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.

1 and contestant 12 radiated a special aura that made them appear

Lei didn't have that.

reach the Fifth Realm was a genius in their own right, but the different levels of geniuses only became more apparent the more powerful

been above average at the

Lei, but compared to contestant 1, contestant 12 was glad to

that he wasn't the only warrior

created the Impose Stage?" contestant

onlookers was immediately pulled towards

who invented the Impose

"It was

for an elaboration,

who is your master?"

around. "Defeat my friend,

walked to

narrowed

master, which gave him a clue

up with the Impose Stage, but if

became more excited as more intrigue

a short pause, the

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

first fight in the semifinals was contestant

to be the finale, but with the addition of the two mysterious warriors, things

2 were friends, and they knew each other

for quite a while, but it was

fight but more of

he couldn't win against

some minutes, contestant

been a fun

now, and his opponent would either be contestant

in

12 versus

people in the

that he couldn't

he would still

you have probably been sent as a representation of

Contestant 31 nodded wordlessly.

that I can't win against you," contestant 12 said. "However, I would still ask you for some

I want to see who I am

Silence.