However, not long after, two more cards suddenly appeared behind Rocky's. These actually belonged to Gloria and Valeria.
The truth was the two women entered the array just a little earlier than Rocky. Of course, they also tried to suppress their strength, so their progress was just about the same as Rocky's
In the first round, in order not to expose their identities, both women tried their best to keep a low profile. However, they did not expect that there were many promising participants in the contest. Hence, they thought that they needed to get a better ranking in the second round. With that in mind, they began to take the limit test more seriously.
Meanwhile, among the low-grade Spiritual Emperors inside the Myriad Illusionary Array, Moore, Seth, and Barron were the ones taking the lead, reaching the fortieth pass.
On the other hand, Carla and Eunice seemed to be having some difficulties as they were both stuck in the thirty-fifth pass and could not move forward.
Before long, Moore finally took the lead and advanced to the forty-first pass.
But soon enough, Seth and Barron also caught up and reached the forty-first pass as well.
The onlookers could not help but exclaim and gasp in awe as they witnessed the progress of the promising participants. After all, any low-grade Spiritual Emperor who was able to at least reach the fortieth pass was considered to be very powerful.
In conclusion, the fact that the participants from the human race and spiritual race racing with each other made the audience thrilled.
But since the majority of the people watching were humans, they were rooting for the Spiritual Emperors of the human race to succeed and triumph in the end.
Another two hours had passed, and everyone's eyes were glued to the progress cards.
After such a fierce battle inside the array, Carla and Eunice both stopped after reaching the forty-first pass.
Meanwhile, Moore, Seth, and Barron still had the lead and were now on the forty-fourth pass.
However, without really being noticed by the crowd, Rocky had also advanced to the fortieth pass and was progressing steadily.
At the same time, Valeria and Gloria were just about one or two passes behind him.
With Rocky's current strength, if he really wanted to, he could easily catch up with Moore and the other two, or even surpass them. But he deemed that it would not be a smart move. After all, people's attention would instantly shift to him, and his real strength might be exposed right away. Hence, he suppressed his power and proceeded at the pace of a normal low-grade Spiritual Emperor.
After another two hours, Seth and Barron, the leading candidates from the spiritual race, had already reached the forty-fifth pass. However, to everyone's surprise, Moore, the leading candidate from the human race had to forfeit at the forty-fourth pass.
"What a pity! I thought Moore could still go for a couple more passes. Now, the two Spiritual Emperors of the spiritual race had finally taken the lead."
"That's okay. He's still young but his strength is already close to the medium stage. It won't be long before he could have a breakthrough. Right now, he's still one of the most outstanding Spiritual Emperors from the human race!"
"I agree. Besides Lilith, he should be the next most talented one in the Sky-suppressing Mansion. I can't wait for him to grow even stronger."
"The young generation is so remarkable. I can't even count the number of amazing talents that emerged in the Ethereal Region in recent years!"
"But it's still a little disappointing that the Spiritual Emperors of the human race cannot catch up with the talents of the spiritual race. Anyway, let's see how Seth and Barron will do in the next passes."
Since Moore, who could compete with Seth and Barron, withdrew from the test, the onlookers could not help but sigh, feeling a little saddened at the outcome.
However, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Everyone! Look at that! Number ninety-nine had already made it to the forty-fourth pass! That was pretty fast!"
Everyone was busy looking at the progress of Moore and the two members of the spiritual race that no one noticed Rocky sneakily catching up.
"What? How is that possible? It feels like he isn't struggling at all!" "When did this happen? I didn't notice that he already made it that far!"
"Are you sure that this guy isn't cheating? I thought he has just reached the fortieth pass not long ago? How could he make such huge progress in that span of time?"
"Yeah, that is weird. Are you saying that he is stronger and more talented than Moore?"
In an instant, the crowd was in an uproar, and everyone expressed their doubts about what was happening. Of course, since they had not heard about Rocky, they found it strange that an unknown warrior could perform this well.
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