AUSTIN PHILLIPS

'Hmm?' Austin thought as he felt an intense aura approaching him as he was meditating. When he opened his eyes to see who it was, he discovered that the one who was giving off that same battle intent against him was apparently the youngest student among them.

'I don't have time to play with weaklings' thought Austin as he simply choose to ignore that student.

'Did he just ignore me?' thought Dave as he noticed the strange reaction Austin did when he began to radiate a battle intent against him. But when he discovered what he thought was true, his battle intent became more intense as he began to have an expression of a battle maniac.

But before he could do anything else, Mr. Lucas's voice suddenly rang out.

"The first evaluation has been complete. We shall now see their result from the first 20 students"

Suddenly, another large rectangular crystal appeared right next to the previous one. But this time, it only showed 20 students who were the first batch of people entering the pagoda. It's displayed on the evaluation of the 20 students by showing the student's faces, their names, ages, Ranks, and how many beasts and floors they have overcome.

"Looks like the one who took the first position that goes by the name Craig Stones killed 10 peak Rank D and 2 initial phase Rank C Tasmanian Tigers while also reaching the third floor of the pagoda. Pretty impressive" announced Mr. Lucas as the 20 students began to come out of the black pagoda with an exhausted expressions on their faces.

Well everyone except a boy who came out last of the pagoda with a proud expression on his face. he had dark hair that was all tied to his back to form a ponytail. he was holding a long mace that had a blue crystal shining on its top. Although his clothes wear a bit messy from all the battle it had to go through, it still held strong to prevent itself from tearing.

'He's actually in the peak phase of Rank D, that's pretty impressive indeed' thought Dave as he looked at Craig who was going towards a group that was cheering for him.

"We will now move on to the second batch. Moon Country, Country B, White Country, Country X, and the Capital"

"Looks like his moment has come" Muzi suddenly said.

"Whose moment?" Viona suddenly asked

"His moment" Muzi answered as he pointed at Austin who was entering the pagoda.

Immediately after the last person entered the black pagoda, its door suddenly shot closed as the first rectangular crystal suddenly lit up.

From the moment the next batch of schools was announced till Austin entered the black pagoda, Dave didn't move his gaze from Austin. But immediately after Austin got into the pagoda, he suddenly shifted his gaze to the viewing crystal as he thought.

'Let's see what my potential competitor is made of.

'Let's get things over with' thought Austin as he stared at the Tasmanian Tigers with a boring look.

Currently, he seems to be alone as he was in front of dozens of peak Rank D beasts and one in the initial phase of Rank C at the back of the group. But that didn't faze him as he read through the new information that came into his head.

"Hmm... kill 6 of the Rank D beast or the only Rank C beast in the crowd to pass floor one. Looks too easy to me" said Austin as he entered his battle stance together wielding two Ranked sabers that gave off a light aura.

As soon as Austin got himself ready for the clash, the Tasmanian Tigers suddenly charged at him with a threatening speed. But right when they were about to pounce at him, he suddenly vanished from the spot as lightning ran through the dozens of Rank D beasts to clash with the one who still stood where it first appeared.

<BOLT SPEED>

"What was that!?" Jake suddenly exclaimed as he saw what happened in Austins' clash with the beast.

"What? that? that's just one of his movement spells and to shock you more, that move is actually the weakest among them" Muzi said with a gloomy expression on his face.

Although what Muzi said made Viona, Jonah, and Jake have widened their eyes, Dave still glued his eyes to the crystal with a pensive look on his face.

'Now to end this' Austin thought as he appear in front of the Rank C Tasmanian beast. Although the beast knew that the lightning bolt that flew from the front of the crowd to his spot was his enemy, before he could attack him, he suddenly paused as he felt a sharp pain all over his neck

Suddenly, his head sleds down from his body as he fell to the floor lifelessly.

<DIVINE SLASH>

While seeing the Rank D beast suddenly disappearing, a message suddenly popped up in his mind as light enveloped him.

"You have cleared floor one. Do you want to proceed to the next floor?"

"Of cause" Austin replied as he got himself ready for the next clash. Suddenly, Austin disappeared on the first floor together with the light.

'This guy is strong' Dave thought with a solemn expression on his face.

(To be continued...)