Core Disciple Battles

With the same amount of excitement and fanfare as the first round, the second round kicked off with a buzz. Roughly one hundred inner disciples had registered for the next round, John included. 

He had advanced the previous round to the status of an inner disciple, and was now allowed to challenge core disciples. Continuous advancements like this were incredibly rare, and almost no one ever had the guts to try their luck twice.

Many eyes glued to John as he registered, filling the expectations of many. The essence power he had shown in that one attack had been overwhelming, and was easily on par with core disciples. While no one knew how he had advanced so much so quickly, no one was willing to look down on him any more.

His first battle with Esker could have been chalked up to him landing a surprise blow, but the second battle just now squashed those theories. He had used overwhelming power to kill his opponent, and had done so in a single attack.