He had no alternative but to run for his life and even so, Kayden’s attack caught up with him and severed one of his hands without mercy, Brunno screamed like crazy, he was not used to pain, he grew up in a greenhouse.
Kayden would continue attacking him, dozens of pentagrams had already appeared around him, but he felt someone he knew approaching to calm the fight.
"Please let him go, Kayden, he’s just a hothead," Thomas Sagebrush appeared as the voice of reason and Kayden just gave him a nod, with that, Bruno returned to his quiet, butchered side.
He knew that in a direct fight, he would probably lose badly, even if his techniques were refined and impeccable, he would still be destroyed by brute force, Kayden’s simple attack was monstrous, and in addition, he still had that dominance that suffocated him.
A few minutes later, everyone remained silent, as the moment approached for the contest to begin. At that exact time, a living being with a wooden appearance and wearing a suit appeared in the center of the clearing.
Everyone focused their spiritual senses on him and could see that he was in the fifth realm, a level of strength that separated the high class from true kings, only those in the realm of demigods could present true political power in this world, this became even clearer with the war.
"Welcome everyone, I am the administrator and I will be responsible for this contest, we have around 450 participants, but only three pl so that, so we will have two elimination stages, the first is very simple, you just need to withstand an attack of A mage of the fifth realm, don’t worry that my attack will be limited to the peak of the fourth realm with five rays." The administrator’s statement took everyone by surprise, most of them didn’t have the confidence to do so.
Only a minority of a dozen had five rays there, while the majority were divided between four and three rays, the latter had managed to reach their ranks through a lot of resources and time.
Kayden and the rest of his group were completely calm for this test, at most, Milena would have some difficulty, but the rest had full capacity to overcome this challenge.
"We will do it on a first-come, first-serve basis, you will be called here, and you can leave the competition whenever you want, but I warn you that if you do you could end up dying and we will not be held responsible for that." Most of the people there had passed their peaks of difficulty and would not give up with a simple threat.
The first to rise was a wizard that Kayden didn’t know, the attack he received was a fiery phoenix that was undoubtedly not just at the peak of the fourth realm, it was something much stronger and burned the participant to ashes in seconds.
A silence appeared in the surroundings as everyone understood what had happened, a participant from the fourth realm was killed so easily, instantly several dozen people began to raise their hands and be guided out.
"Milena, I think you better leave too, you don’t need to prove anything here", Kayden said after thinking for a few seconds, she was strong, but not enough to hold back that attack.
A few seconds later, all the people who had given up had already left the clearing, there were around 200 people left, it there was still a considerable amount, and the administrator who was made of wood and launched fire attacks started to speak.
"This was just a quick test to eliminate the fearful ones, the attack will be weaker and I won’t eliminate any of you, come next time", as he said, it was calmer afterward, the attacks were relatively weaker.
Most people were unable to hold the phoenix and ended up being disqualified, Astolfo easily managed to hold the phoenix using his wind attack that canceled out any air in the region and suffocated the phoenix with a tornado.
While Felix just disappeared into the shadows and easily avoided the attack, Kayden noticed the administrator’s surprise at the cat’s ability and it was clear to him now that Felix was not of this world.
"Kayden Heart," the elf in charge called Kayden. He floated up and just gathered the mana from the clearing around him, it wasn’t even close to what he had the capacity for, but in the end, he didn’t want to cause a scene.
"Wait, Kayden Heart, you are a wizard of the third realm, your realm is not eligible to participate in this competition," the administrator was surprised by the young man’s appearance, there were several people from lower realms around, but none of them stood up to participate.
"Mr. Administrator, I have equivalent capabilities and I think that is what is being evaluated", his speech took the wooden man by surprise, there was no arrogance or arrogance, it just seemed like he was telling a fact.
Most of the people around mocked Kayden’s arrogance in their heads, but those with five lightning bolts had witnessed Kayden get six lightning bolts live centuries before anyone else, in their minds, the day he crushed all of humanity’s geniuses without effort would be engraved in their minds.
"Okay, I hope you don’t regret this", the administrator just gave in, in the end, he didn’t expect much from Kayden, but that didn’t mean he was going to reduce the strength of the attack.
The phoenix came magnificently, making a hissing sound while burning the very air, Kayden opened three pentagrams and launched a robust aura cut with great range, the phoenix’s attack managed to resist the attack for a few seconds, but in the end, it was completely broken and the aura slash disappeared powerlessly into thin air.
Kayden returned to his companions’ side under the surprised gazes of everyone around. This was a leap of a realm and several levels, something completely absurd and inhumane. The administrator was silent for a full minute as he assessed Kayden’s strength.
Once his mind fit all the details together, he didn’t hesitate for a second to raise his voice so Kayden could hear his invitation.
"Kayden, if you want, you can become a teacher right now without having to go through the rest of the process", the administrator knew the strength of someone with six rays in the third realm, and Kayden was much higher, which meant he only had one option :
Seven rays.
The level of a future god.
"Thank you, administrator, but I want to use this opportunity to train my strength," Kayden neutrally refused and sat down to cultivate. Once again, everyone was surprised.
Kayden was just taking this as training. His attitude was not disrespectful, as he did not have any emotion in his voice. The administrator continued with the challenges, it didn’t take long for them to have the finalists.
In the end, only about 50 people passed, most had four rays, and there wasn’t even a person with three rays present. Those with five rays were all among the finalists, the only one who deviated from the norm was Kayden.
"The second part of our contest is very simple. You will receive a student in the element that you are best at. Your role is to teach them some skill or technique over 1 day. All apprentices have a similar level of strength and understanding, at least the best ones. Any external resources are prohibited from being used," as soon as the administrator finished speaking, several hundred teenagers appeared on the horizon.
They were all elves and had similar growth to humans, their more advanced physiques and natural gifts placed them all at the peak of the first realm at around 14 years old, something well above the human average.
Kayden felt everyone with his spiritual sense, he saw several black sheep and geniuses among them, but nothing that caught his attention. He saw the other magicians in the fourth realm rushing to choose the best of the best, meanwhile, he just watched quietly as he decided what to do.
After a few minutes, he was left facing hundreds of students, all the others had already been chosen. All eyes were on him, learning directly from someone powerful was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for most people.
"Attention!" Kayden snapped his fingers and was the first wizard to talk to everyone at once. "Which of you has ever had a life-and-death struggle? Raise your hand." Of the hundreds, only a few dozen raised their hands. Kayden asked them to stand up.
"Which of you got to where you are without the support of family or abundant resources?" Of the dozens, only two dozen hands were raised. Kayden again asked them to stand up. "Which of you is willing to die for power?" His question would probably cause people to respond dishonestly, but he was applying mana pressure capable of making that impossible.
This time, only three people raised their hands. They were two extremes, while one of them was among the best in the group, the other two were in the lower tier with low talent and understanding ability. This was the specific type of person Kayden wanted to reach.
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