Starting The Third Round

"Vane?..." Felix said with surprise as he stared at the figure that walked out of the dust.

"Hello Shadow Walker, I will also like to have a battle with you so don't get disqualified, and make sure you don't let me down" Vane said as he glanced at Felix then turned back to Damien.

'Shit, this lunatic is also in this ring, fighting him now won't be favourable because I will definitely need to use some of my trump cards which I have prepared for special people' Damien thought as he stared at Vane.

"Hey why don't we postpone our battle to later, the third round will definitely be a martial competition so then we can fight to our heart's content but here we will definitely hold back so what do you say?" Damien said with gritted teeth to Vane who stopped with a frown.

"Hmm, you are right, if you hold back then this battle won't be fun, okay then, see you later" Vane said with deep thought before turning and walking away.

"Hmmp, seems you got lucky now, your demise will be postponed for later, I will take care of the small fry now" Damien said with a grin before he headed to the other battles.

"Hmm, seems like he won't be dying now, okay now where is Justin, I would like to examine his fight" Felix said with a smile as he searched for Justin's ring.

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Meanwhile somewhere else, on the 50th ring a fierce battle was going on, there were only two people left in the ring, the rest had either willingly stepped out or were thrown out by these two.

"It seems you have gotten stronger than the last time, I admit that you aren't a totally useless opponent" Xander said with a grin as he leaped backwards.

"Hmmp, arrogant prick, you think you are soo strong huh?" Feng Shui said as he threw a punch towards Xander.

"Nope I don't think I am strong, I know I am strong" Xander said as he dodged it and threw his own.

"Uh" Feng Shui said angrily as he blocked it which sent him backwards.

"Why don't we pause, our energy shouldn't be wasted so early, we still have a common enemy to face later on so why don't we end this, huh?" Xander asked with a grin as he stared at Feng Shui.

"Oh and who might that be?" Feng Shui asked as he paused.

"Shadow Walker" Xander replied wickedly.

"So what are you proposing?" Feng Shui asked with a smile.

"I am proposing a temporary truce" Xander said with grin.

"Hmm, you are right okay then, I accept" Feng Shui said with a smile as he walked away and sat on the stage to recover his mana.

'How stupid do you think I am?, I know that you will betray me at the least chance' Feng Shui thought to himself.

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The battle continued for the rest of the time and by the end, more than 400 people had been eliminated leaving around 70 people left, these were the cream of the crop, the rest were just cannon fodder.

"The second round has come to an end, and 430 people have been eliminated from this round leaving 70 to partake in the last round which is the Martial competition, in this round it will be a series of one on one battles, the winners of each battle will continue to climb up the ranks until the number one has been decided, congratulations to those of you who have passed the second round, wish you good luck in the next, the competition will continue tomorrow so goodbye" The judge said with a smile then left, which caused everyone go leave, the next round was the most important and the most expected.

Meanwhile, above them in the sky, several figures were floating there observing the battles that had just taken place.

"Hmm, there are many promising lads this year, I wonder who will win?" Alexander said with a smile.

"Hmm, I was hoping to see what that kid, Shadow Walker could do but unfortunately he didn't even partake in any of the battles" Shadow said with a frown as he entered deep thought.

"I feel that something isn't right about him" Blake said with a shake of his head.

"Yes he is suspicious, how could an E+ rank kill a C rank beast, it just doesn't add up but we can't interfere, we will see what happens tomorrow" Frost said with a smile.

"Hmm" The Emperor only nodded, nobody knew what he was thinking about.

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"Welcome everyone, today is the day you have all been waiting for, the third round which is the Martial competition will commence today and we will be able to see the intense battle between the elites of their generation" The judge said with a smile which caused the crowd of spectators burst into cheers.

"Each battle will be decided by lots which will be drawn by each participant, there are 70 lots so each person will only draw once, without further ado, let the third round begin, each participants will come up and pick a lot after all the lots have been picked, the fights will begin" The Judge announced and when he was done, the participants all walked up one by one and picked a lot each, it was done by following the rankings, the first round was a point accumulation round, the second round was an elimination round and the third round was a final showdown.

"Hmm number 30, I guess my fight isn't now" Felix said as he checked his lot after drawing.

