Chapter 19: The Scramble

The first rays of the morning sun poured into the Brotherhood of Steel's arena, awakening a tense atmosphere throughout the venue. The other competitors in the audience were murmuring with anticipation for today's second round of trials.

Ian sat within the contestants' rest area, quietly resting his eyes and adjusting his breathing, trying to keep his mind as calm as possible.

At this moment, Wang Wei came over with a smile and patted his shoulder, "Good morning, Ian, look at your relaxed face, did you sleep well last night?"

Ian opened his eyes slightly and smiled lightly, "Not bad, how about you?"

"I'm not as relaxed as you, the opponents in this second round are not easy, I was nervous all night." Wang Wei exaggerated, causing Ian to laugh out softly.

Their conversation was interrupted by Reno's loud voice, "Attention all players, the second round of trials will begin soon! First match, No. 3 Ryan versus No. 7 Tucker!"

In the center of the field, No.3 Lane walked out with a serious look, he was wearing a gray robe, his eyes as calm as water.No.7 Tucker, on the other hand, was a tall, arrogant youth, his body bulging with muscles, exuding a wild aura.

Reno waved his hand, "The match begins!"

Tucker roared fiercely, his muscles suddenly swelled up, and his entire body turned out to be like a transformation, transforming into a huge half-man, half-bear beast that furiously rushed towards Ryan.

Ryan calmly raised his hands, and a strange fluctuation coalesced in his palms. Only to see a sharp wind blade instantly appear in the air, whistling and cutting at the charging Tucker.

Tucker did not dodge, using his thick body to harden against these wind blades, which only left shallow scars on his hard skin as he roared and slammed his fist at Ryan.

Ryan's figure quickly dodged, allowing Tucker's fist to strike empty. With a backhand, he coalesced a swirling mass of gale force winds that slammed into Tucker's back, and Tucker staggered forward and fell.

A gasp rang out from the audience, "The wind elemental ability's restraint against the strengthening ability is actually so obvious!"

The Brotherhood executives nodded their heads and murmured, "Ryan's wind elemental control is extremely precise and his reaction speed is amazing."

Tucker quickly stood up and roared in anger, the attack just now hadn't done much damage to him. He rushed towards Ryan again, surprisingly a few points faster than before.

Ryan frowned and decided to use his best technique, "Winds of Rage!" As Ryan let out a loud roar, several violently rotating wind walls coalesced around his body, which were mixed with terrifying energy fluctuations, Tucker rushed into the wind walls, and the surface of his body was quickly torn out by a wound deep enough to be seen on the bone.

Reno and the other Brotherhood executives were collectively surprised, ''Ryan actually has battle skills! For a SPARK level psychic to have battle techniques, it seems that his experience is not simple either. " 

Tucker didn't last long in the storm, and collapsed to the ground with a miserable cry, using a weak voice: "I, I surrender. " Reno immediately announced, "First match, Ryan wins!"

The second match ensued, pitting No. 9 Eli against No. 12 Camilla.

The crowd in attendance predicted, "Looks like Eli is going to lose, he's a plant-based ability that just happens to be restrained by Camilla's fire-based, not very lucky. " 

Eli was tall and thin, his face was grim, after he stepped into the field, he quickly opened his hands, countless pitch-black vines instantly sprang up on the field, frantically entangling towards his opponent.

Camilla let out a light laugh, "Aren't you going to give up, then I'll fight until you do! " and then her entire body ignited a blazing crimson flame, incinerating the incoming vines. She stepped forward, and the flames became even more furious with her steps, instantly illuminating the entire field.

Eli's gaze was grim, his hands snapped together, and the number of vines suddenly increased, while a crystalline blue frost surfaced on the surface, slowly suppressing the flames.

The senior members of the Brotherhood watching the battle from above brightened up, ''Surprisingly, it's a dual ability! In addition to the plant system there is also the ice system! Such a person is really rare! Even if he doesn't pass this round of trials, the Brotherhood will still have to keep him. " 

"It's surprising that you've hidden your abilities, but I don't admit defeat that easily! " Camilla gritted her teeth and urged the flames to become even more violent, then violently rushed towards Eli, intending to fight to the death, and her two fists coalesced into a huge fist of flames that slammed towards Eli.

Eli quickly retreated, but was still affected by the scorching flames, he roared angrily, and suddenly a thick vine emerged from under his feet, wrapping Camilla fiercely around him, while releasing an intense cold aura.

Camilla was quickly frozen in the vine, the flames gradually extinguished, and the scene fell silent. Eli did not kill her painfully.

Reno stood up and announced, "In the second match, Eli wins!"

Ian watched silently from the side of the field, in his heart, he had a deeper understanding of the strengths and types of powers of these players, and knew that his next fight would be even tougher, everyone else might have hidden their strengths in the first round, and he would have to be even more careful in the next round.

Wang Wei sighed and said, "The strength of these guys is really something, especially Eli's composite alien ability, it's really powerful."

As the second round of matches continued, the battles in the arena became more and more intense, many players died on the spot because they didn't admit defeat in time, not everyone was as soft handed as Eli.

"No. 13 Ian versus No. 20 Jamison." Ian took a deep breath and leapt into the arena.