Murderous Intent

Noah stood silently while probing his near empty Essence Core. He knew why he had lost.

It was due to his battle experience. An experience that had allowed him fight and win in many battles. A battle experience that had never let him down back on Earth.

And a battle experience that limited his true prowess on Maest.

The reason why the transmigrator had lost was because he had been using Earth's battle principles while fighting on another world, Maest. Those two planets really couldn't be compared to each other. Maest was different than Earth in many ways. Yet Noah had still used its principles while battling.

It was because of this he had never gotten any insight on the Flow Execution technique most geniuses had access to. He viewed Battle arts the same way he viewed Martial arts. This was why he had lost, he believed those two different techniques could be used in the same way and this was wrong. It was like using the same way of utilizing a sword to use a dagger. And this was what held him back for so long.

Noah realized he would have to drop the battle principles he used on Earth if he wished to become really adept at Battle arts. And maybe he would be able to do that within the Soaring Star Academy.

All in all, Noah accepted the first loss he had suffered since his transmigration to Maest with a calm expression on his face.

He walked up to Emery with a little smile on his face and rose his hand. "I acknowledge my loss. Thank you for the fight."

Emery glanced at the hand and smiled before shaking the silver haired boy's hand. "Likewise. I hope to fight you once more when we become stronger within the academy."

"Hmm." The Half-dragon smiled and walked backwards to his platforms before sitting cross legged among his teammates.

"You okay?" Leonel crouched, placing an arm on Noah's shoulder and asked.

"No, I'm good. A loss is a loss, I don't need to think about anything else but becoming stronger. I just need to recover a bit of my energy before challenging someone else." The transmigrator replied with his calm expression while his Battlesouls materialized before sucking in the ambient Essence around him, refilling his Essence Core and stabilizing his advancement.

Leonel heaved a sigh of relief as he saw this and chuckled while patting his sworn brother's shoulder. "Yeah, what else is there to think of?"

The competition continued normally, with Damien and Mona successfully reaching the top 15 positions. The older brother even took it further by managing to clinch onto the 10th position after a fearsome battle. Nobody dared to challenge Noah or Emery, knowing that even in their weakened state, the two could still wipe the floor with them.

This continued for three hours before Noah finally stood up once more, making the other participants grow silent. Even more surprising was how nobody bothered challenging each other once more and just watched as he walked down the stairs before his platform and pointed at the blond haired girl with a number 2 above her head. "You."

The blond haired girl barely hesitated and walked towards the stairs that had materialized before her platform. Once she arrived before him, the distance allowed the transmigrator to properly analyze her. She looked to be about 13, with blond hair, sky blue eyes and a beautiful face that would make most boys' have their faces burn red. Which meant she was a genius, which meant she also had her own insights into the Flow Execution technique.

Fortunately, Noah wasn't most boys, he only saw the girl before him as his opponent. And her aura that placed her at the 9th Level of the Intermediate Stage suggested that she wasn't your average damsel. And then there was the way she walked that suggested a noble background, meaning she was probably an important member of a House.

The noble girl stood before the transmigrator, pleased that her appearance did not appear to have an effect on his battle ready face. A rapier appeared in her grip as she faced him. "I am Elaine. And I'd rather not mention my last name."

"You already know mine." He replied, summoning his longsword. His Battlesouls flashed into existence, displaying their brilliance once more.

Elaine complied, releasing her Battlesoul as well with its shape causing Noah to narrow his eyes. It was a golden scale shining with an Emperor Grade light. And his encounter with Argos made him realize that it was probably a special type Battlesoul.

And this fact made him immediately execute Embodiment before accelerating towards her moving faster than a bullet, his sword ready at his side. Elaine rose her blade, blocking his impromptu attack and twisting her body to redirect his force.

Noah responded to this, quickly executing Flicker and appearing by her side with his fist coated with a Gravity Force of 400 kilograms. But his attack was blocked by a golden light that appeared before her body, absorbing the force behind his blow.

She took that moment of respite to move backwards and pointed her rapier at the transmigrator. "Soul skill: Holy Light's Judgment."

As she spoke, a sense of paralysis swept past Noah while certain images flooded his mind. He stood frozen as he was forced to view the image of a blurred woman within his mind, the same woman that had appeared during the Dream Druid's attempt at controlling his mind. Except these time, a familiar odd white colored hair could be seen flowing at her back. At that moment, Noah's eyes became bloodshot.

Meanwhile, Elaine watched in shock as her Battlesoul, The Holy Light Scale, bent to the left! Immediately she could feel her strength leaving her slowly. Yet that wasn't the end of her worries.

"How dare you make me remember her?" A cold voice made her turn back to her opponent. At that moment she felt goose bumps as her blue eyes met his cold silver ones that oozed such murderous intent that she felt she were looking at death itself.

"What… What kind of life have you lived?" A hint of pity mixed in with her fear as she asked that question. But her instincts screamed pure terror as she watched him raise his hand and point at her.

Noah barely cared about anything in the world right now, much less her question as he felt rage like never before. "You… die."

A hole instantly appeared amid the stage.

Noah had subconsciously released his Pseudo-Intent once more!!!