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.

that managed to reach the Fifth Realm was a genius in their own right, but the different levels of geniuses only

average at the

compared to contestant 1, contestant 12 was

glad that he wasn't the only warrior that brought

Impose Stage?"

onlookers was immediately pulled towards

who invented the

smirking. "It was

elaboration, but Lei was finished

who is your

around. "Defeat

saying that, Lei walked to the

narrowed

the person that invented the Impose Stage master, which gave him a clue

up with the Impose Stage, but if that were the case, Lei wouldn't

more intrigue was added to

a short pause,

now, night had arrived, and the contestants were fighting in a dark arena illuminated by artificial light that mimicked the

first fight in the semifinals

supposed to be the finale, but with the addition

2 were friends, and they knew each other very

fought for quite a while, but it was clear that contestant

really a true fight but

that he couldn't

some minutes,

been

now, and his opponent would

second match in the semifinals took

versus contestant

looked at contestant 31 with a serious expression, but the more perceptive people in the audience

that he couldn't

would still give

as a representation of the most average Impose Stage warrior, you have probably been sent as a representation of what the

Contestant 31 nodded wordlessly.

you," contestant 12 said. "However,

fight someone, I want to

Silence.