Chapter 358: Number one
After announcing about the break, she walks away while instructing several people to do different things.
Jayden sat on his seat and immediately scanned the entire place, now he could sense that the king had brought most of his army here, and they were all scattered around the place.
He must have felt that something was going to happen in this competition and he brought most of his strong cultivators here.
‘ Eleven Peak Rank Cultivators, he has more than I expected but still, it won’t be too difficult, 65 cultivators in the Spirit creation realm and 30 cultivators in the Spirit Strengthening realm below the peak. ‘
Jayden counted, only the number of the peak rank cultivators surprised him a little, he was not too worried about anyone else, all the cultivators in the Spirit Creation realm were just cannon fodders and would die without even knowing how, so Jayden just saw them as a source of energy that he could use to increase his own strength, people in the Spirit Strengthening realm could be handled too though they have a big quantity so it might take a little longer to deal with them.
The only ones Jayden had to fight carefully against were the peak rank cultivators, they were all very old men and women, and they had a lot of battle experience and the strength to match it all but Jayden was sure they would definitely look down on him because of his peerless acting.
‘ Let’s wait and see how my new skills perform in tense situations. ‘ he thought, and then looked over everyone, while he was deep in thinking Jayden felt several gazes landing on him some filled with hostility and hatred while some with love and affection.
Xiao and Wang Jia were looking at him, he smiled towards both of them and then directed his gaze towards the hostile bunch, first the second prince who was looking at Jayden with rage filled eyes, he knew entering the competition is going to get him in trouble later after all he got against king’s orders, but he still decided to participate just because he wanted to kill Jayden after all no one would be able to stop him from doing anything there.
Then there was the first prince, looking down at Jayden as always, ignoring the gazes of the both the brothers Jayden looked towards the king who was staring back at him, when their eyes met Jayden immediately used Void skill to find if the king have any hidden Trump Card, after all he managed all the resources in the Kingdom so he must possesses few things that could be called hidden Trump Card, but now Jayden was aware of all of them and so they were no longer hidden.
Since the moment Jayden has arrived in his seat, even before the competition had started, invisible characters kept pouring out of his hands, it was impossible for others to see or sense them since until they were all aligned together they were just energy without any meaning, Jayden wanted to create a big array and used it to lure out all of the king’s men to the centre of the battle ground, and that would be the start of the real battle.
Twenty minutes passed, in this time Jayden had closed his eyes as he focussed on creating the array it consisted of many things and was a bit complex but the effects would be great.
The announcer’s loud voice resounded in the noisy collisium again, and everyone’s attention was soon focused on her:
” The twenty minute mark has just passed, I believe all of you are ready to bring the excitement to the next level.
But before that, we have made some changes in the rules, from now on it is against the rules to admit defeat without fighting. ” She waited a little to hear the loud cheers from the public and this news had the effect she wanted it to.
” Alright, now the people who will be fighting in the next rounds are Our king, second prince, Tan Qi from the Iron Giant sect and Wang Jin, our tenacious champion from the Divine Sword sect. ”
Another wave of cheers came after these words, people were excitedly discussing among themselves about who would be fighting whom, and the new rule of not being able to admit defeat without fighting made it even more exciting.
” Okay okay, I know you all want to know about the participants of the next battle, how about a little guess… ”
She paused a little, increasing the anticipation, then she announced in a loud voice: ” We are going to choose the opponents based on the number they pick. ”
As soon as she finished speaking a bowl and a table appeared in front of her, there were four paper slips lying, folded inside the bowl.
” The two people who get the same numbers will be facing each other in the next round, to keep it fair we have decided to randomly choose the opponents.
Now I would like to ask all the participants to choose a paper when this bowl reaches near you. ” The woman said that, since she can’t ask the king and the prince to come down to pick a paper, she has decided to let all of them choose a paper slip on their seats.
With a wave of her hand, it flew in the air and reached Tan Qi who was sitting on the seat closest to the centre, he picked up a paper slip and read the number inside.
Then it flew towards Jayden, who looked at Tan Qi’s number secretly and thought for a few seconds about who he wanted to face in the next round.
‘ I want to fight the king in the last round since that’s when the actual fight will start, but if I fight the second prince I might end up accidentally killing him because of his stupidity, I guess I have no other option. ‘ he thought, and choose a slip from the bowl, before it flew away from him and went towards the king.
After all the slips were picked, the woman in the centre spoke: ” Now, why don’t we see who has received similar numbers, please all of you announce your numbers. ” She said respectfully.
” I received one. ” Tan Qi said in a loud tone, after which Jayden followed:
” Number one. ”
Now there was no need to know the numbers of the last two, everyone in the audience felt bad for Jayden after he fought with all his might in the previous round and won, he now has to face Tan Qi who is two whole stages above him, it probably won’t be enough even if he has high tier sword.
” Number two, humph, you sure have great luck. ” The second prince still announced his number and spoke to Jayden.
“…” The king stayed silent, sitting with a smile on his face, he was angry at his son for going against his words, but now he would be able to get one more easy victory. The second prince looked at Jayden, and then their eyes met.
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