Miscalculation

"Wind Element Awakened Skill." Thorn said standing on the arena, his arms folded across his chest.

The master of ceremonies, Lenna Zelu, was taken aback by Thorn's calm declaration. "Are you sure that your Awakened Skill is just the Wind Element Awakened Skill?" She saw Thorn fight before and was sure that he had the Special Wind Element Awakened Skill: Berserk.

"That's right." Thorn said no more than that.

Although she had her doubts regarding what Thorn had said, Lenna Zelu still ordered with a solemn tone in her voice: "Fight!"

In the next instant, Thorn, as some kind of ghost, appeared in front of the gargoyle. And before the gargoyle even had the opportunity to react, Thorn used Wind Blast on him.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

The air explosion produced by Thorn's movement and the air explosion of the Wind Blast sounded almost at the same time.

As a cannon ball, the gargoyle flew away practically horizontally…

*Clash!*

… and collided heavily with the fence in front of the spectators.

"Thorn wins!" Lenna Zelu loudly stated.

"F-fast!" That word appeared in almost every single audience member's mind and mouth.

A little stunned, the gargoyle slowly stood up. Impressive enough, there wasn't even a single scratch on his body.

The gargoyles' Racial Skill, Metallic Endurance, allowed them to turn their bodies into tougher ones, which was why it wasn't easy feat to hurt them. However, this gargoyle's opponent was none other than Thorn, who was very cable of throwing him off the arena without the need of hurting him first, so understandably his Metallic Endurance Racial Skill had ended up being of no use in this fight.

"Jef Ter!" The master of ceremonies called out.

After which, an elephant monster human came close to the shield shaped platform. He released proudly a Second Level Advanced Awaken Aura. Most of his body was human-like, the exceptions were his nose and ears which looked like elephant monster's. And he had a pair of silver knuckles on his hands.

Soon, Jef Ter stood before Thorn, and said: "Water Element Awakened Skill." Unexpectedly, he didn't seem afraid or nervous. His eyes even expressed confidently 'I got this'.

This made Thorn frown slightly.

"Fight!" Lenna Zelu commanded.

Immediately after, Thorn was already 50 cm in front of Jef Ter sending him a Wind Blast with his fist.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

Feeling this powerful wind, Jef Ter remained collected.

Then a shocking scene played out before Thorn's eyes: the body of his opponent slowly moved backward and just after 5 cm, it stopped.

Thorn's heart skipped a beat. (Damn! His Monster Powering Racial Skill has already acquired the Weight Powering!)

In the blink of an eye, Jef Ter condensed on his right hand a drop of water…

*GRAAAH!*

*Bang!*

… and shouting loudly threw it forward with all his might.

Thorn evaded that Water Bullet with ease thanks to his Wind Technique: Wind Glide. After which, he clenched his teeth in resignation, and threw continuous Wind Blasts with both hands and reckless abandon.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*…

Not wanting to be outmatched, Jef Ter started to madly shoot his Water Bullets.

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*…

Before long, it became evident that the rain of Water Bullets wasn't a threat to Thorn, he could evade them very easily after all; but for Jef Ter, the Wind Blasts seemed unavoidable.

Just like that, little by little, Thorn pushed Jef Ter toward the edge of the arena.

Trying desperately to walk against the powerful air currents, Jef Ter started to get nervous. He knew that the only way to have the slightest chance to avoid Thon's Wind Blasts was by deactivating his Weight Powering, but if he were to do so, even for a second, he would be blasted away and lose.

In the end, Jef Ter could only sigh in dejection as the wind pushed him out of the arena.

"Thorn wins!" The master of ceremonies' voice boomed out, and in the next moment, she proceed to call out: "Huns Luna!"

Ninth Level Intermediate Awaken was the cultivation stage in which the blue feathered harpy that climbed up the arena was at. She didn't carry any weapon with her, and just wore a light but metallic armor.

"Special Awakened Skill: Energy Cloner, it allows me to clone things." She said, a proud smile adorning her beautiful face.

"Fight!"

In the instant Lenna Zelu ended her shout, Huns Luna made a clone of herself appear in front of her.

At that same instant, Thorn moved like a furious gale toward the harpy.

*Boom!*

*Bamph!*

He collided heavily against Huns Luna's clone.

The impact immediately sent Thorn flying away, but only made the clone retreat slightly.

