"The fight has ended. The winner is Emery Ambrose!" said Magus Rommy quickly, when he saw Lodos lay flat on the ground.
As Emery turned his head to where his friends were, he could see they were cheering for him. On the other hand, most of the acolytes seemed to be in a stupor and had just woken up with shocked expressions on their faces. Some of them even looked at each other stiffly, their gazes showing they were not expecting the outcome of the fight.
None of the other rank 9 acolytes in the class could confidently say they could escape from Lodos' tier 5 [Gravitational Pressure] spell, much less shatter it apart like what Emery had just done. Hence, the fact the latter was able to do just that despite his rank 8 cultivation was a huge suprise to all of them.
Emery approached the lying Lodos and stretched his hand over to help the man. Unfortunately, the latter's pride simply won't allow him to accept the gesture.