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.

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

Lei didn't have that.

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

average at the True Path Stage, but now,

to contestant 1, contestant 12 was

was glad that he wasn't the only

created the Impose Stage?" contestant

attention of the onlookers was immediately pulled towards the two talking contestants

invented

"It was my Master," he

waited for an elaboration, but Lei was

is your master?"

"Defeat my

saying that, Lei walked to the edge of the

narrowed

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

but if that were the case, Lei wouldn't have called them master.

excited as more intrigue was added

pause,

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

first fight in the semifinals was contestant 1 against

supposed to be the finale, but with the addition of the two

and contestant 2 were friends, and they knew

fought for quite a while, but it was clear that contestant 1 had the upper

really a true fight but more of

he couldn't win

some minutes, contestant 1

had been

in the finals now, and his opponent would

second match in the semifinals

12 versus contestant

but the more perceptive people in the audience noticed that there was a feeling of acceptance in contestant 12's

that he couldn't win

he would still give

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

Contestant 31 nodded wordlessly.

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

fight someone, I want

Silence.