It must be understood that the physical strength of Huns Luna's clone was at the Ninth Level Intermediate Awaken stage, whereas Thorn's physical strength was at the Second Level Intermediate Awaken stage. This was why the outcome of the collision ended up like that.

While in midair, shock and blood covered Thorn's face, his mind trembled in confusion. (Ah?! My calculations were definitely precise! My body was supposed to stop in front of her and not on her! Mmm?! Two auras?! It's a perfect clone! Can she make clones this quickly?! That must be an Arrogant Awakened Skill!!) He concluded as he finally managed to stop his body with the help of his wind control.

As to confirm Thorn's conjecture, Huns Luna, taking advantage of the short span of time Thorn was out of combat, made 30 more clones! And she even was capable of blending in with them effortlessly, making impossible to tell which 'Huns Luna' was the real one.

Before Thorn's bewildered eyes, 64 gorgeous blue wings fluttered furiously, creating in this way a magnificent view to behold.

At this moment, Thorn regained his composure, and flew extremely quickly toward a 'Huns Luna'.

Stopping in front of it, he hit it with a Wind Blast.

'Huns Luna' then got caught in the powerful wind current and flew away, but a second later, it desperately controlled the wind, and just when its body was about to exit the battle zone, it stopped.

Seeing this, Thorn got a headache. (Damn! Her Wind Control Racial Skill will be a big nuisance!) He flew again toward that 'Huns Luna', and this time, his Wind Blast did throw it out of the battle area.

After this, that 'Huns Luna' disappeared into thin air, proving that it was just a clone.

Turning his head toward the remaining 31 'Huns Luna' bodies, Thorn saw how another clone appeared.

(This will take me quite some time… At least it seems like 31 clones are her limit.) He thought as frustration emerged within his heart.

At the same instant, 32 Wind Blasts combined into a single super concentrated Wind Blast which straightaway headed toward Thorn's position.

*BOOOM!!!!*

He barely managed to evade such attack as cold sweat flowed down his face. (What a savage harpy! If I had been hit by that, I would have already been out of the battle zone!)

He wasn't being paranoiac at all, that attack just now had the destructive power of 32 times the strongest psychical attack of a Ninth Level Intermediate Awaken cultivator!

With renewed caution, Thorn proceeded to blast away Huns Luna's clones, one by one. He did this using the tactic of 'hit and run'.

In the end, after a long battle, amidst a chaotic storm of Wind Blasts, Thorn finally blasted Huns Luna's real body out of the battle zone.

When she got out of the battlefield, she didn't disappear into thin air. This demonstrated that she was the real one, so Lenna Zelu announced: "Thorn wins!"

"*Sigh*…" Exhausted, Thorn let out a long sigh. (This is bad, really bad. There's only half of my Complex Energy left. And I don't know how many opponents I'll have to face today. Damn! I got carried away and said those embarrassing things… What a terrible miscalculation. My face is at risk here! I have no choice then…)

While he was making the decision of stopping playing around, Lenna Zelu called the next participant: "Ben Kox!"

When Ben Kox approached the arena, a weird silence filled the atmosphere.

Thorn glanced over at this individual. (Deliaf… The civilized race that didn't exist a million years ago…)

The person who stood before Thorn had the appearance of a slim eight-year-old boy, his hair was withe, his eyes were silver, and his skin was as pale as an ill-person's. He released a Third Level Advanced Awaken Aura.

The glaring contrast between Ben Kox's young appearance and his high cultivation base would have bewildered Thorn if Rose had not explained to him what a deliaf was.

In short; deliaf were just like any other civilized race, except that their Racial Skill had made them a tragic existence.

Life Sacrifice Racial Skill.

It was a passive skill that forced its user to win every single Breakthrough Challenge at the expense of the user's lifespan and soul.

When Thorn heard about this, he was surprised and intrigued, but just for a second. His heart was too cold to really care.

"Fire Element Awakened Skill." Ben Kox said grimly.

"Fight!" Lenna Zelu shouted.

Shortly after, Ben Kox disappeared to immediately after reappear out of the arena.

There was no sound whatsoever.

As for Thorn, he was lazily standing on the same spot, a relaxed smile hanging on his face.

"What the heck…" Unexpectedly, it was Lenna Zelu who let out such an involuntary remark.

Thorn: "I said 'Wind Element Awakened Skill', didn't I?"