Snap!
As soon as the power of Garrett's Golden Enlightenment rushed out, a shattering sound rang out all around them. The ground he was standing on had cracked between his feet when he stomped.
At the same moment, Garrett appeared in front of Soar abruptly. Almost the same second as that, he threw out a fast, fierce punch that glowed with golden light. Everything happened so fast. Within a split second, the punch could hit him and kill him. If Soar couldn't avoid it in a timely manner, his head would be smashed into pieces. The onlookers were holding their breath and waiting anxiously to see how the situation would unfold itself.
At that particular moment, another fist surrounded by golden light emerged. Along with a deafening sound as if two weapons were colliding with each other ferociously, Garrett's fist attack was blocked by the newly emerged fist.
Then, the two bodies that were filled with golden light both stepped slightly back and away from each other.
"This is your second fight in a row. This battle is becoming difficult for you, so let me try," a low voice said to Soar in that moment. The low voice came from Ricky. He and Soar represented the Saber Hall at that day's competition. Ricky wanted to protect the Saber Hall, so he had been watching Soar's competition closely.
The moment he felt that Soar was in danger, he had already launched an attack to protect him. Meanwhile, he was worried that if Soar wanted to defeat Garrett or maybe ended the battle in a tie, he would have no choice but to burst out the blood power of a Great Dragon and the power of the Heaven Melting Pagoda. If that happened, the cost would be too high. Soar's identity as a Great Dragon was supposed to be kept top secret. Exposing such a secret would only get him into much more serious trouble. Previously, he even lied and said that his name was Ridge in order to keep his identity a secret.
Seeing Ricky stand up for him, Soar decided not to refuse his help. Without any hesitation, he returned to his seat on the high platform. He couldn't be more aware of the reason that Ricky had needed to interrupt the battle between him and Garrett. Keyon had also been completely defeated by him and his purpose had been realized. He had great confidence that Ricky could take care of the remaining business at hand.
"Who is this young man?" Seeing how Ricky had resisted Garrett's attack, the warriors around were shocked by the events in front of them once more.
"Judging from the momentum that this young man has, his power does not seem to be inferior to Garrett's. How did the Saber Hall manage to find two young geniuses with such impressive power?"
"It's so strange. I feel like this young man's realm is inferior to Ridge's, so how come his power has turned out to be more powerful than Ridge's?"
"I don't think you're right about that. Do you think that he is also a peerless genius like Jasper or an ace genius like Ricky? Do you think that he could really challenge those who have higher levels of strength than him? I am telling you, it's just impossible. He must have used a way to hide his real strength. There are many ways to hide a warrior's real strength, after all. Anyway, there can't be that many geniuses in this world."
"Well, I didn't expect that the Saber Hall would have an ace in the hole like you," Garrett said lightly. He didn't immediately attack Ricky. He instead looked him up and down.
At the same time, one could see that Garrett's eyes grew heavy and serious. Somehow, he had a strong hunch that Ricky was not as simple as he looked. He could tell that Ricky would be a very strong opponent.
After they had already clashed against each other's attacks, the intense feeling that Ricky was dangerous strengthened in his heart.
Similar to Garrett, Ricky's eyes also became more serious. Due to the power of his three zones, Ricky detected that the power that Garrett had was likely to be infinitely close to a second-class middle spiritual king.
Ricky had no exact measure of his own strength at that moment. Since the life-and-death battle he had with Ray, he had never really had a chance to fight with another enemy.
Before the two warriors started their fight, the audience on the high platform of the Sword Hall had a discussion about them. "Luna, what do you think of the strength of these two warriors that are about to fight?" Nora, the leader of the Sword Hall, asked Luna slowly with a grave expression on her face.
Luna, a female disciple from the Apsara Palace, had been invited by the Sword Hall to join the competition and fight for the right to use the Quintessence of Heaven and Earth. It was a very rare treasure that could be used to improve both a warrior's cultivation base and his spiritual weapon's power. Nora had been quite sure that the Sword Hall would win the competition and get that rare treasure. Nevertheless, it never crossed her mind that the Spear Hall had also invited two geniuses like Keyon and Garrett, while the Saber Hall had the firm support of two very mysterious young geniuses as well.
After hearing Nora's inquiry, Luna thought about it for a while and replied honestly, "Nora, to tell you the truth, I have no confidence in defeating those two young men. Also, I think that the young man from the Saber Hall is even more unpredictable and unfathomable."
After a pause, she added grimly, "However, since I have accepted your invitation, I will try my best in the competition."
Hearing Luna's reply, Nora murmured back to her, "So, the younger man from the Saber Hall is even more mysterious." She really believed what Luna had told her. The geniuses had outstanding power that gave them a leg up that common people didn't have.
"Luna, just try your best, but don't push yourself too hard. If we fail this time, we still have more chances in the future," Nora said gently. She valued a genius like Luna, and didn't want her to be hurt needlessly in a competition. After all, the Quintessence of Heaven and Earth would appear once every five years.
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