Sword God in a World of Magic

Lei snorted.

Then, the Mana Shield around him slowly vanished, and the arrow that had triggered the Mana Shield fell to the ground.

Lei had fought contestant 12 evenly, but with the addition of the composite bow, Lei had been forced to make several rushed and awkward movements.

Because of the bow, Lei had lost.

"Weapon Variance, huh?" Lei said as he put his trident away. "It seems like I underestimated its power."

Lei couldn't complain since both of them were at the same level.

Lei had lost fair and square.

Contestant 12 nodded. "The Impose Stage is more than impressive. It has been a long time since I had such a difficult battle against someone on my level."

Lei snorted again, but the more perceptive people could notice that he actually only wanted to appear tough and dismissive. Some people could tell that Lei enjoyed the compliment.

"Congratulations," Lei said as his arrogant smirk returned. "You might be amongst the twenty most powerful warriors in the world, but I wouldn't bet on it."

The warriors were immediately furrowing their brows, and even contestant 12 seemed annoyed.

Contestant 12 was now among the top four in the tournament. Was Lei saying that there were over 16 warriors outside the tournament that could defeat him?

That seemed unlikely.

"What? You don't believe me?" Lei asked with a smirk. "Why do you think I was chosen specifically for this tournament?"

"It's because I am average," Lei said with a laugh.

The people only looked at Lei with furrowed brows.

"I'm the most average Impose Stage warrior. I've comprehended an average Path, which made for an average Impose. I have been in some dangerous battles, but they are not common to me."

"I've been sent to demonstrate the average power of an Impose Stage warrior."

"And with my average power, I made it to the top eight here. That's honestly quite sad."

Most of the warriors became infuriated again. They obviously didn't believe Lei's words, and they felt like Lei was only saying these things to disrespect them.

Contestant 1 furrowed his brows as he looked at Lei.

It was difficult to admit, but he believed Lei.

contestant 1 and contestant 12 radiated a

Lei didn't have that.

everyone that managed to reach the Fifth Realm was a genius in their own right, but the

average at the

compared to contestant 1, contestant 12

he wasn't the

created the Impose Stage?" contestant 12

immediately

invented the Impose

smirking. "It was my Master,"

waited for an elaboration,

who is your

and turned around. "Defeat my

to the

narrowed his

called the person that invented the Impose Stage master,

possibility that a powerful Mage had come up with the Impose Stage, but if that were the case, Lei wouldn't have called them master. This was more appropriate for a

excited as more intrigue

pause,

fighting in a dark arena illuminated by artificial light that mimicked the light of

fight in the semifinals was contestant 1

the finale, but with the addition of the two mysterious

and contestant 2 were friends, and they knew each other very

for quite a while, but it

a true fight but more of an exhibition

that he couldn't

minutes,

been a fun

and his opponent would either

second match in the semifinals took

12 versus

more perceptive people in the audience noticed

knew that he couldn't win against

would still give his

been sent as a representation of what the Impose Stage can

Contestant 31 nodded wordlessly.

you," contestant 12 said. "However, I

going to fight someone, I

Silence.