"Hey! I’m intruding here!" Kayden shouted, getting both of their attention. At this moment, he conjured his absolute mana dominance and cast two aura slashes at the one that seemed weakest. The spell was propelled by nine pentagrams and passed through space at a ridiculous speed.
The first attack was contained by the opponent’s barrier, but it was broken into pieces. The second hit him squarely as he tried to conjure something to defend himself. Unfortunately for him, Kayden’s dominance prevented any movement on his part.
The second saw the situation and automatically understood that Kayden was superior. The problem was that he didn’t have time to run; His escape was interrupted by lightning hitting his barrier and throwing him against the mountain floor.
Although he was stronger than Kayden’s other opponent, after two pentagrams, his defense was easily broken, and he was taken out of the competition. Kayden picked up the scroll that was on the ground and continued his journey in search of opponents.
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His nine pentagrams were strong enough to kill someone in the fourth realm, but at the moment, he only arranged them to be quick and stealthy. He wanted to quickly end the fights and prevent anyone from getting close to him.
For the next few hours, Kayden just made his way around the mountain, defeating everyone he came across. His score was at the top, and just below him was just one other person, about one or two dozen points lower.
Third place was four scores behind Kayden, but fourth already had a difference of almost 100 points, demonstrating the disparity in talent between them.
The scoreboard floated in the view of everyone who called it out loud, and Kayden didn’t allow himself a second’s pause. After clearing the entire mountain, he continued flying in a random direction, encountering more opponents.
Whether in giant trees or incredibly extensive caves, Kayden simply sought out opponents and defeated them. So far, he had only met people from his kingdom. He quickly concluded that it was because of the region he was placed in.
Just three hours after the competition began, Kayden saw his name drop to second place, and by a huge margin of almost 100 points. The sixth place suddenly rose and opened up a big gap between everyone.
Kayden only took a few seconds to make a decision; chose a direction and left without looking around. His journey took about two hours at high speed, covering dozens of kilometers and ending up in an area with people from the second kingdom.
His name had already dropped several positions, and he would soon fall out of the top 10 if he continued like this. The people watching him lost interest as they saw him just flying around. Without hesitation, he chose a direction again and set off.
Two hours later, he arrived at the apprentice-level members’ area, only children aged 5 and under. They weren’t even considered real competitors, they were just testing their luck.
His name had already fallen below the top 20. He still had two chances and... About three hours later, Kayden found the first person in the fourth realm. Furthermore, it was clear to him that it was someone in the early levels.
"Perfect," Kayden murmured as he extended his grip around the person subtly. Then he used his nine pentagrams in the absolute strength setting, without stealth.
His attack came out with great force and immediately alerted the man in the fourth realm. A huge stone wall was erected directly between the two, but it was pierced by Kayden’s attack.
The wizard’s barrier made a loud sound as it swallowed the attack, stopping it. Unconsciously, he raised the huge ax he was holding.
BOOOM!
The sound of the katana hitting the ax was like an explosion. The man was pushed back a few meters, and he finally saw his attacker: a young man from the third realm with a pentagram in each eye and one spinning on his back.
"Are you stupid? How arrogant!", the man was about to tell Kayden to get lost, but his words had to be delayed when he had to defend himself from a bolt of lightning that attacked him from below.
The attack wasn’t strong, and his barrier easily swallowed him. This confirmed his idea that Kayden was a weak idiot. Kayden, once again, went to attack his hand-to-hand but ended up being pushed back in every exchange.
For every attack Kayden was pushed into, the man’s confidence grew a little. Kayden had impressive strength, but in the end, he was an entire realm beneath him. The problem was that his intuition told him something was wrong; he just didn’t know what it was.
Using his earth element, he fell to the ground, and for several tens of meters, the gravity was altered to his will. Kayden’s movements would become heavier, and his lighter, or the opposite; it all depended on the situation.
"Stop with this useless lightning shit and die!" Kayden’s rays always came from his blind spot and just hit his barrier harmlessly, which irritated him because he could never dodge them.
"It was a good fight", muttered Kayden, and his eyes, which seemed to show strong emotions, became neutral, while the earth element man confirmed his intuition. Instinctively, he backed away, but...
Three aura slashes awaited him, each coming from a different direction. Fortunately, he had his barrier active and would only suffer some damage to non-vital parts of his body. Hope welled up in him again.
* Tlec !*
With a snap of Kayden’s fingers, the man’s barrier disappeared. The wall he erected held back some of the force of the cuts, but not enough for him to be able to resist Kayden’s attack unprotected.
"Just that?" Kayden muttered as he saw his name only rise to the top 3. Furthermore, the top 1 was almost 1000 points apart. This was a problem, but considering that this wizard at the fourth realm gave around 500 points, it wouldn’t be too much work.