Chapter 39 Good Luck

At noon, in the canteen.

Just as Jack Clark sat down, Justin Welan came over with his tray, looking distressed, "Jack, I have no hope of advancing this time."

"What happened?" Jack Clark was somewhat puzzled. With his strength, even if he couldn't make it into the Top 50, he should have at least been able to get through the first round, right?

At that moment, Crystal Lewis, Sawyer Levin, Vera Wada, and Freya Louise also came over.

Freya Louise and Crystal Lewis took seats opposite them, while Vera Wada and Sawyer Levin sat at the table next to them.

Crystal Lewis shook her head, "Justin Welan's luck was too bad. His first opponent was Jane Aiken, so he just surrendered and admitted defeat right away."

Not convinced, Justin Welan retorted, "That's because she had a realm advantage. I'm not stupid; facing an expert from the Second Layer Heaven, of course, I would choose to surrender."

As he spoke, as though afraid of being looked down upon, Justin Welan shrugged, "Don't just talk about me, even if you, Class Leader, encountered her, it would be the same, not a chance of winning."

"In other words, no one can shake her position as number one in this ranking competition."

"That strong?" Jack Clark was a bit surprised.

As a matter of fact, Justin Welan stated, "Of course, breaking through to the Second Layer Heaven is like our Foundation Establishment; there will be a significant improvement, with arm strength increasing by at least one hundred kilograms."

"Beyond that, experts of the Second Layer Heaven realm possess True Strength, especially those who practice Advanced Skills. With True Strength enhancement, the minimum increase in burst power is three to four times."

"Under such complete domination, who can be her match?"

Jack Clark nodded silently, with a basic strength of four hundred kilograms, plus at least three times the boost from True Strength, along with faster speed and kinetic energy amplification.

With a casual strike, she could unleash an impact force of at least three thousand kilograms, that is, more than three tons. With such power, indeed no one would be her match.

Even that guy fighting with an iron column might not make it.

Because this isn't merely a contest of strength. As the most monstrous genius of South Sky Martial Height, Jane Aiken's actual combat ability should be terrifying.

Jack Clark then puzzled, "Wait a minute, if you just lost one match, you should have no problem advancing from the first round."

With more than five hundred people, and each fighting six matches, there wouldn't be too many maintaining a perfect record. Hence, losing one match and getting into the top two hundred shouldn't be a problem.

"The issue is, I lost three matches."

Saying this, Justin Welan looked despondently, "The second match was against a freak who carried pillars; his strength was frightening, and he directly knocked me off the Martial Arts Arena with three stakes."

"Then even though I won three matches in a row, in the sixth match, I faced someone named Marcus Lindsay, who had practiced the Chaos Heavy Hammer. His Cultivation Methods were a direct counter to mine."

"Miscalculating, I let him gather momentum with his hammer technique. Even with my Great Defense, I was hit by twenty consecutive strikes and knocked off the Martial Arts Arena."

"...Your luck is indeed quite bad," Jack Clark didn't know what to say about that.

After talking about himself, Justin Welan casually asked, "What about you, Jack? How many matches did you lose?"

Uh...

Jack Clark cleared his throat and said modestly, "I'm doing okay, I guess. Luck has been on my side, and the few opponents I've met weren't 'very strong'. I should have a chance to advance."

"You're really lucky," Justin Welan said, envious upon hearing that.

However, he didn't think much of it, assuming Jack Clark truly was lucky, encountering those ordinary contenders who had established their foundation within half a month or a month.

Crystal Lewis and Sawyer Levin probably thought the same.

But as soon as Jack Clark finished speaking, Freya Louise across from him couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh, giving him a peculiar look.

At that time, Crystal Lewis and the others were competing, and because the venue was so large and crowded, they didn't know who Jack Clark's opponents were.

But she had been watching Jack Clark from the audience seats all along.

So it was clear to everyone that it wasn't just good luck; he had swept through all his opponents with absolute strength, including Marcus Lindsay, who had defeated Justin Welan.

She was shocked for a long time because just a few days earlier, Jack couldn't even win against Justin.

Jack looked at Crystal and asked curiously, "What about you, Class Leader?"

"I did alright, didn't meet any tough opponents," Crystal answered casually.

At another table, the short-haired girl Vera Wada raised her hand and said with a giggly smile, "I only lost two matches, so I should have a chance to advance. I did better than Justin and Sawyer."

"I lost three matches."

Sawyer was somewhat downcast as well. He hadn't been lucky and had encountered three 'geniuses' who practiced Advanced Skills. Otherwise, advancing to the second round shouldn't have been a problem for him.

After lunch, everyone headed back to the Sports Center.

With an hour to go before the afternoon competition, Jack casually found a seat in the audience.

At that moment, a faint scent drifted over. It was from Freya Louise, seated behind him. She leaned in slightly and asked curiously, "Jack, have you made a breakthrough to the First Layer Heaven Limit?"

Jack turned around, looking at the girl's faceup close, and shook his head, "No, but I have indeed had some breakthroughs with Dragon Elephant Power recently."

"Dragon Elephant Power?" Freya asked, puzzled.

Jack nodded and spoke softly, "Yes, my practice of Dragon Elephant Power has become increasingly smooth lately, and my strength has even doubled. That's why I was able to defeat those people today."

"True Martial Compatibility," Freya muttered, slightly stunned.

"I think that's probably why," Jack knew he couldn't hide it from her, so he was prepared to use this reason to mask the changes in him.

True Martial Compatibility is a mysterious thing, and even the creators of the Cultivation Methods cannot be certain of it.

Freya marveled, "To have power comparable to the First Layer Heaven Limit within a week, it seems that your compatibility with Dragon Elephant Power must be at least at a Senior level. Such a pity."

At this, a look of regret crossed Freya's face.

Because Dragon Elephant Power was just a low-level martial arts skill. If Jack had practiced a High-Level Power Type Skill, he might have had a chance to catch up with Jane Aiken.

Jack replied nonchalantly, "No problem, once I have achieved a grand accomplishment in Dragon Elephant Power and accumulated enough Contribution Points, I'll just switch to an Advanced Skill."

"Maybe I'll have an even higher compatibility with that skill then."

Once the main True Martial is cultivated to grand accomplishment, you can switch to practicing a similar higher-level Cultivation Method, which will automatically overwrite the original True Martial.

Therefore, Jack wasn't very concerned about Dragon Elephant Power being a low-level martial arts.

During the wait that followed, Jack saw that there was still time, so his consciousness sank, and in an instant, his perspective switched to that of the Heavy Armored Beast.

In the dry cave, the ninny-centimeter-tall Heavy Armored Beast slowly opened its eyes, stretched its limbs, and entered the river through the cave entrance beneath the water's surface.

Gurgle gurgle!!

Bubbles rolled as the beast's tail swayed slightly, and its fearsome form glided toward the deeper waters.

Soon, a Half a Meter Long Grass Carp appeared in the vision of the Heavy Armored Beast, beneath the Ten Meter Deep River Surface.

The black figure lay motionless at the riverbed, like a still log, quietly watching the grass carp swim closer until it was within 0.5 meters...

Boom!

Mud flew up as the Heavy Armored Beast's tail swung harshly, causing water to burst behind as the figure shot forward like a darting sword, clamping the grass carp's head in its jaws in one bite.

Crack! Under the frightful biting force, the grass carp's head was directly crushed, displaying utter ferocity.

The Half a Meter Long Grass Carp was quickly consumed by the Heavy Armored Beast, which then vanished into the shadows to continue its hunt for the next prey.