Everyone burst into laughter.
In the following two days, there was nothing special happening in the competition. Everything proceeded as planned.
On the fourth evening of the championship, it was nearing its end. A total of 15, 000 people participated in the competition, with fifteen arenas, averaging around one thousand people per arena. From 9 am to 6 pm, nine hours a day without breaks. Considering that many people didn’t even step onto the arena and gave up directly, there were only around two thousand people left with the qualifications to compete after four days.
On the fifth morning, Billy and the others returned to the arena.
“Ivy, how are the points looking?” Billy asked Ivy.
“As of yesterday evening, the points of Northfortia, Aquilandia, and our Glavale are very close, with only a small difference.” Ivy responded.
“The fourth and fifth places are Xidengia and Occidenta, followed by Veridiania, and then the other western countries.”
“What about the casualties among the top ten countries, apart from Aquilandia?” Billy nodded and continued his inquiry.