The Author's POV

In a different area of the dome.

SHIIIIING!

A black dagger pierced through the air in a lightning-fast manner.

KWANG!

Colliding with the metal body of a rapier, a defeating sound rang out, creating hot embers that scattered out.

At the same time, the dagger clashed with the body of the rapier, appearing on the right side of JIn were two twin swords. Raising his left hand, Jin slashed with all of his power.

KWANG!

Once again, a powerful sound rang out. The result of the clash ended up with one person getting pushed back.

"Brother!"

"...He's strong."

Nicholas muttered. Next to him was his sister, Aerin.

Lifting his sleeve, he wiped the blood that trickled down the edge of his lip.

Turning his attention towards his sister, Nicholas asked.

"Aerin, are you injured?"

"No."

"...Good. I'm afraid we have to go all out. We might lose if we don't."

"I agree."

In response to her brother's words, Aerin nodded her head.

"Haaaat!"

Then, with her brother next to her, she charged forward. Their speed was not something anyone could follow with their naked eyes. Within seconds, they were already in front of Jin.

Thrusting forward with her rapier, Nicholas accompanied her movements as he thrust his twin swords forward.

Claaaang—!

This time, it was Jin's turn to be pushed back. The twin's attacks were meticulous and calculated.

Alternating between each other, with no lag in their movements, they both aimed for the most vulnerable part of Jin's body.

Be it heart, lungs, head, liver; they aimed for all of the important organs. To make matters worse, because of how synchronized their attacks were, to Jin, it felt as though he was facing three opponents at the same time.

Slowly, cuts started appearing all over his body. For the next minute or so, Jin was slowly but surely being driven towards a corner. To the spectators, it looked as though he was about to lose.

But.

"Tsk."

Jin suddenly clicked his tongue. Almost instantaneously, a tremendous hue wrapped around his daggers.

Taking a step forward, his body suddenly melted into the darkness.

SHIIIIING!

Appearing right in front of them, Jin thrust his daggers forward as he performed an odd combo. His first strike was a powerful strike that shot up like lightning, followed by consecutive strikes that could seemingly sever rivers.

With each strike, the dagger's pattern became more and more eccentric. At one point, one of the daggers followed a path that was similar to that of a snake. Almost impossible to predict.

Under the barrage of attacks, Aerin and Nicholas both cooperated with each other and tried their best to defend themselves against Jin's weird attacks.

However, they knew that they were once again at a disadvantage. Even though they were going all out, they were still losing.

"Khhh...Aerin"

Pushed back, Nicholas painfully groaned.

"Yes, brother!"

"Let's use that."

"...but—"

"If we don't use it, we will lose. There is no point in saving it."

Nicholas quickly cut her off.

It became painfully obvious to him that they were about to lose. Their opponent was just too strong.

"Understood."

Biting her lower lip, Aerin nodded her head as she raised her rapier in the air.

area. Standing next to each other, the twins connected their weapons together. A powerful current

"Now!"

A majestic

SHIIIIING!

behind the beam was a beautiful

the incoming attack, Jin's

a deep breath. "Light eye.

Looking at the approaching attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of his mana towards them. Within seconds, the dagger dangerously glowed as all of Jin's mana

slashed down with both daggers. He was trying to meet

BAAAM—!

soon followed by a thunderous explosion that rang throughout the whole dome. Almost all

and debris flew everywhere hindering the spectator's

Everyone wondered as they eagerly anticipated for the dust to clear out. Then, within

in the same position as before, was Jin. Though his clothes were a mess and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to the twins that were on the ground struggling to get up, Jin looked to be in a much better

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

was about to finish off his opponents, the whole building turned red, and an ear-splitting sound echoed

Please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. I repeat, please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. For those who are unable to leave, an instructor will quickly come to

***

"Damn it!"

loud, Kevin bent his neck slightly as he dodged a sword attack. Raising his sword, he deflected two more attacks coming

KWANG! KWANG!

towards his right from time to time. Right where the portal disc

careless, damn

they wouldn't have sent so many people in one area. They must've added additional support at the very last minute to get rid

done a thorough check of the surroundings, he only thought that there were

was wrong. Using some sort of artifact, four more people hid around the area and waited for

been too

KWANG!

"Khh..."

back and parried another attack. Stomping his foot

need to cut down

eight vs one scenario. He was at a severe disadvantage in number. The only way he could have a shot at winning was by reducing their

"Huuup!"

about to execute a special move,

"Kuak!"

tripped. Though confused, Kevin took

Cwaaaaang—!

unable to defend himself. Stabbing towards his back, a shield suddenly appeared on the student's body as he fell

happened within a second, and it threw everyone off. Needless to say, Kevin took advantage

him, it was a faint. Right when it was about

Cwaaaaang—!

by the small protective shield that all

Haaa. That's

Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he didn't know that the only reason he had gotten rid of the two opponents was due to luck. Had his opponent

I have no choice" Therefore, taking a step back and

"Overd—"

—Click!

subtle yet powerful clicking sound. Kevin, who was struggling and was just about to use

"...you're here."

—Thud!

the ground was one of the six remaining individuals.

"Wh-at"

look at Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren merely glanced at everyone present before

—Kracka!

white hue shrouded Ren's body. Taking advantage of the confusion, Ren attacked

of the [Keiki style]

—Click!

another clicking sound rang out in the area; a beautiful blue line drew in the air. With a large thud, another student was eliminated, leaving behind only

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

at Ren. With a trembling hand, he pointed at

what you have

the whole world had just found out that Ren was practicing the Keiki style. He had just placed a massive target on his back

"..."

Kevin, Ren once again placed his hand on

—Click!

rang out in the area. Unfortunately, this time his opponents were

KWANG!

of metal colliding rang out in the air. Staring at

it, Ren, you better answer me after this is

Clank—!

parried the incoming attack. Only needing to deal with two opponents, Kevin's life was

as Ren and Kevin were slowly but

his opponents could easily parry. Slowly but surely, wounds were starting to appear all

minute, Ren would be able to get

"...Do it!"

Ren and Kevin were sure of

simultaneously, all four of the remaining individuals took out a black pill from their mouths and swallowed

Fuuum—!

small gust of wind swept the

"What's going on?!"

a step