The battle between contestant 12 and contestant 31 went as expected.

Contestant 12 never stood a chance.

After contestant 12's Mana Shield was deactivated, he only looked at the ground with an expression of melancholy and acceptance.

"It was a good fight," contestant 31 said.

Contestant 12 didn't immediately answer. "You know, I've never been truly talented."

Silence.

"I've taken it easy during my earliest years. I couldn't imagine dedicating so much of my time to becoming more powerful as the truly outstanding people on my level."

"I never gave it my all."

"And then, my wife was killed by a beast that had been just a bit more powerful than me."

"If I had just put in a bit more effort, I could have protected her."

Contestant 12 sighed again.

"That's when I actually started trying, you know?" he said as he looked at contestant 31.

"But no matter how hard I tried, there were so many people that were much stronger and smarter than me."

"My hard work didn't matter."

"I know that this doesn't concern you," contestant 12 said, looking to the side. "I think I just lost control. Forget what I said."

Silence.

Most people were bored of the sob story. There were so many people in the world with similar stories. It was basically normal.

"How many people have you seen as superior to yourself?" contestant 31 asked. "More than 20?"

"Much more," contestant 12 answered.

"And yet, you are in the top four in this tournament," contestant 31 said. "In my opinion, your self-pity is unjustified. Stop looking at your failures and look at your successes."

After that, contestant 31 walked to the side of the arena.

Contestant 12 only sighed again before also walking to the side of the arena.

The match between him and contestant 31 had hit him on a fundamental level.

The Impose Stage.

Was the Impose Stage truly better than the Weapon Variance Stage?

Contestant 12 sighed once again. 'I thought increasing the overall power of warriors was my job,' he thought.

Contestant 12's name was Oliver, and he was Shang's successor.

Sadly, Oliver hadn't been chosen by the God due to his outstanding talent but due to his mindset.

He was an altruistic person that liked to help others.

To him, the benefits for the greater collective outweighed the benefits for the individual.

had done quite

had created the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth

the

wasn't a

already a miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every praise he

that was his maximum

be possible for him

600 years old, and he was only at the Early Weapon

was thinking about

was fighting contestant

took the battle

couldn't allow himself to lose against a

greatest humiliation of his entire life, and it would also humiliate

fight with his life

mind, if he lost,

fight started, and contestant 1 immediately

jumping away while firing arrows, but contestant 1's body was too powerful. He easily

1 was

He was deadly serious.

current strategy didn't

SHING!

composite bow suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in her

narrowed while everyone else

Then, she fired.

BANG!

1 was halted in his charge, but

the bigger bow flew faster and were much

1 had been stopped, two smaller arrows shot at him, and he did his

two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't fire as

attacks became far more

strategy a bit, contestant 1 still managed to close the distance

also used her arrows to create several Magic

was watching with

31 was insanely talented and

Mages

power, wouldn't contestant 31 have a shot against an Archmage a level above

actually jump a level against a

This was unreal!

had to remember that contestant 1 could win against an Archmage two levels

could fight

contestant 31 could fight a Mage

was something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the Sixth Realm, and only 1% of Ancestral Mages could join

was

1 used all of his power

passed, contestant 1's power also

eventually, contestant 1 completely

moment, the

far beyond difficult, but contestant 1

He had done it!

defended the honor of

only a minority of warriors

levels between the

were still happy that contestant

body

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