Chapter 15
If Shin Ye had an elemental core then she would be a huge threat as that meant she could control her element fighting over the ground against something that controls the ground would be a big problem.
her mana ring was yellow with golden markings just like the rest, the moment she unleashed her mana ring she also summoned her weapon.
this wasn't illegal as the count down was to get both fighters ready to start fighting on go, however Zise still didn't summon his staff,
he wanted her to believe he was going to use speed once again, from the quality of her hammer he could tell it was atleast a level 3 elemental weapon.
elemental weapons were separated into 5 types each granting different effects, a level three weapon would enhance ger elemental affinity by 60% if she had an elemental core it also raised her combat potential by 3 sub ranks.
this meant that although she couldn't control the earth yet, her combat potential will be at level 4. this could be cause for worry however he couldn't focus on that at the moment,
at the mention of the match starting Shin Ye instantly unleashed one of her battle skills which sent vibrations through the ground.
she did this thinking Zise would attack at a very fast speed, the tremor would have stopped him in his tracks however he didn't move an inch, he let the vibration get to him and he resisted them through use of sheer strength.
this shocked Shin Ye, the referee, students as well as the crowd, everyone expected him to move fast however he didn't move at all.
the referee started getting worried as she realized that Zise didn't fail to move like Shin Ye was thinking rather he purposely remained in place, this is his game plan, She wanted to warn Shin Ye but she couldn't interfere.
with a smile on her face Shin Ye attacked rushing towards Zise with her hammer raised high, Zise wanted to brace for the attack however he chose to avoid it, he let this fight last longer.
this was also to build up her confidence, he dodged and her strike hit the ground cracking it, at that moment she got cocky and asked him to stay still and get pummeled.
he decided it was time to end her fight then, as she attacked for the second time he didn't move, as her hammer landed he channelled as much of his blood essence to his left hand as he could.
then he grabbed the descending hammer, apparently it carried with it some battle skill because as it collided with his hand some form of energy surged through his hand,
at that moment his bloodline instantly unleashed devour and disintegrated that eneergy turning it into Zise's power,
Zise then redirected that energy to his right fist and launched a strike towards her, he pulled her face right in front of her face however the force it carried whipped her face.
if he had let it land she could have broken some bones in her face and he couldn't let that happen, as a strength cultivator Shin Ye realized what had happened, she was beaten like a toddler.
even before the referee could announce victory she herself announced that she had lost, at that moment Zise let go of her hammer and it fell on the ground.
he then turned around to leave instantly, the fight had ended once again, atleast this one had lasted a few seconds, everyone understood how Shin Ye had lost this time, she was utterly dominated.
the other fights were still happening so Zise simply returned to the sidelines, of the 20 people from his side of the arena only four were left him included.
this included two level 4s and two level 3, based on cultivation Zise was the weakest as he had mana rank of 37, the other level 3 had rank 39,
however despite all that the people on his side of the ring hoped they didn't encounter him in the group round robin.
a few minutes layer the other fights ended as well, th competition was going to take a thirty minute break to rearrange the arena and take a ballot for the group allocations, group battles would certainly be interesting as all five level 4 cultivators had reached the group fights.
they hadn't run into each other yet so it was safe to assume they would in the group fights, this time the remaining 20 students were all gathered at one end of the arena where they were drawing lots to determine their group placings.
after that they went to rest, their masters came to them at that time to give them some assurance, for Zise Hong came with Yunji to congratulate him on his performance so far,
Yunji asked him how long he is planning to go without using a weapon, Zise replied that his weapon isn't an elemental weapon so it doesn't have any perks to raise his combat ability.
in addition he has very few combat skills if he is pushed into using any single one of them meant that is one last secret he could have used in the regional competitions,
she tells him that he needs to learn some additional battle skills however Hong tells him that Zise is cultivating the Heaven earth absolute manual.
apparently she knew of it, she simply nodded her head and said that she assumes Zise is only at the second technique right now and he ageeed.
see the secret about this fighting manual was that it cannot be practiced with any other fighting techniques, it's always practiced alone.
