Here Goes Nothing

The crowd celebrated as they watched the fight between Jin Tengfei and a random beast master.

Jin Teifeng was a master with the sword. The way he slashed in between the beasts and attacked their master left the crowd breathless.

Alex watched the fight while constantly monitoring the time. The 3rd match after this one would be his, and he was starting to get worried that the sun would reach its zenith at that point.

The fight ended not long after and the next set of fighters went up to the stage while Alex waited for his turn to come.

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The different family heads and sect leaders were all gathered in a single massive room to watch the competition from the tower that was raised on the northern side of the arena.

"Tengfei is doing quite well, isn't he?" a bloody white-robed old woman asked the yellow-robed old man that was sitting not far away from him.