Reborn Apocalypse Ready War Goddess by My Side (Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 557

Chapter 557 Rising Star

The kills piled up higher and higher.

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In between fights, Steven kept finding little moments to wipe the sweat from Bianca’s brow, hand her sips of water, or smooth a strand of hair back into place.

He was one gesture short of kissing her right there in front of everyone.

This isn’t part of the beast hunting round of a tournament.

At this point it had turned into their own private stage for showing off how much they adored each other.

Watching it made plenty of people grind their teeth in secondhand jealousy.

Still, the first phase of the hunt wrapped up right in the middle of all that lovestruck nonsense.

A strange, hollow feeling settled over everyone watching.

Wait, that was it? That was the whole thing?

It felt shockingly flat. Nothing like any Awakened tournament anyone remembered.

Robby and the other officials were at a loss too.

The real reason was simple. Steven had cleared out every last level 4 beast so early that nothing dramatic had been left for anyone else.

In a normal year, the strongest prodigies would’ve clashed against level 4 beasts in brutal, drawn out battles, with every major academy fighting tooth and nail over each kill.

But this year, Steven had thrown the entire structure of the tournament into chaos, all on his

own.

That was exactly why Lola and the other seeded competitors had been held back from entering in the first place.

And Robby had a feeling the ranking phase coming up next would turn out just as absurd.

This year’s Awakened tournament had lost a lot of its usual spark. All because one kid happened to be terrifyingly strong.

Robby found himself thinking that if a monster like Steven ever showed up again in future tournaments, maybe it would be smarter to just hand him a prize up front and ask him to sit the whole thing out, if only to keep the competition interesting for everyone else.

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But then a different thought crept in. There aren’t many people in the entire world are actually built like that.

At this point, Steven belonged in the same conversation as those monsters living in the imperial capital.

A faint shiver ran through Robby’s body.

Steven had gone from barely scratching Tier 3 to tearing through Tier 2 like it was nothing.

Did that mean the kid had a real shot at becoming one of the legendary Celestial Eight someday?

In that moment, Robby swore he could see a brand new star rising into the sky, one that hadn’t existed before.

A future among the Eight.

Every competitor filed out of the hunting grounds and made their way back to the main arena.

The instant they arrived, almost every single one of them tilted their heads up toward the scoreboard.

That was all anyone cared about right now.

Everyone wanted to know if they’d landed in the top twenty.

Only the top twenty would get a shot at fighting for the final prize. That was the only thing that actually mattered to them.

It didn’t take long before disappointment spread through the crowd.

Their scores had come up short.

A few competitors sitting right around twentieth place, missing the cutoff by only a few points, felt regret settle in their stomachs like a stone.

Falling short of the top twenty meant they didn’t even qualify to compete for anything more.

But then their eyes drifted up to first place.

Every single one of them froze in place, jaws hanging open.

No way. There was absolutely no way.

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Every competitor in that arena started questioning their own eyesight.

“Over twenty thousand points?!”

Every head in the crowd snapped toward Steven at once.

There was no way that number was real. Over twenty thousand?

This had to be some kind of joke.

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