Duels

On the third and final day of the expedition, Kirios base was finally discovered.

A huge group of ten disciples were the lucky ones who achieved such a feat, unfortunately, the greed of the group led to the death three members as they entered the base without any preparation and activated several defense formations.

One could see the corpses swollen and their purple skin, there was no doubt that they died in a horrible way...

Of course, the base would have rare materials and some registers, but it was Rainer who had all the documentation about the Soul Transfusion research.

After the news of the discovery was announced, the search ended and those who participated were registered directly in the ceremony in order to avoid identity impersonation.

Due to the large number of participants, the competition would be divided into eight groups of ten disciples per group.

Only one disciple per group would have the chance to participate in the Awakening Ceremony, resulting in a total of eight new disciples and two senior disciples, Yunli and Lin Feng.

This ceremony was only done once every ten years and only ten disciples could participate, one could notice that the required materials were extremely rare and precious letting many young disciples clench their teeth and fists in resignation.

The duels consisted of a fight similar to the king of the hill, the first contestant would climb into the arena and fight against the other disciples in his group in order, if the first one won the fight, he would remain in the arena but if he lost he would be disqualified and so on until the end of the round.

Anyone was able to notice that the first one to enter the arena would have a hard time winning, everyone was praying to get the last number!

After a draw, Rainer got the Number 21, which meant that he would fight in the #2 arena and he would be the first one to step up...

Being the first one of his arena, Rainer jumped on the platform and began to prepare for the fight, any mistake could lead to one's death.

Not long after, a group of nine persons surrounded the arena, they were Rainer's opponents and he would show no mercy to anyone who dared to step up to fight, he also wanted to experience that so-called Awakening Ceremony and this was his only chance.

"I will not hold back because we are fellow disciples, we all have our goals and objectives and I will not stop you, but I will neither let you defeat me." Rainer said with a deep voice trying to seem as intimidating as possible.

An icy wind lashed just at that moment, and along with his demonic vision, the greenish glow of his cold eyes produced a shiver in several disciples who threw away their number and left without looking back as they cursed their luck.

"The battle begins before we get on the arena!" Rainer thought as he felt glad his tactic worked.

Cultivation was not only about refining your body and soul to its peak and living eternally, as in other cultures, cultivation sought to overcome physical and mental limits, causing a change in both the person and his environment.

If your will was weak, you would not achieve much!

Just as some disciples surrendered, others looked at Rainer with sharp eyes, they looked like hyenas ready to throw themselves and tear off a piece of his flesh, among them there were even two men in the Core Formation stage!

"It seems like it's not going to be as easy as I thought..." Rainer muttered as the young man with the 22nd ticket stepped into the arena.

The young man had blue hair in a braid, his face was very handsome and effeminate, if it weren't for the fangirls club under the arena shouting his name, one would think he was a woman.

"Finish that loser!"

"Chen Feng, you're the best!"

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"Don't lose too fast, will you? I have to shine in front of my girls... "The young man named Chen Feng showed a smile that seemed to blind his fans while he mocked Rainer.

He also didn't forget to get his hair done before the fight!

"..."

Rainer didn't know what to think, had this guy come to fight or flirt?

"Doesn't he even realize that I'm in the Core Formation stage while he still has to breakthrough?"

The sound of the bell announcing the beginning of the first duels alerted all the disciples who began to murmur their incantations and draw their weapons, despite the nature of the Sect, it was forbidden to kill another fellow disciple but nothing was said about seriously wounding.

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