Recuperating

"What...what just happened?" An Elder in the formations room commented, but received no reply.

The Elders had all been watching and discussing the various fights, with most of their eyes glued to the room John was fighting in. He had shown some promise in his initial fights, and the bet between the two Elders spiced up the otherwise mundane watching experience.

After his initial collisions with the Golden Mane Lion, many of the Elders guessed that Elder Harn was correct, and that John would not last five minutes against it.

However, his aura and power had unexpectedly exploded to a level well beyond what a Mid Qi Condensation cultivator should be capable of, and he had also shown off an immensely profound and powerful scythe battle art.

These two things allowed him to not only fight against the beast, but actually slay it. None of the Elders had expected such a thing, and all had been stunned into silence.