the few that have fully mastered it have incredible combat power, there are even a few that tried it but didn't have enough talent and failed to fully master it,
although they couldn't unleash it's full potential the little they could was still powerful as compared to their peers, this was because the power of the technique grew the more levels were mastered.
she asked whether he needed any recovery and he told her that he hasn't expended his mana in the entire competition yet so he is still at full power.
in a short while the start of the round robin was announced meaning the students needed to head back to the arena floor.
at that time all twenty students returned as the teachers returned to the stands to watch the matches like the rest, at that time the arena had already been rearranged into four partitions,
the damage from the previous battles had all been cleared out, this was clearly an effect of a ground elemental of atleast level 5 or above.
the arena grounds had been arranged according to four letters A, B, C and D. under each letter were the numbers that fell under that partition,
this time Zise had been placed under the first partition Arena A, among his teammates was one level 4 and three level 3s
according to the fight staging, his fight against the level 4 student would end the group battles, he realized that was the only fight that was actually worth his attention,
his other three group mates were rank 3 however none of them was at the peak yet, soon the matches started and when it was his turn he would fight simply and used speed, strength and endurance to gain an edge in all his first four fights,
as expected this part took majority of the day, by the time he reached to his last group battle six hours had passed, both he and his rival had both won their four matches, this meant the winner of this match would determine the winner in this group.
the match didn't take long to start as time had passed by already, before long they had unleashed their mana rings to start their final battle.
at the start of the fight Zise instantly triggered both his mana and blood essence to merge and unleash his full strength,
he still didn't summon his weapon or even take a step waiting for his opponent to initiate the exchange. the level 4 student was Feng Wu,
he was an ice elemental skilled in swordsmanship, among the level 4 cultivators he was among the best, when it came to swordsmanship he was the best in the class,
he was the first to achieve level 4 even though he wasn't the strongest at his level, he started his attack instantly unleashing a domain of coldness,
frost was the enemy of speed, he attacked instantly unleashing waves of powerful ice slashes, Zise moved ever so slightly with each strike.
then Feng wu unleashed a wide attack attacking skill from which Zise couldn't escape, at that time he surged his blood essence throughout his skin making it glow with a purple gold luster.
the moment the ice shards came into close contact with him they were all shattered instantly, the attack had failed and this was the first time Zise was utilizing a skill on this level, none of them knew just what it was.
even Zise hadn't intended on unleashing that skill as he didn't know he had that skill, the skill manifested after his mana merged with his blood line effect, as he overlaid it in his skin it produced the glow that repelled anything coningvtowards his skin.
as long as the attack wasn't twice his current defense then it would be repelled instantly, however the skill also absorbed his mana at a fast pace because he didn't have a mana core.
Feng wu realized at that moment that his attacking power wasn't enough and he instantly summoned his armor, his elemental core merged with his spirit beats origin core, instantly armor made out of ice shards appeared allover his body,
inlaid within the armor were scales and the chest had shoulders had the designs of a shark opening its mouth, this was because his spirit beast was actually a great white shark.
with his armor doned, his power and elemental control soared through the roof, a blizzard started forming on the arena with Feng Wunat the center.
however at that moment before Feng Wu had complete control over his new form Zise acted, first he unleashed his bloodline fluctuation, however he targetted it in one direction,
anyone that wasn't in that direction didn't feel the effects and Feng Wu was the only one in that direction, the blood essence stunned Feng Wu making him slower.
he couldn't fully complete the merge because his spirit beast was under complete suppression, at that moment Zise summoned his weapon for the first time in the day.
shinning with purple chrome he infused power into the staff and used it as a spear to hit Feng Wu straight in the chest. the strike landed right at the center of his armor and since Feng Wu hadn't attained full control yet, the armor shattered instantly.
of course no one else would understand the reason the armor was easily shattered, it was possible that even Feng Wu didn't fully understand what had happened to him.
the battle had ended and Zise was the winner making him the champion of his group, of all his fights this was the longest. it had lasted close to two minutes and it had forced him to display two of his secrets.
first was a top tier defensive skill and the other was a staff powerful enough to shatter elemental armor, many were already choosing him as the possible champion.
it was obvious that that staff hadn't used any technique to shatter that armor so many were wondering what the staff will be like when it unleashed a skill.