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.

powerful people had. People like contestant 1 and contestant 12 radiated a special aura that made

Lei didn't have that.

genius in their own right, but the different levels of geniuses only became more

at the True

also believed Lei, but compared to contestant 1, contestant 12 was

he wasn't the only

Impose Stage?" contestant

was immediately pulled towards the two

who invented

continued smirking. "It was my Master," he

an elaboration, but Lei was

who is your master?" contestant

chuckled a bit and turned around. "Defeat my friend,

saying that, Lei walked to the

12 narrowed his

person that invented the Impose Stage master, which gave him

but if that were the case,

more excited as more intrigue was added to

pause, the

in a dark arena illuminated by artificial

the semifinals was contestant 1

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

and contestant 2 were friends, and they knew each other

but it was clear that contestant

fight but more of an exhibition

he

some minutes, contestant 1

had been

was in the finals now, and his opponent

match in

versus

more perceptive people in the audience noticed that

12 knew that he couldn't win against

he would still give his

have probably been sent as a representation of what the Impose Stage can

Contestant 31 nodded wordlessly.

12 said. "However, I would

someone, I want to

Silence.