"Okay now that all the lots have been drawn, I will announce the rules of this round, no one is allowed to interfere in any of the ongoing battles, acknowledging defeat will result in your loss, once your opponent has acknowledged defeat, you aren't supposed to lay a finger on him or her, once a participant has been thrown out of the ring or can no longer fight, it will be regarded as their defeat, failure to obey any of the rules will result in severe punishment,now will the 1st and 2nd please step onto the ring" The judge announced the rules and when he was done, he walked onto the ring and called for the first and second.

BANG

"Huuu, I guess I'm going first, I wonder who my opponent is" A muscular man said as he jumped on the stage which caused it to tremble.

"Hhh..I I.." The 2nd person stammered as he walked onto the stage, he had narrowly passed the 1st and 2nd round which made him think he was lucky but at the start of the third round, he was to fight this hunk, it seems his luck had run out.

"Hahaha, you better admit defeat unless you want me to break all your bones, crack" The huge man said fiercely to the slim man as he cracked his knuckles.

"I acknowledge defeat" The skin man said meekly, it was better to lose with a while body than lose with broken bones.

"The winner of the first battle is Su Mo" The judge announced which caused the spectators to hoot at the coward.

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In the second battle, it was an archer against an axe wielding man.

"It seems your luck isn't good for you to be paired up against me" The axe wielding man said with a menacing grin.

"Hmm, well we will see in the end" The archer said as he leaped backwards and fired an arrow.

Seeing the approaching arrow, the axe wielding man just waved his axe which caused the arrows to shatter.

'Wow such strength, to be able to directly shatter that arrow' Felix thought from the stands as he observed the battle, he could see that the arrow contained strong force but the man had just waved his axe and he had shattered it, which showed that his strength wasn't something to laugh at.

"Is that all you've got, I thought you would at least entertain me a little" The axe wielding man mocked as he rushed towards the archer who fired arrow after arrow while trying to increase the distance between them.

"Hmmp, at first I thought he was a little strong but turns out he is this weak" Fend Shui said with a shake of his head.

'I sense that he isn't weak so what is he doing or did I underestimate him, no...wait' As he was observing the battle, his keen eyes spotted that everytime the archer fired an arrow, the axe wielding man would destroy it and the distance between them would increase, but somehow, the distance between them remained constant, the archer could have increased it further but he didn't and the speed of his arrows also increased to the extent that the axe wielding man couldn't destroy it easily, he seemed to find it difficult to destroy it.

"Now" As they were battling, the axe wielding man suddenly shouted as his muscles bulged .

BOOM

He suddenly turned into a shadow that appeared in front of the archer immediately.

"I told you, I would win" The axe wielding man said as he swing his axe downwards and directly cut the archer into two.

"Oh shit, he just killed him" An esper said as his pupils shrank.

"No there is no blood" Felix said to himself as he stared at the stage intently.

"It seems you intend to kill me, which means I don't have to hold back" A cold voice sounded behind the axe wielding man as he suddenly turned and swung his axe, as he did, he felt his axe collide with three strong objects which pushed him backwards.

"What the?" The axe wielding man said as he stabilized himself and stared at the owner of the voice.

"I killed you, how did.." The axe wielding man said as his pupils shrunk, before him was the archer safe and sound.

"Did you think you were the only one with tricks up your sleeves" The archer said with a smile as he swiftly drew three arrows, nocked them and fired, all of this took only 2 seconds, he was so fast that the axe wielding man only had time to raise his axe to block the arrows but the force was so strong that it pushed him to the edge of the stage.

"Hmm, you blocked it, I guess you are a bit good, but let's see if you can block this" The archer said as he drew three arrows again, nocked them and fired, this time it only took one second.

BOOM

The arrows looked like they had a life of their own as they immediately arrived in front on the axe wielding man who even though he had learned the first time and raised his axe earlier this time, the force was so strong that it directly cracked the axe and threw the man off the stage.

"Wow, that battle was epic and the winner is Jonny Swift" The Judge said with a smile as he declared the archer who walked off the ring the winner.

"The next battle will be between Feng Shui and Su Mo, please step onto the stage" The judge declared with a wave of his hand.