Nobilis of War novel Chapter 133

"A hundred thousand pounds of force." Darren estimated the force in an attempt to quantify it. He was not surprised by the result at all. 'If I try my best, I can easily crush the stone as well, ' he thought.

Soon after, Kevin Ji and Rory Wei recovered from being caught off guard.

"You have exerted your Bloodline Force and ended up with only a hundred thousand pounds of force. Jack, it seems that I may have overestimated you," Rory Wei walked out and said. Then he spoke louder, "Mr. Li, please replace the Force Testing Stone with a new one. I would also like to have a try!"

Colin asked somebody to fulfill his request. Soon after, a harder Force Testing Stone was moved to the square.

"This is how it's supposed to be done!" Rory Wei said.

Then he went closer to the stone, with a great deal of ancient force bursting out of his body.

"Divine Ape Arm!" Rory Wei shouted.

Suddenly, his arm bloated up and transformed into a giant arm which resembled that of an ape. He hit the stone hard with his palm.

Bang!

With a big thud, his handprint dug deep into the stone's surface, even if the new stone was of top level and should be able to bear five hundred thousand pounds of force!

"One hundred and thirty thousand pounds of force. The force of your Divine Ape Bloodline is great indeed," Jack stated calmly. He continued, "However, if I am not wrong, you just exerted four fifths of your bloodline force in that strike. In other words, it couldn't get much better than what you showed us just now even if you exert all your force. Considering that, your strength will no longer have the ability to surprise me. Go back home! You have no chances of winning today!"

'Oops! I made a mistake!' Hearing Jack's words, both Kevin Ji and Rory Wei had the same thought. They realized that the purpose of Jack's suggestion to do this force test was to know about the levels of their strengths before the real contest began. He now had a general idea of Rory Wei's strength, just by observing his performance in the force test.

Darren also realized that fact.

'Although Jack has exerted his bloodline force, nobody could tell how much force he has left. It is pretty obvious that he must be much stronger than what he showed in the force test if he's confident in winning the contest, ' he thought. 'These geniuses can exert at least more than a hundred thousand pounds of force, which exceeds most cultivators at the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm. If they combine their bloodline force with their martial arts skills, they will even be much stronger and would definitely be challenging opponents.'

Meanwhile, Darren secretly observed the three geniuses—Kevin Ji, Rory Wei and Jack—with his spiritual sense. He discovered that they were merely at the seventh stage of the Mysterious Realm. But their force already exceeded cultivators at the higher stages. It was because their bloodline force contributed to their strength significantly. And they hadn't shown them the full potential of their bloodline force yet!

Soon after, it was Kevin Ji's turn. Now he learned that he must not show his full force. He used only eighty thousand pounds of force to hit the Force Testing Stone just to get it over with.